The main reason why I am not updating the Drawings Gallery on this site is that I do not have FTP access in any of the computers in TAPMI.  So I cannot upload any of the latest pictures I've done.  Anyway I am going to send some of them to Varun (I am right now waiting for the scanner to be free, so that I can scan five more pictures) soon.  I thought I would post a list of the new drawings here — if you want me to send you any of them ask me by email — so that you know what I've been up to.  By the way all of these have got very good comments from friends whom I've shown them to.

• I, Robot Poster (30 Aug): Will Smith and Bridget Moynahan's faces from the Video CD cover, done in red and black gel ink pens.  I was up till about 4 AM this morning doing this picture, but it paid off — I think this is one of my best drawings so far.
• Predalien Queen Mutant (26-28 Aug): After watching Alien vs. Predator, at the end of which a Predalien is shown, I wondered what a Predalien Queen would be like.  This drawing was done with black, blue and green gel ink pens, and shows a huge Predalien Queen Mutant with one of it's hands raised.  In front of it is a field of eggs and a single Predator (he looks very small compared to the Predalien Queen Mutant).
• Horror Hospital Cover (15 Aug): Horror Hospital is a story idea that I had, of a (bloody) horror story set in a very creepy hospital.  If I ever get the time I might just develop this into a full comic.  Anyway for now there's an image for the proposed cover, done in black and red gel ink pen.  The response that I got to the picture suggests that I achieved the effect that I was going for — a disturbing image!
• Alien vs. Predator Impressions (9 Aug): A miniature version of the AvP poster done from memory, with some comments on my expectations from the movie.
• Fight Club Coffee Scene (7 Aug): There is an impressive situation in the Fight Club book, where the lead character has to put two fingers over a hole in his cheek while drinking coffee, otherwise it'll leak.  This drawing, done in red and black gel pen, shows this scene.
• Perfect Evening Tea (4 Aug): My idea of a perfect evening tea — a veg. burger, a tea, two Mentos and one Fusen gum from Little Chef.  This is what I drew in the drawing, again with red and black gel pens.
• Episode Hangover (3 Aug): A cartoon (done in red and black gel ink pens) which shows someone at TAPMI in a very tired state after Episode.  And what do you need to get out of this situation (or to combat dull classes)?  Industrial Strength Coffee!  The drawing was based on how tired Madhur looked on the day after Episode, where we had classes too.

All these drawings are done in my notebook, which as I already said, is probably the most attractive notebook in all of TAPMI.  Red and black gel pens are a great combination for drawing as I discovered.  You do the drawing first using the red pen, with shading, and then you enhance the darker parts with black.  I love the effect this brings to a drawing.

On an unrelated note, I have just TWO mails in my TAPMI Mail Inbox.  Just so you can compare, I will state here that at one point there were over 700 mails in there, and the average number of mails in the Inbox in the past was about 300.