Food, Story Polls and Wordle — I thought I’ll make a post with some of the stuff I’ve recently shared on Stories. First is a picture of Chatpata Chana Sub and Chatpata Chana Wrap from @subway_india, then a couple of polls, one on which pair of glasses I should wear (I have both, so will keep alternating). Also, I have been playing this game Wordle of late and it’s very good. Thanks to @thevelvetshadow and @naveenart for pointing me to archive sites where one can play the previous puzzles as well. There are a few slides here on how I have been solving them. Shoutout to fellow Wordle fans: @rad_all_day @shrusti_mohanty @namratabs @ishwarya_varshitha @niveddo @pon_balaji #karthikabhiram #shotoniphone #wordle #foodphotography
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Punisher: War Zone (2008)Directed by Lexi AlexanderI was watching a video about the different on-screen versions of Marvel's "Punisher" character, and that made reference to this 2008 movie. I was aware of this movie's release all those years ago, and especially remember reading about its director, Lexi Alexander, who is a martial artist and from a stunts background herself. However I never watched it back then, and the movie didn't do well on release either. I realised it's on Netflix so I watched it yesterday.The movie has Ray Stevenson in the role of Frank Castle a.k.a. the vigilante Punisher, who has no issues with brutally dispatching bad guys. Here, we see him go up against some gangsters one of which ends up becoming the villain Jigsaw. My reaction to the movie was very mixed. The thing which I felt didn't work, was the tone. The characters, especially the villains, were exaggerated and played like caricatures, like something you'd see in a kids cartoon. Yet, the movie has glorious R-rated bloodshed and violence, with people getting decapitated, heads blown off, and so on. The movie is very stylised with bold exaggerated colours, yellows, blues, greens in the frame. I realise this was a choice but to me it seemed a bit garish. Many of the characters were underdeveloped. I liked some of the visuals and the fact that they didn't tone down the violence, but the other aspects of the movie didn't work for me. Still I am happy that I watched it. The best Punisher in my opinion would be the one played by Jon Bernthal in the Netflix Marvel Television incarnation.I drew The Punisher, the drawing was done with 0.5mm 4B mechanical pencil on A7 @menorah.stationery sketchbook. Swipe to see a scanned version.#karthikabhiram #dailymoviesketch#pencildrawing #pencilsketch #artistsoninstagram#drawing #punisher #flatlay #shotoniphone #640 / 30-Jan-22
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[POSTER FOR A FICTIONAL MOVIE]Stab: In the Multiverse (2022)Directed by Robert RodriguezSome time ago, the fifth "Scream" movie was released, which I am yet to watch because it's not out in India yet. So I re-watched "Scream 4" and "Scream 3" recently, and enjoyed them a lot. The first "Scream" written by Kevin Williamson and directed by Wes Craven brought something new to the horror genre — it was a self-aware movie, making references to the slasher genre while being a very good slasher movie itself. You would definitely have a grin on your face throughout at all the movie references, it had an engaging story with good mystery, and a good helping of blood and violence. The sequels were well made too, Wes Craven directed the first four movies, and as he passed away in 2015, the new movie was directed by Matt Bertinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett.The Ghostface killer from the movies is voiced by Roger L Jackson, who is also the voice for Mojo Jojo from "The Powerpuff Girls". So I had the idea to combine the two into a fictional poster. Within the "Scream" movies, "Stab" is the fictional movie series which started off being based on the lives of the characters, but then progressively became a sort of cash-grab franchise.Our first glimpse of "Stab" is in the first scene of "Scream 2", and has a recreation of the opening scene of "Scream". That footage was directed by Robert Rodriguez, and has Heather Graham as the movie version of the character Casey (Drew Barrymore in the opening scene of "Scream").This poster combines all of the above influences. The artwork was done with multi colour ballpoint pen on A5 notebook, I scanned it and made the poster in Photoshop. It is a simple design as I am not proficient enough in Photosop to make more advanced stuff.The fonts used here are ITC Serif Gothic which oldschool horror movies might use, and the credits text is in Akzidenz Grotesk Condensed.#karthikabhiram #dailymoviesketch#shotoniphone #flatlay#ballpointpen #ballpointpendrawing#ballpointpenart #artistsoninstagram#scream #stab #mojojojo #thepowerpuffgirls@instagram #hellofrom Hyderabad India#639 / 29-Jan-22
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Scream 4 (2011)Directed by Wes CravenWes Craven's 1996 film "Scream" was a huge hit and revitalised the slasher genre, and also was the start of many movies that were self-aware and referenced their own genre tropes. It also popularised the "Ghostface" mask worn by the killer, usually dispatching his victims by stabbing them.There is a fifth film that has recently been released, and since Wes Craven passed away in 2015, he did not direct this. The new film just called "Scream" comes from directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, who made "Ready or Not" which I also saw and enjoyed, a couple of days back, on recommendation of @idreamwithwords.I re-watched the fourth film yesterday, which also came out more than 10 years after "Scream 3". I had watched it closer to when it came out, so it's been a while, and I really enjoyed it. Like in the other movies in the series, a set of murders start happening and the audience ends up suspecting all the characters before the killer is finally revealed. I hope the fifth movie becomes available on streaming soon, so that I can watch it.I drew Ghostface from the movie, the drawing was done with ballpoint pen on A6 sketchbook. You can swipe to see a scan. Also, I was happy to receive a copy of @grey_brains's 2022 calendar and a set of stickers made by her, so that's also pictured here!#karthikabhiram #dailymoviesketch#ballpointpendrawing #ballpointpen#scream #scream4 #ghostface#636 / 15-Jan-22
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Drop your sunset photos… oh, we did that one already 😀 This is another response to a Story Sticker (share your last sky photo) that I posted yesterday, thought I will post on feed too. Shot at the Creators Meetup organised by @unekha at @sacredearthcafe a few weeks ago. Swipe to zoom out! #shotoniphone #karthikabhiram #sunset #hellohyderabad
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Camera photos from a Photo Walk from a couple of months ago, being posted from computer! #karthikabhiram #canon #5dmarkiii #85mm #streetphotography
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[Drawing of @alluarjunonline from @pushpamovie @aryasukku]Pushpa Part 1: The Rise (2021)Directed by Sukumar BThis Allu Arjun starrer was released at around the same time as "Spider-Man: No Way Home" and I didn't watch it in theatres. Recently, it was released on @primevideoin so I watched it a couple of days back and enjoyed it!Allu Arjun is Pushparaj, a coolie who gets involved in smuggling red sandalwood, this film you could say is like an 'origin story' which shows Pushpa's rise to power.I liked the acting, the action scenes and visuals! It's three hour length might be considered self indulgent and excessive on the part of the director, but I was on board for it all. The music and songs were good but I thought they weren't as memorable as some of the composer's other works.Fahadh Faasil is in this movie and though his role will be more significant in Part 2, he makes a superb impression.And bring on Part 2, The Rule!I am glad I watched this on streaming and not in theatres, because I would have found te dialogue very tough to follow without subtitles, because of the dialect.Like the director's earlier "Nannaku Prematho" this movie also has an inventive interval mark.I drew Allu Arjun as Pushpa, the drawing was done with multi colour ballpoint pen on A6 sketchbook. Swipe to see a scan. Also, I'm posting one screenshot I took, this one is interesting because if it was done in camera and not through visual effects, and if I'm right, this effect where both actors are in focus, would have been achieved by placing a split focus diopter in front of the lens.#karthikabhiram #dailymoviesketch#ballpointpendrawing #alluarjun #pushpa#pushpaonprime #ballpointpen #shotoniphone #635 / 11-Jan-22
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Don't Look Up (2021)Directed by Adam McKayComedy isn't my preferred genre, as I usually prefer thriller / horror / science fiction / action movies, but I enjoyed this one as it was quite sarcastic and dark. The movie is about two astronomers played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence, who discover that a comet is heading towards Earth with the potential to destroy all life on the planet, and the reactions to it.It gave me vibes of "South Park", "This is the End", "Independence Day", "Idiocracy", "Rick and Morty" (not that these are directly related) with a sometimes surreal feel. The movie may not be for everyone but I liked it! Had I watched it in 2021 it would have been in my “Very Good” tier! I liked the visual look of the movie as well (this is shot on film).It had an interesting design for the titles. One thing I noticed is that most, if not all the characters were shown using Red Hydrogen phones (which I think was never commercially launched). I read that they put it in there because these phones look different from the usual ones that we use.I drew Leonardo DiCaprio from the movie, the drawing was done with ballpoint pen on A6 sketchbook. You can swipe to see a scan. @mangopenciler2.0 also drew Leo and I was thinking of drawing Jennifer Lawrence, but then I came across this still which had this expression that I couldn't resist drawing.#karthikabhiram #dailymoviesketch#ballpointpendrawing #dontlookup#633 / 5-Jan-22
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A cutting mat is probably the last thing that one would keep as a background for a food photo, but, in this case since the food was very reddish in colour, I thought the green contrasted well! This is Aloo 65 and Veg Schezwan Noodles ordered from @red.wok through @swiggyindia yesterday. Third slide is a bowl of Veg Hakka Noodles and Veg Schezwan Fried Rice ordered from the same restaurant a couple of weeks before. #karthikabhiram #shotoniphone #noodles #foodphotography
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Yesterday’s visit to @lockthebox exhibition by @book.chor. You can see more glimpses in the Reel I posted, putting up edited photos here in this Post. I am not one to read books these days, there was a time when I used to read a lot of them (only fiction books though, I have never consumed non fiction stuff of my own accord), but my consumption of content has changed a lot in the last 15-20 years and I prefer visual content (movies, photography, art and comics) to books. But that’s just me. Still, it was nice to attend this event and I wouldn’t have even known about it were it not for @saltandsambar. Today (2 Jan) is the last day for this event. #shotoniphone #karthikabhiram #bookstagram
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