"Graphic Wala" by - Ashwani

To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the glass is half empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

Besides being an Electronics Engineer, Ashwani is a Graphic designer and photographer based in Varanasi, India. He loves to explore things and discover amazing ideas, which helps him make such creative and dynamic graphic designs. He never imagined that he would be graphically designing and making content for others anytime in his life. But when his seniors introduced him the basic designing softwares to make posters and other creatives for various fests and events in college, his interest gradually started increasing which helped him get better at designing without surfing the web for tutorials. His amazing photography skills helped him compose posters which had been viral for weeks.

His inspiration to grow as graphic designer came from various social media platforms and artists which boosted him to post his contents online on instagram since July,2019. This gave him popularity and ever since he is known as @graphic.wala for his amazing and creative contents. Initially he wasn't serious about his work, but once his parody poster of Gully Boy named Delhi Boy (on the issue of Delhi pollution) went viral, he got extremely motivated and gained much self belief. One of his posters was featured on Star Sports, and he also made few creatives for brands like Ambuja cement, etc.

In this short journey as content creator the best part for him was making connection with amazingly talented minds across the country and globe which he values way more than any followers count. His self confidence is so high that critics don't affect him because he knows that there are thousands of people who appreciate and love his work and it's them whom he's working for. He received many texts from people saying that they want to start their journey as content creator but nothing strikes when it comes to making a start for this beautiful journey and his answer to them remains constant that the hardest thing is to make a start and for a beginner you really don't need the best source or instructor to guide you; all you need is just to be confident, give a start and you will gradually learn by working. He thus believes that irrespective of the obstacles life puts in, everyone should believe in themselves and just keep going by putting out their work.

Recent posts of Graphic Wala to see more visit @graphicwala on Instagram.

TEXT - Navya Garg