In this episode, we speak to Akshaya Zachariah, who is an illustrator and conservation artist.
We start with the beginnings of her interest in wildlife and nature and what led her to launch Elzac Doodles as a way to use art to raise her voice and also raise environmental awareness.
She talks about her work as a WWF voices member and some of the work that she has done with WWF.
We discuss the purposeful handling of social media as artists and how she has found community and opportunities through it.
She talks about the ups and downs of the freelance illustration career and the ways she navigates it to keep her going.
She shares her long list of creative inspirations from various fields like art, illustration, literature, poetry and children's books.
Akshaya's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elzac_doodles
Podcast co-hosts: Sushmita Charlu and Angeline Bhavya
Podcast music: Shankar Narayan
Design Lota blog: http://www.designlota.com/
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E025 Stories of Visual Culture with Ragini Siruguri - Part 2
E025 Stories of Visual Culture with Ragini Siruguri - Part 1
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E023 Experiments with Productivity
E022 Art as a Life Skill
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E020 A year of Design Lota
E019 Design and Sustainability
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