Drawing Words

Nafisa Nandini Crishna has spent the last 8 years developing her skill set with both computer-centric vector drawings, as well as a hand-drawn style, and a combination of the two. Saying which, she understands the uniqueness of both mediums in their...

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Food, fire, walks, dreams, cold, sleep, love, slowness, time, quiet, books, seasons – all these things, which are not really things, but moments of life – take on a different quality at night-time, where the moon reflects the light of the sun, and we have time to reflect what life is to us, knowing that it passes, and that every bit of it, in its change and its difference, is the here and now of what we have.

- Jeanette Winterson; Why I Adore The Night

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I have noticed that when all the lights are on, people tend to talk about what they are doing – their outer lives. Sitting round in candlelight or firelight, people start to talk about how they are feeling – their inner lives. They speak subjectively, they argue less, there are longer pauses.

To sit alone without any electric light is curiously creative. I have my best ideas at dawn or at nightfall, but not if I switch on the lights – then I start thinking about projects, deadlines, demands, and the shadows and shapes of the house become objects, not suggestions, things that need to done, not a background to thought.

- Jeanette Winterson; Why I Adore The Night

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Take the thirty plus minutes out of your day today and watch this. Watch it. It’s worth more than anything else you will watch today.

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IT’S ALIVE!! My new website is up and ready for business! With this, I launch my very own brand and illustration studio! For any new commissions, collaborations or projects, or even just to say hi, feel free to get in touch! The link is in my bio. ESTA VIVO!!! Mi nuevo website está listo para negocios! Con esto, lanzo mi propia brand y estudio de ilustración! Para nueva comisiones, colaboraciones o proyectos - o incluso sólo para saludar - ponte en contacto! El link está en mi bio. #newbrand #newwebsite #websitelaunch #website #goinglive #newwork #illustrator #ilustradora #illustrations #illustrationstudio #estudiodeilustración #estudio #artist #instaartists #designer #deseñadora #artista #NafisaNandiniCrishna

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Shades of Black. #MyMuse #Jlin #PortraitofanArtist #Musician #OnTheRoad #TourLife #BlackandWhite #PeaceofMind #LongDistance #2days2nightsin24hours #DigitalArt #DigitalIllustration #ProcreatePocket #iPhone8 #blackworknow #blackworknowillustrations #illustrator #ilustradora #illustration #ilustracion #blancoynegro #youngblackqueen #instaartists #NafisaNandiniCrishna

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Studio days be made of this. #illustrator #ilustradora #studio #illustratorstudio #estudio #illustration #findinghome #illustrationstudio #artist #penandink #crosshatch #peaceofmind #miestudiomicasa #NafisaNandiniCrishna

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This had to be one of the most fulfilling and enlightening events of 2017. They say a child is the best critic because their curiosity and reaction to you and your work is pure, honest, and from the heart. The clarity you receive from the questions asked and the conversations that ensue is unlike any other interaction you will ever have. Thank you, Grade 2 and UNIS, for our chat and for teaching me so much about the work I do through our time together. I can’t wait to see what you all do in your real life study class! Picture Courtesy: Andrea Heinz. #ConversationsAboutArt #UNISHanoi #SpreadArt #SpreadTheWord #GiveAChildArt #Art #Illustration #Journal #Curiosity #Children #Grade2 #SevenYearOlds #SketchbookJournals #Education #ArtEducation #Illustrator #LifeOfAnIllustrator #NafisaNandiniCrishna

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A little comic relief to the current goings on. There is an irony to the situation that I don’t think them officials have caught on to just yet...!!! #EditorialIllustration #ComicRelief #Aadhar #Politics #BlackAndWhite #DigitalIllustration #Photoshop #AadharLeaks #UIDAI #Illustration #CurrentAffairs #News #Illustrator #India #NafisaNandiniCrishna

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My #bestnine2017 this past year! Here’s to a lot more artwork, growth, discovery and adventure this new year! #bestnine #2017 #HappyNewYear #penandink #blackandwhite #details #journals #sketchbookjournals #urbansketchers #architecture #visualpoetry #thelongroadhome #drawing #bestpartofmyyear #illustrator #illustration #illustrationart #ilustradora #ilustración #instaartists #artist #NafisaNandiniCrishna

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‪“The answers you seek never come when the mind is busy, they come when the mind is still, when silence speaks loudest.” Leon Brown

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Back to the drawing board - plunging right in! I suppose there’s no better way to do it! #art #illustrator #illustration #urbansketches #urbanstudies #architecture #urbanlandscapes #cityscapes #paris #tourdeeiffel #throwback #EiffelTower #blackandwhite #penandink #details #intricate #instaartists #urbansketchers #NafisaNandiniCrishna

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Details I can’t actually remember drawing. #art #illustrator #illustration #urbansketches #urbanstudies #architecture #urbanlandscapes #cityscapes #paris #tourdeeiffel #throwback #EiffelTower #blackandwhite #penandink #details #intricate #instaartists #urbansketchers #NafisaNandiniCrishna

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In order to create @jlin_p’s logo, one needs to understand who and what Jlin is. So she asked me, “How do you see me?” And I showed her what I saw. Thanks @madhumitanandi for the haunting photograph that inspired this drawing, and thanks Jlin for trusting me with this. . . . . #blackandwhite #artist #musician #composer #footwork #edm #jlin #blackorigami #darkenergy #VisualPoetry #ConversationsPastMidnight #ProcreatePocket #iPhone6 #illustrator #illustration #digitaldrawings #digitalart #instaartists #art #PortraitStudies #DigitalPortraits #PortraitOfAnArtist #NafisaNandiniCrishna

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My Spanish Sojourn. #UrbanSketchers #UrbanSketchersBarcelona #UrbanSketching #Pen #BlackAndWhite #narrativeillustration #illustration #ilustración #art #arte #inspiración #inspiration #instaartists #ilustradora #CityStories #SketchbookJournaling #sketchwalker #SketchBook #ciudad #Crosshatch #crosshatching #HandDrawnPhotographs #thesis #ProyectoFinal #WIP #MastersIlustraciónCómic #NafisaNandiniCrishna

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Nostalgia in H06. #UrbanSketchers #UrbanSketching #Pen #BlackAndWhite #H06 #GoodEarthMalhar #goodearthmalharfootprints #footprints #illustration #ilustración #art #arte #inspiración #inspiration #instaartists #ilustradora #CityStories #illustrationartists #SketchbookJournaling #sketchwalker #SketchBook #ciudad #Crosshatch #crosshatching #HandDrawnPhotographs #thesis #ProyectoFinal #WIP #MastersIlustraciónCómic #NafisaNandiniCrishna (at Goodearth Malhar)

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Lonely avenues of Raval. #UrbanSketchers #UrbanSketching #BlackAndWhite #narrativeillustration #illustration #ilustración #art #arte #inspiración #inspiration #instaartists #ilustradora #CityStories #illustrationartists #SketchbookJournaling #sketchwalker #SketchBook #ciudad #Crosshatch #crosshatching #HandDrawnPhotographs #thesis #ProyectoFinal #WIP #MastersIlustraciónCómic #NafisaNandiniCrishna (at Raval)

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With my piece that was declared as one of the winners of #SWABStairs2017!! @swabartfair @ilustracionycomicelisava @elisavabcn @elisavalumni #metro #digital #ilustración #illustration #ilustradora #talent #SWAB #smartcity #MastersIlustraciónCómic #NafisaNandiniCrishna (at Drassanes)