Creative Gaga - Issue 33 (Preview)

The Making Of An Artist Sukanto Debnath

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Ridding Can Make You A Better Designer Sushant Ajnikar

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Living The Nomad Life Juan Casini

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Your Dose of Inspirat i o n

Cover artwork by

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Tackling Creative Burnout

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Featured Folks

A bunch of insights, techniques and inspiration from the best creative minds of the country.

Sushant Ajnikar

Shreya Gulati

Sukanto Debnath

David Padilla

Arnab Biswas

Creative Director

Illustrator/ Animator

Creative Director

Visual Artist

Creative Director

Luke Ritchie

Abhijit Bansod

Arshad Sayyed

Shirin Kekre

Saumin Patel

Illustrator/ Independent Designer

Founder of Studio ABD

Illustration Designer, Founder of Wallcano

Illustrator

Illustrator/ Concept Artist

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Contents Creative Gaga Magazine - Issue 33

Animation

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Blazing Bajirao

Illustration 53

by Saumin Patel

Illustration 08

The Snow Island

by Juan Casini

Happening Around!

INSPIRING TRENDS

Pg 08-11

Illustrating Dreams

by Arshad Sayyed

SPENDTHRIFT

Pg 12-13

A bunch of thoughtfully designed stuff that you can acquire.

Observe life as it passes by.

The Agile Scribbler

by Shirin Kekre Ideate. Think. Draw. And Execute.

Modern Apsara

BULLETIN BOARD!

Pg 14

Just concluded creative events, workshops and more.

by Arshad Sayyed

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PROJECT FOCUS

Pg 16-23

Glorifying Genius

by Studio ABD Crafting awards for the extraordinary.

Reclassified

by Subhinay Malhotra Preserving the ancient in a new form.

Legend Animated

by Saumin Patel Reigniting history in a new light.

Figures GAGA WORTHY

Pg 26-37

Versatility in Style

by Shreya Gulati

Sadhus

by Sukanto Debnath

Maintain your unique point of view.

The Off Road Designer

by Sushant Ajnikar Graphic Art

Digital Art 47

Know how there is more to design than just good illustrations.

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GAGA GOD

Pg 38-43

The Making of An Artist

by Sukanto Debnath Taking expressionism to a whole new level.

MADEIN

Pg 44-59

Creating Reality

by David Padilla

Know the inspirations behind the surreal artworks.

Living the Nomad life

by Juan Casini

Inspirations behind combining art with travel.

VANTAGE VIEW

Drone

by David Padilla

Pop Stickers

By Shreya Gulati

The Peak of Inspiration

by Luke Ritchie

Pg 50

Riding Makes Me Better

by Sushant Ajnikar

Pg 51

Citizen of the World

by Arnab Biswas

Pg 60

Burnout is Inevitable

by Harshvardhan Kadam

Pg 61

Keep your cycling clothes and shoes ready.

Web Design

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Hop on for a ride with the dog lover.

Be inspired to travel more.

Take a break! Let’s do something new.

Designer Life!

15MM OF FAME Flower Power!

by Ruchita Bhoir

Pg 62-65

Know how to be both a designer and an artist.

The Royal Enfield Bullet 500

by Sushant Ajnikar

Foodoholic Designer!

By Vedang Agnihotri Vibrant minimalism.

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Gaga God

01 People in Groups.

Capturing Hungarian locals with elaborate facial features along with their unique body language.

02 Assassin Nuns of Pistachio.

Illustration created for a book by Manish Anand, published under Penguin Books. Ninja nuns scaling

03 a tall building which is portrayed just by the posture of the nuns and the large moon backdrop.

Boys, Tattoos and Wheels.

A poster tribute to the cool boys! A fluidic depiction of tattooed boys on their BMX bikes and kick scooter.

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The Making of An Artist Shantiniketan, Hyderabad and now in Hungary, studying and working in this diverse environment have given Sukanto Debnath a vision to cater to a range of clientele and dip his feet into a global palette of art and culture.

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Sukanto Debnath After completing his BFA from Shantiniketan in the year 2000, Sukanto Debnath moved to Hyderabad, worked with DQ Entertainment International for a span of about 12 years; rising from animator to animation director to finally leading as a creative director.

The newer part of his journey began in Hungary, where he has been satisfying the likes of Facebook, Coca Cola, Penguin Books, Adobe and Renault Portugal to name a few. behance.net/Sukanto_D

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Not Staying Put. The best part about working in a creative field is coming to something new every morning; Sukanto Debnath has been fortunate enough to have carved his niche in India and abroad for his style of work, designs and unique approach. Starting his career in animation right after his formal education ended to a point where he freelances from his base in Hungary. This global artist has been influenced by his changing surroundings and exposure to different cultures.

To Do or Not To Do? The eternal question of how much detailing is too much, gets simplified through Sukanto’s thought process and his extensively detailed yet sketchy illustrations. With a deep thought behind every piece, clearly represent an experienced animator who is showcasing some lesser explored human behaviour and body language

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MadeIn Argentina

Juan Casini

A graphic designer and illustrator from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has been working as a freelance designer since ten years after quitting his job from a video game design company. He realised that he could combine his two passions: travel and art.

Thus in 2015, he along with his partner Flor left home and started leading a nomadic life, traveling and working from around the world. be.net/juancasini

Living the Nomad Life Juan Casini is a multidisciplinary designer juggling various mediums and keeping his passion alive by traveling and designing.

He is a free spirit who loves to draw, travel and experience new things. Here, he talks about his journey and inspirations of becoming a designer.

CG: How did your tryst with design begin?

JC: I started working as a 2D game artist for a video game company while I was in the early years of college. I learned a lot there and it was the perfect way to start exploring the video game industry and understand how such a complex product as a game is made.

I found that I could really use my illustrations skills there so I focused entirely in the video game field and I worked in more than 50 game developments since then.

CG: Any role models who inspired you early in life?

JC: My father used to draw with me when I was a child and I’ve always been supported to get involved in artistic studies. I am very lucky for the education I got at such an important time of formation of a person, as is the childhood. But the most important thing is that they always encouraged me to do what I love. So I can definitely say that my parents are my role models

Today, design for mobile apps is my main area of expertise, collaborating in small-scale game development for indie studios to major developments and educational apps.

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Sushant Ajnikar

A rider who moonlights as a designer.

Currently the Assistant Design Manager at Urban Ladder, Sushant is an ardent lover of dogs and is particularly passionate about caring for street dogs. He has adopted 3 Indian dogs at home and his passion has been the sole reason for his solo trip in 2014 from Bangalore to Leh. behance.net/sajnikar

RIDING MAKES YOU A BETTER DESIGNER Sushant Ajnikar, who draws inspiration from the vivid display of India’s art and colours, a designer in his office, but a parent to homeless little pups on the road, a caring husband to a worried wife, and a rider on the road enjoying the journey, the beauty that is riding. He rides to connect to the reality and more to meet his four-legged friends on the road, who are forgotten and ignored.

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The design is an amalgamation of myriad things born out of the million thoughts crammed in our gray cells, where inspiration takes form in different shapes and colours. You feed your brain with all kinds of stimuli and when you sit down to churn out something, you never know what may actually trigger a thought. Riding gives me every stimulus I may ever need and hones my creativity. And that’s just one thing.

To Accept Fears.

I am human and being scared of the unknown is only natural.

But I need to accept it so that I can resolve it. In design, if something is challenging enough to scare me, I should be able to address it, instead of sitting on it, pretending to be cool and making unnecessary mistakes, as no one likes a smartass who knows nothing.

Riding Teaches To Be Disciplined.

Both on and off the road. Discipline doesn’t curb creativity but it makes sure that what you intend to do, actually sees fruition. Learn to have discipline in doing my research. Discipline in following a plan and going about it or atleast try to.

Makes You A Keen Observer.

I observe everything. I now notice things that I wouldn’t have earlier and there is such joy in observing. The more I observe, the better I am able to sketch my memories out, the more I am able to adapt them to the design, if at all.

To Be Brave.

Be brave enough to ditch routine, and take on a new route.

Try something new. Learn something different.

To Be Flexible.

I cannot ride with the assumption that my life’s going to be sorted with all the facilities I want. I have to be flexible enough to adjust to any kind of adversity or scenario or surprises.

Bingo for design. Flexibility is creativity’s best friend and a creative person should always be ready to adapt.

To Get Hands Dirty And Be Humble.

I cannot do 16,000 km without getting some elbow grease, without sitting in the mud on a hot summer’s day, drinking water from a tap. Similarly, I will never succeed as a designer if I don’t do the groundwork. I need to start at the bottom, to get to the very top. No shortcuts here.

Teaches To Embrace Failure.

When you are on the road, you may have these goals that you set out to achieve. However, you may not see its fulfillment, and the reasons cannot be controlled. And that’s completely okay. The best part of failure is that you get a second chance to do it all over again. You know what to expect then, what to do or not do. The same applies to design rejection and failure is as much a part of this industry as glory is. I need to be able to accept, learn and move on. You almost always end up doing better.

Riding Teaches To Keep it Simple.

Don’t complicate stuff. Ask any self-respecting designer what they think is the best design and simple will almost always being one of the words that will crop up. Simple isn’t boring, simple can be adventurous, simple can be fancy, simple can be exciting, simple can be anything, it’s just how simply you are able to convey or do what you want to do

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