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Cheer Up It's Only Robot Flu

Submitted by Vishal on Thu, 2010/04/15 - 12:43pm

Design Doodle 0001 - Cheer Up It's Only Robot Flu

It's been a while since I just did something for the heck of it. Designers usually like to make such work sound important by labeling it a 'personal project', but I like to think of it more like a sketch or drawing practice -- a Design Doodle!

This piece resulted from a process that is the essence of doodling. There was no plan, no idea, no concept in my head. I simply looked through a random folder of photos I'd taken, picked one, cross-processed it in the GIMP until it looked nice, then imported it into inkscape and went from there. After about an hour of work on it there was a 'click' in my head that said it was done, and that was that.

It was stream-of-consciousness design!

I hope to do more of these, probably one a week, maybe more. It always helps to keep practicing, to keep the gears of your mind charged, and client work or large projects can sometimes be too serious for that. It also feels great to start and finish something in one sitting.

Go out and play, just spend and hour doing 'nothing' -- and you may end up with something you like very much.

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A Herd of Slumdogs

Submitted by Vishal on Thu, 2009/01/29 - 12:34am

5 panel comic about Slumdog Millionaire, featuring two Monks.

Comic Konga! #003: Dracunerd Lands a Hottie

Submitted by Vishal on Wed, 2007/10/31 - 11:19pm

I know what you're thinking

Comic Konga! Begins Tomorrow!!

Submitted by Vishal on Sun, 2007/10/28 - 3:40pm

Comic Konga LogoWell, folks, less than 24 hours to go before Comic Konga! begins! I hope you're excited and if you're participating, I hope you've got a bunch of ideas (or better yet, finished comics) already! Truth be told I haven't begun work on my finished comics yet. I do have a few of the ideas chalked out and I know what tomorrow's comic will be... now I just have to do it!

In case you feel so inclined to announce your Comic Konga! participation on your blogs, I've provided a couple of versions of the logo for you to use:

Comic Konga LogoComic Konga White Logo

The one on the left is a transparent background PNG, 240x240. On the right is a GIF of the same dimensions with a white background. Feel free to right click and 'Save as...' (or your browser's equivalent) and put it up in your site's sidebar or into your Comic Konga! posts. Feel free to resample or resize it to fit your blog (I kept it large so that it would shrink down well).

Comic Konga! Logo (Plain SVG version)

If you like, I've provided a plain SVG version of the logo. You can use Inkscape to view it, but I think even other programs like new versions of Adobe Illustrator support this vector file standard. With the vector version you can export the image at higher (or lower) resolutions, or even put the logo into the comics themselves.

In case there were any doubts, you can begin to post your comics whenever Monday is in your timezone. Just putup one every day until Friday. I'll also be collecting links to all the participants's daily entries the next day(so Monday's comic will be collected on Tuesday afternoon GMT), and of course there will be a final list of links after Comic Konga concludes on Friday, 02 November.

I encourage all of you to check out the other entries; to comment on, link to and pick your favourites. Mostly, don't be disheartedned if you haven't begun... there's still a while to go and a great comic doesn't need to worked on forever.

Good luck!

The Future of Human Transportation

Submitted by Vishal on Wed, 2007/10/17 - 1:59pm

Let's talk about the Future
Everybody talks about the future of cars...
Pfft! Let's talk about the future... of movement itself!

allVishal.com Has Been Redesigned!

Submitted by Vishal on Wed, 2007/08/15 - 7:42pm

allVishal.com Redesign Banner

After months of slacking off, I finally got round to doing something I should have done way back in March: I've redesigned the site's look!

When I switched over to Drupal I used the Minnelli template, a default template that comes with the program. Don't get me wrong, it's a very nice and functional template, but being a graphic designer and using a standard template on my own site is a bit... well, shameful.

So Much for Pathos

Submitted by Vishal on Wed, 2007/06/27 - 4:47pm

So Much For Pathos -- a cropped banner version of the illustration
The other day I finally bothered to buy an optical mouse again. The old one had gone wonky and had been replaced, for a few months, with a ball one. While installing it I suddenly realised that the little graphics tablet attached to my work computer -- hidden beneath a pile of well-intentioned clutter -- was indeed working. Samir had fixed whatever byzantine driver issues were afflicting it, and in typical Samir fashion had now forgotten quite how he did it and when it had happened (btw, have you checked out his spiffy new blog and site?). With another hour to go before The Simpsons, I decided to give it and the new mouse a whirl.

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