Jeffrey Archer!!!

 So happy to get an opportunity to illustrate children's books written by the master story teller-  Sir Jeffrey Archer !!

Some look insides ....

Dilemma of an urban sketcher !

Who's there?

Do you like ghost stories? Do check out my illustrations in this cutest ghost story book ever.  Written by Hansada Sowvendra Shekhar, published by Penguin-Duckbill for the latest 'hook book' series.

Cricket prarthana

Had super fun illustrating this super cool 'cricket Prarthana'  written by Lovleen Misra for Pratham books. You can read the entire book on Pratham Books's StoryWeaver platform.

Unlucky chumki

Do checkout my illustrations for this delightful 'hole' book written by Lesley D. Biswas, published by Duckbill.

Génie on a holiday

 My illustrations for yet another book by HarperCollins, written by Liji Ravindran.

Shooting at Dhab Dhabi falls!

My illustrations in the book, written by Mala Kumar, published by Manan books.

Sacked ! Folk tales you can carry around

I have done some 50 + crazy drawings for this enchanting  book :-)

My First Recipe Book

Released some time last year.
Illustrated recipe book for kids by Arthy Muthanna Singh..

'Winter' JIGSAW PUZZLE on google play !

Just converted the  'winter' illustration into a JIGSAW PUZZLE android app :-)
Click on the image to download it from the Google Play Store..

Happy New Year 2017

What a great start of 2017 !!
Delighted to see my illustration 'Winter'  in Pratham Books calendar 2017. The calendar now sits comfortably on my desk...

This illustration has also been selected for display at the AFCC BIG illustrator's gallery in Singapore between 5-25 May , 2017 !!

Brushing is no fun ! + Crazy Mazy's maths puzzles

Bit late in posting. These books illustrated by me sometime last year are now in prints !

Brushing is no fun! by Srividhya Venkat...

Crazy Mazy's Maths puzzles by Mala Kumar...

My wild wild pets ...

My pets in Pooja Lulla's latest puzzle book ..."Animal Puzzles" by Scholastic.

Catching Little Alien ...

 Check out this wonderful event  #6framestorychallenge organized by Pratham books..
: http://blog.prathambooks.org/2015/01/6framestorychallenge-illustrate.html

I started off with a sweet little story in my mind, but it turned bit wicked as I drew along !!
My 3 frames ...

Little star Tara ....

The series I had illustrated is now in prints !
Just received my copies ...

"Rolling Rotis with Biniya"...The e-book is now available for sale !!

I collaborated with a dear friend 'Madhumita Ghar' to create this picture e- book for kids. She wrote and I drew the pictures !!

It is now available for sale on AMAZON. You can read it on your device using the free Kindle reading app.

Just click on this picture to buy the book....

 This story is set in a quaint little village in India. A little girl Biniya is trying her hand at rolling rotis - a roti is a flat bread made of flour. After a few disastrous attempts, find out how the day was saved.

some pictures from the book...

How to make a paper Ganesha !!

Good Morning ! 
The lovely Bangalore weather is as inspiring as ever !
I decided to make my own newspaper Ganesha idol this time...

Also took a few 'in-progress' photographs...

He eats shoots and leaves ...

So cuddly, so furry...and oooh so cute !! 
The best designed animal on this earth...that too in black and white!

Created this as a sample for a book illustration project. Author of this book suggested to add little humor in his facial expression...so I may just give him a pair of rolling eyes and a  pink tongue...!!

Why can't I have one as a pet :(  ?