MUKESH AMARAN
ALBUM ARTicle:
AYUSHI RASTOGI
A
yushi Rastogi from Delhi is the creative human
behind the Raghav Meattle’s album titled Songs from
A Matchbox. A Graphic Designer and an illustrator
from Delhi, she grew up in a family full of artists, designers,
animators, writers and activists which has heavily inspired
the way she thinks and influenced her into becoming an artist.
Music has been an agent of productiveness for many
individuals. A lot of people including myself, listen to music
while creating something or working in general. To Ayushi,
she says “Music gives my mind the space to think. I always
listen to music when I work. It puts me in the zone. I have
different playlists dedicated to what type of work I’m doing.
Right now, I’m working on a project where I have to illustrate
a story so I’ve been listening a lot of soundtracks from different
movies. It helps me imagine
what to illustrate.”
Raghav Meattle is an artist who layers meaning onto
everything he creates in a very down to earth manner. One
such piece of work is the title of the album, Songs from
A Matchbox.
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“He told me the idea behind all the songs he wrote, and how
all of them were conceived in his tiny apartment at the time.
When he told me about the name, I could almost immediately
visualize it. I always like to ask my clients about what type
of style, they like just to understand the vibe. He also sent me
some of the tracks from the album, which helped me set the
tone.” Says Ayushi. The freedom to create intern created
a beautiful collaboration that instantly translates the
emotion across.
To take on projects supporting music, Ayushi feels that you
have to understand and listen to the music. “You have to set
the tone for the music. The first thing the audience sees before
even listening to the music is the cover. So, the artwork sets a
feeling. It’s a lot harder to visualize an album then creating art
for something else. “
Ayushi is currently working on her first Graphic Novel with
author Varud Gupta about a boy from Chandini Chowk at the
time of independence. It is getting Published by Penguin Next
year. We are too excited to see some new work from this up and
coming artist.