Paper Pencil Podcast

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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Also check my work on @swarnavod 

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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Also check my work on @swarnavod

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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Check my artwork at @swarnavoD and my website.

P.S. Watch out for the blooper at the end of the episode. 

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.

Do remember to subscribe to the podcast and also check my work on my Instagram page: @swarnavoD.

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.

Do remember to subscribe to the podcast and also check my work on my Instagram page: @swarnavoD

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.

Click here to take a look at some of her famous artworks.

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@swarnavod 

or on my website.

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.

Do have a look at my work as well on @swarnavod and my website.

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/

Do check out my artwork as well on my Instagram page: @swarnavod and my website.

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

Do check out my artwork as well on my Instagram page: @swarnavod and my website.