BlackMartyr's BlackBoard

Purple pee everywhere!

2012-01-05T13:52:00.000-08:00

Damned grape got inside my sketchbook again. I quickly scanned him before he disappeared.

Three Heads

2011-12-23T10:00:00.000-08:00

Something I'm working on. I felt like writing/drawing something fun. Lets see how it turns out. Maybe a page every day or however much I can churn out, with my existing commitments. Also, need to dump sketches before the year is out, and maybe a new header for the new year...(maybe)...

Punkha

2011-12-01T04:22:00.001-08:00

It has been sometime since my last post. I have been working on a lot of projects, and I moved out of my comfortable home in Guwahati, so I found it quite difficult to be regular. Anyhoo.... Around a year back, me and a friend were discussing what we wanted to do with our lives, we were both against the idea of working for someone else. We wanted to chill, relax and do things for ourselves at our own pace... so we decided to start a company of our own... and we did... YAY!

Its called PunKha... and it is going to be a whole lot of fun... Wish us luck... :D

Here are a couple of our T-shirt designs...

more on our facebook page... Click here for more details...

I'm Back! - Daily Comic 34 - Sketch Dump

2011-09-16T09:18:00.000-07:00

A tribute, to Cyanide and Happiness. (Also today's daily comic.)

So... After a long break... I'm back... I tried taking breaks from all the resting and the sleeping to draw. I tried filling one page every day... Got a little busy towards the end, so nothing after the 7th day... :P

More comics tomorrow! :D

Daily Comic - 33

2011-09-06T15:27:00.000-07:00

They passed.

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Off to Haflong in approximately one and a half hours. Yay!

This illustration was done some 6 months back. I just added the caption right now. Have been a bit busy with the packing and syncing my psp with videos and songs for the trip. I have no entertainment in Haflong... :(

Well then... Sayonara.. I'll be back on the 16th... :D

Daily Comic - 32

2011-09-05T13:54:00.000-07:00

I'm depressed... and bored... and lazy... so i didn't color in the hair... and i didn't align the panels...but you still get the message...

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I completed a month... but... with breaks in between... but it is only getting more difficult to generate more ideas now... so i think i'm going to continue daily comics, to see where this gets us...
Unfortunately, I 'm heading for Haflong the day after tomorrow... so... no scanner... and no equipment... that makes it very difficult for me to make comics... but... i will sketch... so massive sketch dump is expected after I return to Guwahati.

Hopefully, i will still be posting tomorrow...

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OOOOOH!!! And i have also equalled the maximum posts i have ever done in a year... yay... things are looking up... but i'm still depressed... i'm hungry...

Happy Birthday Freddie

2011-09-05T06:23:00.000-07:00

It's Freddie's birthday today!! Have you seen this yet?

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charcoal on cartridge paper

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Ron Swanson - Pencil Portrait

2011-09-02T13:51:00.000-07:00

Ron Swanson, as i promised earlier.

Best T.V. character, EVER!!!

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“It’s like yoga, except I still get to kill something.” - Ron Swanson on fishing.

Daily Comic - 31

2011-09-02T08:08:00.000-07:00

Violet is a non conformist's color of choice.

Sketchdump

2011-09-02T08:05:00.000-07:00

Some very random sketches from my Bechain Nagri sketchbook...

Ron Swanson makes a guest appearance.

I need to draw more feet. My sketchbook is filled with heads.

Daily Comic - 30

2011-09-01T13:16:00.000-07:00

...because two heads are better than one...

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Sorry... You'll understand this only, if you speak hindi... then again, maybe not...

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On another note... Yay! 30th comic!... :D

Daily Comic - 29

2011-08-31T13:33:00.000-07:00

0:14 to 0:20 and 4:16 to 4:20------> Madras Cut!

For more info on Ekta Kapoor ----> here and here.

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"Not many Indian serials ever end—and so, writers are forced to stretch storylines over a generation or more to cope with the lack of character-exploration/situation-exploitation." - wiki.

Daily Comic - 28

2011-08-31T07:54:00.000-07:00

Go ahead, make my day.

Ron Swanson - Best Quote!

2011-08-31T05:51:00.000-07:00

The whole thing is a scam. Birthdays were invented by Hallmark to sell cards.

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P.S. :- I over rendered and made Ron Swanson chubby. Sorry. Ron Swanson needs to me more MANLY! Another Ron will be up soon.

Daily Comic - 27

2011-08-29T15:16:00.000-07:00

I can't believe how difficult it is getting to continue this... I'm completely running out of ideas... I need to get out of my house more... O_O

Daily Comic - 26

2011-08-28T11:23:00.000-07:00

I did play with her again, this time with her sister. I made her sister win and she ran away crying.

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We're playing UNO, if you didn't know.

Daily Comic - 25

2011-08-26T13:16:00.001-07:00

I AM EMPEROR!

Daily Comic - 24

2011-08-26T07:36:00.000-07:00

And this is why i don't lose any weight...

Daily Comic 23

2011-08-24T09:33:00.000-07:00

Not like i'm actually going to start though. Although I am eating quite less nowadays... Heck I might have even lost some weight... you can never tell though... A drop off of the ocean... :(

BECHAIN NAGRI

2011-08-24T02:19:00.000-07:00

'ello 'ello 'ello... :D

I've drawn sketchbook covers for the second set of Bechain Nagri sketchbooks! And i get royalty for every sketchbook that gets sold! So go and buy my sketchbook! I want to buy a new hard disk!

This time they wanted all the covers to follow a theme. I based my covers on Monster foods.

1) Sandwich witch.
2) Mummy's Pickle.
3) Ketchup Vampire.
4) Big Foot-long.
5) Undead Leftovers.

The paper is super nice, I've tried out most all mediums on it and they work wonderfully. The paper doesn't have much grain though, so i don't like using pencils on it, but for everything else it is awesome! :D

If you want to order your books online click here! Shipping is FREE! :D

Daily Comic 22

2011-08-23T09:17:00.001-07:00

He did! And he wants to do more! Here, look for yourself!

Daily Comic 21

2011-08-21T16:53:00.001-07:00

My helmet is sexy. Your argument is invalid.

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Me and Gunjan discussed this comic when I was in Ahmedabad. This is the first part of the story. She will hopefully make the second part.

:D

Daily Comic 20 - ST.O.T.O. 12

2011-08-20T08:37:00.000-07:00

Written by :- Raj Das.

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To know what STOTO is about click here.

Daily Comic 19 - ST.O.T.O. 11

2011-08-20T08:36:00.001-07:00

Written by :- Sushmeit Madhavan Nambiar.

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To know what STOTO is about click here.

Daily Comic - 18 / ST.O.T.O. 10

2011-08-18T13:00:00.001-07:00

Enter STOTI...

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To know what STOTO is about click here.

Daily Comic - 17 / ST.O.T.O. - 9

2011-08-18T12:56:00.000-07:00

To know what STOTO is about click here.

Daily Comic - 16 / S.T.O.T.O - 8

2011-08-16T11:11:00.000-07:00

Love is in the air... :D

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To know what STOTO is about click here.

Daily Comic - 15

2011-08-15T11:02:00.000-07:00

Divorce is never pretty.

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I apologize for any spelling mistakes that i might have made. I'm writing hindi after 9 years.

I like my ride...

2011-08-14T14:34:00.000-07:00

Daily Comic - 14

2011-08-14T10:44:00.001-07:00

Same airtel, different emotions.

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This strip would make more sense if you've read #13.

Daily Comic - 13

2011-08-13T05:20:00.001-07:00

:'(

Daily Comic - 12

2011-08-12T10:12:00.000-07:00

This could've gone in some other direction... RESTRAINT!!!!

Charles's fantasy...

2011-08-11T07:24:00.001-07:00

Last time when i was in Ahmedabad, Gunjan and I were discussing our water coloring techniques. She uses a lot of wet on wet and i use a lot of wet on dry. She suggested that we try illustrating the same thing in our own respective styles. So i made this here comic and then we colored it in...

I colored the first panel, she did the second and the third was a joint venture.... :P

P.S. : - Gunjan told me that the X-Men was actually based on LGBT issues prior to the making of the strip....

Daily Comic # 11

2011-08-11T03:50:00.001-07:00

Love doesn't quite figure during reincarnation...

Daily Comic # 10

2011-08-09T06:20:00.000-07:00

No wonder I'm still single...

P.S. :- Yes!!! I'm home!!

Daily Comic #09

2011-07-21T03:00:00.000-07:00

He will pick you right back on your feet... provided you have fallen flat on your face....

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P.S. : - Home is still far far away...

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P.P.S. : - Think Gujarati.... :D

Where are you? You Bastard!!

2011-07-17T16:07:00.000-07:00

I'm not at home... far away from my computer, my desk with my nice stationery and paper and light box... but i have a sketchbook... i am drawing but can't put up anything online... alas, my old dilemma of not having a scanner at hand comes back to haunt me... i will collect all when i reach home and then i will put them up... it will be like an explosion... an explosion of comics!! Lots of comics... :D

till then.... i ask you all to have some people in hospitals...

patience...

Daily comic # 8

2011-07-09T06:28:00.000-07:00

I said i would post today... and so i did... a bit earlier too... :D

the joke works only for hindi speaking people... sorry, the rest of the world... :(
(click on image to enlarge)

Daily comic # 7

2011-07-08T16:27:00.001-07:00

Started out as something else, ended as something else... :P

i might not be able to post anything tomorrow... i'm going to ahmedabad on the 10th... and i will be busy packing tomorrow... i might just put something up... and then again, i might not... we'll see....

Daily Comic # 6

2011-07-07T09:07:00.000-07:00

i used nibs instead of brush to draw today's strip... just as a change... :D

Daily Comic # 5

2011-07-06T14:21:00.000-07:00

I'm hoping for a girl...

Daily Comic # 4

2011-07-05T10:54:00.000-07:00

my sister did join my college... and she did reveal my name... thankfully i already had a different nickname in college... so my old name didn't stick... Yay!! ... :D

Daily Comic # 3

2011-07-04T12:29:00.000-07:00

What happens when your parents don't think before naming you...

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I've been drawing these comics really small... this one is just 3X3 inches... i think i'm losing out on some details when i make them this small... well...... Larger Drawings!! Tomorrow... although they're going to be the same size on the web... :P

Daily Comic # 2

2011-07-03T12:37:00.001-07:00

yay... i didn't fail myself... this doesn't happen everyday... :P

Daily comic #1

2011-07-02T14:11:00.000-07:00

I'm going to do this... i don't do a lot of things i promise... but i hope i'll be able to do this... i'm planning on making a comic everyday... and i'm going to put them up here... i might not be able to post someday... but i will put up the comic i made that day the next day... i hope i can do this... at least for a month... if that happens.... then i'll try aiming for a year... :P

lesse....

here is the first one...

More of the Longing by Phoenix

2011-06-30T11:39:00.000-07:00

The rest of the artwork which i did for Abhinab's video launch... i will put up a link to his video whenever he makes it public.... :)

Abhinab ke band ka video release ho raha hain...

2011-06-28T05:23:00.000-07:00

Done entirely on illustrator... felt weird while doing this, i hadn't used illustrator for more than a year... but i got used to it soon enough again... :P

i'll be putting up more stuff from the launch, after it happens... :D

Mridu helped a lot with the text... and we thanks her lots... :)

P.S. :- for some reason, when i upload the banner on my blog, the gradation looks like shite... tried exporting a different version of the same picture and then reposting, but it didn't help it much... :(

Happy Birthday Sushma!!

2011-06-03T05:07:00.000-07:00

Soosma ki jawani ki kya tarif karein... dekhogey to hi vishwas hoga... :P

And even more when they are colored

2011-06-02T12:30:00.001-07:00

We certainly do...

2011-06-02T09:40:00.000-07:00

An old song...

2011-05-28T16:15:00.001-07:00

"Puff the magic dragon, lived by the sea."

Some kind of experiment

2011-05-28T06:39:00.000-07:00

I'm trying coloring over pencil renders... following the previous post, this came out a little better, but i'm still not that satisfied...

well... back to the drawing board...

He has really bad gas...

2011-05-27T12:11:00.001-07:00

Does anyone have any digene?

I tried out some colors on this... doesn't look particularly good... i'm still going to put it up though... :P

He has nice things to say all the time.

2011-05-27T08:59:00.000-07:00

When asked about Comics, the nicely dressed man said,

BOO!!!

2011-05-27T08:58:00.000-07:00

The Ghost of Animation Past keeps coming back to haunt me...

Where are you going...

2011-05-25T04:58:00.000-07:00

Passing a little time in the hospital...

And, a part of the hospital...

Galileo Teacher Training Program - Illustrations

2011-05-14T23:07:00.001-07:00

a freelance came by and whooshed away...

STOTO is on the web!!!

2011-05-14T22:54:00.001-07:00

These things here were made especially for(on) a very good friend of mine.... Troy Vasanth.... He dances, he does funky martial arts stuff, he makes awesome music, he is super-spectacular with 3d and all things computers, he is the only person I know who uses ubuntu, he plays chungi very well and he does a lot of things which are awesome and nice. He also states the obvious.

And now presenting to the internets.... the adventures of Captain STOTO!!!

Writers - Anish Daolagupu, Vijay Paul Punia, Dhruva Rao and Rajesh Thakare.

None of these sketchbooks are mine...

2011-05-04T00:35:00.000-07:00

Done a while back just for fun... never had the chance to put them up... but someone just got a new scanner... :D

Mediums - Brushpen and watercolor, brushpen and Derwent soft color pencils, Rotring 0.3 and derwent soft color pencils...

Oh no you don't!!!

2011-05-03T23:12:00.000-07:00

a poster made for the Indian Government, against slash and burn cultivation, which destroys a lot of forest cover in the hills, especially in the Northeastern part of the country.... click to enlarge... :)

Guess who has a scanner... :D

2011-05-02T09:06:00.000-07:00

one page from a sketchbook... its not a large scanner... and the page is an a3.... so well... the page was scanned thrice and then broken down into smaller sections... :P

the one with the goblin was never completed.... too much detail... and i got bored..... :(

more soon...

Sketches sans Scanners

2011-04-21T15:21:00.000-07:00

Hazy Hazy Hazy pichkars... so bad i feels like cryings... when i get scanners i posts again... but that will takes time... :(

Give me freelance to buy Scanner!! or just give me lots of money because you love me so much... or give me money because you hate me and want to see me get paper cuts from fresh new bills...

random panels from random comics that randomly don't exist... random dialogues and random tools... most of it being new antique nibs i found in Pan Bazaar... and some decent brushes which came surprisingly cheap... and a rare sable brush that wasn't that great (although that was for free)...

i wants stationary too... :P

Hi Hello Do we exist? it seems we does...

2011-01-10T09:43:00.000-08:00

said the Robot

Illustration Friday : Equipment

2010-05-19T03:25:00.000-07:00

I recently lost one of my most cherished and prized posessions... my kuretake sable hair brush pen... actually it was flicked from my box... anyways, the point is, its not with me now... and i don't think its coming back... i was hurt when i realized that it was gone... but now i've realized that even though it was a really good pen, my art will continue to grow... it all comes from inside... and even the best equipment is just another tool for your heart and imagination...

*EDIT : I bought two more... :D i is so happies... thankings you so much Hunny Dastur!!

Red Alert 3 and lots of free time...

2010-05-17T01:12:00.001-07:00

when you put everyone in turrets... russian line, allied line and then the japanese line... in order of way they appear in their respective barracks... :P

the coolest was the ninja in the turret... it shoots giant shuriken... :D

all the super-weapons at one go... and look... i control everyone...

A unicorn killed Napoleon

2010-05-16T08:31:00.001-07:00

full 20 pounds... or was it a rocket? in the shade of the olive trees... hahahaha....the man responsible and his army...

(full graphics baby)

Other random sketches

2010-05-11T11:13:00.001-07:00

a bad dream i had, caramel custard i had made at home once, Roney Devassia - batchmate and something kunal made me draw, i don't know why...

Illustration Friday : Fearless

2010-05-11T04:16:00.000-07:00

So, after a really, really long time.... a post for IF... hope you guys like it... (Fatman is more liike it)... :P

ATCs

2010-05-10T03:17:00.001-07:00

i didn't know what to put in them... and one of them is missing, Gunjan took it before i could scan it... for more ATCs click here...

Newest Sketchbook

2010-05-10T02:42:00.000-07:00

possible new header... but will have to color first...

Some freelance work...

2010-05-10T02:12:00.000-07:00

National Childrens Science Congress... illustrations for the daily newspaper...

Infibeam Pi... Tripathi and I worked on that together... we did the character design together, he sketched and then i colored the frames...

Old Sketcbook, new entries

2010-05-10T02:03:00.000-07:00

i likes these...

Sketchbook 3

2010-05-10T01:58:00.001-07:00

this is my most recent sketchbook... not my most recent sketches though...

Sketchbook 2

2010-05-09T07:22:00.001-07:00

some character design work for an e-book reader... and other random stuff...

Sketchbook 1

2010-05-09T07:05:00.000-07:00

excerpts from my sketchbook... random stuff...

attempts at drawing women... :P

What? Its been how long?

2010-05-09T04:00:00.000-07:00

I've been a very very lazy boy... since everyones been on a krishna trip lately heres one from me...

P.S. - more of sketches since Icarus will be put up soon...

Illustration Friday : Fly 2

2009-10-10T07:18:00.000-07:00

ok... so i cheated... and posted something i had made earlier... and tried to fit it to this weeks topic... i got lazy... but i made a brand new one... apologies... :P

as mel brooks said... if god wanted us to fly, he'd have sent us tickets... :D

P.S. :- for some reason, you can't enlarge this image by clicking on it... i've been trying to upload different sized versions of it but none seem to work... help...

Watercolors... i'm in love with watercolors... :D

2009-10-08T05:35:00.000-07:00

last night... after mcdonalds home delivery... had a Maharaja and 4 Mcgrills... saved 2 Mcchickens for later... one before i started this... one in the morning... after i woke up... happy.... :)

In a sea of love

2009-10-05T08:03:00.001-07:00

self love, but love nonethless...

Sketchbook pages

2009-10-05T08:02:00.001-07:00

Philower

2009-10-05T08:01:00.000-07:00

micron tip and watercolor... after a nice dinner at Cama... lovely club sandwich.... yum... :)

The fox alone

2009-10-05T08:00:00.000-07:00

that bunny is quite a bastard... must remember to eat him someday....

Fox attack

2009-10-05T07:59:00.001-07:00

complete and utter randomness...

Off for fishing

2009-10-05T07:58:00.000-07:00

a leetal alcohol and a lot of time in your hand....

Illustration Friday : Fly

2009-10-05T07:57:00.003-07:00

faith and the courage for that one step...

although sometimes... its better not to... :P

Hair Gradient

2009-10-05T07:56:00.001-07:00

was looking at Anushka Manchanda when i made this... she has the loveliest nose...

Illustration Friday : Germs

2009-10-05T07:49:00.000-07:00

A lot of people wouldn't eat at a restaurant if the conditions there are unsanitary... places like Labella and Roopali... but if the food tastes good, germs or no germs, it goes down the hatch... :P

Sketch book inauguration

2009-09-21T06:02:00.000-07:00

cover illustration for my new sketchbook which i bought from CEPT... its hardbound and has a nice handmade paper cover... happy!!! :)

Illustration Friday : Wrapped and Poster war Pictures

2009-08-14T07:36:00.000-07:00

With so many tentacles i don't know how the jellyfish doesn't get wrapped up in itself....

On another note, i'm quite wrapped up with work myself... but as promised earlier here are some poster war pictures...

Poster war is a part of an annual event in our college, called Monsoon Fiesta where we put up posters in and around the hostel area... there are four teams : Visual Communication(VC), Industrial Design(ID), Foundation(Foundy) and Gandhinagar(GN)... each team makes posters of a particular color and puts them up... the posters are later evaluated on execution, concept and size...

this year VC has blue, ID has red, Foundy has green and GN has white...

here are some pictures... courtesy Facebook... (i don't have a camera of my own...) :P

P.S. :- these pictures are a little old... i'll put up some recent pictures soon....

the last poster was the one we made 2 years ago... when we VC had white... largest poster ever!! it span four floors...

i have not made any of the posters save the first one and the last one, but both of them have been a group effort... it's past my time to make posters, i'm a poster war veteran now... :D

Illustration Friday : Impatience and apologies...

2009-08-12T10:32:00.000-07:00

You get really impatient when you work with ancient computers like this one that i'm currently working with right now... it's in Pavan's cabin in NDBI... and is really slow... not that slow, but slow enough and i'm sure that there are hazar viruses in it which enhance its slowness greatly...

also.... i'd like to apologise for my tardiness in the matter of posting... i've been bhairy bhairy bheezee with some freelance(a comic book brochure thingy) and Poster war... for people who don't know what poster war is... i shall put up somepictures to illustrate the topic in a few days.... its loads of fun... Yo VC! :D

shall put up stuff about the freelance as well... :)

Illuistration Friday : Hollow

2009-07-14T01:58:00.001-07:00

My submission for this weeks topic... wished i could've finished it.... i have a lot of work, freelance(finally) and otherwise... so i don't have enough time.... i'm getting some time on the comp because i had to scan some stuff, thought i'll post this as well... ok, need to go now... work's calling... :P

Illustration Friday : worn

2009-06-27T04:47:00.001-07:00

You know you have worn the same socks one too many times when you can't stand the stink yourself...

its been a long time since i have posted for illustration friday... a long time since i've posted anything at all... i'm terribly busy working on my film right now... and shall be for the coming month or two... hopefully it will be done in time.... shall put up some stuff from my film as well... cheers... and have a happy weekend... :D

Illustration Friday : Adapt

2009-06-02T06:59:00.001-07:00

A little late in submitting... but nevertheless... i've done the illustration in illustrator... there are a few glitches because i was hurrying to submit it before it gets too late... i would really like your feedback to improve myself...

Gross!!

2009-05-29T00:32:00.000-07:00

One of my favorite hindi songs,

turns out to be copied...

Damn you Bollywood Music Director, damn you all to hell!

for more copied songs please click here, you might find your favorite songs as well... :P

Airtel annoy's me...

2009-05-25T01:10:00.000-07:00

I swear I'm going to do it...

Illustration Friday : Cracked

2009-05-25T01:03:00.000-07:00

I cracked a bad one...

Illustration Friday : Contagious 2

2009-05-15T23:26:00.000-07:00

A cheerleader's enthusiasm can be quite contagious too... :D

Sorry for the double entries... i had two illustrations which were quite apt for the topic(at least thats what i thought), so i had to put them up... Happy weekend... :)

Illustration Friday : Contagious

2009-05-15T23:15:00.000-07:00

A smile can be very contagious... beware... :)

Barbershop? Not quite...

2009-05-12T16:41:00.000-07:00

So... i tried... Abhisaar, Sachin and me, sang the song together... three times in different tones... originally i was supposed to sing the lead, sachin the tenor and abhisaar the baritone... but Abhisaar couldn't keep the tune... so we decided to sing all of the parts together one by one... except the lead which no one could sing except me... this is how it turned out... pretty sad, but we had fun doing it... also, we were missing the bass... we thought Rustom might sing for us, but the idea abhorred him... :(

I hadn't made a video, and i didn't know how to just post just audio, so i took an old image and made a video out of it... :P

Barbershop training videos are available here... including the one we were trying to sing...

More Illustrator madness

2009-05-12T07:13:00.000-07:00

I'm enjoying this a lot... :D
Feedback would be nice... :P