Online portfolio of Radha Ramachandran
During my three years of graduation I studied Management, got good grades (except in finance), doodled in the finance lectures (that’s probably why), and fielded questions like ‘Why aren’t you studying Art?’.
After graduation I figured my friends had a point, and realizing that what I'd wanted all along was a career in arts, enrolled myself for a one year post graduate diploma in Visual Communication.
Diploma in hand, I headed to Mumbai to work as a graphic designer/ illustrator in a contract publishing house and over the next 6 months I got to illustrate (in various styles) for magazines like CA & HAIR, among others.
Today I’m back home in Bangalore, working as a full-time freelance illustrator and still occasionally illustrating for the nice people back in my old firm in Mumbai (on a freelance basis).
As far as style is concerned, mine is a bit eclectic. Which is why I’ve got more than one (I like it that way). I love experimenting with styles, techniques, textures & colours as is evident from my work, be it illustration or design.
Being kind of an introvert, I’m generally not a person of many words (Well, except when I’ve got my talking hat on, in which case, I’ll talk your ear off).
When I’m not illustrating (either for a client or for myself), I can be found surfing the internet, watching movies, listening to music, re-reading my favourite books, generally day-dreaming and bullying my two year old Labrador, Leo.
Oh, and I’m also known as ‘Ratlion’, which is the name I blog under over at ‘Ratlion’s Den’ (The blog is where you’ll find more illustrations, particularly by way of my submissions to various online illustrative challenges. It’s updated at least once a week, so be sure to check in regularly for new work!).
