About
About this website:
I remember making notes about my first few graphics way back in year 2000. Influence of legendary graphic designer Paul Rand’s simple but powerful work, influence of the book Design For Society by Nigel Whitely and perhaps the struggle of a difficult phase of life gave birth to such forms of expression, which—as a trained graphic designer—came naturally to me.
I wanted to exhibit some of the graphics in an art gallery but the expenses involved made me drop the idea in favour of a small website called ‘Graphics for Society’, which I started in 2001 and closed within a year owing to dissatisfaction with how some of the initial illustrations came out! I tinkered with the idea of starting a proper website for many years but always got swept away by the demands of my freelance graphic design career. In 2006, thanks to the fabulous blogging software WordPress, I was finally able to present them here.
The graphics here are deliberately simple or basic in appearance, far from perfect. Most, however, were conceived as a result of my day-to-day experiences and I hardly ever sat down to think them up! The graphics conform to “Freedom of Speech and Expression” granted to every Indian citizen by the Constitution of India. Through this website, I would like to share these graphics with you, and with them my experiences, realisations, feelings, problems, concerns and confusions. As a lot of these graphics are based on issues that affect us all, I hope you will find them useful in some way; your comments, insights, feelings or point of view shall be deeply appreciated.
All graphics featured on this website have been designed with licensed copies of Adobe Freehand MX and Adobe Photoshop Elements 8, on a Macintosh.
Sister blog:
Graphic Reflections blog, a sister blog of this website, was started in August 2011 after realising that it was not possible to force every idea into a visual graphic! The blog features imagery and write-ups that fall in categories similar to the ones here, but the posts there are less formal and more spontaneous!
About myself:
I was born and brought up in the city of Jaipur (Rajasthan), India and studied at the St. Xavier’s School there. Thanks to a flair for art since childhood, went on to graduate as a graphic designer from the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Vadodara (Gujarat). After a 5 year stint with one of India’s top advertising agencies in New Delhi, settled for the career of a freelance graphic designer, which continues till today. A keen interest in nature and social, environmental and contemporary issues motivates me to create graphic illustrations. Am also a fine-art / nature photographer and the North India liaison for o2 – International Network on Sustainable Design. Some of the following websites may tell you a little more about myself:
Pics By Mayank : Fine art and nature photography portfolio
Mayank Bhatnagar : Graphic design portfolio and weblog
Mayank’s Viewpoint : Photography weblog
My Flickr Photostream : Day-to-day or randomly taken photographs
Lazy Birder : Birding blog
