Come, Before Evening Falls

One of the covers where I freaked out...It was done 3 weeks ago...it is a mixed media cover...I put in so many things and something magical came out of the mix...raw colour brushstrokes...small bits of scraped pictures, small hand drawn nuggets all adding up...

Roadrunner

I am adding a cover after a hiatus of about 4 months...did a lot of covers though but was simply too lazy to put them up...this one is a very interesting one with stacked pictures giving it a feel of visuals rushing at the audience...the pictures are beautifully shot by Dilip himself and they do present a very candid America. I introduced certain small elements within the cover by drawing them...it broke the monotonous pattern of horizontality...One good thing about being a cover designer is that you get to read a manuscript long before it comes as a book form...this one absolutely stunned me with its tone and range...

A Rejected Cover - 1

A cover which is rejected. A weave of 5 photographs, all of whom are taken by Saibal Das in various parts of the country...the red dots are dye cuts which could have looked striking as well...

The Curious Case of 221B

This one has a minimalist treatment with a dye cut in the middle part through which the shadow of Holmes and Watson creep through. The background has also got a special treatment with a silvery shade. One of the books best seen when taken in and felt by hand. I hope the Harper guys do a great production job as they had done in Arzee. I am curious to see this one once it is out.

Shorts 1

This is a contribution to Drigangchoo, a new magazine being launched at JU. This is a short piece done in an old style since then abandoned by me ... i am now trying out a different graphic style for my graphic novel, which seems to be forever in production ... still i want to feel satisfied myself before publishing anything ...

Arzee the Dwarf

Chandrahas wanted a different shot which was also beautiful (somehow more ethereal!) but i thought that the last one in this line of options here would do better... so armed with the camera i spend three days on the streets of Kolkata and Chandannagar to create an ambience which should pass off as Mumbai...the hand that lit the cigarette is an accidental shot which was there way back from my JU days...the picture of the goat is courtesy francis mascarenhas, a young mumbai lad who is a very talented photographer, and whose work can be seen here at http://shadows77.deviantart.com ... the highrises are distorted kolkata, the slums from my hometown ... it shows how india is so common in an uncanny way...i am really proud of doing this cover... it took a lot of time and saugata, chandrahaas really provided me with imputs that made the cover what it is today... other editors would have put it off but kudos to saugata for his decision to stick to it ... there is a bit of irrational in the cover which is like the book as well...this one is hell of a book ... mark my words ... chandrahaas will go a long way.