Ankit Singla

Mostly not here anymore:

[Ankit Singla @stub_AS]

I doubt there will be another opportunity to migrate from here soon. Handle is vannogh ... Van Nogh 🤞

[Ankit Singla @stub_AS]

I've migrated from here (handle: "vannogh", i.e., Van Nogh), but couldn't resist the urge to advertise this -- I'm quite proud of it 😀.

[Ankit Singla @stub_AS]

My new book for kids 4-8 is here! The book teaches Hindi vowel diacritics ("मात्रा") using a story of magicians, each with the power of one मात्रा, by changing which they change not just words, but also real-world things, e.g., transform a hand (हाथ) to an elephant (हाथी).

[Ankit Singla @stub_AS]

"Putzfrau" is cleaning lady or house maid in German.

5-year-old today mentioned "Zahnputzfrau" = teeth-cleaning-lady 😂. They have dentists visit schools to show children good dental hygiene.

[Ankit Singla @stub_AS]

@itsnotaboutwork Love your work! Do you do a rough pencil sketch, then colour (Watercolour?), then lines (some type of pen? marker?) ?

[Ankit Singla @stub_AS]

@ShriramKMurthi That looks really good to my (not very expert) eye!

[Ankit Singla @stub_AS]

Does anyone who draws often actually use the textbook circles-and-shapes-then-detail approach? This is what my "process" right now looks like, and I'm looking for suggestions/feedback: (the names are the layer names I used for this project)

1. Early-shaping

[Ankit Singla @stub_AS]

@ShriramKMurthi Thanks Shriram. Do you draw? If not, can you see yourself doing the first one? The shift from the first to the second is much much smaller than it looks :)

[Ankit Singla @stub_AS]

The paints are a whole lot of separate layers. One thing I struggle with a lot is that I like the "loose lines" feeling, but lines that don't form enclosed regions are a PITA to paint digitally. How do other folks do this?

[Ankit Singla @stub_AS]

6. Final-tiger

[Ankit Singla @stub_AS]

@aruna__b Thanks Aruna! It's available online through some major retailers, including Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Find it by searching for the ISBN: 978-3033107243. Direct Amazon links for India and US are now added to the thread.

[Ankit Singla @stub_AS]

I created a Hindi children's book, for kids roughly from 2-8 years old 😀. It aims to teach kids Hindi sounds (for younger kids, age 2-4) and letters (for older ones, age 4-8) with funny images that show the consequences of changing just one letter in a phrase.

[Ankit Singla @stub_AS]

The book is available online through some major retailers, including Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Find it by searching for the ISBN: 978-3033107243. A direct link for Amazon India: https://t.co/ttP7RfMjwMएक-अक्षर-गड़बड़-Ankit-Singla/dp/3033107249.

[Ankit Singla @stub_AS]

I came up with the (original for Hindi books?) concept, wrote some code to find pairs of words that differ by only one letter, made up phrases where switching out that letter is funny, and drew supporting illustrations.

[Ankit Singla @stub_AS]

@tagsalegirl Pretty! I wonder at times what your paintings of the American desert West (e.g., Canyonlands in the attached pic) with a palette heavy on reds, browns, and oranges (instead of greens and blues) would look like.

[Sumit Singla @WaywordIdeas]

@emirates @EmiratesSupport elderly parents are stranded in Dubai with onward flight to Zurich cancelled for 3-4 days.

Is there a possibility for them to travel to any other city in Europe - Paris, Milan, Munich, Frankfurt etc?

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