Last year, I had a pleasure to work with Najeev Nadarajah on his young adult fantasy book “The Tale of Isva Raman”. I created 10 black and white internal illustrations, as well as the cover page.

I really enjoyed illustrating this book, as I am also interested in ancient Indian philosophy; I have read the Mahabharata, Bhagavad Gita and Principal Upanishads. I am grateful that I got an opportunity to explore it together with Najeev through the unique world he created.

I’m planning to share illustrations in the special designated section of my website - in the meantime you can see the artworks on my instagram page, or on Najeev’s page here.

A short summary:

One stormy afternoon, Iśva Raman is waylaid by a demon Asura, who demands that he surrender the Seed. Raman, however, has never heard of this Seed. Confused and frightened, Raman is whisked away to a hidden temple where he learns about his accursed past and the incredible power of the Cosmic Seed. With the fate of the world at stake, Raman must find a way to keep the Seed out of the hands of the Asuras, or risk losing everything he holds dear.

You can read more about it on GoodReads here.

Learn more about Najeev here.

Time-lapse of the work in progress on one of the illustrations. I used Procreate, this one took ~30 hours (compressed to 30 seconds in video)

Stay tuned!