Kanika Anand

Illustration, installation and explorations in visual art.

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Law Quad (2015)

Watercolour on 185gsm watercolour paper

9 in x 6 in

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Happy Place | Double Exposure Portraits

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Fall (2015) | Typology

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Grace Kelly | Kinetic Typography

"Grace Kelly" is a song by the British singer Mika. This project explores kinetic typography as a medium to portray this pop song. Mika wrote the song after he felt frustrated with record label executives that wanted him to change his sound to fit the common pop mold. In the song, Mika points out how he can pretend to be anyone he likes to win approval - in this case the glamorous actress Grace Kelly.

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Drop Cap a Day 

As a part of vernacular typography, this project was aimed at designing drop caps for Punjabi poems. All these poems in some way talk about love and separation. Using a fairly illustrative medium to depict the narrative with simple thick and thin lines, these drop caps act as an introduction to the poems. 

Language - Punjabi Script - Gurmukhi Poems used (not in order) - Ambi Da Boota by Prof. Mohan Singhji Ajj Ankhaan Waris Shah Nu by Amrita Pritam Heer by Waris Shah Ki Hoeya Te Kiku Hoeya by Bhai Vir Singhji Duniya Da Dukh by Bhai Vir Singhji Sipahi Da Dil by Prof. Mohan Singhji Patte Vangu Tut Gai by Tribhuvan Kaur Anand 

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Sketchbook 2015

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Tessellations

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5 minute sketches | Digital Illustrations

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Drawing | Observational object drawing

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Exploring Materials | Wire | Jellyfish

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Order and Chaos | Abstract Art Prints

'Order and Chaos' are a series of art prints inspired by the everyday things around us that give me a sense of order and chaos. Cables, traffic and dubstep music might seem unrelated things but they all have a sense of chaos in order. 

Traffic jams in India are a big problem. There are rules to control it, there is an order but nobody follows it. Hence, the chaos. 

Again, cables have a sense of order but their arrangement is totally chaotic especially in some parts of India. 

Dubstep music incorporates a lot of sounds from everywhere composed into a single music piece. 

Images of these have been superimposed with tied and dyed paper, a technique which runs along the same theme - a structured and ordered folding mechanism resulting in spontaneous and surprising chaotic patterns. 

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