Paint, Procrastination, and Politics: Murals so far

The NID Mural: When Overthinking Meets Spontaneity

Every batch at NID has a tradition of creating a mural. For 6-7 years, though, the old one just sat there, gathering dust and side-eyes. Then one day, our seniors, in a burst of enthusiasm, whitewashed the whole thing... and promptly forgot to make a new one.

Enter Emil (my neighbor and partner-in-creative-crime) who showed up at my door with a simple proposition: "Let's make the mural." No elaborate planning, no endless committee meetings - just two artists, a blank wall, and a week of pure creation.

After countless discussions that led nowhere, we did something radical: we stopped thinking and started painting. Every random idea, every passing suggestion - we threw it all on the wall. Sometimes the best art comes from not caring too much about what you're making.

Vaibhav Studios: A Wallpaper's Journey

Creating the wallpaper for Vaibhav Studios was a spiritual journey disguised as a design project. Here's how it went:

Procrastinating,

concentrating,

getting frustrated,

falling ill,

FLASHINGing,(using animate Flash)

and a little bit of drawing leads to

followed by the test print,

then the  first print,

having little fun

meditation followed by levitation

 finally up

Street Art Chronicles: Mumbai Stories

Gandhi's Electoral Dilemma

Sometimes the simplest ideas pack the biggest punch. Picture this: a stencil graffiti of Gandhi and Nehru, with Gandhi asking the eternal question: "Whom to vote for?"

Bandra's Creative Explosion

Speaking of Bandra walls, there's this piece I did - a character with creative mush exploding from their head. It's basically my brain on a Monday morning, but make it art. Sometimes the best way to show creativity is to literally let it spill out of your head and onto a wall.

The Art of Large-Scale Thinking

Whether it's a spontaneous college mural, a studio wallpaper, or political street art, there's something liberating about working large. Maybe it's because you can't overthink when you're balancing on a ladder. Or maybe it's because big art requires big courage - and sometimes the best way to find that courage is to just start painting.