School drop out to Graphic designer
Do you remember Jamal Malik in Slumdog Millionaire? Serving teas in a call center but then winning a million rupees in quiz contest?
We have a similar story here.
Kathir Armugam dropped out of school in 9th standard when he realized his passion is in arts. And also his father passed away and his mother working as a daily wage laborer was the sole earning member of the family.
He worked odd jobs at places where he could learn and grow. When he started working as a tea boy in a graphic design company in Erode, he was first introduced to the field graphic designing.
But he could hardly afford a graphic design course. He started saving and when he got enough funds, he joined such a course. He would work in night shift from 8pm to 5am and attend classes during day time.
His mentor Shivaraj introduced him to several artists in Chennai and would take him to various art exhibitions. One of the artists liked Kathir's work and gave him a job as cover designer in a local magazine.
He started designing book covers for famous writers like Sujatha.
His life took a turn when IAS officer T. Udayachandran from Tamilnadu textbook corporation invited him to design quirky covers for school text books. It was a proud moment for Kathir.
So far he has designed over 400 covers for text books for classes 1 to 12. Here are two samples of book covers.
He wants to open an art school for the children who can not afford costly design schools. He also wants to work on Tamil fonts.
We have a similar story here.
Kathir Armugam dropped out of school in 9th standard when he realized his passion is in arts. And also his father passed away and his mother working as a daily wage laborer was the sole earning member of the family.
He worked odd jobs at places where he could learn and grow. When he started working as a tea boy in a graphic design company in Erode, he was first introduced to the field graphic designing.
But he could hardly afford a graphic design course. He started saving and when he got enough funds, he joined such a course. He would work in night shift from 8pm to 5am and attend classes during day time.
His mentor Shivaraj introduced him to several artists in Chennai and would take him to various art exhibitions. One of the artists liked Kathir's work and gave him a job as cover designer in a local magazine.
He started designing book covers for famous writers like Sujatha.
His life took a turn when IAS officer T. Udayachandran from Tamilnadu textbook corporation invited him to design quirky covers for school text books. It was a proud moment for Kathir.
So far he has designed over 400 covers for text books for classes 1 to 12. Here are two samples of book covers.
He wants to open an art school for the children who can not afford costly design schools. He also wants to work on Tamil fonts.
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