An imaginary scene!

Shadow play?

783_ Reflection

Today's topic is Reflection

As the year 2013 ends, its time to reflect upon the events in this year.
The lessons learnt, memories made & happy times!

I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty.
Albert Einstein

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
Confucius

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.
Leonardo da Vinci

My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all.
John Lennon

Shadows

Shadows have always fascinated me. Here is a sketch I did some months ago.

782_ Shadow

Today's topic is Shadow.

Never fear a shadow, it only means there is light nearby!

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.
Helen Keller 

The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.
William Shakespeare 

Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.
Martin Luther King, Jr. 

The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
Michelangelo

A people always ends by resembling its shadow.
Rudyard Kipling

India should walk on her own shadow - we must have our own development model.
Abdul Kalam 

Happy New Year!

Sting like a scorpio?

781_Flowers

Today's topic is Flowers.

A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love.
Max Muller

The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous.
Rabindranath Tagore

The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.
William Wordsworth

Happiness is the natural flower of duty.
Phillips Brooks

I m Cancer wht bout u?

780_Zodiac signs

Today's topic is Zodiac signs

more here.

“The zodiac's twelve signs are said to represent powerful archetypes that are universal in theme.”
Bil Tierney, All Around the Zodiac: Exploring Astrology's Twelve Signs

I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical.
ARTHUR C. CLARKE

Holiday..but mood spoiled?

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Today's topic is Holiday.

As our toonking is on a holiday. Rajni saar has asked me to post topics.
So today, lets us go on a holiday.
The advantage of being an artiste is we can go anywhere without actually leaving our house.
Draw your favourite holiday spot or imaginative Utopian holiday!

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.
George Bernard Shaw

Even when you take a holiday from technology, technology doesn't take a break from you.
Douglas Coupland

I have had a holiday, and I'd like to take it up professionally.
Kylie Minogue

I have a little bit of an addiction to work. So I'm always hiding in the bathroom with my Blackberry to work when I'm on holiday.
Penelope Cruz 

Gift

Gift from Santa

Useful Gifts I recd!

Merry Xmas!

778_Gift

As the year is ending, it is time to contemplate about what we gave & received.

Today's topic is Gift.

The gifts you are carrying in your life are for others.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.
Voltaire 

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
Buddha 

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
Albert Einstein 

A friend is a gift you give yourself.
Robert Louis Stevenson 

Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it.
Pope John Paul II 

Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
Jim Rohn 

Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.
Leo Buscaglia 

Merry Christmas!

My dad bought a set of 50 sketch pens. Could not resist using them!

Merry X'mas

777_Christmas

Merry Christmas Chumma Drawers!

Today's topic is Christmas.

A good conscience is a continual Christmas.
Benjamin Franklin 

I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.
Charles Dickens 

Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store.
Dr. Seuss 

“God bless us, every one!” 
Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

Christmas! '" The Joy of the Lord is our strength.

Mother Teresa

Santa

Merry X'mas

Santa

Hey folks...

D Santa dat I drew is a lil thin... :P :D

Merry Xmas....
Rajani O.V.

Merry X'mas!

776_Santa claus

Today's topic is Santa claus.

Tonight is when Santa brings us gifts! Hope you have all been good this year.
Hang up the stockings & don't forget to leave cookies for Santa!

Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year.
Victor Borge 

A good many things go around in the dark besides Santa Claus.
Herbert Hoover 

Everyone thinks of God as a man - you can't help it - Santa Claus was a man, therefore God has to be a man.
Patti Smith 

I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark.
Dick Gregory 

For the most part, people use God as Santa Claus.
Rickie Lee Jones 

Landed in a soup kya?

Let's party guys

775_Party

Today's topic is Party.

At every party there are two kinds of people - those who want to go home and those who don't. The trouble is, they are usually married to each other.
~ Ann Landers

Do I have my days when I've thrown a little pity party for myself? Absolutely.
~ Jennifer Aniston

I would say if you are going to party, show up on time to work.
~ Sandra Bullock

Whenever, at a party, I have been in the mood to study fools, I have always looked for a great beauty: they always gather round her like flies around a fruit stall.
~ Jean Paul

Going to a party, for me, is as much a learning experience as, you know, sitting in a lecture.
~ Natalie Portman

Happy Drawing! :)

No Escape for Kehaan!

774_Pinch

Today's topic is Pinch.

When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.
~ George Orwell

Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.
~ Bo Bennett

I don't know why I got so lucky. I have to pinch myself often and say, 'Is this just a dream?'
~ Heidi Klum

Happy Drawing! :)

The Special CD Cake!

773_Cake

Today's topic is Cake.

All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.
~ George Harrison
Happy Drawing! :)

Noodle by Noodle!

772_Noodles.

Today's topic is Noodles.


As our toon man is having power problems, I am posting today's topic.
I thought only people in Delhi were facing power crisis! Interesting to know power is disturbing the toon World also!

Hot noodle soup is perfect for a chilly day like today! Go eat some & doodle!

All the dreamers in all the world are dizzy in the noodle.
Edie Adams 

Just a slice!

771_Bread

Today's topic is Bread.

There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
~ Mahatma Gandhi

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.
~ Mother Teresa

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.
~ Nelson Mandela

Man lives for science as well as bread.
~ William James

Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.
~ John C. Maxwell

A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou.
~ Omar Khayyam

Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.
~ Jesus Christ

Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.
~ Robert Louis Stevenson

Here is bread, which strengthens man's heart, and therefore is called the staff of Life.
~ Matthew Henry

Man cannot live by bread alone; he must have peanut butter.
~ James A. Garfield

Happy Drawing! :)

Double Dhal Dum Biryani at Hotel Paradise, Hyderabad

770_Rice

Today's topic is Rice.

Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something.
~ Mitch Hedberg

Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling.
~ Dave Barry

Their diet is basically boiled vegetables, fish and rice. No fat, no sugar. You notice when you live there that there are no fat people.
~ Arsene Wenger

Rice cakes and peanut butter is my favorite snack in the whole wide world.
~ Maggie Lawson

The American dream is a crock. Stop wanting everything. Everyone should wear jeans and have three T-shirts, eat rice and beans.
~ Bill Hicks

Happy Drawing! :)

The Full Moon in Black and White

769_Full Moon

Today's topic is Full Moon.

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.
~ Henri Frederic Amiel

For most people, we often marvel at the beauty of a sunrise or the magnificence of a full moon, but it is impossible to fathom the magnitude of the universe that surrounds us.
~ Richard H. Baker

Let me tell you something about full moons: kids don't care about full moons. They'll play in a full moon, no worries at all. They only get scared of magic or werewolves from stupid adults and their stupid adult stories.
~ Neil deGrasse Tyson

Happy Drawing! :)

Raghu Rai, Legendary Photographer

As Rajni Sir has not given any Topic today I have selected the same.
Suggested Topic: Caricature any famous Indian Photographer.

768_Caricature any Famous Indian Photographer

Today's topic is Caricature any Famous Indian Photographer.

Thanks to Sri Sri for suggesting today's topic.

Happy Drawing! :)

Fountain Raju

My Grandpa ,with his flair for the English language, had a great penchant for giving lovely nick names. One of them was this! What I loved about it was that it was always apt!

Dina na?

Topic: Maharaja

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Today's topic is Fountain.

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
~ Marcus Aurelius

Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge, others just gargle.
~ Robert Anthony

To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.
~ Pearl S. Buck

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.
~ Washington Irving

God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is.
~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca

A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
~ Jean Cocteau

Religion will prove to the believer a comforter and a sure guide to the fountain of true happiness.
~ Ellen G. White

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane.
~ Graham Greene

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.
~ Sophia Loren


Happy Drawing! :)

My Maharaja has already been posted on 12th Dec! So I am free today!

766_Maharaja

Today's topic is Maharaja.

More info HERE.


Happy Drawing! :)

so excited to post super star!!!!

Rajini Sir

FRY DAY???

765_Friday the 13th

Today's topic is Friday the 13th.

More info HERE.


Happy Drawing! :)

764_Mind it!

My cone HERE and my circle HERE.

The Style King

As Rajani Sir is also associated with CD, I thought of this work too! Hope Dinesh Bhaiyya selects any one of the topics for today!

Tribute to The Last & Lost King of Mysore

As Rajni Sir has not given any topic, I thought of this. 

764_Rajni Saar

Today's topic is Rajni Saar.

More info HERE.


Happy Drawing! :)

763_Mudde!

Me love Ragi muddes too. Circle Idea inspired by Sri Sri :o)

Ripples!! some what distorted beautiful circles!!

circles

My fav Circle as I can eat it!

Circle!

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Today's topic is Circle.

Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.
~ Albert Einstein

Trust is hard to come by. That's why my circle is small and tight. I'm kind of funny about making new friends.
~ Eminem

The wheel is come full circle.
~ William Shakespeare

I'm in nobody's circle, I've always been an outsider.
~ Joan Rivers

In my circle of friends, I've always been loud and funny and talkative. But as soon as I step out of that circle, I get very quiet and introspective. I don't want the spotlight on me.
~ Rosie Perez

The nature of God is a circle of which the center is everywhere and the circumference is nowhere.
~ Empedocles

Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible.
~ Pearl Bailey

I like science and I love gym. Oh, and I like art, but I'm really bad at it. I'm just a terrible drawer. I can't draw a circle. Even with a ruler, I can't draw a straight line.
~ Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter)

Create around one at least a small circle where matters are arranged as one wants them to be.
~ Anna Freud

The earth together with its surrounding waters must in fact have such a shape as its shadow reveals, for it eclipses the moon with the arc of a perfect circle.
~ Nicolaus Copernicus

We're five people, five individuals who came together to create something, to make music and to complete each other musically, to form a perfect circle.
~ Maynard James Keenan

A circle is the reflection of eternity. It has no beginning and it has no end - and if you put several circles over each other, then you get a spiral.
~ Maynard James Keenan


Happy Drawing! :)