You might have heard of the movie “Abhay”, as I am sure you wouldn’t have seen it after reading its review. I did watch it; Kamal Hassan (KH) is my favorite actor and people sometimes say I resemble him!!! Well whether I do or not, I enjoy his acting…
So I watched Abhay and also read about it… Rather it was the opposite, I read and then I watched the movie… In the interviews about Abhay, KH tried to substantiate his usage of cartoons. According to him, cartoons are the most violent creation of man; the most melancholic way of expressing something. You see his movie and you do feel that way. You must have read “You said it”. It is also dark. Seldom do popular cartoon strips have beautiful messages. In a way it makes sense also using cartoon to express things that you need to. It is a nice way to vent out your feelings without directly pointing fingers at anybody, “After all it is just a cartoon” is the bottom line.
So with these thoughts in mind, I tried my hand with cartooning. Well, I am not that greatly creative. So I didn’t create my own cartoon and even if I had done it would take time for that character to become popular. But I can make 1 + 1 = 2. So, I decided to use my favorite cartoon characters “Calvin” and his friend “Hobbes” to make the “2” I was talking about. The expressions were Watterson’s but the expressed views were mine…. I tried to use Calvin’s beautiful wide varied expression to express my ideas, my views and my state of mind…. I really thank Bill for giving us the most creative and so expressive and the so mysterious Calvin!!!
Unlike Bill, my canvas was the company white board which I painted with markers copying the expressions of Calvin to match the view I wanted to express on that given day.
Here are some that are my best of 2006…
So I watched Abhay and also read about it… Rather it was the opposite, I read and then I watched the movie… In the interviews about Abhay, KH tried to substantiate his usage of cartoons. According to him, cartoons are the most violent creation of man; the most melancholic way of expressing something. You see his movie and you do feel that way. You must have read “You said it”. It is also dark. Seldom do popular cartoon strips have beautiful messages. In a way it makes sense also using cartoon to express things that you need to. It is a nice way to vent out your feelings without directly pointing fingers at anybody, “After all it is just a cartoon” is the bottom line.
So with these thoughts in mind, I tried my hand with cartooning. Well, I am not that greatly creative. So I didn’t create my own cartoon and even if I had done it would take time for that character to become popular. But I can make 1 + 1 = 2. So, I decided to use my favorite cartoon characters “Calvin” and his friend “Hobbes” to make the “2” I was talking about. The expressions were Watterson’s but the expressed views were mine…. I tried to use Calvin’s beautiful wide varied expression to express my ideas, my views and my state of mind…. I really thank Bill for giving us the most creative and so expressive and the so mysterious Calvin!!!
Unlike Bill, my canvas was the company white board which I painted with markers copying the expressions of Calvin to match the view I wanted to express on that given day.
Here are some that are my best of 2006…
2nd Nov 2006:
Notes: This is after I had to do a work around to fix a problem. The actual solution would take longer, but we had to do it fast. Hence this…
Notes: This is after I had to do a work around to fix a problem. The actual solution would take longer, but we had to do it fast. Hence this…
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4th Nov 2006:
Notes: This was on the 3rd consecutive Saturday when we had to work….
Notes: This was on the 3rd consecutive Saturday when we had to work….
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7th Oct 2006:
Notes: We had to work on another Saturday, because of the Belgaum problem.
Notes: We had to work on another Saturday, because of the Belgaum problem.
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7th Nov 2006:
This was when I had to work in excel continuously for 4 days!!!
This was when I had to work in excel continuously for 4 days!!!
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9th Nov 2006:
This was done for 2 reasons,
a) One of my friends got a great GRE score
b) Another friend had a great summers placement
This was done for 2 reasons,
a) One of my friends got a great GRE score
b) Another friend had a great summers placement
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17th Nov 2006:
We had to put in loads of extra hours of work. Hence this…
We had to put in loads of extra hours of work. Hence this…
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27th Sep 2006:
Against gandigiri….
Against gandigiri….
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13th Dec 2006:
Well when I realized capitalism has its flaws….
Well when I realized capitalism has its flaws….
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11th Dec 2006:
After Code Olympics – A 24 Hour coding extravaganza….
After Code Olympics – A 24 Hour coding extravaganza….
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20th Dec 2006:
I was held on gun point to say something good about the fairer sex. Being a feminist I could have, but then Calvin needs to be a bit sarcastic… That’s his style!!!
I was held on gun point to say something good about the fairer sex. Being a feminist I could have, but then Calvin needs to be a bit sarcastic… That’s his style!!!
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24th Nov 2006:
This was when I had to redo some amount of code due to a process called transporting of code…
This was when I had to redo some amount of code due to a process called transporting of code…
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Happy New Year..... Have a great year ahead!!!
3 comments:
sahi hai bhai...
teri drawing to bahut hi mast ho gayi hai... so much improvement from the new year drawing you made last year in the mysore cubicle... :)
and a nice (and popular) hobby to have :)
hope that this year..more and more markers are spent off by calvin, hobbes with their witty remarks!!
Thanks dude and Amen for the splendid idea if "Spent Markers"....
Amrut,
I always wait for your cubicle art mail. I have stored many of them in my private folder. I will keep all of them.
Great going boy, i hope the best is yet to come. Keep it up...
Regards,
Chetan
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