Sunday, October 28, 2012

Squid Forest Showdown


hoot hoot


Buddha and Friends



Travel India!


Hampi, Karnataka (India)


Lord Shiva versus Mr. Freeze



My favourite part about traveling in India was that there are cartoons everywhere!  Sure, half a billion people idolize those cartoons as Gods.  I thought they were all pretty bad-ass, especially Shiva. 

Tiger Head



Kerala Boat-man


White Album imagery

The claim to fame of Rishikesh, India is that the Beatles wrote their White Album at an ashram there back in the day.  Plenty of great Beatles-inspired graffiti there since the place closed down.  Couldn't help but be a bit inspired by it while I was there.  So, this picture includes an image for each song from the album.

some sadhus


Flying Fish!



Doodles from Amritsar, India


Visitors in the Blue City


While drawing Jodhpur's Mehrangarh Fort, I couldn't help but find my picture to be a bit boring (and nowhere near as impressive as the real sight), so I added a UFO.  When in doubt: aliens.

abstract attempt

  

Met this very strange and interesting women on the street in Jaisalmer,  basically a veteran acid head from San Francisco.  She took a look at a few of my drawings and challenged me to draw something abstract, and this pic is the result.  Not sure I like abstract.  Also not sure she'd like this picture if she ever saw it. 

Traveling solo in India


Hindu scribbles


Attempted to mimic some of the incredibly impressive paintings of Hindu deities, lost patience and gave up not soon after.  Way too intricate. 

The Rocketeer


Taj Mahal


Finally a mausoleum that lives up to the hype!

eyes


Ice Cream


Himalayan chunk


Doodles from Leh (Northern India)


The street signs above are not the product of my imagination, though I wish I could take credit for them.  With the roads in Northern India being absolutely treacherous, the government does its best to motivate people to drive safely.




The hiker in this pic, top left, was an insanely stereotypical Swiss dude, who was also insane, that we spent a few days trekking with in Leh. 

Varanasi, India





Yeti!

Based on a true story!  I wish.

Doodles and imagery from Upper Mustang, Nepal


Kagbeni, Mustang (Nepal)

View from the first town my friend and I stopped in on a 10 day trek in Upper Mustang, Nepal.  The valley in the distance is where we walked the next day, eventually making our way to Lo Manthang ("The Forbidden Kingdom" - the last Tibetan kingdom in Nepal to hand over power).  Picture would probably benefit from some colour.