Roshan (@ramashon) is a visual artist, designer and illustrator. He is drawn to the use of soft edges and glowing colours as a way of creating a sense of wonder and mystery in his art. By blending and blurring the lines between different forms and elements, he aims to create a sense of fluidity and openness that invites the viewer to interpret the artwork in their own way.
The use of glowing colours adds to this sense of otherworldliness, evoking a sense of magic and transcendence that is inherent in many Hindu mythologies and Indian art traditions which heavily inspires his work. By reimagining these ancient themes and styles through a contemporary design lens, Roshan hopes to create art that is both deeply rooted in its cultural origins and relevant to contemporary audiences.
Image descriptions
Bling Bling
A cartoon-ish femme figure drawn against a muted grey/purple background with sparkles over the background and the figure’s body. We can see the figure from the top of their head to just above their chest. They are wearing a two-toned pink sari, with extremely slanted, curvy, yellow eyes, a red bindi with red lines coming out from it, a gold chain with a red and gold pendant, and gold and red earrings. The figure has black straight hair, thick, plump red lips, reds indoor, a yellow halo with a sparkle on it, thick bushy eyebrows and a gold lip ring.
feel like god
A human like figure with dark-brown and yellow holographic skin, walking on what appears to be the universe amongst planets. We can see the figures legs and one of their hands, from which there are yellow lines coming out from the fingertips. Meteor figures are leaping left in the bottom half of the image. The figure is walking towards a translucent-blue half-orb with a light at the top, and the background is dark purple + black, with blue lines and small sparkles.
Golden Abhishekam
A cheetah-like figure in the middle of the image, wearing a thick anklet on one of their paws. You can see their tail on the left side of the image, next to an agarbati (incense) stand with two lit agarbati in it. The cheetah is sitting on a yellow/pinkish floor, with minimalist brown kolam sticking out from where it is sitting. There is an human/elf-ish like child figure pouring a honey-like substance from a gold pot over the cheetah’s forehead, and the cheetah is licking the same substance from its chest. The background of the image is a mix of muted yellow, orange, pink and purple tones, with white sparkles on it, pink smoke flumes, and a gold pot between the cheetah and the human/elf-ish like child figure.
Raging Serenity
A black, bluish figure with a teal blue outline, against a plain pitch-black background, covering the space between their top lip and nose with one arm, and the other arm above their hairline. The figure has what appears to be a silver handcuff on their top arm, with a chain that is being pulled from outside the frame towards the right. The figure has bright pink lips, extremely slanted, curvy, yellow and pink eyes, with long pink eyelashes and a bushy white and pink monobrow, and light blue eyeshadow. Th figure has translucent, straight purplish-white hair, that travels down to the bottom of the image, with a pink streak in their hair part, and pink petals (the same colour as their lips and the streak) falling over their body. We can see from the top of the figure’s head to just below their lips. The figure is tall and thin, and femme-like.
Spiralling in Gold
A dark skinned tamil woman is depicted adorned in gold jewellery. The jewellery is floating around her face in a way that bridges reality with fantasy. Looking realistic and unrealistic. She has small hairs all over her forehead and monobrow, typical features of south asian women that are typically deemed 'undesirable' by the west. Her facial expression is soft and calm. She has baby hairs that are flying over her face.
Unfriendly
A dark reddish brown figure is depicted laying down, in a slightly sexual pose. She is engorged in a pit of fire against a grey background that is speckled with a gritty texture. She is drawn with red outlines, and has long black hair which goes off the picture plane. The flames are orange, yellow and blue, and smoke is visible and the top of the artwork. The figure wears a bindi and Sindooram on her hairline.