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A first for the region
I looked at 8,000 pages in three days. It offered a great opportunity to meet talent from around the world and I got very good feedback about Gulf News from the other judges.
- Staff Report
- Published: 15:17 March 19, 2008
- Image Credit: Gulf News
By Ramachandra Babu
Senior illustrator with Gulf News
This year, he was part of one of the judging panels at the SND's The Best of Newspaper Design competition
"I looked at 8,000 pages in three days. It offered a great opportunity to meet talent from around the world and I got very good feedback about Gulf News from the other judges.
Click here to view Gulf News' award winning pages (pdf)
"It is a privilege to be selected as an SND judge, especially as it is for the first time from a newspaper in the region.
"In fact, it was a double honour as my caricature of the famed author Gabriel Garcia Marquez was selected for an award of excellence by SND.
"A caricature is a kind of creative art that is different from a portraiture. The image has to be easily identifiable, it should be proportionate, while exaggerating something specific without distortion.
"It is a tough task and every artist has a unique identity when it comes to creating a caricature.
"What is unique about my work is probably the details, which you would also find across most of my work. I would call it my thumbprint."
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