Look at the pretty pictures!

So I had a stall yesterday at Shoreditch's old Spittlefield's Market to sell some of my digital paintings. It was a bit of a hipster dream come true, and even more amazingly, I managed to sell some pieces. Well, one of them included me chasing a man down for whatever change he had in his pockets  - but hey, that's capitalism for you! So here are a few of my personal favourites from the day. More pieces to be uploaded soon.

Cloudy Disposition

Sailorpuss

Sundae Hike

Let me know what you think! As always, I survive on comments and likes. Oh, and if you'd like to buy some prints  - they're available for sale at society6: https://society6.com/shezahs

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Career Planning...on Mint!

Those of you who are subscribed to Mint will find my latest comic published in last Wednesday's issue of 'The Small Picture'. Naturally, I'm super psyched since this is my first comic in actual print. Mad props to Jasjyot Singh Hans for his brilliant artwork and the awesome Manta Ray editorial team for making this happen.

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Joke's on whom?

The sad part is that blunt pencils are actually one of my better ideas

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Houston, I think we have a problem...

A surrealist self portrait I painted for my illustration class. Now I've always believed that if there's any magic left in our world, it's probably in the Internet. But post a pretty uneventful weekend where I did nothing but lie in bed hooked to my laptop (like every other weekend), I think a bit of a digital detox might be in order. The fact that my back has begun protesting under the strain of the sedentary lifestyle may or may not have something to do with my decision. So yeah, limited web browsing (I didn't say I was turning hermit) and little or no digital illustration, coding or online tv watching for awhile. Well, a girl can try atleast.

And yes, I know I haven't post any comics in awhile, I hope to rectify this situation in the next post, pakka.

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On Fearlessness

An illustration I made for Shilo Shiv Suleman's 'Fearless' campaign, dedicated to my sister. You can see more inspiring posters from the Fearless campaign here.

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An ode to adventure

This is an excerpt from a bite Kavita Krishnan had given a news crew during the Delhi protests in front of Sheila Dikshit's house demanding justice to rape victims. I feel like I've barely done justice to her message, so I'd encourage everyone to watch the full clip below:

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Something I was working on...

Well, it's been close to a month since my last post (again) and that nagging voice is back. I've been busy with an illustration course and haven't had much of a chance to work on comics, so I thought I'd post one of my designs instead. This is an illustration of one of my favourite poems (which isn't really saying much because heaven knows I'm not a poetry gal) - Invictus, by William Henley.

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How to get an oscar nomination

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Ode to Apple

My one wish for the upcoming iPhone 5 launch... though on second thought, it would be pretty cool if it could wash my car.

In the great tradition of Comic sonnets as heralded by XKCD, this should be read to the tune of the element song. 

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Marketing 101

In case anybody missed it, this comic is referencing '18 again',  a Vaginal tightening cream to hit the Indian market and their epic, epic ad campaign. Anybody who hasn't already, watch it now, but be warned, that feeling of your eyes and ears being violated never really goes away.

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What I think EVERY time I see a typographic poster

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The Bystander

I hate the idea of arm-chair activism but I have to get this off my chest: If we reach a point where an underage girl can be molested on a busy open highway, by some 30 odd men who feel no fear or shame at the sight of an accompanying camera, nor does the cameraman feel he can take any action to stop them... then the fault can't possibly lie with one man or even thirty. Somewhere, in some capacity, the fault lies with all of us. 
As a society, we have failed.

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Minimalist Movie Posters

So, this month's post (or fortnight's, or year's... reliability isn't exactly this blog's forte) is a bit of a departure from tradition. I stumbled across this pretty awesome minimalist Bollywood posters facebook page and ever since, I've had the idea in my head to try out a few myself. I tried to stick to Indian movies, but realised pretty quickly I haven't seen one since 'The Dirty Picture'. 


So here they are, in no particular order of relevance except that they're the ones I thought of first. Obviously my design skills need a bit of work (and how!) but overall I'm pretty pleased with how these bad boys turned out. I am already researching ways I can legally MARRY Adobe Illustrator.

One of my all time favourite oldies (Also one of the very few oldies I've even watched)

(I was heavily into Model UN's when I watched this the first time, perhaps that's why it always stuck)

Yes, I know the book perspective is totally wrong in this but in my defence, it was my first try and the
 'How to draw a book from scratch' Illustrator tutorial only had ONE perspective!

Well that's all folks! Again, let me know what you think, I'm always looking out for public validation.Oh and if you're hungry for more (and better) minimalist magic, check out the minimalist poster fan page here

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Picture Perfect

Okay, so I'm being a bit of a hypocrite here since I DO Instagram now and then. But in my defence, I don't subject it on to everyone else on my timeline! 

If you ask me, what happens in Instagram should STAY in Instagram. 

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Career Planning

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The Smart(er) Phone

I'd just like to add, if there's one thing more hemorrhage inducing than a Smartphone with crappy battery life, it's a Smartphone with a crappy 3G connection. And can I just say, Airtel, the number of times you have driven me to borderline mass-murdering rage with your crappy service wins you the title of 'douchebag teleservice of the year'. Seriously, Vodafone for the win!!!

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Photo Book

Wingdings.... Bill Gates had it right all along!

Also, while we're on the subject of Facebook, allow me to plug the new souped up In-Retort Facebook page! 

http://www.facebook.com/InRetort  

Now you can complain about how I never update on a whole new platform! Sigh, Progress.

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Mind it!

The other day I was in physical agony trying to recall a LOTR reference. Rick Perry would understand.

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The Generation Gap

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Monalisa's Smile

Embarrassingly, I think I must have been all of these people at some point except for the last one.
 Damn my instinct for politeness.

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"Now let's get serious" as my high school civics teacher used to say (She also said "Don't scratch the chairs" but I digress)... Click the 'Read More' to continue. 

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