Sketches of life

by | Sunday, February 17, 2008

I have had a Wacom tablet for a while now but haven’t really gotten down to playing with it… till a couple of days ago. I started with rough drawings / sketches of friends and family. Take a look and let me know what you think…. You can click on the images to see larger versions on Flickr.

Soham Jayni Matt Shreya Smita
Soham Jayni Matt Shreya Smita

And just in case you think I drew these from scratch… not at all. All I did was trace over existing photographs.

Topics related to this post: Creativity | Design | Fun | Housekeeping | Personal | Photography

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