Wondering what the title of this post meant? All the #6FrameStoryChallenge participants has to choose from a word wishlist to create their own stories. Many of the illustrators chose dragons, bears and dinosaurs for their stories. We wondered if anyone would take on the task of illustrating a vulture – and Jisha Unnikrishnan came along and did exactly that!
Sometimes, less is more. Jisha’s illustrations are a testament to that old saying. We love her minimal usage of colors and the little spatter of red is an inventive touch!
In Jisha’s own words,
“My friend and ex colleague, Soumya, suggested that I join the 6 frame story challenge and forwarded me the blog’s link. I haven’t had this much fun in a long long time! This is my first time illustrating a story and I am glad that it makes for a part of a larger whole.”
Jisha Unnikrishnan’s Illustrations for the #6FrameStoryChallenge by Pratham Books
(Jisha Unnikrishnan is a textile designer and has been working as a research associate with the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad documenting the traditional textiles of North East India).
Read the other interviews by illustrators who took the challenge:
Rajiv Eipe, Kalyani Ganapathy, Prashant Miranda, Kavita Singh Kale, Megha Vishwanath, Priya Nair Panicker, Sweta Roy Choudhury, Paneendra Suresh, Priya Kuriyan, Yulianto Qin, Manjari Chakravathi, Sonal Goyal and Sumit Sakhuja, Samidha Gunjal, Preeti Lata, Shwetha Elisha,Mithila Ananth, Sunandita Mehrotra, Vedavathi Narasimha Murthy, Jithin Jacob, Vidya Gopal,Archana Sreenivasan, Somesh Kumar, Gumani, Antara Mukherji, Anjora Noronha,Vinayak Varma, Soumya Menon, Jisha Unnikrishnan, Kruttika Susarla, Ninoshka Dias, Isha S Valentine, Neelima Raparla, Vallabhi Shegaonkar, Sangeeta Das, Hari Kumar Nair,Lakhsmi Mitter, Lily Banerjee, Aditi Dilip, Niloufer Wadia, Deepa Jayaraman, AnupamaApte, Nishith Mehta, Muhammed Shafi, Amar Soni, Krishna Prakash K,Lavanya Karthik, Sonal Gupta,Kabini Amin, Jason Dvorak, Tanvi Bhat, Ranjani S, Shikha Nambiar, Aritra Roy Chowdhury, Vaishali Chudasama, Sharanya Kunnath, Priya Manikandan, Milan Nayak, Delwyn Remedios, Geetanjali B, Ambica Vinod, Shailja Jain Chougule, Chitra Chandrashekhar, Nikita Modi, David Knight, Geetali Tare, Nilomee Jesrani
If you missed the #6FrameStoryChallenge, but are inspired by the work of fellow illustrators and want to contribute to the open source story platform – do send us your stories! Story guidelines are available here.