Illustrations can be used to explain things we don’t really talk about!
Creative designer Muhammad Sajid discusses the roadmap to good illustrations, his love for Calicut and the nuances of being an illustrator.
"Art plays a huge part in my life. Art is my life and I live with art. It helps me speak to the world through my fingers and I feel it is a good medium to explain things we cannot literally talk about," says artist Muhammad Sajid. The Bangalore-based artist, who has been creating digital art for about eight years now, took up art professionally after graduating from school. "I realised that I should learn more things that I am interested in. So I started focusing on designing and creating illustrations after my twelfth grade."
Though he works as a creative designer in Bangalore, Sajid's heart and home lie in Calicut, a village located in the state of Kerala. "My village is full of greenery, and the beauty of it inspire me. That is why I try to incorporate some of the plants and other elements into my work," says Sajid, whose love for his hometown led to the creation of the series of his successful illustrations titled 'Home'. "I moved to Bangalore in 2014 and after a while, I started missing my hometown.
One day, I drew my home with some natural elements along with greenery from my memory. This led to the creation of 'Home', a project which featured different houses around the world and were illustrated in my style and colour. It received a good response from the audience and I loved creating it as well, so this led to the start of architectural illustrations."
As the houses featured in Sajid's illustrations are from all over the world, it is needless to say that they comprise a blend of classic and contemporary structures. When asked about whether he found either of the two challenging, he says, "The challenges came while illustrating classic houses because contemporary ones are more simplified and have geometric shapes such as squares and circles whereas classic houses are made of multiple layers and carved designs. I would say that classic houses are more difficult to draw than contemporary houses. Creating classic houses through digital art is a challenge."
