Sherni is a screen printed poster based on the power femininity holds. My goal was to encourage women to recognize and fully embrace their feminine essence.
The poster portrays a powerful imagery: a woman gracefully receiving a tiger lily from the claws of a tigress.
I drew heavy inspiration from Indian matchstick box designs for the visual style of the poster.
The A4 sized poster was printed in four separate layers and with three different shades of ink - pink, green and a darker green..
linocut printing
The base of the poster was linocut printed in black ink. Once dry, the red, green and blue elements were hand-painted onto the poster.
In the 1950s, America introduced the first nationwide broadcast of color television to the general public. People were left mesmerized. The color TV was now a symbol of modernity and progress, with everyone switching to new TV sets and discarding old B&W ones.
The poster is my interpretation of this historical event as a trend of those times.
mini-zine, written and illustrated by
Sneha Ramesh
illustrated zine
As a child, I was always in a hurry to grow older and experience adult life. In that process, I forgot to enjoy my childhood for what it was. I went too far and did not realize until it was too late.
There is also an underlying theme of abuse.
ex-libris stamp
The typography is molded to represent me as a person - playful and warm at heart. The script is further stylized with a heart to represent the meaning of my name - love.
My ex-libris is my name, Sneha, written in graceful Malayalam script, which is my mother tongue.
illustrated postcards
A huge part of being Indian is our collective craze for Bollywood. In our vocabulary, there is always an apt Hindi film dialogue which would perfectly fit any and every situation.
So, I thought of a way for fellow Bollywood enthusiasts to spark an instant connection through postcards.
These postcards are a series of funny, memorable dialogues spoken by Aamir Khan (actor) in Hindi films.
The cards are bold, fun and colorful, with a dash of nostalgia coming from the retro pop art style. The illustrations are inspired by and an ode to Hindi film posters of the Golden Era (1951-60), which were fully hand-painted back then.
The back of each postcard features a hint which would help the readers guess the respective film. Can you guess which films these dialogues were picked up from?