Paper Pencil Podcast: Recent Episodes
Swarnavo Datta
Paper Pencil Podcast is a show by artists, for artists, about artists. The host, Swarnavo invites creators from across the fields to have conversations about their journey, their process, the inspirations and their dreams. You will also find us talking about stories from the beautiful world of art from time to time.
Well finally its Alicia Souza on the Paper Pencil Podcast! Alicia has been an inspiration to me and a bunch of other illustrator friends for almost a decade now. In this conversation we talk about the ‘Origin Story’ of Alicia. Growing up in the Middle East, finding herself in Australia and then finally moving back to India. We also talk about setting up the brand (the conglomerate!) that is Alicia Souza!!! Hope you enjoy this super fun conversation!
Her page:
@aliciasouza
www.aliciasouza.com
My work: @swarnavod
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Sayan joins me for a lovely conversation in this episode. He is an extremely talented visual artist from Calcutta. He talks about his journey starting with sharing a single seat at an ad agency to painting humongous murals on the face of Eden Gardens. He focuses on telling stories through his work regardless of the scale of the artwork.
His page:
@sayanart
www.sayanart.net
My work: @swarnavod
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Sangeeta aka Miss Compass Hands is a dear friend of mine. Apart from being a really skilled illustrator, she is a gem of a person. In this episode we talk about her journey from being the non-artistically inclined kid to an entrepreneur who is taking her illustrated characters to new heights. She also shares some valuable lessons that she learnt throughout her journey.
Her page:
@misscompasshands
My work: @swarnavod
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Namrata Baruah is the hands behind a.ware studio, a pottery studio and school based in Bangalore. In this episode we talk about her life pre and post the studio. Growing up in Assam, living the corporate life and then finally deciding to quit and do something meaningful. She talks about her values and how she would like people to describe her on her 60th birthday.
Her page:
@a.ware_studio
My work: @swarnavod
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Pearl is an illustrator and storyteller from the sunny state of Goa. She joins me from Mumbai to talk about her journey, her style, her inspirations as an artist. She is passionate about themes such as gender, body acceptance and mental health and these are some of the primary themes you get to see in her work. She talks about complex issues like mental health through comics and zines.
She also loves fighting her way through Mumbai local for some reason.
Her page:
@pearl.dsouza
https://www.pearldsouza.com/
My work: @swarnavod
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Sticker Genie is a print partner for many of my illustrator friends who are into merchandising. Subodh, the brains behind Sticker Genie shares his story of how he got into the print industry and then eventually struck gold with the sticker printing business. His clients are artists and illustrators from around the country.
He shares a lot of good info on how to set up your artwork for the best print quality!
His page:
@stickergenie.in
www.stickergenie.in
My work: @swarnavod
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I ran into Sahitya at a Children’s Literature Fest in Delhi last year. I had a fantastic conversation with her there about art styles and thats where I made a mental note to extend that conversation into an episode.
She is a children’s book illustrator currently residing in Bangalore. She graduated from NID Ahmedabad. Sahitya has an amazing art style and adds a whole bunch of beautiful details in her illustrations.
Her work:
@sahityarani
My work: @swarnavod
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I finally get to talk to Rajiv Eipe on this podcast!!!Rajiv is one of my favorite children’s book illustrators. He has illustrated over 30 books over the years, which means if you visit a bookstore in India, you will probably find a Rajiv Eipe book. He is an animator and illustrator. He has a Bachelor of Fine Art Painting Degree from Sir J J School of art, Bombay, and a Postgraduate degree in Animation Film Design from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad.
His work:
@rajiveipe
Dugga: the book we spoke about in the conversation
My work: @swarnavod
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Kavita Arvind is an artist, illustrator and design educator, mother to a teenage daughter and two lovely dogs. She joins me from Bangalore to have a super laid back conversation about her journey, her days in NID Ahmedabad as a student and then as a faculty…followed by her stint with Srishti Institute creating her own course. We also talk about her experiences with Chidiya Udd.
Her work:
@kavitarvind
http://www.chidiyaudd.in/
My work: @swarnavod
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In this episode Aaryama Somayaji joins me for a chat. Aaryama is an illustrator who loves to get high on mangoes. She is currently in Singapore in the middle of her masters. She is an NID graduate and has worked on more than 20 books…both book covers and picture books. ----------------------------------------------------------------------Her work:@highonmangoesMy work: @swarnavodMore about this podcast:Paper Pencil Podcast on Insta: @paperpencilpodcasthttps://www.swarnavod.com/podcast--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/swarnavod/message
In this episode Zaina Mayat joins me for a conversation from Birmingham UK. She has worked on several illustration projects over the past couple of years from editorial pieces to pattern designs. We talk about her experiences in art school, her style, her choice of color and of course Pink!
Her work:
@zaina.mayat
https://www.zainamayat.com
My work: @swarnavod
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In this episode Yogesh Saini joins me for a very interesting conversation around his experiences with Delhi Street Art. DSA is a startup (or as Yogesh calls it an artup) which is involved in giving new life to the urban Indian landscape. They involve themselves in creating beautiful art pieces across the country by creating artwork on walls, market buildings, flyovers, floors, ceilings and even dustbins.
Her work:
@delhistreetart
My work: @swarnavod
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In this episode Isha Mangalmurti joins me for a chat about her life as a 2D animator. We talk about how it takes 6 months to create a 2 minute animated clip. Her love for food in Calcutta and how an animation director has to do everything while making others also do everything…its an impossible balance.
Her work:
@ishamangalmurti
My work: @swarnavod
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In this episode I finally get to speak with Shilpa (Sueno Souvenir). Shilpa is a Food Miniaturist from Chennai and makes these detailed miniature food models with a great level of craftsmanship. We talk about her process, types of clay and why she hates mustard seeds and upma!
Her work:
@suenosouvenir
My work: @swarnavod
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In this episode Urvashi (take it easy) Adhye joins me for a super fun conversation on Indian Folk Art! She takes us through her journey and tells us why she loves making humongous artwork! How her grandmother inspires her every day and how her life changed after 1994 when A.R. Rahman released the famous song Urvasi Urvasi making it extremely difficult for people with that name to choose a career in pharmacy.
Her work:
@urvashiadhye
My work: @swarnavod
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In this episode Neha joins me for a lovely colorful conversation. This episode is mostly about stories, ideas, values and how all of this affects your artistic decisions and style. Neha is a painter who loves to add a whole bunch of colors to her nature inspired paintings.
Her work:
@wildflowerink.studio
My work: @swarnavod
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In this episode Pearl joins us for a conversation about her experiences growing up in Hong Kong and then moving to the US to attend art school. We talk about her new book The Best Kind Of Mooncake, style, her toy design career with Mattel and food!!! We spend a little too much time talking about food. Shall I change the name of this podcast already?
Her work:
@pearlwiththepearlearrings
pearlauyeung.com
My work: @swarnavod
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In this episode Shibani joins me from Pune. She is a ceramic artist who makes these intricately hand painted tiles and name plates amongst other things. We talk a lot about pottery, various techniques, materials, brands and a lot about food!!!
Her work:
@by_shibani
www.byshibani.com
My work: @swarnavod
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In this episode Mansi Joshi joins us for a fun chat. She is a self taught illustrator, currently trying to get better at animation. She is an interior architect by degree and was a gold medalist as well (#showoff :D). She has a really popular page on Instagram where she shares some really cool animated stories.
Her work:
@mansijoshi.art
My work: @swarnavod
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In this episode of the show, Ruchi aka ArtyPantss joins me for a conversation from Mumbai. She is an amazing Acrylic artist. She makes these beautiful paintings on canvases and dreams of hosting her very own art exhibition one day. We talk about art and a whole lot of Pop Culture!
Her work:
@artypantss
My work: @swarnavod
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Welcome to 2023 listeners!
This episode goes live on the first day of 2023 and I have Anjari with me for a lovely chat around interiors. Anjari is an architect and an interior designer with an amazing sense of aesthetics. She tells us more about ‘That’ Yellow trunk and a whole bunch of other things! Enjoy the conversation!
Her work:
@ThatYellowTrunk
My work: @swarnavod
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Merry Christmas!!! (Well if you are reading this around Christmas time that is)
Today Jui joins me from the other side of the world (First Singapore and then NY).
Jui is an illustrator with a background in architecture and then animation from The School of Visual Arts NY. She is amazing at illustrating environments and you can see examples of that in her award winning short: The Dumb Elephant. We try and make conversation in broken Bangla, talk A LOT about Singapore and then some art.
Her work:
www.dewmanna.com
@dewmanna
My work: @swarnavod
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In this episode, my neighbor Vaishnavi joins us from across the street!
She is the hands and brains behind WildPaper. We talk about her experiences working for Google, then quitting that to pursue her masters in the art space, then joining the Tamil film industry designing and making movie sets, then working as a UI/UX designer and then finally starting off her own brand inspired by her kids.
Her work:
@wildpaper_vaish
www.wildpaper.in
My work: @swarnavod
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We begin the guest episodes of season 2 with Saurabh.
Saurabh is an embroidery and textile artist from Maharashtra. We talk about his journey from a small village in Ahmednagar in Maharashtra to making it big as an embroidery artist. He runs his own brand BespokeBySaurabh along with his cousins in Pune. Check out his page for the lovely work he does on dried leaves.
His work:
@bespokebysaurabh
My work: @swarnavod
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Okay! Season 2 is finally here!
Let's do this one more time!
My work: @swarnavod
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We have made it to Episode 50, the Season 1 finale.
Thanks to everyone who supported this podcast. A big thanks to all the guests who took out time to have a conversation with me. Also a big shoutout to Aditi (@tiki_lava ) for taking up the mammoth challenge of hosting this episode.
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Chaaya and Annada join me this week to help figure out what is good & bad art...or if there is anything as good/bad art.
Let's face it, there is no definite answer to this question. We talk about painting landscapes and horses along with my love for a particular Indian cartoon series.
We also talk about the 2019 Maurizio Cattelan concept art, Comedian.
Annada's work: @annada.n.menon
Chaaya's work: @chaaya23
My work: @swarnavod
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This week its Nishant Jain from SneakyArt Podcast joining the conversation.
Nishant is an urban sketcher from Calcutta, based in Vancouver. We talk about our podcast experiences, art in general, urban sketching while the people in my neighborhood in Bangalore go crazy with Diwali crackers.
Be sure to check out his podcast: SneakyArt Podcast.
His work:
www.sneakyartist.com
@thesneakyartist
My work: @swarnavod
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Keshav aka Kesh joins me for a conversation this week. Kesh is a visual artist and video producer who first made a name for himself through his YouTube channel, KeshART. He creates videos and shorts on different topics that includes Art and Creativity and shares his journey on the internet.
We talk about his journey, growing up in Chennai. How his life story can easily be turned into a movie. Making it big with his YouTube channel and touching thousands of lives with his tutorials. Also his love for Bob the Builder! :D
His work:
Keshart.in
YouTube: KeshART
My work: @swarnavod
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This week Nori joins us from Bangalore. Nori is an illustrator from Darjeeling, India.
She talks about her journey starting from the beautiful hills of Darjeeling, to graduating as a dentist and then taking a sharp turn to realize her dreams of becoming an illustrator. We talk about her process, her inspiration, products and her dream of having her own studio someday.
Her work:
@noriiart
https://noriiart.com/
My work: @swarnavod
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This episode does start on a smelly note, but I promise you it picks up pace as we talk about Varun Nair and his artwork.
Varun Nair is an Indian artist currently based in Paris, France. He graduated from Gobelins school of image in Paris with his student film winning an Annie Award. He is currently working as a co-director and visual development artist at Illumination.
We talk about his journey from drawing Hindu Gods in Mumbai to making some insane character designs for his projects, both personal and for the studio.
His work:
@varunnair92
My work: @swarnavod
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Debjyoti is an animator, filmmaker, illustrator from Kolkata. We talk about his experience maneuvering through life while trying to find a direction. Finding his true self in NID Ahmedabad. Working on projects with Disney, ESPN, his animated series Korona that touched quite a few hearts on social media. We also talk about his experience working on Music Videos for Indian rappers Prabhdeep and Divine.
His work:
@debjyoti.saha
My work: @swarnavod
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This week Christina aka Potatoface joins me for a conversation from Australia.
Christina is an illustrator and animator from Pune, India. She opens up about her journey, teaching herself animation, her influences; we talk about her massive success with the animated Instagram Reels she creates that have gone viral ever since she started posting them on her page. We talk about her process, future plans and how she deals with pressure.
Her work:
@_potatoface__
My work: @swarnavod
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This week Aditi aka GoodBadComics joins me for a conversation about her journey as a web comic artist.
She opens up about her life, learning from everything life threw at her. Channeling her thoughts and ideas out into the world through her web comics.
We also discus her process of creating comics, making some money with this craft, buying cat food and a few other things.
Her work:
@goodbadcomics
Patreon
Gumroad
My work: @swarnavod
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"My fanboy moment with Lavanya Naidu." That should be the alternate title for this episode.
So this week, my absolute favorite children's book illustrator Lavanya Naidu joins me from Melbourne.
We talk about my fascination with her work, the fact that she and I are from the same place and have tons of things in common.
Oh and we also find time to talk about her journey, experiences at NID, feeding her ARTwork to ARThopods, dinosaurs, her experiences working with other amazing artists and a lot more.
Her work:
@lavanyanaidu
Behance
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This week Kaveri (and her cat) joins us from Goa. We talk about how books and comics shaped her childhood.
Her interest in visual storytelling, graphic novel, comics, her life at NID, her Google Doodle and more.
Kaveri's work:
@kaverigeewhiz
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This week, it's Sanjana Chatlani joining us from Mumbai. Sanjana is a calligrapher and the founder of The Bombay Lettering Company.
We talk about her entry into the world of Calligraphy at the age of 25. Quitting her job to work on her brand. Building a wide list of clients from across the world.
Sanjana shares her tips on building a brand, gives us insights about the luxury industry, managing a team and finally we talk about calligraphy and spelling mistakes.
Sanjana's work:
www.bombaylettering.com
@bombaylettering
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This week Anwesh joins me for a conversation. We talk about his journey, falling in love with art from a very young age, filling sketchbooks as a kid, finding a way back to his art in Engineering college to his experiences in NIFT Delhi. We talk a bit about NFT and also Patachitra. Oh and we also talk quite a lot about fashion.
His work:
@anwesh.sahoo
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Ankita is a visual designer and creativity coach based in Goa, India.
We talk about her journey and her experiences while helping people realize their creative potential. We also talk quite a bit about her habit of journaling and various reflection activities that she does throughout the year. Oh and we also talk a lot about her love for excel sheets.
Check her work:
@ankitashinde
Website: ankitashinde.com
Her Design Studio website.
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Join us in this week's super unstructured and organic conversation.
Aditi is a children's book illustrator based in France. She has worked on more than 8 books so far. We talk about her move from India to France, her projects, her creative process for illustrations and a whole lot more.
You can check her work on:
@tiki_lava
Behance
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This week I have an interesting conversation about Law and Art with Mekhala Dave, an art lawyer and a doctoral researcher at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna.
We talk about various things including Artist's contracts, Intellectual property and rights artists have over their work.
Links to check:
https://www.mekhaladave.com/
http://www.contractsforcreators.com/
https://www.artistiklicense.org/
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Its Vijaya (aka Spreefirit) this week on the Paper Pencil Podcast. We go into a super long conversation about her journey from her home in Oman to her apartment in Bangalore.
Her experience in art school in Pune, finding the last seat in a public bus, her work experience at Chumbak, finding herself in a freelancing world and then landing onto her perfect job.
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@spreefirit
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This week Sushma joins us from Luxembourg. Sushma is a self taught watercolor artist from Bangalore, India. We talk about her journey which was heavily inspired by nature. The story of the watercolor set she carried with her across countries. Her experience quitting her job to pursue art fulltime. She also shares tips on creating your own paints from vegetables, flowers, twigs and pretty much everything you find.
Check her work:
@sushhegde
Her Skillshare watercolor course
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Ayan is a freelance concept artist from West Bengal, India.
He has been in the industry for over 8 years and has worked with clients like Axis Studios, Psyop, Passion Pictures, Savage(Procreate), Ubisoft to name a few. We talk about his super interesting journey. His habit of exploring both in real life and in his art. Training himself to be able to create some amazing environment illustrations. We talk about pricing in detail and tools like iPad and procreate.
Check his work:
https://artofayan.com/
@artofayan
Artstation:artofayan
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Pranita joins me for a conversation this week.
She has been working as an independent artist in the design and advertising industry for over 7 years. We talk about her experiences growing up in an artistic family. Her parents using hex codes to describe colors. Pricing, projects and a lot more.
Check her work:
@pranitart
www.pranita-kocharekar.com
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Prashant Miranda grew up in Bangalore, studied at the National Institute of Design, India, and moved to Canada in 1999. Since then he has worked on animated shows, documentaries, children's books, murals and other creative projects.
We talk about his journey and his attempt at simplifying life to its basic components.
You can check his work on:
http://prashart.blogspot.com/
@prashola
Homeconnections
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This week its Saloni aka MoodyMoo joining me for a conversation.
Saloni is a freelance illustrator from Mumbai with a Masters Degree in Graphic Design. She talks about her journey, figuring her way into the world of illustration. Apart from art, we also discuss mental health for artists and freelancers.
You can check her work on her Instagram: @moodymoo
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Sahiba Madan joins us in this week's episode.
Sahiba is the mind behind Kalakaarihaath, a Mumbai based studio working in diverse design disciplines.
We talk about her journey, experience setting up the studio, products, pricing and more.
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https://kalakaarihaath.com/portfolio/
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A fun conversation between freelance animator Priyanka Tampi and I.
We talk about animation, crack lame jokes and fall in love with the idea of having our very own graphic novel one day. Let's see when that happens!
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@tampipriyanka
Behance profile
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Sunayna is a freelance illustrator from Assam, India.
In this episode, she talks to me about her journey. Her experiences in art school and growing up in a Bengali family with a whole lot of expectations. She has an extremely cute illustration style, do remember to check her work on
https://www.behance.net/sunaynadey10
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Its episode 25 already!
This week Anuradha joins us from Bangalore, India. She is a freelance embroiderer. After a stint as a denim designer, she decided to go back to her childhood love of embroidery which she picked up from her mother. She shares her journey and a bunch of information about her craft.
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@hooplaback.girl
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The second 'Adda' episode with the two ladies.
This time we try and have a conversation (despite a thousand tangents) about 'dealing with criticism as an artist'.
We really try to stick to the topic, but also end up talking about Chole Bhature and the movie Radhe for a bit.
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@annada.n.menon
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In this week's episode Rachana joins the conversation from Bangalore india.
Rachana is a freelance watercolorist with a background in architecture. We talk about her journey, her inspirations, the years spent as an architect in Bangalore and Mysore. Be sure to check her artwork on: @rachanamahadimane
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This week we talk about Printmaking, especially Linocut.
Samidha joins me in this conversation from Maharashtra, India. She is an illustrator, comic artist and a printmaker. A self taught Linocut artist, she does some amazing work with ink. She takes us through her journey and shares a lot of good information on starting off with printmaking.
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Instagram: @gdhamisa
Behance
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Adda is a Bangla word which is a synonym for an informal discussion or a chit-chat.
My ex guests Aishwarya Vohra and Annada Menon join me for a fun conversation. We start talking about 'How to deal with jealousy as an artist' and then talk about a whole bunch of things (thankfully) related to art.
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@aishwarya.vohra
@annada.n.menon
@swarnavod
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Tarun Lak is an Indian American character animator based in California.
Tarun is currently working at Pixar Animation and we talk about his experiences growing up in India watching cartoons and animated movies. His move to Ringling College of Art & Design. Working on projects like Spiderman into the spider verse, Soul, Onwards, Kubo and Two Strings.
You can check his work on : @tarunlak
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Chaaya Prabhat joins me in this episode from Goa, India.
Chaaya is an illustrator who has worked on a variety of projects. From children's book illustrations to creative materials for Facebook, Snapchat and even a Google Doodle for Google India's page. She has a unique style and an amazing sense of color. In this episode, we talk about her journey, her style, her favorite projects, being represented by an agency and more.
You can check her work:
Website (www.chaayaprabhat.com)
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In this episode Nishka joins us from Bangalore, India.
Nishka is a self taught artist who specializes in conducting art workshops and painting wall murals across the city. She has an experience of conducting more than 152 workshops, training over a thousand people to paint on canvases. She recently completed her 52nd wall mural.
You can check her work:
Website & her Instagram: @artbeatpaintings
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This week we have Dejeshwini joining us for a quick conversation about her journey.
Dejeshwini is a freelance illustrator from Chennai, India. We talk about her experiences, figuring her way into a career in illustration. We also talk about her process of illustrating characters.
You can check her work on:
Website
@dee_for_drawing
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Joining us in this week's episode is Alicia Goveas.
Alicia is an artist from Dubai. She specializes in body and face paintings. In this episode we talk about her journey as an Indian kid growing up in Dubai, introduction to art and most importantly her process when it comes to painting on people's bodies.
You can check out her work on:
Instagram: @aliciagoveas and her Website
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Amrit Pal Singh joins us on this week's episode.
Amrit is a 3D Illustrator, Art Director and an NFT Artist from Delhi, India. We talk about his journey, difference between a designer and an artist, 3D design, art direction, his immensely popular Toy Face series and finally we talk for a while about NFT and Amrit's experience with the NFT marketplace.
His work:
Instagram: @amritpaldesign
Website.
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It's Chaitanya Limaye (a.k.a. Art of Chai) joining us for this episode.
Chaitanya is a freelance illustrator and artist from Pune, India. He talks about his previous role as a character animator with Dreamworks Animation India, MPC and Prana studios. Why he decided to turn into the freelance route after spending 8 years in the industry.
We also talk about how Toy Story changed his life as a kid, social media, being married to an artist, style and then we spend a good while talking about our shared interest towards GIJOE action figures.
His work:
Instagram: @artofchai @ruandchai
Online store & his website.
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Mounica Tata (a.k.a Doodle o Drama) joins us in this episode of the Paper Pencil Podcast.
A freelance illustrator and author of 2 books from Bangalore, India. We talk about her journey as an artist, finding her voice, working on her own books and getting the verified badge on Instagram amidst all of this. The need to create everyday, for yourself more than for social media.
Her work:
Website. Her Instagram page @doodleodrama
My work:
Website. My Instagram page @swarnavod
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In this episode of the Paper Pencil Podcast, we are joined by funny woman and illustrator Aishwarya Vohra.
She is a freelance illustrator from Chandigarh, India. She comes with a varied experience of working on children's book illustrations and other super cute illustrations. We talk about her journey, her fascination with Harry Potter, dead pigeons and building your style. Interestingly, while growing up she never wanted to take up art professionally.
Check out her work on her Instagram page: aishwarya.vohra
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P.S. Watch out for the blooper at the end of the episode.
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In this episode we are joined by Sanjana Desai.
Sanjana is a concept artist, illustrator and storyteller from India.
We talk about her experiences in art school both in India and Singapore. Her work with Zynga games and also about her experience of illustrating the book 'I came upon a lighthouse' published by Harper Collins India.
Check out her work on: https://linktr.ee/sanjanadesai
You can order the book from the Amazon link.
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This week Naveen Selvanathan joins me for a really long chat about his journey.
Naveen is a visual development artist, currently working with DreamWorks feature animation in Los Angeles. He is an amazing artist with great knowledge about lighting. We talk about his experiences growing up in Chennai, getting an Engineering degree and then shifting gears to get trained professionally as a visual development artist.
He takes us through the process of creating an animated feature film, things he learnt while working on movies like Smurfs, Hotel Transylvania, Spiderman into the spiderverse and more.
You can check his work on his Instagra: click here.
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Frida Kahlo was definitely one of the most iconic artists of all time. Someone who teaches us an amazing lesson on self appreciation and self acceptance. This is the story behind the artist Frida Kahlo.
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An in-depth conversation with Joyeeta Bose an artist and storyteller from Calcutta, India.
We talk about building your style, getting inspired vs imitating others, being happy with your current work, starting a brand and more.
Check out her artwork on @joyeeta.joyart and on her website.
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In conversation with Rahul Patil, a comic artist from Mumbai, India.
We talk about his recent comic book Jambalaya. The experience of coming up with the project and marketing it all by himself. His early career as a VFX artist. Self publishing though Amazon and more.
His artwork can be found on his website: https://sketchedup20.com/
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In conversation with Sadhika Gupta (delhidoodler08) about her journey as a calligrapher in India, setting up workshops and a bunch of other stuff.
We talk about everything from calligraphy to Punjabi music to her fascination with the word 'Insta-fam'.
Her artwork and products can be found at:
Website
Shop
Insta page
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In conversation with Satavisha Chakrabarty, an illustrator and entrepreneur from Bangalore India.
We talk about setting up a brand as an artist, stuff around manufacture and shipping of products and keeping your customers happy.
Her artwork and products can be found on her shop: https://calenvie.com/
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In conversation with Annada Menon, a visual artist from Pune, India.
Annada is a trained artist and has been freelancing for more than 3 years. In this episode we discuss about style as an artist, financially sustaining yourself as a freelancer, 'that particular shade of yellow' and a bunch of other stuff.
Her artwork can be found on her Instagram page: @annada.n.menon
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I want to name this show, 'Datta meets Dutta'.
In conversation with Sumouli Dutta, an Illustrator from India. She has been around in the art scene for a while and has worked with multiple clients and brands. Her artwork can be found on her Instagram page : @woodledoodledesigns
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Vincent Van Gogh is one of the most famous names in the art world. There is a lot more to his journey beyond Starry Night and the fact that he cut his own ear.
This is my take on the story of Vincent Van Gogh.
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Jamini Roy was one of the greatest artists in India of the 20th Century. A man who teaches us about the importance of finding one's style and learning to respect your own creations. This is the story behind the artist Jamini Roy.
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Welcome to the Paper Pencil Podcast!
Hosted by freelance illustrator Swarnavo Datta (Instagram profile), this podcast is about conversations with different artists from multiple backgrounds.
The podcast takes you deep into the journeys and experiences of one artist every other week. Tune in if you are interested in the arts or simply like listening to other people's stories. Who knows, you may find something to inspire you through these conversations.
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