Nehal Joshi is an Illustrator, Graphic Designer, Photographer, and Painter with a BFA in Illustration from Parsons The New School For Design. Having lived in Osaka, New York, Singapore, and New Delhi, her work is highly influenced by a myriad of cultures, textiles, music, pop culture, street culture, and aesthetic techniques inspired by themes of collage, abstract, and pop art.
Her work showcases her love for bold colors and patterns, as well as an ability to create strong compositions that showcase a keen sense of detail. Her portfolio ranges from posters, album covers, logos, and collages; to paintings, drawings for editorial articles, as marketing material for various social media platforms. Her strength lies in her eye catching and bold aesthetic style which can be applied to various mediums.
Work history
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Graphic DesignerNORBLACK NORWHITE
- New Delhi, IndiaFull Time
• Content creation for NBNW website and all social media platforms.
• Clothing and tech pack design for collabs with Budweiser, FILA, Lauryn Hill, & Erykah Badu.
• Directed, shot, & post edited photoshoots for lookbooks and marketing decks.
• Moodboard design & fashion illustrations for merchandise lines.
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Graphic Designer & ArtistComplex Networks
- New York, United StatesFull Time
• Daily content creation for Snapchat Discover Page: Animating "top snaps" & supporting the design. Brought platform appropriate creativity and personality to daily editions viewed by over 2 million subscribers nationwide.
• Collaborating with editorial leads on strong visual storytelling responsible for
working within the brand guidelines to ensure quality content within international pop culture.
• Artist for new "Picture This" series. Videos of my live drawings were posted on Complex's social media pages including Instagram, Twitter, YouTube & Facebook.
• In house illustrator responsible for creating art work for various editorial departments & custom artwork for visiting celebrities, musicians and artists.
Skills
- Photo Editing
- Photo Retouching
- Photography
- Photography Shoots
- Photo Collage
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe After Effects
- Sketch Artist
Education
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BFA in IllustrationParsons The New School for Design
- New York, United States
Cultivated vision, authorial voice, creative problem-solving abilities, and curiosity while translating ideas into forms including picture books, graphic novels, hand lettering, editorial and advertising illustrations, toy designs, animations, and surface and display design.
Illustration majors were responsible for reproduction and distribution, developing visual storytelling skills through representational drawing and painting coupled with text, design of three-dimensional objects, and animation across time.