
The Thousand Arms of Buddha
A love story with alcohol
Satori with his adolescent aspirations of becoming a rockstar starts to emulate the lifestyle instead of the music. Focusing entirely on showmanship and pretension — Unapologetically free flowing and in perpetual celebration he persists until the fiends of his mind come a-knocking, voicing their malevolent malcontent to his drunk and delirious thoughts.
At its core the Thousand Arms deals with the issues of early age addiction and the subsequent mental health consequences that it entails and is narrated in a blend of surrealist and magical realism.
#rockandroll #music #addiction #alcohol #fiction #surrealism #magicalrealism

Wu Wei
A blossom floating,
in the void.
Deep meditation.
Lightening slip through his eyes as they open. Butterflies rise in sudden realisation. A string of pearls moves down from the fractal.
Breathing.
The petal touches his palm. Awakening.
His skin breaks into a wild mesh of butterflies — dispersing the self.
He has returned to the symbols. All things echo him now.

Coming Soon!!
The Thousand Arms of Buddha is an illustrated fiction published on 'One Banana Short' Join the newsletter for more updates.
blog
Visual development
Picking Plums | Illustration
Sketching for a fun illustration about a first encounter.
Two Cups | Illustration Sketches
Colour and final illustration.
Satori Bedroom {int.} | #02
Some more interior sketches for Satori’s bedroom.
Two Cups | Illustration Sketches
Concept notes and composition sketches for another illustration for the Thousand Arms.
Prajna | Character sketch | 02
Some more explorations on the character.
My experiments with Disco Diffusion | 01
Learning to use Disco Diffusion.