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#Inktober Day 7: Panic Today's face is Orson Welles, the 23-year-old actor and director who supposedly sent America into a panic with a Martian invasion. Read the full story at inktober.poojasrinivas.com #inktober2026 #ArtrageVitae #PortraitParadox

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 08/10/2026

#Inktober Day 6: Ogre Today's face is Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World. As a child, Huxley was nicknamed “Ogie”, short for Ogre, apparently because of his imposing appearance. Read the full story at inktober.poojasrinivas.com #inktober2026 #ArtrageVitae #PortraitParadox

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 07/10/2026

#Inktober Day 5: Smack Did you know a group of jellyfish is also called a “smack”? Today’s face is Shin Kubota, a Japanese marine biologist who studies the so-called immortal jellyfish, Turritopsis dohrnii. Read the full story at inktober.poojasrinivas.com #inktober2026 #ArtrageVitae

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 05/10/2026

#Inktober Day 4: Cactus Today's face is Arthur D. Houghton, an English-born doctor who became a Los Angeles politician, WWI veteran, founder of the American Legion, and a cactus expert. Read the full story at inktober.poojasrinivas.com #inktober2026 #inktoberprompts #ArtrageVitae

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 03/10/2026

#Inktober Day 3: Miniature Today's face is Frances Glessner Lee, a wealthy heiress who became a pioneer of forensic science by building incredibly detailed miniature crime scenes to train investigators. Read the full story at inktober.poojasrinivas.com

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 03/10/2026

#Inktober Day 2: Relic Today's face is Secondo Pia, an Italian lawyer and amateur photographer. In 1898, he photographed the Shroud of Turin, a centuries-old linen cloth bearing a faint image of a man. Read the full story at inktober.pooajsrinivas.com #inktober2026 #ArtrageVitae

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 02/10/2026

#Inktober Day 1: Apple Today's face is Jef Raskin, the unsung mastermind behind the Macintosh project which was named after his favorite apple, the McIntosh. . . . . #inktoberDay1 #inktoberApple #inktober2026 #ArtrageVitae

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 02/10/2026

(Digital) Ink & Intrigue: Portrait Paradox This Inktober, I'm taking you on a journey through stories hiding behind recognizable, & sometimes not-so-recognizable, faces. 31 faces. Restricted Color Palette. Infinite rabbit holes. The portrait is just the beginning. #inktober2026 #inktober

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 01/11/2025

#Inktober 2025 Wrap-up And the Award goes to.... everyone who attempted and completed Inktober 2025. Huge congrats to everyone who made it through all 31 days! What was your favorite part of the challenge? inktober.poojasrinivas.com #Inktober2025 #Inktoberprompts

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 31/10/2025

#Inktober Day 31 #Award The Data Security Council of India (DSCI) Excellence Award sets a critical standard, challenging the entire industry to advance and improve forensic technology. Read more inktober.poojasrinivas.com #inktober2025 #inktoberprompts @inktober @escapemotions

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 30/10/2025

#Inktober Day 30 #Vacant "A perfectly sound ship, yet utterly vacant, became the greatest maritime riddle." Read about The Mary Celeste, history’s most famous ghost ship inktober.poojasrinivas.com #inktober2025 #inktoberprompts #inktoberDay30 #rebelle @inktober @escapemotions

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 29/10/2025

#Inktober Day 29 #Lesson "The greatest lesson from DNA profiling was a shift in perspective: its true power wasn't just in identifying criminals, but in exonerating the wrongly accused." Read the rest at inktober.poojasrinivas.com #inktober2025 #inktoberprompts

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 28/10/2025

#Inktober Day 28 #Skeletal "Skeletal remains can tell us a story of the human condition, even at its most horrific." In the TV Series Bones, Dr. Brennan's team confronts The Puppeteer (S11E13), their most disturbing adversary. Read about the case at inktober.poojasrinivas.com #inktober2025

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 27/10/2025

#Inktober Day 27 #Onion "It was the taste of betrayal, masked by the savory comfort of his favorite onion pie." The 1952 Onion Pie Murder deeply impacted the quaint village of Chiddingly, England & fundamentally shifted the stance on public executions inktober.poojasrinivas.com #inktober2025

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 27/10/2025

#Inktober Week 4 is complete, and the Inktober journey is nearing its end! This experience has been a lot of fun, uncovering genuinely interesting stories to explore later. What intriguing discoveries will the final week bring? Missed a post? go to inktober.poojasrinivas.com

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 26/10/2025

#Inktober Day 26 #Puzzling "The most puzzling crimes are those that leave behind too many clues, not too few." The Somerton Man remains a mystery even after 70+ years with an unknown death with untraceable poison, & a poetic clue leading to an unbreakable code. inktober.poojasrinivas.com

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 25/10/2025

#Inktober Day 25 #Inferno "As the inferno consumed the building, he watched not as a witness to the tragedy, but as the architect of the flames." Read about John Leonard Orr, the serial arsonist who investigated his own fires, at inktober.poojasrinivas.com #Inktober2025 #inktoberprompts

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 24/10/2025

#Inktober Day 24 #Rowdy "Brother, you got to be on the rowdy side to get anything done in this world." "They Live" (1988), stars wrestling icon "Rowdy" Roddy Piper as Nada, a drifter who embodies the film's anti-establishment spirit. inktober.poojasrinivas.com #inktober2025

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 23/10/2025

#inktober Day 23 #Firefly "The silent killer of the swamp, the female Firefly understands this truth: survival is the ultimate seduction." In Delia Owens' novel, the protagonist uses the lethal survival tactic of the predatory female firefly. inktober.poojasrinivas.com #inktober2025

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 22/10/2025

#Inktober Day 22 #Button "Even the most meticulous criminal can't account for an unassuming, misplaced button." In Button Holed, Josie Giancola uses her expertise of buttons to identify the real culprit. Read the rest at: inktober.poojasrinivas.com #inktober2025 #inktoberprompts

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 21/10/2025

#Inktober Day 21 #Blast "The blast from the collar bomb was a horrifying end to one of America's most bizarre crimes." On Aug 28, 2003, Brian Wells walked into a PNC Bank in Erie, PA, carrying a bizarre cane-shaped gun & a bomb locked around his neck. inktober.poojasrinivas.com #inktober2025

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 20/10/2025

#Inktober Day 20 #Rivals “Rivals can push us to greatness or drive us to madness.” The intense rivalry between figure skaters Tonya Harding & Nancy Kerrigan culminated in one of the most shocking sports scandals ever. Read the rest at inktober.poojasrinivas.com #Inktober2025

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 20/10/2025

#Inktober Week 3 Wrap-up Time flies when you are having fun! This week, I focused on leveling up my rendering skills, pushing the textures in each piece, & refining my storytelling techniques. Moving on to the last 2 weeks! inktober.poojasrinivas.com #Inktober2025 #inktoberWeek3

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 19/10/2025

#Inktober Day 19 #Arctic “In the Arctic, nothing ever truly disappears. It just waits, frozen, for the thaw.” Fortitude is a chilling psychological murder mystery set in a fictional Norwegian island town where no one commits crimes. Read the rest at inktober.poojasrinivas.com #Inktober2025

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 18/10/2025

#Inktober Day 18 #Deal “Every deal has its price, but what if the stakes were life and death?” This is the central question of Bad Blood, an innovative murder mystery card game set in the glitzy yet dangerous 1920s speakeasy scene. Read more the rest at inktober.poojasrinivas.com

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 17/10/2025

#Inktober Day 17 #Ornate "An ornate work of art, designed to signify life's highest station, became the cold instrument of its final moment." The assassination of Julius Caesar was defined by the weapon of choice: the pugio. Read the rest: inktober.poojasrinivas.com #inktober2025

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 16/10/2025

#Inktober Day 16 #Blunder "The criminal genius, fueled by arrogance, sees only the broad stroke, missing the minute, fatal blunder that unravels the masterpiece." What was Henri Landru's blunder that lead to his downfall? Read here: inktober.poojasrinivas.com #Inktober2025

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 15/10/2025

#Inktober Day 15 - #Ragged "The world is a ragged place, riddled with rents and tears through which the darker things slip." Ron Corbett's thriller, Ragged Lake, starts with a horrifying scene at a remote fishing lodge in the Northern Ontario wilderness. Read more: inktober.poojasrinivas.com

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 14/10/2025

#Inktober Day 14 #Trunk "Within the thick bark of the trunk, the deepest secrets of the wood lie locked." The "Bella in the Wych Elm" mystery began in April 1943 when four boys found a woman's skeleton inside a hollow wych elm in Hagley Wood, Worcestershire, England. inktober.poojasrinivas.com

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 14/10/2025

#Inktober Week 2 Wrap-up Case File: Inktober Week 2 – CLOSED. The sepia-toned investigation continues! I've cracked this past week's prompts & gathered some fascinating evidence. The mystery deepens in Week 3. What will the next set of open clues (prompts) bring? #InktoberWeek2

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 13/10/2025

#Inktober Day 13 #Drink "The bitterest drink is the one forced down by a friend's betraying hand." Cyanide Coffee Case: On Jan 6, 2016, when Mirna met her friends at a popular café in Jakarta, she didn't realize the Vietnamese iced coffee would be her last drink.

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 12/10/2025

#Inktober Day 12 #Shredded "Trust, once shredded, reveals the fragility of digital fame." Robert Brown amassed a huge online following by showcasing what looked like impossible guitar skills, becoming a star in the metal community. Read the rest at inktober.poojasrinivas.com

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 11/10/2025

#Inktober Day 11 #Sting "The sting of betrayal outlasts the sweetness of deceit, leaving only the bitter aftertaste of regret." Agatha Christie's Murder in the Clouds turns a cramped airplane cabin into a classic locked-room mystery with eleven suspects. #inktober2025

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 10/10/2025

#Inktober Day 10 #Sweep "The most dangerous secrets are the ones we try to sweep under the rug." In the movie Swept Under, Morgan, a professional crime-scene cleaner, specializes in making horrifying murder scenes spotless. Read the full story inktober.poojasrinivas.com

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 09/10/2025

#Inktober Day 9 - #Heavy "A heavy chest holds the heaviest of secrets." From the collection of 1001 Nights comes one of the world's earliest detective stories. Read the full story at inktober.poojasrinivas.com #inktoberDay9 #inktoberHeavy #inktober2025 #inktoberprompts #inktober2025prompts

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 08/10/2025

#Inktober Day 8 #Reckless "His power came from meticulous control, yet it was shattered by his own reckless impulse for fame." The BTK Killer terrorized Wichita between 1974-91 & was finally caught based on a floppy disk he sent to the police to brag about his accomplishments.

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 07/10/2025

#Inktober Day 7 #Starfish "Just like the starfish, we have the power to heal and renew ourselves." An unprecedented decade-long epidemic known as Sea Star Wasting Disease nearly extinguished that power for these resilient creatures. #inktoberDay7 #inktoberStarfish #inktober2025 #inktoberprompts

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 06/10/2025

Inktober Day 6 - Pierce “When you pierce through the lies, you find the echo of truth their fear can't silence.” . . . . . . . . Missed a post? Check it out at inktober.poojasrinivas.com #inktoberDay6 #inktoberPierce #inktober2025 #inktober #inktoberprompts #inktoberpromptlist2025

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 06/10/2025

#Inktober Week 1 Wrap-up Join me on an Inktober journey through the lens of a detective. To capture a timeless sense of elegance and intrigue, the series will be crafted with sepia-toned (digital) colored pencils against the rich texture of hand-made ivory deckled paper.

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 05/10/2025

Inktober Day 5 - Deer "For the hunters who harm the innocent, the Deer Woman is the final, vengeful predator." In Indigenous American mythologies the Deer Woman is known as a vengeful & murderous entity towards men who have harmed women & children, luring them to their death. #inktober2025

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 04/10/2025

Inktober Day 4 - Murky "In the murky depths, the water doesn't just hide the body; it holds the last, silent scream." . . . . . . . . Missed a post? Check it out at inktober.poojasrinivas.com #inktoberDay4 #inktoberMurky #inktober2025 #inktober #inktoberprompts #inktoberpromptlist2025

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 03/10/2025

Inktober Day 3 - Crown "Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown And put a barren sceptre in my gripe, Thence to be wrenched with an unlineal hand, No son of mine succeeding." - Macbeth Missed a post? Check it out at inktober.poojasrinivas.com #inktoberDay3 #inktoberCrown #inktober2025

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 02/10/2025

Inktober Day 2 - Weave "Relax, Officer! It's a weave not a body." If you missed it, Police were called in Ohio after a hair weave was mistaken for a body hanging out of a Kia's trunk. #inktoberDay2 #inktoberWeave #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #DigitalColoredPencils #DigitalSketches #Rebelle

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 01/10/2025

"If you must have a mustache, let it be a real mustache – a thing of beauty such as mine.” - Hercule Poirot What's your favorite Poirot mystery? . . . . . . . #inktoberDay1 #inktoberMustasche #inktober2025 #inktober #inktoberprompts #DigitalColoredPencils #DigitalSketches #DigitalArt #Rebelle

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 06/06/2025

Tangram Twist - Stanford Code in Place Final Project. Get ready to twist your brain and unleash your creativity! Click a tan to pick it up, move your cursor to the right spot, and click again to drop it. Click the TWIST button for a fun surprise! Try it now: go.poojasrinivas.com/tangramtwist

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 01/05/2025

Having fun painting with #Karel #StanfordCodeinPlace Check it out at go.poojasrinivas.com/snoopy

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 04/02/2024

Attended a Toastmasters session yesterday where the main speech was on Personal Branding. Excellent speech by Toastmaster Ravindra and insightful evaluation by Toastmaster Sarika #Toastmasters #PersonalBranding101 #VisualThinking #Sketchnote #Sketchnotes #Sketchwow

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Pooja Srinivas @poojasrinivas.com · 25/01/2024

Sketchnote practice with a TED Talk: 10 Ways to have a Better Conversation #TEDTalks #TEDTalkSummaries #CelesteHeadlee #Sketchnote #Sketchnotes #Sketchwow

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