My Journey in Art: From Sketches to Portraits

It all started in a small village in Samastipur. As a child, I used to borrow torn books from seniors, copying the illustrations to fix the missing pages. That was my first school of art. This 'art ka keeda'—the itch to create—never left me, even after I moved to Delhi.

In 1997, I came to the capital to be a full-time cartoonist. It was a time of immense struggle, but it also taught me the grit required to make art that connects. During that time, I even contributed editorial illustrations to the Hindustan Times for over two years. While I eventually moved into the professional design industry to sustain myself, I never stopped drawing.

Today, my work is a blend of that early raw passion and the discipline I learned over decades. Whether it is a tribute to an actor like Prakash Jha—whom I had the honor of sketching back in 1999—or a personalized gift for a corporate farewell, I bring the same focus to every stroke. If you are looking for art that has a soul and a story behind it, you have come to the right place.