Ranjan’s Visual Alphabets - Part 1

1. Ranjan’s
Visual
Alphabets

2. Self Portrait 1

3. Self Portrait 2

4. Self Portrait 3

5. Self Portrait 4

6. Self Portrait 5

7. Self Portrait 6
“Originality is nothing but judicious imitation” this
quote I read nearly forty years ago in the Times of India.
I was then in my twenties. I started understanding these
last two words “judicious imitation” and in course o f
time realized that as an artist we try to define between
Perception and Reality while drawing the image. My this
Visual Alphabets journey started in 1968 which is
continued till today exploring their various possibilities. I
am honestly not the Cartoonist and cannot be
manufacturer of cartoons especially the pocket cartoons.
My artist father Late Prof.R.P.Joshi and Art Mentor artist
Shantaram Pawar gave me this confidence and I began to
draw these visual alphabets.
These are my THUMB IMPRESSIONS
inspired from The greats like
SHEDA PHADANIS,VASANT
SARAWATE,PRBHASHANKAR
KAWADI,BRAND HOLLAND,MURRY
TILKALMAN,SPANFILLER.

8. Mario Miranda
They are my inspirations…
D.K.Kadam of Navabharat Times
Vins
Shankar Pillai
R.K.Laxaman
Prabhashankar Kawadi
Suresh Sawant

9. D.T.Padekar
Bal Thackeray
Vasant Sarawate
SHEDA (S.D.) Phadnis
They are my inspirations…
My childhood schoolmate Shekhar Naik and myself use to draw
by memory the cartoons of Bal and Shrikant Thackeray brothers
work published in their MARMAIK a Marathi publication. D.T.
Padekar my first class ranker classmate in Sir.J.J.Institute of
Applied Art gave more precious insight about drawing.
I was more inclined to the works of SHEDA (S.D.) PHADNIS and
VASANT SARWATE right from my child hood (1956) till today that
is more than sixty years.

10. The apple bite
visual was the
demonstration
by Shantaram
Pawar given to
me on my
basic idea.
Shantaram Pawar
Brad Holland
My Real Identity was given to me by my
guru Shantaram Pawar and Brad Holland.
They taught me to look beyond just
“cartoons.”

11. Highpoint of my Visual
alphabet (Cartoons)
journey. This was started
in 1997 and lasted till
2007. Unexpected happy
surprise as a cartoonist .
Following slides covering
the same. I am grateful to
the famous Cartoonist
Suresh Sawant and
Vijayan Seth“VINS for
opening this international
platform.

12. My original IMPRESSION
and its application.

13. My original IMPRESSION and its application on next page.

15. My original IMPRESSION
and its application.

16. My original IMPRESSION
and its application.

17. My original IMPRESSION
and its application.

18. My original IMPRESSION
and its application.

22. My original IMPRESSION
and its application.

24. Here onwards my visual
alphabets got places in
Times of India
(freelance),
Eve’s
Weekly,
Industrial
Times, Mirror, BobmaitriHouse magazine
(Bank of Baroda-Freelance )
and many such publications
till I stop in 2008.

26. My original IMPRESSION and its application.

28. My original IMPRESSION and its application.

33. My original IMPRESSION and its application.

43. My original IMPRESSION and its application.

44. My original IMPRESSION and its application.

48. My original IMPRESSION and its application.