This is the completed sheet.

This is what it looks like on the iPod template.

And these are some of the pots I painted as a kid – my Mother’s kept them as decorative pieces still!

The two pots above are aluminium Army issue tins.

This one’s a melmoware bowl. Sure come a long way aye!

A personal project. Illustration based on a dream. The above is the sketch on paper with a paper texture applied on top of the illustration in Photoshop. Below is the illustration converted to a vector in Illustrator, color added. The last the end of the post is the colored Illustrator file further edited in Photoshop.

Click on the last image for a 1024×768 wallpaper if you’re interested! [ I'd forgotten how satisfying it was to do personal projects - this is amazingly fulfilling. ]

And here is the top right corner of the website template:

It needed improvement – more subtle – more dreamy.

UPDATE : September 2008
A new wallpaper has been designed and made available for download here.
Diwali 2009 Wallpaper

It’s Diwali season, 2006 and a lot of people are reaching the aside blog after searching for “Diwali” on Google. This has prompted me to release yet another Diwali Wallpaper [ in addition to the one released in 2005 ].

This is what it looks like:

Description
The desktop wallpaper has an illustration of Goddess Lakshmi [ or Laxmi ]. She represents wealth, well-being and prosperity and business owners welcome her on the festival of Diwali and pray to her so that she blesses them with wealth and prosperity. This Diwali Wallpaper has been created to give it an old, worn-out paper look to signify the tradition of celebrating Diwali that is being followed from the time of the Ramayana.

The colors used are the colors of turmeric and saffron, which are oft-used “puja” [ meaning "prayer" ]-related materials.

Download using the following links depending on what size you need [ right click the link and select save-as ]:

• 800 x 600
• 1024 x 768
• 2000 x 1500

If your company needs custom wallpapers to send out to clients this Diwali, get in touch! Wishing all clients and readers a very happy and prosperous Diwali!

And here’s another one – a more colorful version.

And here are the download links:

• 800 x 600
• 1024 x 768
• 2000 x 1500

And here’s another one [ a third Diwali wallpaper for Diwali 2006 ].

And here are the download links:

• 800 x 600
• 1024 x 768
• 2000 x 1500

And here’s another one [ a fourth Diwali wallpaper for Diwali 2006 ].

And here are the download links:

• 800 x 600
• 1024 x 768
• 2000 x 1500

Since I’d mentioned Grunge a couple of days back, this was a great viewing experience.

Links to the websites :

• [ loads Flash - takes time ] : doubleOC OR Opposite of Corporate : I find their logo animation VERY distracting.
• ThickRecords – nice illustration.

Why do I get a feeling that Grunge is not a great idea for website? [ they look too cluttered ].

• Daniele Cascone : decent grunge – does not mix with the website content – better.
• Miron Design : splash page – not such a good idea – with increasingly shorter attention spans – you should hit the visitor with a “sale” immediately – unless you’re creating a gallery / showcase – and it has pre-loading flash – very slow.

There were more links [ you can see them all here ] – I just didn’t have the heart to dis anymore of them.

That reminds me, I need to increase the content-width of this blog.
So what do you think? [ About the composition above. ] Photography and design by moi.