![]() I have been drawing for as long as I can remember. I have grown up watching all the animated movies and cartoons and reading comic books. My inspiration to learn drawing or to get in the field was from Disney and that too when I was three-years-old, I am a huge Disney fan. Besides that, I do projects which mainly include storybooks for children, posters, comic books and I run my own thing of making customised toons as AKtoonify." "I am currently working as an illustrator/designer at The Citizens Archive of Pakistan. "My expertise is mainly in Character Design and children book’s illustrations," she shared. Mostly because I have given it my everything and it's my child, so it's definitely over all the other work I have done.Ībeer is a self-taught digital artist. My biggest work for me would be Paak Legion. Not having something as basic as PayPal limits us in a lot of ways. So many international artists have their patrons and crowdsource their passion projects. I think one huge problem is not having a proper channel for online payments like PayPal. ![]() Let’s talk about issues illustrators and visual artists face in the industry. How far back are we in terms of establishing a proper platform for visual artists. There’s so many artists that inspire me, Jorge Jimenez, Stephen Bryne, Sara Alfageeh are just a few. Who inspires you and what do you like about their work? "I illustrate for children’s books, do publicity designs for films, design characters, and am in the process of publishing a children’s book of my own," he told The Express Tribune. Umair Najeeb Khan ( 26-year-old Islamabad based freelance illustrator, comic book artist and an aspiring story-teller rose to fame after his version of Pakistani superheroes went viral. Here are nine contemporary Pakistani illustrators you should know and follow about right now.ġ. In a world where everything is digital, its little wonder we’re seeing a big return to the illustration in art. Illustrations have the power to charm, amuse, and evoke a feeling of nostalgia in the viewer. With illustrations bearing the mark of the artist, there is a certain authenticity attached to a hand-drawn work of art. ![]() However, it's about time, these Pakistani illustrators get their bit of fame. In an industry where even mainstream artists aren't getting their due credit, it isn't much of a surprise that visual artists or illustrators wouldn't get the recognition they deserve. Pakistan, in terms of arts and culture, is broadening on a snail's pace.
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