Shreya Bhattacharya
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The Sketchbook

Neuroscience drawings, character designs, gouache portraits, watercolours, and life in between.

Nice.

Nice.

Brain is shockingly complex to be so consistently stupid.

Brain is shockingly complex to be so consistently stupid.

Day 2 of gouache. The beard was harder than the entire face.

Day 2 of gouache. The beard was harder than the entire face.

The incredible lightness of Being.

The incredible lightness of Being.

Figuring out how weight shifts when someone is mid-swing.

Figuring out how weight shifts when someone is mid-swing.

Fontainhas, Goa. The colours there don't need any help.

Fontainhas, Goa. The colours there don't need any help.

Millennial being millennial.

Millennial being millennial.

Value studies. Learning to see in light and dark before colour.

Value studies. Learning to see in light and dark before colour.

Values and romance.

Values and romance.

The neuroscience cards spread out. This was a good day.

The neuroscience cards spread out. This was a good day.

Studying Kratos because no one draws anger with that much discipline.

Studying Kratos because no one draws anger with that much discipline.

Waari Book Cafe. The kind of place where you accidentally stay for four hours.

Waari Book Cafe. The kind of place where you accidentally stay for four hours.

Day 3 of gouache. The red scarf finally cooperated.

Day 3 of gouache. The red scarf finally cooperated.

Horizon Forbidden West has insane character design. Had to study it.

Horizon Forbidden West has insane character design. Had to study it.

Made a helmet out of cardboard. No regrets.

Made a helmet out of cardboard. No regrets.

Breaking down how the designers built Kratos from shapes up.

Breaking down how the designers built Kratos from shapes up.

Found a swing. Obviously had to use it.

Found a swing. Obviously had to use it.

Proving why non-orientable surfaces must self-intersect in 3D. Topology is beautiful.

Proving why non-orientable surfaces must self-intersect in 3D. Topology is beautiful.

Constructing characters from geometry first, detail later.

Constructing characters from geometry first, detail later.

Intelligence is a messy landscape.

Intelligence is a messy landscape.

I am forever awed by Mumbai's simplexity.

I am forever awed by Mumbai's simplexity.

Life is too complicated to be taken seriously.

Life is too complicated to be taken seriously.

There's a terrible pun about "sea" and "see" somewhere here.

There's a terrible pun about "sea" and "see" somewhere here.

Deep thoughts and vague plans.

Deep thoughts and vague plans.

I am chaos, chaos is me.

I am chaos, chaos is me.

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