Shailesh Khandeparkar is a Graduate from ‘The Goa School of Art’, working as a Freelance Illustrator and Designer, based in Mumbai. At present he is working with Karigari Design inc. He had the fortune of being one of the emminent panel of juries for the prestigious D&AD awards 2011. He prefers working on what he calls Indian-Urban genre of design. It is a mix of classical Indian styles of design with modern techniques. He likes the starkness of black and white and colour acrylic style. Shailesh’s work has been featured in all international design magazines, and all the projects are mostly done completely by himself, like the art direction, execution etc.
His work for WWF was selected as ‘In-book’ at D&AD 3 years in a row and also been nominated for the Yellow Pencil He has won a Gold Pencil in One Show Design, Bronze at the Clio Awards, and silver in Cannes, London International and other several nomination in major awards. Someof his work & articles was published in The Work Book, WPP Cream Book, IDN, Communication Art, Computer Art and Indexbook.
Why are you an Illustrator?
This is an odd question. Actually, I don’t think I am perfect for the role of illustrator, because i cannot replicate the given refrence style (as it’s so called in advertising). I am a bit of illustrator + designer + art director.
