For past few months I was coming across beautiful cover design of the book 'The Teenage Diary of Nur Jahan' publisher by Speaking Tiger books, in various social media sites. I wanted to know who is the illustrator, but could not find much information. I even went on to ask Speaking Tiger books, via Instagram, but didn't get any answer. But today I got to know the name of the illustrator, because someone kindly tagged her name in comments over Instagram. She is Debasmita Dasgupta.
On a side note I will like to mention, it makes me feel real bad when I find, there is no mention of illustrator when book promotions are done in various media. This is a big issue and there are artists outside India, who are voicing their views on this over twitter. That would be a whole another blog post for some other day. So back to my artist find-Debasmita Dasgupta
Debasmita Dasgupta is from West Bengal which is my home state too. She currently lives in Singapore, as evident from her Instagram . Through her work she portrays and rises concern about various social issues.
Here is a brief bio about her from her interview at Creativeartsocial.org
'Debasmita Dasgupta is a passionate advocate for social change and worked for a decade as a communications specialist with many international non-profits including the United Nations, OXFAM and Asia-Europe Foundation. Originally from Calcutta, India, she is an illustrator and graphic novel artist. In 2015, she was awarded one of the 50 Creative Fellows by the National Arts Strategies (USA) and Arts Fellow under the Royal Society of Arts (UK) in 2016. She is the founder of ArtsPositive, a not for profit organization, championing arts for change initiatives.'
Key Takeaways- I loved the way she is communicating about social issues with her works. I also love the Indianness she brings to her characters.
On a side note I will like to mention, it makes me feel real bad when I find, there is no mention of illustrator when book promotions are done in various media. This is a big issue and there are artists outside India, who are voicing their views on this over twitter. That would be a whole another blog post for some other day. So back to my artist find-Debasmita Dasgupta
Debasmita Dasgupta is from West Bengal which is my home state too. She currently lives in Singapore, as evident from her Instagram . Through her work she portrays and rises concern about various social issues.
Here is a brief bio about her from her interview at Creativeartsocial.org
'Debasmita Dasgupta is a passionate advocate for social change and worked for a decade as a communications specialist with many international non-profits including the United Nations, OXFAM and Asia-Europe Foundation. Originally from Calcutta, India, she is an illustrator and graphic novel artist. In 2015, she was awarded one of the 50 Creative Fellows by the National Arts Strategies (USA) and Arts Fellow under the Royal Society of Arts (UK) in 2016. She is the founder of ArtsPositive, a not for profit organization, championing arts for change initiatives.'
Key Takeaways- I loved the way she is communicating about social issues with her works. I also love the Indianness she brings to her characters.
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