Tree

My version of Shiva - Shiva Moon

A symbol of branching out in the most beautiful wonderful ways :)

Like I mentioned before, I've started a new illustration initiative with my friends - Illustration Much!

If you haven't liked our page on Facebook already, do check it out : https://www.facebook.com/IllustrationMuch

We have alot of new exciting (and unfortunately secret, due to contracts) projects coming up!

Till then, have a great November!

Love,

Taaneya

Water

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. " 
~ Rabindranath Tagore

Here's to love in all its forms. Inspired by flowers, colour, the moon and the sea.

ALSO - Happy Birthday Mr. Cyril Kiran! 

I hope you have a lovely day and a lovely year ahead, and I hope you have everything you wish for. 

Thank you for being such a lovely friend :) Always.

What a weekend - Went exploring with my best friend in the whole world, one of favourite favourite things to do :)

We saw and found the most beautiful things :)

Have a lovely day everyone!

Tall

This month I've said "Hello" to a whole new world.

Adveritising, long days and sleepless nights.

Creative dreams, lots of drawing and color 

(Of course)

"If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?"

- T. S. Eliot

Featured in Kyoorius Magazine!

 Last week I received my copy of Kyoorius magazine, and the best part?

I've been featured in it!

Kyoorius is one of India’s leading publications in the field of design and illustration, showcasing great talent.

Getting featured in Kyoorius is a dream come true, and makes all this seem so worthwhile everyday.To be amongst the likes of Rebecca Chew, Rahul Gaikwad and so many more talented illustrators was the best post birthday present I could have ever received!

Thank you so much to Bindu Nair, editor at Kyoorius for making this happen. And above all, Kyoorius, for doing what they do for designers,illustrators and students.

You can read the whole interview here

Secrets, flowers and wood

                                         
                                                 My tribute to fashion, glamour and all things creative.
                                                  Thought it was about time to do something different.
                                                  And because I adore seeing my work as a snapshot :

                         

            Have a creative day :)

Faded

Sometimes getting caught up in a regular life makes you forget the beauty of what you're doing and why you're doing it.Worrying about money and time is an every day thing occurrence in my life, and then I update my blog and I've realised that the beauty of what really matters has certainly faded away.

                             

                             

Must note, every day - The beauty of art and people.And maybe the beauty of things I don't like very much!

Share.Inspire.

Hitched

Just graduated college!

And the little guy up there is one of the results of my four years at The Symbiosis Institute of Design!

He's a part of a huge collection of characters :

"Circus People", an illustrative theme based font

Each alphabet is based on a character from the circus!

And there are numbers too!

And it's a book as well!!

(That I hope to get published someday)

It's wonderful time, Im extremely happy to be doing what I'm doing.Lucky as well :)

Happy May everyone!!

Return

My interpretation of Lord Krishna

We all worship something or someone.And eventually,maybe,we all return to it.

In my opinion, Krishna's probably one of India's (Hinduism's) most charming Gods.

Who,by the way,came to restore Dharma to the earth in a time of great dharmic imbalance.

So Im almost done with my degree project and college,its all happening very fast.But in a good way,Im settling into doing some regular things - getting a job,working and doing what I love.Of course :)

This year's probably going to be quite different and Im looking forward to it.

And there are the other lovely things in life,the things around you..

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Capable

“If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.” 

                                                                                                                          - Thomas Edison

It's true,we're all capable of swimming in the ocean and flying to the clouds.

I've done lots of travelling this month,from Bombay..

To places much closer to home..

The year is just beginning :)

Good news!Good news!

Thanks once again to the lovely people at They Draw and Cook.

You can check out the recipe here!

* Very grateful.As always :) *

To my dear blog

To my dear blog (Wander Dust,is that your name?I'm really not sure),

It's 3:30 am and as usual, I can't really sleep.So I decided to check you out.I also thought I'd look at my blogger profile which says that you've been active since August 2006.Wow.

   I don't know why I started you.But it happened anyways.I was a 16 year old kid messing around with photoshop and I really liked what I was coming up with.At the time.I don't really approve of my work then now but that isn't really suprising now is it?

   When people ask me why I started a blog I'd like to tell them it's because I really want to know what people think of my work.But the truth is, I'm still and will probably always be very shy when it comes to putting my work out there.The reason I started this blog was to record my work and in the process unknowingly, record my life.

  When I go back 6 pages or 2 years on this blog and I look at my work I can come up with a whole story about what urged me to think up what I did then.And I guess thats the beauty of it.

  Steve Jobs died yesterday.And I came across a quote of his about loving what you do.It was about how you should believe that the work you're doing at the present moment is truly great work.How this belief will only get better as life goes on.It meant alot to me,because I love what I do.

  But let's face it.I go through so many phases.I don't know where I'll be next year, and if I do end up studying curation and art history I only hope I have the courage to pull through.And that courage has certainly come from this blog.Alot of the good things that have happened in my professional life have happened because of this blog.The lovely comments.The lovely people leaving those comments.It's all good.

  Thank you :)

So if I do choose Tumblr or Wordpress to start my writing blog don't be mad.Just be glad I finally got the courage to write!

Love,

Taaneya.

Earth exploring and remembering

There's something about going back to the Valley School.

Everything changes and so much hasn't changed.

There's lots to remember, lots to look back on and people I still have in my life because of that school.