One more random set of selfies from last few days. I'm just posting these since I've only been putting up art related stuff for quite a while, so thought I'd break the pattern. Also, I am about to move off some pictures from phone to external hard disk, so posting these (last 2 videos especially) before I do that. #pixel2xl #teampixel #karthikabhiram
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Random collection of selfies from the last few days. #pixel2xl #teampixel #karthikabhiram
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Clerks. (1994)Directed by Kevin Smith#589 / 5-May-21RoboCop (1987)Directed by Paul Verhoeven#590 / 6-May-21For the #100daysofsketching challenge prompt "Store", I drew the store that the movie "Clerks." takes place in. Apparently, the crew was allowed to film inside at night only, which is why they came up with the idea that the shutter was jammed, to explain why there is no sunlight in the store. I haven't seen the movie in years but I remember it was fun, and an indie hit from Kevin Smith. Compared to the low budget B&W shot film, the sequel, "Clerks II" looked far more expensive. I loved the sequel as well and think it's very sweet (one might consider it a romantic comedy even, and while that's not the type of movie I generally watch, it was really nice).For the prompt "Second", I thought of the scene from "RoboCop" where the corporation OCP unveils their Law Enforcement Droid Series 209 at a board meeting. When a member is asked to point a gun at ED-209, it says to drop the weapon and in an evil tone, "you have 20 seconds to comply". What follows is one of the more memorable and violent scenes in the movie, with director Paul Verhoeven's trademark blood and splatter. The satirical and smart script, with terrific visual effects (ED-209 is achieved through the use of stop motion animation), extreme violence and a fantastic Basil Poledouris music score, makes the movie a classic.The Clerks drawing was done with ballpoint pen and Gelly Roll pen on A6 sketchbook, the RoboCop one is on A7 @menorah.stationery sketchbook. #pixel2xl #teampixel#karthikabhiram #dailymoviesketch#robocop #clerks#100daysofsketching #100days2021 @100daysofsketchingofficial @keshrt#ballpointpen #ballpointpendrawing
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𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗬 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥 𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗗𝗔𝗬 — May the Force Be With You!The Mandalorian Season 2 (2020)Created by Jon FavreauFor the #100daysofsketching challenge prompt "Flow", and also since today is Star Wars Day (May the 4th), I did a "Star Wars" based sketch — with the 'flow' referring to any character that manipulates The Force in the franchise.I would have probably drawn one of the Force sensitive characters from the movies, but ever since "The Mandalorian", the go-to Star Wars character to draw for me, will be Baby Yoda. This is from the episode where the little alien's name is revealed (he is not actually Baby Yoda, rather from the same species as Master Yoda).The drawing was done with multi colour ballpoint pen and Gelly Roll pen on A6 sketchbook. #pixel2xl #teampixel#karthikabhiram #dailymoviesketch#starwarsday #starwars #maythe4thbewithyou#babyyoda #babyyodamemes #grogu#100daysofsketching #100days2021 @100daysofsketchingofficial @keshrt#ballpointpen #ballpointpendrawing#588 / 4-May-21
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From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)Directed by Robert RodriguezFor the #100daysofsketching challenge prompt "Ramble", I did a sketch from this movie.This is a drawing of George Clooney as Seth Gecko from the scene where he says the line "OK ramblers, let's get rambling". I love "From Dusk Till Dawn", it's such an entertaining and stylish movie. This line is actually also used in screenwriter Quentin Tarantino's first movie "Reservoir Dogs" where the character Joe Cabot says this. But between the two fantastic movies, I picked this one because star power!The drawing was done with ballpoint pen on A6 sketchbook. Swipe to see a short video while I was shading this. I will post a scan of the drawing later (maybe I'll wait till I have 9 drawings and then post scans together).#pixel2xl #teampixel#karthikabhiram #dailymoviesketch#fromdusktilldawn #georgeclooney #quentintarantino #sethgecko#100daysofsketching #100days2021 @100daysofsketchingofficial @keshrt#ballpointpen #ballpointpendrawing#587 / 3-May-21
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Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997)Directed by John R LeonettiFor the #100daysofsketching challenge prompt "Misfire", I did a sketch from this movie.Paul W S Anderson's 1995 adaptation of "Mortal Kombat" was very successful and is known as one of the best videogame based movies. While not without its flaws, it is well done and very entertaining. And so, a sequel was soon put into production with a bigger budget. However, "Mortal Kombat: Annihilation" was inferior in every way, and it took several years for us to see "Mortal Kombat" on the big screen again.I have watched videos that point out to the reasons for "Annihilation" not being good, essentially, they promoted people who worked on the earlier film to higher positions, which didn't work (the 1995 film's director of photography became the director here) due to their inexperience and the rushed schedule. Also, the film looks much cheaper than the previous movie, though it had close to double the budget. The story is all over the place, it feels as if they were making it up as they went along, the dialogues are laughable, the visual effects look unfinished, the way some of the costumes look make you feel that cosplayers could probably do a better job.This may be nostalgia talking but I still think the movie is worth watching, it has some nice music and there is a slightly different version of the "Techno Syndrome" theme song that's really good. The credits run for unusually long (11 or 12 min).I drew Scorpion from the movie, he is in only one scene and his random inclusion makes no sense because the character was supposed to have died in the previous movie. He kidnaps Kitana and yells "SUCKERS!". The drawing was done with multi colour ballpoint pen and Gelly Roll pen on A6 sketchbook. Swipe to see a scanned version.I have seen the 2021 "Mortal Kombat", and though it has several good things going for it, I personally felt disappointed. I felt the 1995 movie was more entertaining!#canon #5dmarkiii #50mm#karthikabhiram #dailymoviesketch#mortalkombat #annihilation #100daysofsketching #100days2021 @100daysofsketchingofficial @keshrt#ballpointpen #ballpointpendrawing#586 / 2-May-21
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𝘾𝘼𝙏 𝙑𝙄𝘽𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙏𝙊 𝙄𝙀𝙑𝘼𝙉 𝙋𝙊𝙇𝙆𝙆𝘼 — This is an entry for the @inktober #inktober52 #inktober2021 prompt word "cat". I haven't been giving much attention to the weekly prompts this year, however this one caught my attention and I thought of the vibing cat meme. An clip of a white cat nodding its head overlaid on different videos became very popular, and in particular, I loved the version with the cat vibing to a performance of the song "Ievan Polkka" by blind Turkish street singer Bilal Göregen. So I drew this for the prompt.The drawing is done with ballpoint pen on A7 Menorah sketchbook. Swipe to see a scan of the drawing.Only yesterday, I came to know that this song is actually Finnish, from 1928. I came across a lovely a cappella rendering of the song by the band Loituma from 1996. I was listening to different versions of this song on repeat while drawing this!#canon #5dmarkiii #50mm #karthikabhiram#ballpointpen #ballpointpendrawing #ballpointpenart#vibingcat #meme #bilalgoregen #ievanpolkka #catmeme #memes #memesimade@menorah.stationery #menorahstationery@instagram #hellofrom Hyderabad India #hellohyderabad #thisweekoninstagram #bornoninstagram#flatlay #zuvamart
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Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)Directed by J J AbramsI have been a bit inactive in posting pictures on feed as of late (still posting something every day though, on Stories). Considering the current situation, I thought it's more appropriate to post stuff that encourages people to stay at home! So, I've been mostly sharing my artwork.Today is the first day of @keshrt's @100daysofsketching challenge, which encourages people to cultivate a drawing habit by committing to drawing for at least six minutes every day. I've not been good at these art challenges the last few years, since I'm usually tied up with work. However, I thought I will do some sketches for this challenge whenever I can.The first prompt for the challenge is "Baboo" and that reminded me of the character Babu Frik from "Star Wars Episode IX", so I drew him. The drawing was done with ballpoint pen on A7 Menorah sketchbook. Swipe to see a scan.#canon #5dmarkiii #50mm#karthikabhiram #dailymoviesketch#starwars #babufrik#100daysofsketching #100days2021 @100daysofsketchingofficial @keshrt#ballpointpen #ballpointpendrawing@menorah.stationery #menorahstationery #menorahsketchboook#585 / 1-May-21
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