Charlize Theron - International Pencil Art Contest

This is the portrait of Charlize Theron, hollywood actress, i did for an International Pencil Art Contest, the subject for the contest is Charlize Theron, and they have shown 30 of her Portraits. We can select any of those, am happy that it has come out well. This is the first time i tried realistic portrait.
I know about the result and i dont worry about it, because am satisfied with the effort i did, and am happy that i could finish this art successfully and upload it before time for this great competition, where n number of pencil artists across the world participating.
Hope you guys liked it....

Nostalgia!

I spent more than 10 hours to complete this art, am elated with the outcome.
Once i completed this art, felt like that moment was one of the happier moment in my life...
I downloaded this original photograph from the net.

My Office Campus front view!

Buddies, this is the front view of my Office campus.

This art will be published in the forthcoming inhouse magazine which will be circulated all India.

Am waiting for that day...

May be by next month.

Guys, you liked it?!

Gandhiji

On 15th Aug 2008, during our Independence day, our Corporate Communication colleagues asked some of the employees to write something about Independence, i was 40 mins late that day to office, by the time i saw lots of people written about Independence Day, so i thought for a while and i did this pencil art within 50 mins.
I was so happy to place this portrait of Gandhiji on the Display Board, without mentioning my name.
Though the Portrait may not be the perfect one, but still am happy with the outcome.

some recent pics

Folks,

As per Mani's request I am posting a most recent pic taken at Put-in-bay. Other photo was taken in a butterfly house.

Thanks

Karthik

Photography!!!!

Friends! Like Pencil art, i too have a passion over Photography. Here are some of my collection, this flower image is the first of my Macro kind, you can even see water droplet in the middle of the flower, i love its rich colour.

Next, is the beautiful sun ray view peeping through the clouds, i was sitting on the back seat of Golf Course Vehicle,
i clicked it while moving in the vehicle.
Yet, it gave me a good shot.




And the other one, is the reflection of a palace in Udaipur, Rajasthan. The water was still, and it gaveme a perfect shot.

Hope you guys liked it....

Me at Udaipur

This Photo i took at the garden of Hotel Oberoi, Udaipur. Fantastic Place, went for a Conference, stayed there for 2 days.

I reduced my weight to 70kg now (earlier i was 74kg)

Broken Bulb

This art comes under Still life Category, after seeing this original model, i was so keen to do this art, but rather disappointed with the outcome, so i decided to quit, but then after reading the various comments from my online Deviant Friends, i got charged up and tried to give a final attempt, this is how the art came at the end.
Really it looked like a broken bulb and the shadow and the broken pieces was particularly praised by others.
I spent more than 10 hours.
Hope you too liked it....

Sunflowers

Since i was impressed with the Rose art, i thought of doing another art in the category of flowers, so i decided to pick this one, actually in the original model, this flower is of very small size, but i blew it in the full size of A4 sheet, so it consumed some extra time.
Though it was not that difficult model, but still i didnt want to do in a hurry.
Overall am pleased with the outcome.

Western Art

Friends, this art comes under Western Art category, this original art was done by a World known Great Professional artist J.D. Hillberry, i tried to copy this art, but you can never match with his art.

But i learned a lot while doing this art, actually, J.D. Hillberry done with Charcoal pencil for the background and the Graphite pencil for the skull, to give a 3 dimension appearance, whereas i tried only with the Graphite pencil. Its difficult to master a Charcoal pencil, it requires enormous practice and skills.

But am happy with the outcome.

Playful Giraffe

Yet another best art of mine, this was the first time i selected a wildlife art.

Again took more than 10 hours, it was very challenging, especially the foldings and shadings on the body of the Giraffe (mother).

I received laurels from my online friends and colleagues.

Hope you guys like it...

Paper Rose

Buddies, i consider this art as one of my best art which i ever done, i took more than 10 hours to finish, (took 5 days to complete).

I gave utmost concentration on shading and curves, it was a real treat when i received maximum comments from Deviant Artists around the world.

Swami Vivekananda

This art i did at office after lunch hours. i just took 50 mins, though i didnt give much importance to shading in this art, but still it was appreciated by many.

I remember, when i forwarded this copy to Lux, he suggested, "if you would have tried with pencil and paper, you could have done much better"

I sincerely thanked him for his comment, and told him that this is done only with that.

Lord Krishna's prank

This art i tried long time before, i was happy after the completion, but somehow now i feel that i could have still done better in the face area.

Lord Krishna had a charming and mischevious smile, which lacks in my art (I should admit that)

I did in a A3 drawing paper, i would have spent more than 8 hrs (i don't remember exactly)

Beautiful Stage of a Woman

Friends, after the completion of Birds art and Scenery art, i realised that i have the potential to do still better, so, i tried much more difficult model, (obviously, i kept a picture of this pregnant woman as a model), i took more than 9 hours to complete this art.

I was pretty happy with the result.

After this art, i decided to put my arts in a website (www.deviantart.com), this is the site where you can find the skills of upcoming artists. Now, am a member in this site, everyday i get plenty of comments on my art around the world.

This gave me the confidence to draw more and more of challenging arts.

Scenery

This is the 2nd art in my book, though it didnt come out that well as i expected, but still many of my colleagues liked it.

I could have still done better to the tree at the left corner of the picture, i took over all 6 hours to finish this art.

I welcome your comments.

Pencil art of Birds

Guys, this is the first time i did pencil art in a art book, earlier i used to draw but i never saved it as a record, nowadays, i enjoy drawing, most of my leisure time apart from playing, i spend in drawing. Mani, Cellman, Dhadi and Lux has already seen some of my collection.