Gaman Palem

Gaman Palem an Indian comic book illustrator. He has illustrated more than 100 Indian children's comics, working mainly on mythological subjects.^[1]

Dr. Gaman Palem a Ph.D in the field of journalism and mass communication, an entrepreneur, media scholar and an artist who uses the graphic novel format as a medium to express his ideas. With his understanding of Indian mythology as well as its regional versions and interpretations, Gaman Palem has created a series of works that blend the mythical characters to contemporary contexts. A specialist in contemporary communication methods and visual communication he has a solid background in the areas of mass communication, advertising, graphic design, animation pre-production and publishing.

His recent industrial endeavor, has been in the field of human factor based user interface designing with augmented reality supplementing traditional print material for early learning under the banner BRAINTM Publishing. Here he aims to create modules having consistent user interface that is easy to use, aids in learning and is the one that users enjoy. Gaman's artistic style is influenced by Indian iconography, combining the traditional illustration techniques of watercolour, pen and ink with modern digital techniques.

Gaman's first series of eight picture books, The Golden Mythology Series, won the National Award for Excellence in Printing Children's Books.^{[citation needed]}.

Gaman Palem has been actively teaching subjects pertaining to Visual education in Tamil Nadu, was a lecturer at Loyola College and a visiting faculty at Raffles international College. Having been a creative consultant in many publishing houses and animation studios he is a research associate where he undertakes various research projects. He lives and works in Chennai. His works have been published in major graphic magazines, journals and he has exhibited widely in India.

References

^ Parthasarathy, Anusha (9 October 2010). "Things bright 'n' colourful". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2011.

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[1] Parthasarathy, Anusha (9 October 2010). "Things bright 'n' colourful". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2011.

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