This illustration is the last illustration I did in
2017. It is for a Jim Corbett book cover.
The last time I drew a tiger was sometime in 2009 for Deccan
Herald when I used to do illustrations for their kiddie section. The pay was so
low, the stories were so trite that the work became a chore. I decided to move
on to other things. The picture below was the final illustration I did for them for a very
nice poem. It was a good way to end, the 2009 tiger, sweet faced and hopeful.
Since then I have certainly moved on and in 7 years I have
tried my hand at all kinds of wonderful projects which I never even dreamt I
would do. However once
again the red lights are flashing around my head and there are sirens in my
ears every time I take up an editorial or a cover. It is time to move on again,
this time to solving far more complex puzzles on my table and at my own pace.
