A Small Initiative For Mother Nature

Certain thoughts of mine has been converted into images some time back. Off late, I have started forgetting about those creations. Now on, I will start posting those thoughts one by one at regular intervals.

One such image towards saving our mother nature...

Celebrate Diwali With Less Pollution

This Diwali Let's Make Less [Air/Noise/Environment] Pollution

“Have Explosive Joy Without Fire-Crackers”

“Have light moments, than lighting moments”

-Gokulavan

To Read More About Celebrating Diwali - Eco-Friendly Style Follow The Link Below:

http://www.mouthshut.com/diary/hcbjprpso/Celebrate-DiwaliEco-Friendly-Style
To Buy The Design Printed On a T-Shirt Follow The Link Below:
http://www.myntra.com/Sound-Light/T-Shirt/FC/PD/1259396830

Stripping the Striped - "Tiger The National Animal"

It's very unfortunate that our National Animal "Tiger" is in a dangerous situation of extinction in few decades. The possiblity of this beautiful Striped beast getting totally stripped out of India is high in the current scenario.

 An average life span of tigers is somewhere between 14 to 16 years, hence the given time for us to act is also very low. If we have to save tigers the only solution is to act fast. Do not buy Tiger skin, teeth or any of it's part. Do not shoot or encourage shooters to shoot tiger or any other animal in the forest for fun and thrill.

 With the little bit of creativity that I possess, I have created the following AD Poster as my contribution towards Saving Tigers and Indian pride.

Let's Not Strip the Stripe To Save Our Nation's Pride

If you would like this design to be printed on a T-Shirt please follow the below link and order for your T-Shirt.

http://www.myntra.com/In-National-Interest/T-Shirts/FC/PD/1229410555

http://www.myntra.com/Extinct/T-Shirts/FC/PD/1223079233

Also, you can find my other designs, which can be pritned on various items like T-Shirt, Cup, Plate, Watch etc., on the following link: http://www.myntra.com/shop/Gokulavan

Global Warming

Global Warming was the theme of the contest @ Myntra this December. Though a similar contest has been hosted by Myntra earlier, I hadn't got a chance to win anything then. But, this time I got lucky and my design "In Your Hands" got selected for consolation prize. Specifically whenever I work for such "social cause" designing, I am more inclined towards self-satisfaction rather than the prize, that's why I have no second that in boasting that I have received "consolation prize".

Global Warming has already started taking it's toll on "Earth". Our forefathers left us a healthy planet and what are we going to leave for the younger generation? Isn't it a million dollar question? It's essential that everyone has to take a step towards "turning the knob down..." Creating awareness on Global Warming is one more major thing which has to catch up with every human being. As a contribution from my end, I have created the following image and dedicate this to the "World". Though the concept in the design might sound funny, it has got intricate meaning, which has a pointer towards Global Warming and it's effect.

Human Mission is to Reduce Emission

If you would like this design to be printed on a T-Shirt please follow the below link and order for your T-Shirt. 
http://www.myntra.com/In-Your-Hands/Mugs/FC/PD/1262174348
http://www.myntra.com/Northpole-Southpole/T-Shirts/FC/PD/1262392558
Also, you can find my other designs, which can be pritned on various items like T-Shirt, Cup, Plate, Watch etc., on the following link: http://www.myntra.com/shop/Gokulavan

Ignorance is Bliss

"Not knowing something can be often comfortable than knowing it..."

Thomas Gray an 18th Century poet has also written in one of his poem as:

  “Where ignorance is bliss, / ‘Tis folly to be wise.’”

What is the importance of these idioms & phrases in today's scenario? In an outline one can conclude that being ignorant will really hurt you and the people around you. One such instance is AIDS, if you don't want to know about this disease and how this is getting spread, definitely this is not going to be "bliss", in line with the same concept, being a socio-active human being, I would like to share the following design from my designer portfolio.

The ultimate aim of every Government and NGO's is to control and gradually eradicate the disease, whilst giving good care and social status to those who have been affected already.

Know about the disease, be safe, be secure and wise.

Ignorance is AIDS

If you would like this design to be printed on a T-Shirt please follow the below link and order for your T-Shirt. http://www.myntra.com/Ignorance-is-AIDS/T-Shirt/FC/PD/1252048586
Also, you can find my other designs, which can be pritned on various items like T-Shirt, Cup, Plate, Watch etc., on the following link: http://www.myntra.com/shop/Gokulavan

T-Shirt Designs - Some Tips

Designing for a T-Shirt may not be a very easy job, when we are looking out for Great Design Output. Many a times it so happens that after investing a considerable amount of time in designing a T-shirt concept, we find out that it has not come out well or it has some thing lacking to make it a Great Design. To, avoid such self-satisfaction related issues, a designer may follow the listed items to derive a Great Looking Design. 

• Rough Sketching
• Color Selection
• Selection of Images or Cliparts [Vector Vs Raster]
• Fonts Selection
• Spacing Selections

Realtime examples have been given from my designer porfolio, you can find URL linkages after here and there in the article.

Rough Sketching:

Many of the designers do this part mentally. However, if it's been done on a paper or digital canvas, this will give the designer an pre-look on how the design is going to come out.

Color Selection:

Color selection is of two types one is the T-Shirt color selection, which is Background color and the other one is about the colors that will be used inside the design. A designer has to be very careful in choosing the background color as well as the suitable design colors to give more aesthetic value to the design.

Color Selection Example: http://www.myntra.com/Signal-Recession/T-Shirt/FC/PD/1240598318

Selection of Images or Cliparts:

High resolution images should be selected for usage. Never take a low-res image and then scale it to make it bigger, as it will get pixelated due to which the design will look bad on screen and very bad on print.

Vector Images are the preferred one when compared to Raster, the main difference between Vector & Raster is very simple to understand. When a Vector image is scaled to fit a size that we require, it won't loose the detail in it and give good resolution even after scaling it. Whereas a Raster image if scaled will get pixelated, thus giving a bad image quality during print.

Image Seletion Example: http://www.myntra.com/Patience-Preacher/T-Shirt/FC/PD/1204485639

Fonts Selection:

Font selection is a very important aspect in designing. Avoid choosing normal or general fonts that are available all over. Make sure the font that you pick supports your design. For example, if your concept is funny choose a font, which looks funny or childish. Emphasis to fonts with bold, italic etc., should also be used wherever required.

Fonts Design Example: http://www.myntra.com/Love-Order/T-Shirt/FC/PD/1213064279

S p a c i n g Selections:

Spacing between images and fonts, or with lines and characters also play a good role in getting a Great Looking Design. Make sure that before and after spacing is different from others and conveys the matter without abberation. A proper Word/Line break will add more strength to the concept that is getting conveyed.

Spacing Design Example: http://www.myntra.com/Eating-Habit/T-Shirt/FC/PD/1214682291

After completing the design, if some one is around, you can always ask for their suggestion, or else do a review on the next day so that you will have a fresh mind to find out some aesthetic issues in the completed design.

Visiting Card Design Contest - Emerged First!

This time it was a design contest on Creating a Visting Card Design. Of course, needless to say, there were many competitors with around 220 designs getting registered for this contest, it was really a tough fight. After uploading the design and waiting for near to a month, I got the results atlast, the pleasant surprise was, mine has been selected as First!!!

The visiting/business card has been created for a online gaming portal, which has got the largest user generated contests in India. The theme was to create a card with address and email ID, whereas I had done some research and added the portal's other online contact points, like Orkut, Facebook, Twitter etc., which actually had won me this prize.

Thanks to all and all the best.