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Contents Creative Gaga Magazine - Issue 39
Re-branding
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Bombay Brasserie
Illustration 30
by Design Stack
Concept Art 44
Joyous Rajasthani
by Pratima Unde
Happening Around! INSPIRING TRENDS Connecting Intricacies Gracefully by Khushboo Shree
Every dot matters.
Let the Pencil Flow by Prathamesh Shedge Let your feelings show.
The Rational Exorcist
by Bhaskar Rac
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SPENDTHRIFT
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A bunch of thoughtfully designed stuff that you can acquire.
PROJECT FOCUS A Culinary Design Journey by Design Stack A flavoured merger of food and design.
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Illustration
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Typeface Affair by Shibu P.G. Finding the right letters.
Transforming Radically by Wallcano Adding zest to the ordinary.
Koi Fish
Digital Art
by Rahul Arora
Figures EARLY RISER
Pg 30-35
Unravelling Hidden Expressions by Pratima Unde
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Portraying human emotions efficiently.
GAGA WORTHY
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Versatility, A Game Changer in Digital Technology by Rahul Arora how he approaches different avenues with his style to match the clientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vision.
GAGA GOD
Pg 44-50
Hone Your Own Style by Bhaskar Rac
Learning to do it your way.
VANTAGE VIEW Indian at Heart by Mira Malhotra
Pg 51
The Indian Element by Neha Tulsian
Pg 57
Looking Eastward to India Design.
Nawazuddin Siddique
by Mohan Sonawane
Connecting with Indian roots.
Gyaan
Digital Art 60
Perfection of Portrait by Mohan Sonawane
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A life-like portrait.
Designer Life! 15MM OF FAME
Finding Expression Naturally! by Abhishek Bairwan No need for trends!
Illustrating Happiness By Nirzara Verulkar Spreading the joy.
Deep Sleep
by Abhishek Bairwan
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Project Focus
Project Focus Going behind the scenes of some great design projects.
A Culinary Design Journey Design Stack runs us through their approach, idea and process behind providing a conceptbased branding solution to culinary experts, Bombay Brasserie.
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Anoop Patnaik
NID designers, Anoop Patnaik and Priyanka Bhasin, came together in 2008 to start Design Stack. Specialising in branding and graphic design, Design Stack is based out of Mumbai, and has worked with a range of brands like SBI, Asian Paints and the likes. designstack.com
Setting the right tone. Design Stack delivered a brand new visual concept infused with youth and energy for Bombay Brasserie, a restaurant that serves pan-Indian cuisine. While the space is conceptually western, the food is distinctly pan-Indian, and the logo reflects the same. It initialises ‘Bombay Brasserie’, but with a twist, placing the Devanagri ‘Ba’ and its Roman counterpart side by side
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Carving a niche. Creativity vocalises itself to each designer in its own specific manner, including through ink and paper â&#x20AC;&#x201C; for example, letter-forming by hand being the first instinct. It is often the most simple of acts that finds itself being used as the common construction, shape or character, then applied to all letters in a font. In Achi's case, it was the parallel line-formation and its spacing between each and every letter. Once a letter was shaped, the command over the font enabled executing an almost similar style to all other letters. Articulating the hand-drawn designs into the computer, using basic shapes and grids in Adobe Illustrator canvas, is time-consuming but effective, followed by polishing and tweaking as a final touch using Fontlab
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Project Focus
Transforming Radically Wallcano sheds some light on what it took to make an otherwise typical corporate work place of Telstra (Infosys) into one that is more zestful, young and also vibrant.
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Wallcano
Wallcano is a Design Studio in Navi Mumbai, one that specifically focuses on renewing and re-creating open and closed spaces, surroundings and ambiences such as homes, gyms, stores, car parks, etc. to be more expressive and vibrant. wallcano.in
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Early Riser
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CG. What is the idea behind the textures you choose in your illustrations? PU. 'Giggling' is the technique I use to highlight the facial expressions. I start with a simple dot that turns into a line which never ends. By going in a circular motion, I never actually realise where the line started, and where it ended. This style helps me provide a great amount of detailing to the illustration. It also helps me go in-depth to bring out their personalities precisely. CG. What do you enjoy most, in your work process? PU. The final result is what I enjoy most about my work! I love it when people understand and relate or connect to my work. Conveying a lot about a person just through a glance is what I want to achieve through all my illustrations. When that happens, I feel happiness. CG. What would be your advice to others who wish to involve in a similar style of work as yours? PU. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t try to emulate someone else, but choose a style that is solely yours, instead. That way, the work you create through it will be your personal best and most satisfying. Only you can create and execute your own trademark style. Trust me!
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05 Naughtiest. The child that still resides in, and hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t vanished yet, in the days of youth and the spirit of being young.
06 The Villager. The simplicity of being rural, naturally and uniformly depicting itself in the everyday expression of villagers.
08 Surprised. The simplicity of being rural, naturally and uniformly depicting itself in the everyday expression of villagers.
09 Mother. The universally eternal bond in the world, never failing to shine in our lives.
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The imp. A rightful depiction of exaggeration which exhibits the inner turmoil of the character.
Santa. A satirical illustration of demonetisation.
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13 Vampire. Illustration of a vampire by taking some characteristic features of Ekta Kapoor for Fun Diaries of Fun Cinemas.
The Passenger. This illustration rightfully captures the mundane mood of the Mumbai local traveller.
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Advertising, on the other hand, is completely distinct. With tight deadlines, the challenge is to prioritise and achieve the required quality in the given time frame. Colour schemes and mediums have their own charm. They play a major role in bringing a story to life and convey the important aspects in the composition to set a mood of the narrative. Traditional mediums such as oils, poster colours, pastels, water colours and pencil sketching often allow the designer to hone his skills and learn the intricacies. However, when working commercially, a digital medium is much easier and straight-forward to execute. Rahul generally starts with a quick thumbnail that gives a glimpse of his idea which then is elaborated to form the layouts. Later, penciling and colouring it in Photoshop post the client's approval 15 CreativeGaga.com
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The Rational Exorcist. Created for The Portraits of the Eccentrics, a series
featuring constant battle for succession to the throne.
The legend of Anarchy. Believing he was promised the age of his speciesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;
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One last bullet. An strongly expressed illustration of an intense excerpt from a story.
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Bhaskar Rac
Currently based in Indirapuram, Bhaskar Rac is a self-employed Concept and 3D artist. A graduate from Delhi College of Art (Applied Art), he worked in the Game Outsourcing industry before independently involving in Character Development, illustration, 3D sculpting and the likes. bhaskarrac.com
Hone Your Own Style Concept and 3D artist Bhaskar Rac, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been working extensively in character development, 3D sculpting and the likes, expresses how one can come up with and hone oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own style, without needing to follow popular fads or trends.
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