Bharathi Raja M

It was a sweet accident that I landed into the designing field. From my early age I was good at drawings and sketches. So from school days to college days I was part of the Arts club and had won many awards. But designing never struck me as a career. When I was in the college final year, for a project I visited a company whose director saw my paintings and introduced me to the wonderful software called Photoshop. Interestingly, I had never heard of it before. I was mesmerized and started to spend days and nights learning it myself. I was addicted to it and it was like playing a game I was trying to reach from one level to the other. That gave me confidence and after college I joined as a graphic designer at Nainar infotainment in Coimbatore. There, I did a lot of print related designs and websites. Then I joined as a visualizer at Brandkraaft advertising.

My interest was in design so the only important career decision I took was to work in what I was interested and not what others wanted me to do. Generally art and design is always seen as a hobby and not as a main career option at least in India. For us getting into a job is the foremost thing. That’s the reason why there are lakhs of engineers. There can be thousands of those engineers whose passion lies in design or other art form. Now slowly the awareness and opportunities in design field are in demand, thanks to the growing mobile apps. So follow your heart and be honest with your efforts. Your career will automatically be taken care of.