Postcards from Bombay

"Bombay boy and Sahitya Akademi award-winning author Jerry Pinto opens the door to his home and heart—Bombay, now Mumbai. Join him as he traces the history and Culture of the people that give the city of dreams its distinctive flavour."

Author: Jerry Pinto
Editor: Lubaina Bandukwala
Art Director: Tina Narang

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This was a really fun project because Jerry's writing is uniquely funny and I had free reign to interpret his writing and be funny as well. The graphite drawings also came out great on the off-white paper stock used inside, so much so that I used scans of the print over the original drawings here.

Selected Work