My Travel & Food Sketchbook
Sketching is how I bottle my memories. From Tsukiji market in Tokyo to quiet Bangalore cafes, these pages capture the food and the vibe of my travels one doodle at a time.
Documenting my food adventures in Japan, starting from the meal on the flight. This is how I remember my travels, one doodle at a time.
More food doodles from my Japan trip, featuring ramen, dumplings, and candied strawberries from the Tsukiji Food Market. Each sketch holds a delicious memory.
A relaxing morning spent sketching my breakfast at a cafe in Bangalore. Combining my love for food and art is one of my favorite things to do.
You can have an art date anywhere, even 30,000 feet in the air. Here's a little mid-flight sketching session on the way to Tokyo.
I love working on black paper. This video shows me using pastel gel pens to create a surreal illustration of skeletal and human hands forming a heart.
A look at some of my gothic-inspired ink drawings on round canvases. I'm exploring a darker, more intricate style with these pieces.
Some of my ink illustrations inspired by mythology, laid out on my desk. I enjoy the challenge of detailed line work and creating narrative scenes.
About this collection
I have learned that carrying a sketchbook means I never get bored waiting for a flight or a meal. I use fine-liner ink pens and sometimes pastel markers on black paper to capture the details of a ramen bowl or a cafe spread right as they hit the table. It is not about perfect realism, it is about keeping the memory raw and immediate. If you have a specific food memory or travel highlight you want captured on paper, this is exactly the style I can recreate for you.
People often ask how I capture the mood of a place so quickly. The secret is that I do not use AI or digital tracing. Everything you see here started with a pen in my hand at a busy food market or a quiet corner in a local cafe. My travel and food sketches are about the stuff that actually happened, like the time I struggled with a giant squid skewer in Japan or the joy of a mid-flight art session.
I avoid digital shortcuts because I want to keep the process human and grounded. My art is meant to be a bit imperfect because that is what real life feels like. If you have a favorite vacation spot, a meal you never want to forget, or just a cool idea for a food illustration, I can help you turn that into a custom ink or canvas piece. We can work together to pull those stories out and put them on paper without any AI nonsense. If you want something handmade that feels like a real story rather than a mass-produced print, let's talk.
Rachita Burjupati
I am Rachita. Art is my way of slowing down and remembering where I have been. Whether it is a mural or a page in my sketchbook, I am just here to make things that feel honest and human.
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