Shreya Gupta

Hi! This blog is for my art process, work and stuff. For my Art Prints, go here.

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Merry Christmas everyone!!! Hope everyone is having a great time! :)

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Little Women, 150th Annniversary Illustrated Edition, for Little, Brown

I had the wonderful opportunity to work on 150th Anniversary Illustrated Edition of Little Women a few months back with @littlebrown. It’s a fun and heartwarming story that follows the journey of four sisters into adulthood. In less than two months I illustrated and designed the cover, the endpapers and 47 chapter openers (along with reading the novel!). The project had a very fast turnaround but so rewarding to finally see it all as a book!! So so much thanks to my wonderful editor @cguiterman who trusted my vision for the book, and such a pleasure to work with the art director Mario Pulice!✨✨✨ Over the next few days I will be posting more from the book. Stay tuned 🤗

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Beyond words to see my work featured in Communication Arts Photography Annual. So much thanks to all the people who have been so supportive, especially to my amazing mentors David Sandline and Lisel Jane Ashlock, and the wonderful art directors I have worked with Florian Bachleda, Michael Mrak, Matt Dorfman, Erich Nagler and the gallery Light Grey Art Lab!!! 

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The New York Times Book Review- The Life To Come

Worked for the Book Review section on a satirical novel by Michelle de Krester- The Life to Come.  The author challenges that travel does not necessarily broaden one's mind. The characters are globetrotting cosmopolitans that make a fetish for travel and prepare food, not for sustenance, but for Instagram worthy pictures.

After I sent the sketch, we decided to have 1" more on either sides so it fits all digital publication platforms. In print on April 22nd!

Much thanks to AD Matt Dorfman who is always a pleasure to with.

For some reason Tumblr is making the image blurry, so check it out on my website blog)

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Chosen for American Illustration 37!!!

Very happy to share that three of my illustrations have been Chosen for American Illustration 37. I made these last year of which one is personal based on Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, one for Google for celebrating one of the first Indian woman doctors, and for Fast Company on Coming out at Work. 

Many thanks to the judges, and especially much much thanks to the wonderful art directors I worked with- Florian Bachleda and Erich Nagler!!!

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The New York Times- Miranda Rights

I recently got to work for the Sketchbook section on NYT, one of my favorites! It is a standalone, print-only art spot on page 3 of the newspaper. It's totally art-driven and responds to "current events." There's no article attached to it, but runs alongside a small blurb.

This one was on Cynthia Nixon's run for governor of New York. Nixon is best known as an actress who played Miranda in the television show "Sex and the City," but she also has a well-documented history of public education advocacy. Our focus of interest was that her celebrity is discussed to the exclusion of her platform and history of political organizing.

Much thanks to AD Andrew Sondern for the awesome gig!!

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Spectrum Fantastic Art 25!

So honored to be selected this year by Spectrum Fantastic Art! This is my first time and gives so much boost to my confidence. Much thanks to the judges and especially to AD Michael Mrak for the piece I worked on with him for Scientific American!!

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Represented by Writers House!

So happy to share that I am now represented by Writers House! Looking forward to get started on picture books this year!!

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Interview with Make Nice_ !!!

So much thanks to Chris Buzelli for saying these words of confidence when I was a student.

Much thanks to Make Nice_ for the interview and for making me look smart! You can check it out here.

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The New York Times Book Review- The City of Brass

So excited to share this piece I did for The New York Times Book Review. The City of Brass by author S.A. Chakraborty is based in 18th century Cairo. It's protagonist is a half human who can do magic and together with her djinn sidekick they fight zombies, travel dangerous lands and whatnot. It was fun to do sketches on such a dramatic story.

So much thanks to AD Matt Dorfman for this great assignment!!

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Rakhmabai Raut for Google

I am happy to share that I recently got to work on a dream project with Google to create a Google Doodle for them. The Doodle was to commemorate Rakhmabai Raut's 153rd birthday who was the first woman to practice medicine in colonial India. She was also an activist and fought to stamp out child marriage which led to passage of Age of Consent Act in 1891. It was very interesting to learn about her life and how she fought for her rights during the time when women rights were subdued in the Indian society. Google also did a nice write-up on her on their Google Doodle website. 

We decided to focus on her achievements as a barrier-breaker and pioneer in medicine and I did various sketches on it. Some  of them are posted below:

It was so thrilling to see the doodle go live-

So much thanks to AD Erich Nagler for such a wonderful assignment!!

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For Fast Company

For a story about a young woman who came out as a bisexual at her workplace after which she was constantly "corrected" and stopped from expressing herself by her colleagues and seniors. 

The story is part of a digital feature that features 7 stories on "What it is like to be out at work in 2017". Each story was illustrated by a different illustrator using a color from Pride colors.

So the initial direction for the assignment was to use Orange hue and include the workplace in sketches. After the sketch was approved, I made different color versions of the final piece. I also had fun drawing the view of buildings from the windows which are actually from my memory of looking at Freedom Towers from my studio window at night when I was a student at SVA (those sleepless nights!). 

Many many thanks to creative director Florian Bachleda who is always a pleasure to work with.  

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Featured on Supersonic!!!

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A summer memory of picking mulberries with my sister.

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Sharing Compassion

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So honored to have this piece from my graduate thesis to be Selected in Latin American Illustracion! Much thanks to the judges and to my thesis advisors David Sandlin and Lisel Jane Ashlock, who supported me so much throughout the project!! :)

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So I drew Zidane because he is awesome