Sachin Tendulkar has made his 100th 100 in the Bangladesh vs. India in Dhaka! From his 99th, it took him 33 innings to arrive here – but arrive he did – and he became the first cricketer to score a ton of tons! This 100th century came through 51 Test Matches and 49 ODIs.
So, CONGRATULATIONS, SACHIN! Thanks for making India and Indians proud 
BREAKING NEWS!
India won the World cup Semi-finals against Pakistan. Sachin couldn’t make his 100th 100s but he helped the team win by contributing 85 runs of 115 balls.
Presenting…
Sachin Tendulkar – The Man of the Match
Turned Lucky 4 times!
Waiting for Sachin’s 100th 100, which may yet happen…in the finals…in Mumbai! Good Night:)
Update: Oh…and if India wins the World Cup…You might want to buy anti-glare glasses. You know why? Find the answer here.
I wouldn’t have known about Troy Polamalu, the Steelers, or even the NFL…had it not been for Tim Berners Lee, Matt Mullenweg, and Nancy Johanson, so I begin this post by thanking them.
But I learned about him, I looked at his images and his videos and I was smitten…by his hair!
Troy Polamalu of Pittsburgh Steelers, and his Magnificent Hair!
Especially for the fans of Troy Polamalu:
Download Troy Polamalu’s Printable High-Resolution Caricature (PDF)
Troy Polamalu who plays for the Pittsburgh Steelers in different defensive roles, was born on April 19, 1981. He began playing for the Steelers in 2003. He first played in the Superbowl of 2006, which the Steelers won with 21-10 defeating the Seattle Seahawks. In 2007, the Steelers gave him a never-before-seen-in-the-history-of-Steelers contract, which totals around USD 50 Million.
He changed his surname to Polamalu, his mom’s maiden name. He was earlier called, Troy Aumua!
His Jersey #43 moved from being the 15th highest selling jersey among all NFL jerseys in 2008, to the highest selling jersey in 2010 (according to the NFL.com shop.)
Troy Polamalu is married to Theodora, has two sons, is an Orthodox Christian, and a soft-spoken person.
Well…
Here’s the math.
Let’s say, I took time “t” to draw his caricature.
I spent 0.9t (90% for the right-brained a.k.a. mathematically challenged) time drawing his hair!
So his Hair IS important, and this is probably why P&G has paid a Million Dollars to get his hair insured. (Reason: He endorses the Head & Shoulders Shampoo) . The Steeler #43 gets a haircut about once a decade, and grapevine has it that if anyone thinks ill of his hair, he ends up staying late at work on the Superbowl night – so Beware!
Question: Do you think Clay Matthews‘ hair can compete with Polamalu’s?
Another interesting byte about Troy & Clay is that they both played college football at University of Southern California!
Read more about Troy Polamalu at the Wikipedia Page
Data Hounds, find data at:
As all celebrities have their sets of alternate amorous realities, I tried searching for Polamalu’s by googling for “Polamalu Love Affair” – Guess what popped up?
HAIR!
“We’re a road team. We’re the Pittsburgh Steelers. We have fans everywhere.”
And now about the Superbowl XLV (45 for the non-Romans), in which the Pittsburgh Steelers will play the Green Bay Packers of Wisconsin in the Cowboy Stadium at Arlington, Texas!
The Superbowl tickets went for..
$2842 to $23730 each!!!
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(Sorry! Had to pause to pull my eyeballs back into their sockets!)
Guess they are ALL sold out now (Imagine that!)
So…
Wherever you watch the Superbowl 2011…
in your homes or in a sports bar…
Go Wave your Terrible Towels…
Fly the Steelers Flags…
Paint yourselves Gold and Black…
May the Steelers win the Superbowl 2011!
Presenting Sachin Tendulkar, possibly the Greatest Batsman in the history of world cricket. He is the only one who has ever made a double century in an ODI (One Day International)!
The Little Master (the title earlier used for addressing another cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar too) or the Master Blaster has been called the second greatest Test Cricket Batsman (after Donald Bradman) and also the second greatest ODI batsman behind Viv Richards! (Source: Wikipedia here.)
This of course is just the tip of his colossal cricket records iceberg.
Sachin was born on 24 April 1973, in Mumbai, the most populated city of India. (That he found space to play cricket amazes me.) He trained under Ramakant Acherkar, who was a superb motivator and would’ve excelled as a Motivation Guru (akin to Shiv Khera) – but then who am I to question his choice of career. Reverting to Sachin, who was acknowledged as a child-prodigy (luckily, and not as a product of voodoo, as it often happens with child-prodigies) was given a pair of pads by Sunil Gavaskar.
Unlike most sport celebrities, Sachin didn’t mess up his life by marrying a model or a film-star, instead he married a pediatrician Anjali (the daughter of a Gujarati businessman – who says that a Sportsman has to be born without any financial acumen?)
Read a slightly longer biography of Sachin here.
Well…I am not too much into cricket – but I know that Tendulkar’s rise brought on the golden era of Indian Cricket. He wasn’t too successful as a Cricket Captain but he had the grace to accept his failing. Around 2003, Sachin’s career peaked out. In 2004, he also suffered from a Tennis Elbow, which kept him out of the game for a long time. In 2006, his popularity took a dip when he could managed only a single run off 21 balls against England at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Sometime around 2007, he staged a comeback.
“Cricket is my religion and Sachin is my God”
Among others,
Among others, Sachin has done ads for:
(Building connections where none exist.)
What?! I didn’t say anything.
and the Caricaturist steps into the dark abyss of depression…HELP! SOS! Where’s the pulley?!!!
What will inspire them?!
The November Blog Carnival was a washout. Here’s the only story that Romeo and Juliet could manage to wheedle out.
“The Love of my Life” a Short Story by the Canine Storyteller, the WiseK9 Oorvi.
This is the story of a modern day Juliet, her Romeo, and their servant Paris. The tale has a twist in its tail, which is natural because Oorvi’s own tail has a beautiful twist at its end. BTW, all those visitors who like my work might want to download the story in .pdf form too, as it contains a high-resolution, full-page image of the Colored Romeo and Juliet Caricature! I don’t do a lot of color (blame it on my aversion for time-consuming activities.)
But then there’s some good news too
1. Oprah Winfrey the Greatest Talk Show Host ever, and Sachin Tendulkar the God of Cricket are ready to make their appearance here. I am happy that they accepted my invitation. Right now, they are backstage, waiting for their cue to appear on the blog-stage and delight you. Amazing…isn’t it? Such famous people waiting for their turn to appear on my humble blog. Wow!
2. I, the renowned artist (yes, yes – go ahead…laugh all you want, but in my house everyone knows me – the picture above proves my claim,) known for her alacrity in matters of artistic workarounds that save time and effort, managed to push herself into creating her first pen-and-ink pet drawing. I’ve done pen-and-ink drawings before, but a pet, especially one who looks like Albus Dumbledore is a very different and considerably formidable challenge. Every morning, I’d wake up wanting to do the drawing, but then I’d look at the sketch and think – what if I couldn’t?
I know no heavens would’ve fallen if I couldn’t…and I had the much easier option of reaching out for my color pencils – but I didn’t want to give in. This particular pet has a very special place in my heart and wanted to create what I had first thought of creating – a glamorous pen-and-ink drawing!
Yesterday, I drove myself to put the pen to the drawing…and then I just went on drawing! Then I set it on my table and moved back a few paces. Any artist would know that this was the time of reckoning – especially for a pen & ink drawing. You see, you don’t make corrections in these drawings because you can’t. So I moved back and looked at the drawing and the dear dog smiled back at me through his silky beard!
So, the Dungeon of Sloth is a thing of past. The payback to Oprah is done, and everything is back to normal
Caricatures almost ready to roll off the line…
Until then, then:)
While I help my caricatures dress up, you might want to do one or more or all of the following.
That should keep you busy until I return!
So…their divorce is final!
Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren are no longer an item!
And somehow, I can’t resist my urge to show you this caricature that I did when the scandal broke out!
It all began with the Devil!
Other interesting links for those who like spicy fare:
About the Divorce:
About the Settlement Amount:
Believe it or not – the rumor mills put the settlement figure between US$ 100 Million and 750 Million! Here’s a dependable though old Fox News link.
About the Future:
And Just in case, you are smitten by a smitten Tiger Woods, here’s a printable calendar of Tiger Woods – The Casanova for you!
Hello Readers,
I’ve just updated the Caricature Gallery with the new caricatures that I had added to this blog in the past three months. You can view it at: http://shafali.wordpress.com/gallery/
I hope you’ll enjoy the new additions (including Lady Gaga, Russell Crowe, Oracle Octopus Paul, Einstein, among many others!)
And yes,
I’ll be posting the caricature of Kareena Kapoor, the darling of Bollywood, who is affectionately known as Bebo, very soon – and then you can tell me if she’d not look like Paris Hilton, if she bleached her hair. They are sisters – I don’t know how – but they are! Ever hear of Atavism? I think that’s what’s at work here!
That’s all:)
Plans…plans…plans!
Ah well! I first went crazy drawing all those Hollywood actors and actresses. Then I went on a trip into the past and brought along historical caricatures. Now, try as I might, I am not able to go back to Hollywood. In fact, Bollywood has been calling me!
Here are the caricatures that I am thinking of drawing. (I’ve done a couple of sketches already…)
(Don’t expect them in the same order though.)
(Yes, I mean actresses, but I was trying to keep my language bias-free!):
There are enough of theirs going around, without my help:)
Dear Readers…what’s your opinion on my POA?
Bollywood = B + (H)ollywood, where B stands for Bombay, the good old name of Mumbai, the center of Indian Film Industry.
You know about Oracle Octopus Paul. He’s the one who’s got 8/8 in predicting the fate of the world cup teams. Here’s what he’s got to say about the whole deal.
You know something?
But do you know what’s the worst?
To understand this, let us look at the entire human species as one. (I know, it isn’t easy – they come in different shapes, sizes, and attitudes…and at their rotten core, they hate one another.)
Do you see what’s happening?
Please wake up!
I am not deciding the fate of those teams; the humans are deciding mine!
If I end up a Dead Celebrity Oracle Paul on a German dinner table, it will be because a human chef diced, grilled, or filled me; and a human waiter served me to human guests, in a restaurant that makes money for its human owners! I am an unwilling pawn in the prediction racket…in a game of chance!
I want to know – why me?
And now, when I have already reached the end of my short life, I’d really like to break free of this Oracle mould.
For once…
I want to be just Paul the Octopus!
Just…PAUL the OCTOPUS!
…the Retired Octopus Paul!!
Do you hear me…Humans?
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Paul the Octopus left this world on October 26, 2010. He died in his glass tank, at the age of 2.5 years. A memorial will be erected at the Aquarium in his memory.
(Source: BBC News)
Good bye, dear Paul!
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As many of my visitors would know, I started this blog sometime in the middle of December 2010. Since then, I’ve added quite a few Celebrity Caricatures to it. The regular visitors have probably seen them all, but I wouldn’t want my new visitors to miss out on the treats:) So here’s a consolidated list for your viewing delight.
Another Caricature of a Forever Celebrity graced this blog recently (The Pierced, Tattooed, Dermal-Implanted, and Otherwise Modified Human’s Unique Selling Proposition!)
If you liked my caricatures and if you’d like to make caricatures too…my Book – “How to Draw Caricatures – Evolution of a Caricaturist” , which I am publishing as a collection of knols, should interest you. If you are interested…do visit. You can also read more about this book in “The Book” section of this blog. Your comments shall be appreciated.
You did want a copy of that caricature of Johnny Depp…didn’t you? Or did you want Nicole Kidman’s? Or…Bruce Willis’? Or…Jack Nicholson‘s?
I’ll tell you about my selection:-)
The Jack Nicholson calendar graces my pin-board in office and Bruce Willis and his woodpeckers smile down upon me at home:-)
If you want your favorite celebrity to make you smile through those tough moments at work, find him or her at Celebrity Calendars. Just click here, then select your favorite Hollywood Actor, Musician, Singer, or Sports Personality; and click their link to download their calendars. Feel free to distribute the prints – Spread the Smile!
These calendars are in pdf format with crisp images, so you’ll get lovely prints:) For added beauty, use a lightly colored paper.
This list is growing:-) so you may want to check every week to see whether your favorite celebrity calendar has been added.
The next on my Caricature hit list is none other than the Eyeball-Magnet, Ms. Pamela Anderson! Do return for your share of smiles:-)
Golf brought to Tiger – fame, money, and women…along with Nike…and then Satan followed him around!
Who wouldn't?
Which man could resist such temptation while chanting the brand mantra, “Just Do It”? Think about it!
News Flash – Calendars are Up!
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