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What am I working on? A post for movies to watch to unwind post work. Click here to know more. Here is the first slate What am I reading? I read The Trojan Women - a graphic novel adaptation of Euripides' classic by Anne Carson and illustrated by Rosanna Bruno. Earlier this year, I rewatched Troy and watched Odyssey in theatres. So when I stumbled upon this book, I picked it up immediately. The story follows the women left behind after the war: the dethroned queen Hekabe, her

What am I working on? Made more flowers using pipe cleaners :) I'm currently working on a packaging design commission. In between that, I wanted to declutter my mind and I ended by making this quick sketch What am I reading? I read Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoët. This book is unsettling to its core. And do not be fooled by its fairy tale-esque start - a prince courting a princess. For a fleeting moment you will feel like stepping into a beautiful world. T

What am I working on? My Instagram feed was full of flowers made from pipe cleaners last week and I was immediately influenced. Before I knew it, I had ordered everything: glue gun, glue sticks, pipe cleaners, wire stems and tap. This is the result. Fun weekend activity with my sister Jigyasa and my fren Sana :) What am I reading? Last week I read The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang. Beautifully illustrated, the book is full of detailed illustrations and expressive c

What am I working on? Last week was busy but full of joy. We celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi with family who came to stay with us for the week, along with friends who joined in the festivities. This was the invite I designed. What am I reading? The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg is the second book I have read in her Early Earth universe set. A very interesting thing I learned from this book was the Scheherazade gambit: a device in which a character avoids danger

What am I working on? Keeping it simple this week. This is what I made - What am I reading? “I hope we never lose sight of one things - that it all started with a mouse.” - Walt Disney I recently finished reading Disney Comics: Around the World in One Hundred Years and it was such a nostalgic experience. The kid in me was totally gleeful turning those pages. Mickey, Goofy, Minnie, Pluto, and the rest were some of my favourite cartoons to watch as a kid and meeting them again

What am I working on? I hosted another session of Artfart last week. If you are new here, you can read about what ArtFart is here. Some glimpses from the session: What am I reading? I read Stitches by David Small last week. It is a painfully haunting and critically acclaimed graphic memoir about the artist's childhood growing up in a fractured family, navigating his illness (in a heartbreaking illustration he says my love language was falling ill), and finding freedom through

What am I working on? Another artwork I had so much fun making. Buy the t-shirt here What am I reading? I read The Park Bench, a wordless graphic novel by French artsit Christophe Chabouté. With a ordinary park bench as the centerpiece, how many pages can you draw? Apparently a 336 page graphic novel. Like Here and The Arrival, this is also a masterpiece of the medium. Through the fixed perspective of the park bench, Chabouté captures the rhythms of everyday life. The story b

What am I working on? Some fun posts for @freaksonlease #KindaChic What am I reading? I read The Property by Rutu Modan. It follows a grandmother and granddaughter on a journey to Poland - the place their family once called home. Before the outbreak of WWII, Regina, the grandmother, was sent away and decades later she returns to reclaim an apartment building that her family was forced to surrender in 1940. What begins as a simple story about recovering lost property gradually

What am I working on? Nothing much this week. I have a bit of pain in my right shoulder, so I'm giving it some time to recover. What am I reading? I am juggling between 2 books right now. One, Remarkably Bright Creatures. It is a heartwarming story about Tova Sullivan, a widowed woman who has spent years carrying the grief of losing her son without ever knowing what truly happened to him. Working nights at an aquarium, she forms an unlikely friendship with Marcellus, a giant