THE ZID CHANNEL

Snake Charmer

2011-09-03T00:30:00.000-07:00

Thought I'd keep today's warm up sketch real quick and simple. And that, is just one way to charm a snake ;)

Beyond Yamapuri

2011-08-26T06:47:00.001-07:00

Why is this Rakshas pissed off? He didn’t make it into the final list of Rakshasas being cast in “Beyond Yamapuri”, a prequel turned spin-off series that we will be launching at the Mumbai Comicon on the 22nd of October. Keep your eyes peeled for info on how to win a copy of the 12 page preview

Star Wars

2011-08-19T10:34:00.001-07:00

Who wouldn't wanna have a chained up slave Liea?

And here is a stormtrooper, all set for action!

P.S: Yes, my computer does support more than just two colors though my recent pieces of art might suggest otherwise ;)

The Dark Victorian Knight

2011-08-08T13:37:00.000-07:00

The demons within

2011-07-31T02:58:00.001-07:00

The Urban Yogi

2011-07-30T04:34:00.000-07:00

Gearing up for my new comic series Zid: The Urban Yogi. 'Inappropriate' will continue in The New Indian Express

Rough frame studies

2011-06-03T02:40:00.001-07:00

Yup...will be updating this post too!

A World in Monochrome - Pt. 1

2011-05-29T03:56:00.000-07:00

Will be adding more to the end of this post soon :)

Armed-Babe pin-up

2011-05-17T12:22:00.000-07:00

More warm-up art!

2011-05-17T12:09:00.000-07:00

Dream and Death

2011-02-10T00:30:00.000-08:00

"What power would hell have if those imprisoned here would not be able to dream of heaven?"

- from Gaiman's Sandman

20 Min quickies

2011-02-10T00:20:00.001-08:00

The lonely knight and Tyler Durden :)

Zorro!

2011-01-01T07:59:00.001-08:00

Here is a quickie Zorro to start off the year with.. Happy New year, folks!

Quickies

2010-10-06T04:38:00.000-07:00

Reading her wrong

2010-09-06T22:09:00.000-07:00

Empathizing with her, are we??.. Trust me, you dont wanna be in his shoes either.. Especially not with your eyes closed :)

Just another warm-up doodle

The day he questioned the gods...

2010-09-04T10:33:00.000-07:00

...and everything else he has ever had faith in

Meow!!

2010-06-20T07:52:00.001-07:00

You will be seeing him soon in the Marcus strips :)

Sketchpad scans

2010-06-13T11:30:00.000-07:00

Random scanned pages from my sketchpad... Most of what you see are the initial developmental sketches for my ongoing projects. The rest are face-studies and other doodles. Hope y'all dig this

The Devil wears a Fedora

2010-05-19T23:11:00.001-07:00

..and of course, pin-stripe pants and tango shoes too :P
...not only that, he scores some serious bootie too ;)

Sketchdump Apr 2010

2010-04-22T02:20:00.000-07:00

I haven't been posting anything here for a very long time. So I thought i'd put an end to it by sharing some random character sketches from my sketchdump. Most of these have been done while developing characters for my comic strip 'Marcus and More'. I also have some glad news for you. My online strip Marcus will no longer be just an online strip. It will be appearing nationwide as a weekly/fortnightly strip on the saturday suppliment of "The Indian Express". I will be uploading the strips on my comic blog (www.marcusandmore.blogspot.com) once they have appeared in the paper. Once again, thanks a heap for all the love and support, guys!
Random girls that "happened" during a life study session prior to developing the characters for my short fantasy "Jacque and Jill". You can read an excerpt from the story here (LINK)

Captain Wolfberry

2010-04-08T07:44:00.001-07:00

Yup he is the new Zid (If you happen to know who Zid is). You'll be seeing him in action soon on Marcus and More

Granny Lineup

2010-03-21T07:57:00.000-07:00

Been auditioning a lot of grannies..Haven't quite found the right one to be cast in my comic strip

Marcus

2010-03-20T22:20:00.001-07:00

Character designs for my online comic strip. And yup, Marcus is a chihuahua

Bhairav

2010-03-12T10:26:00.000-08:00

Bhairav, The black magician - Initial character sketch of one of the main Antagonists of an Indian folklore based dark-fantasy our team will be working on during our next break from freelance projects

Big Big-foot

2010-03-10T01:04:00.000-08:00

Character line up for a collection of shorts. More on the way :)

Space-knight concept

2010-03-06T01:41:00.000-08:00

Today's random quickies! :)

Caliban

2010-03-03T11:37:00.001-08:00

Caliban from 'The Tempest'. I think every other character in the play had been rather unfair to him. One cannot be branded a bad guy just because one looks conventionally bad, is the son of a witch, and possesses a free will (unlike Ariel who didn't know any better than to follow every single order given by Prospero)

The Kabuliwala

2010-03-02T05:55:00.000-08:00

A drifter had come to our door a few days ago asking for food and clothes. He reminded me verymuch of the Kabuliwala from Tagore's Story. Maybe I will see him again someday, maybe I wont. I would like to think that he has a home with a wife and a little daughter to go back to. He did not by any means look evil or the kind who'd have drugged kidnapped children in his sack. He looked a bit gloomy and weary though.The cynic in me tells me that it could have been a practiced expression. One that he puts on every time after ringing a doorbell. Maybe its just my defense mechanism getting triggered so as to not let me feel guilty about being unable to do anything remarkably kind for him. But he seemed grateful for what little he received - old clothes and some fruits. As the days pace by, I couldn't help but take some time off to doodle my version of him. Maybe deep down inside me, there still is a hint of guilt!

Ms. Raven

2010-02-25T11:06:00.000-08:00

Here is a quick product of multiple inspirations. Mix a good part of Neil Gaiman's description of the crow-lady in Anansi boys with an equal part of Death from The Sandman, add a dash of Edgar Allen Poe's poem Nevermore, and voila!..you have Ms. Raven.

Shiv

2010-02-16T22:10:00.000-08:00

The Hindu God of Destruction - Qick character design from an ongoing project

Curleen 2.0

2010-02-10T01:01:00.000-08:00

Here, Let me introduce Curleen to y'all. Watch out!!. More on the way!

Advance V-day Wishes

2010-02-09T01:38:00.000-08:00

Wishing you all an awesome Valentine's day in advance!!.. And please do take good care of your hearts

More 30-90 min warmups

2010-02-02T08:01:00.000-08:00

The hummingbird

Tiny black wings twinkling green and gold,
These droplets of joy that our hearts behold.
Spreading colors and magic they flit and fly,
Coming and going in the blink of an eye

Inspired by some poem I chanced upon a long time back. Cant seem to remember anything except for "blink of an eye" though. So I made up the rest :D

30 - 90 min warmups

2009-12-17T13:11:00.000-08:00

HE MANA little homage to the first ever hero who got me glued to the tv. My version of him, of course. I hope I don't offend the fans out there. And three cheers to HE MAN. Who else can possibly venture out into the freezing cold night in his bare essentials and manage to not get his you-know-what icicled? !!
Caught in the loop
Picture perfect :)
Will be adding more to this post!

Les Femmes

2009-12-17T06:55:00.000-08:00

Random ink warm-up quickies. This time I did use photographic references for the poses from an awesome gallery I found on DA

Warm up - The lebanese dancer

2009-12-13T01:31:00.000-08:00

:) This is what happens during your warm up session if you let yourself fall asleep reading arabian nights the previous night

Café Sketchdump

2009-11-18T12:14:00.000-08:00

I was seated comfortably on a couch in café coffee day and was on a random character sketching spree over a cup or two of black coffee, when they startled me by playing the Mangal Pande theme music!!And herez some more.. This time, with a sakura pen

Mer Princess

2009-11-10T10:08:00.000-08:00

Why does she have to be a maid when she can verywell be a princess?..and nope, she doesnt have a mouth. She feeds through her tentacles

Mr. Yummy

2009-11-08T11:07:00.000-08:00

Yumraj a.k.a Mr. Yummy.... the Indian mythological personification of death, for the uninitiated (yup, the desi grim reaper).. so if u see him, run for your life, because that is what exactly he has come to claim

The drummer

2009-11-06T11:52:00.000-08:00

So many things to do and so little time
I wish I had more hands, to make life worth my dime ;)

The Watchmaker

2009-10-27T08:38:00.000-07:00

The Watchmaker took his time to lay down the thirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty three minute components with utmost precision. The harmonic functioning of these thirty three thousand three hundred and thirty three components is powered by a metal coil that functions as a self-winding mechanism, wound by a single wheel placed at the heart of time. And on the wheel, he placed a little blue hamster that never stopped running

Tic toc tic toc!

2009-10-24T05:00:00.000-07:00

There ..amidst all the fever and delirium, i could hear him play that ol fiddle of his, luring me on...he who tics for ever... he who heals all wounds... he who neither slows down nor waits for any man... the mechanical fiddler they called time. His music is like slow poison, leading you to a sure and certain death

Straight frm the sickbed!

2009-10-22T08:37:00.000-07:00

Down with a nasty cold..but luckily, i've kept a handful o stationery handy

Shadow

2009-10-05T02:31:00.000-07:00

Isn't he simply adorable?

Rejection

2009-10-01T10:34:00.000-07:00

Experimenting with a new style for the illustrations that go with my short story "Douze"

OUCH!!..thtaz gotta hurt!

Soirées Français

2009-09-28T01:31:00.000-07:00

Homework for a new project

More will be added to this post..check out the new doodles added to the previous threads too :)

The Puppeteer

2009-09-25T10:55:00.000-07:00

>:) Hats off to the Evil whiz kid

666

2009-09-23T00:17:00.000-07:00

Here is stage 2...will be uploading the finished version in my other blog :)
Its her birthday in a couple of days and I hope to make something outta this by then :)

Zoo character concept development

2009-09-19T23:56:00.000-07:00

Rhino - phase 1

Ostrich - Phase 1

More sketches to be added to this post ... :)

HIC!! - A brand new hero!

2009-09-17T23:54:00.000-07:00

...

Nothing in sight but memories left abandoned

2009-09-17T12:49:00.001-07:00

The murderous bride is back to KILL BILL

Tiger doodles..Just for the heck of it!

Little Red Riding Hood

2009-09-16T07:38:00.001-07:00

Oh I love 'em checking pencils!! ...was tripping with the green one today!!

Oh!!.. that is a biiiig fish indeed!

2009-09-14T00:15:00.000-07:00

And catch a big fish, i did!! :D

Parkour

2009-09-12T23:45:00.000-07:00

I just feel like running free!!!

And the pesky little girl flies away!!

2009-09-12T13:32:00.000-07:00

... good riddance :P

Nudes nudes nudes!!!

2009-09-12T11:05:00.000-07:00

:) nude quickies

Voyeur

2009-09-11T00:38:00.001-07:00

of course, there is a story behind this...which will soon be told :)

Zoo study 1

2009-09-10T12:18:00.000-07:00

!@#!@#$!!!@

2008-09-17T01:13:00.000-07:00

This was scrbibbled about a month back with adrenalin pumping through all ma veins..thought id scan n post it anywayz!

Q: Why did the chicken start going to the gym?

2008-08-15T08:55:00.000-07:00

There is a good chance that i am gonna get murdered for this!

:P

Warmup Quickies

2008-04-03T03:38:00.001-07:00

2008-03-21T14:05:00.000-07:00