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Uploading More Pix!
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Okay so my computer is up & running after a loooong time. And my net's working on a slightly low albeit good speed so am going to upload the rest of the LGBT Parade pictures now.
Hope you like it!
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Drawing Flak
4 min read
So I went to the LGBT Parade on 28th November, 2010 in New Delhi. Also called the Queer Pride Parade. Reached 3 AM sharp. I was alone. Another pal who was supposed to join me got cold feet anticipating violence from opposing groups. But this is the 3rd year the event has been held in the city & it always has been peaceful. Plus there were police protection all around 
It was rainbow themed so there was a myriad of colours. At the start of the event, free masks, scarves, balloons
, flags & Red Bulls were being distributed 
However, I didn't find any Red Bull 
But I did take a scarf to tie around my bag & a flag to, again, put on my bag but its wooden 'pole' broke.
The parade was a walk for like 20 kms which I didn't even notice walking so much. We reached our destination at around 6 PM where people held a candle-light 2 minute silence in memory of all who lost their lives due to violence on the community. And people sung songs & few shared their experiences while gave speeches, including a 70 year old grandmother who came to support her grandson
.
I borrowed the camera from my pal. A Nikon D3000. I didn;t want to take pictures from my Canon A 550 digicam. Besides, 90% of the photographers there had kick-ass gear. Even my DSLR was overshadowed by the big boys
Saw lots of pretty straight girls, especially among the photographers
But I was too shy to go and say hi
Took loads of pictures. 261 actually. Had to delete around 30 of them because my 1 GB SD card was full.
Have uploaded some of them here: axnakshan.deviantart.com/galle…
Should have taken my pal's 4 GB card too but he is sooo freaking lazy, by the time he transferred the pictures and gave them to me, it would be January 2011.
Anyways, I told my pals I am going to the parade. Told my sister when I reached home (at 1AM
)
Now I am facing a LOT of hostility from my pals. My granny called up to shout at me and express her concerns. Dad thinks I am gay. My sis is teasing me 24x7.
My so-called 'friends' are publicly harassing me on Facebook (well nowadays that site is nothing less than actual public). *rolls eyes*
1st someone tagged me on a video called 'It's okay to be gay' and then juniors were calling me up to 'congratulate' me on my decision. And then in the newspapers, pictures of the parade came out and there I am, in the picture, smack right in the front. slightly blurred actually. But I am holding a camera and there are other photographers beside me. But people took this picture & put it on FB saying I went there because I am gay as well. It's just frustrating. Feel like murdering them. Or like raping their sisters in front of them to show I am not gay.
Yea sorry that was a tad bit extreme. I probably didn't mean it. I am a nice kid
Won't say anything to anybody. Haven't said anything till now anyways.
If I am facing so much of insults & hostility, I wonder how the gay community survive in such a cruel world. Its really sad. Kudos to their determination!
Anyways, my Windows corrupted last night. So uploading of more pictures is delayed slightly. Will put up more soon! Please let me know what you think
!
It was rainbow themed so there was a myriad of colours. At the start of the event, free masks, scarves, balloons
, flags & Red Bulls were being distributed However, I didn't find any Red Bull But I did take a scarf to tie around my bag & a flag to, again, put on my bag but its wooden 'pole' broke.The parade was a walk for like 20 kms which I didn't even notice walking so much. We reached our destination at around 6 PM where people held a candle-light 2 minute silence in memory of all who lost their lives due to violence on the community. And people sung songs & few shared their experiences while gave speeches, including a 70 year old grandmother who came to support her grandson
.I borrowed the camera from my pal. A Nikon D3000. I didn;t want to take pictures from my Canon A 550 digicam. Besides, 90% of the photographers there had kick-ass gear. Even my DSLR was overshadowed by the big boys
Saw lots of pretty straight girls, especially among the photographers
But I was too shy to go and say hi
Took loads of pictures. 261 actually. Had to delete around 30 of them because my 1 GB SD card was full.
Have uploaded some of them here: axnakshan.deviantart.com/galle…
Should have taken my pal's 4 GB card too but he is sooo freaking lazy, by the time he transferred the pictures and gave them to me, it would be January 2011.
Anyways, I told my pals I am going to the parade. Told my sister when I reached home (at 1AM
)Now I am facing a LOT of hostility from my pals. My granny called up to shout at me and express her concerns. Dad thinks I am gay. My sis is teasing me 24x7.
My so-called 'friends' are publicly harassing me on Facebook (well nowadays that site is nothing less than actual public). *rolls eyes*
1st someone tagged me on a video called 'It's okay to be gay' and then juniors were calling me up to 'congratulate' me on my decision. And then in the newspapers, pictures of the parade came out and there I am, in the picture, smack right in the front. slightly blurred actually. But I am holding a camera and there are other photographers beside me. But people took this picture & put it on FB saying I went there because I am gay as well. It's just frustrating. Feel like murdering them. Or like raping their sisters in front of them to show I am not gay.
Yea sorry that was a tad bit extreme. I probably didn't mean it. I am a nice kid
Won't say anything to anybody. Haven't said anything till now anyways.If I am facing so much of insults & hostility, I wonder how the gay community survive in such a cruel world. Its really sad. Kudos to their determination!
Anyways, my Windows corrupted last night. So uploading of more pictures is delayed slightly. Will put up more soon! Please let me know what you think
!
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Digitizing depression
2 min read
About the title, basically I meant converting depression into digital artworks 
Well, so I have been upset/sad/depressed/lonely <insert more synonyms here> lately. But then that's nothing new. Ask my close online pals. However, it's on its peak since past 1 month. Sooo I have been trying to convert that negative energy into something productive. I have loads of ideas in my head but when I put them on the paper, it doesn't look so good and when I start Illustrator or Photoshop, I get a major creative block. Working on it.
The ideas generated when I am depressed are usually random words which come into my head, justifying why my life sucks. My artwork "Erase Her" fav.me/d30q4yl was a product of such a moment.
I mean if I can create stuff when I am depressed, then being depressed it good right? Haha my mum been wanting to send me to the shrinks for a long time.
I have more stuff in my copy, haven't made them yet. Aaagh I am sooo lazy!
So hope you get to see some more stuff soon
Mostly typography
& a bit of illustrations.
Well, so I have been upset/sad/depressed/lonely <insert more synonyms here> lately. But then that's nothing new. Ask my close online pals. However, it's on its peak since past 1 month. Sooo I have been trying to convert that negative energy into something productive. I have loads of ideas in my head but when I put them on the paper, it doesn't look so good and when I start Illustrator or Photoshop, I get a major creative block. Working on it.
The ideas generated when I am depressed are usually random words which come into my head, justifying why my life sucks. My artwork "Erase Her" fav.me/d30q4yl was a product of such a moment.
I mean if I can create stuff when I am depressed, then being depressed it good right? Haha my mum been wanting to send me to the shrinks for a long time.
I have more stuff in my copy, haven't made them yet. Aaagh I am sooo lazy!
So hope you get to see some more stuff soon
Mostly typography & a bit of illustrations.
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1 year, 0 posts
1 min read
My computer was fried since December. Finally was able to get it repaired, partially. Still need a graphic card. & also waiting for the UPS to come after repairs. Yea huge damages. Most of it was from sitting idle since December.
Anyways, I have LOADS of pictures to upload which I hope to do in a couple of weeks.
And I have like 10 concepts on paper yet to be immortalized using Illustrator or Photoshop.
I am not good at all in photography or as an artist but I love creating stuff. So here I am. Hope when I am among the presence of creative minds, I'll get enough critiques to improve upon myself :")
Anyways, I have LOADS of pictures to upload which I hope to do in a couple of weeks.
And I have like 10 concepts on paper yet to be immortalized using Illustrator or Photoshop.
I am not good at all in photography or as an artist but I love creating stuff. So here I am. Hope when I am among the presence of creative minds, I'll get enough critiques to improve upon myself :")
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