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Rishidev : DesiCreative from Bengaluru


A small town boy from Kannur in Kerala. Now in Bangalore, doing what he always loved doing; as senior illustrator at Happy Creative Services.

Why are you an Illustrator?
Have been doodling in my notebooks ever since I can remember. And when I realized I can get paid for the same, gladly chose that career. It gives you a lot of freedom to create and experiment.

Did you attend school for fine art or design?
Yes I did. Got BFA in sculpture from Fine Arts College, Trivandrum.

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Times of India: Kolam Festival

Margazhi Kolam Festival
Pit your wits against each other in the Times Margazhi Kolam contest.
It’s your chance to create a Kolam that will emerge as the pride of Chennai.
Win weekly prizes and be one among many to compete in the grand finale!

Advertising Agency: JWT, Bangalore, India
Executive Creative Director: Senthil Kumar
Creative Director / Art Director: Rathish P Subramaniam
Copywriter: Kishore Mohandas
Illustrator: Rishidev

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Ashu: DesiCreative at Bluefrog

“A person should make ladders for himself by which he can sometimes go up to heaven.” -A Rabbi who knew what he was talking about when descibing Music.

Most of us, at some phsychological level, are convinced that if shit did not happen; we would have made Music. Or better still, made “Making Music” a career. But shit happens and only a handful of us ultimately make it through. Ashu, co-founder at Blue Frog- the revolutionary integrated music project in Mumbai- is one such marvel who has been creating the most distinct sounds in Advertising in the last decade or so. “It’s absolutely and completely fun. The beauty is that I get to create a brand new musical idea and make variations on it within the specified short period of time. After having done over 4000 commercials, I’m still excited about every new one!”, says Ashu when asked about how much fun could it possibly be to create a composition on an average just 30 seconds long!

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Love Thy Body

Advertising Agency: Out of the Box, Delhi, India
Art Directors: Viral Pandya, Guneet Pandya
Creative Directors: Viral Pandya, Sabu Paul, Guneet Pandya
Photographer / Illustrator: Sunil Singh
Typographer: Ajay Yadav
Copywriters: Viral Pandya, Sabu Paul, Guneet Pandya

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Happydent by McCann Ericksson

Giving millions of reasons to smile.

Advertising Agency: McCann Erickson, India
National Creative Director: Prasoon Joshi
Executive Creative Director: Anil Thomas
Art Director: Prem Shankar
Copywriter: Nikhil Narayanan
Copywriter: Suzanna Kurian
Art Directors: Suresh PV, Hari Prasad, Abhilash Divakar
Photographer: N Sugathan

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Shakoon Khosla : Art Director at Ogilvy

I work as an art director in Ogilvy and have worked with TBWA and Rediffusion as well. Am a bit zonked out and have goldfish memory. I often forget my illustration styles and come up with new one every time : ) I like experimenting with fonts in addition to helvetica and get twitchy while using lot of bright colors together.

Why are you in advertising?
I figured out this is the only place where you can be unorganized, wear whatever you want to and get a chance to create good stuff : )
Coming back to the point, the work we churn out here has extremely short shelf life hence its fun to match up the speed. I love the unpredictableness of this place, it just doesn’t let you get comfortable with your state of mind.
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ICC World Cup 2011: Ogilvy

Advertising Agency: Ogilvy & Mather, Mumbai, India
National Creative Directors: Abhijit Avasthi, Rajiv Rao
Creative Director & Chairman: Piyush Pandey,
Senior Creative Directors: Heeral Akhaury, Sukesh Kumar Nayak
Copywriters: Sukesh Kumar Nayak, Lolita D’souza, Vedashree Khambhate
Art Directors: Heeral Akhaury, Vinit Sanghvi, Devang Patel
Account Management: Navin Talreja, Dharam Valia, Mudit Trivedi, Rahul Bhambri, Sukhvinder Singh Wilkhoo
Photographer: Palani Mohan
Illustrator: Deelip Khomane
Digital Imaging: Imagerom

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