Panchatantra story of
the Monkey and the Crocodile
The famous Panchatantra tale of friendship & betrayal. The Panchatantra in Sanskrit: पञ्चतन्त्र, means 'Five Sections' is an ancient Indian collection of stories in the form of animal fables, prose & poetry. Each teaching some message & moral to the reader. The original Sanskrit work was composed around the 3rd century BCE by Pandit Vishnu Sharma. Every Indian kid is familiar with the original story of ' The Monkey & The Crocodile', but this below narration has been altered to a happy ending.
I have illustrated the story inspired from manga art style. Manga artists like Akira Toriyama (Dragon Ball Z), Gosho Aoyama (Detective Conan), Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto), Eiichiro Oda (One Piece) and Rumiko Takahashi (Inu Yasha & Ranma 1/2) inspires me. Replicating the inking style of manga characters are difficult as balancing two extreme colours like black & white without destroying the character identities was the key to these graphics.
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Special thanks to Anagha Anand & Abhinaya K Nathan !
