Tadam Gyadu is a self-taught comics artist from Arunachal Pradesh, India. He was inspired to start drawing at a young age after seeing illustrations in textbooks. His favorite genres are fantasy and sci-fi. Gyadu has worked on several independent comics projects and for Raj Comics. He cites many Indian artists as influences and hopes to continue improving his skills. Gyadu notes the lack of art opportunities in Arunachal Pradesh but hopes more awareness of art careers will develop.

2. Domuha Aakrman (दोमुँहा आक्रमण)
Illustrator – Tadam Gyadu (PencilDude)
Writer – Mohit Sharma (Trendster)
Colorist – Harendra Saini
Calligrapher – Youdhveer Singh
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14. Interview With Comics Artist Tadam Gyadu (Comics Reel)
Tadam Gyadu is a self learnt young emerging comics artist from Arunachal
Pradesh, one of the north-eastern states of India. His second comics
Brahmaand Vikhandan released this month, previously he was credited in
Adrishya Shadyantra earlier this year, both comics of Nagraj by Raj Comics.
He has been a part of many independent comics and freelance works in past
and goes by the pseudonym PencilDude.
In an exclusive interview with Mohit Sharma, Tadam talks about his art and
inspirations.
Q) – Who inspired you to become an artist & how old were you when you
started sketching/art?
Tadam – I always had a keen interest in art. When I was in kindergarten, long
before comics came into my life, I used to copy the illustrations from my
textbooks. Apples, bananas, planes and stuff, We also had some “life of the
Buddha” books in our home, I copied their illustrations too. later, when passed
to class three, i got my first comic book- So Ja Nagraj – illustrated by Anupam
Sinha sir. i instantly fell in love with comics. And started copying those

15. illustrations. I think I was 9 or 10 years old when I first started drawing comic
heroes.
Q) – What is the story behind your pseudonym PencilDude?
Tadam – Actually there is no story behind my pseudonym. I know some great
artists and writers like munshi premchand , artgerm, manu sir etc who use
pseudonyms and I find it kinda cool to have one. So I did some brainstorming
and came up with my very own alias – pencildude.
Q) – Were you involved in any creative, extracurricular activities in
school?
Tadam – I used to sing, dance, draw and write at school. We had some good
extra- curricular activities in school and I took part in most of them except
sports, I am terrible at it.
Q) – What is/are your favorite genre(s)?
Tadam – My favorite genres are fantasy and sci-fi with some philosophy.
Q) – Other hobbies and pastimes besides art?
Tadam – Other than art, I like to enjoy music, movies and books.
Q) – Tell us more about your upcoming projects?
Tadam – As of now, I am not involved in any project. I am focusing on honing
my skills. So I am taking some time off. I will be back pretty soon.
Q) – Who are your role models or people you look up to in art & life (and
why)?
Tadam – In art, there is not a particular one whom I consider my role model.
Anupam sir, who drove me into comics art. Sir David finch, from whose tutorial
videos I learnt a lot of technical things of comic art. Dheeraj dkboss kumar,
Lalit Sharma, Sumit kumar, abhishek malsuni sir are some who taught me
many things. In short, I follow whoever is good and try to use their plus points
into my own style. In life, my mother and my Grandpa are my role models.

16. They inspire me to do whatever I do and I would not have been I, if they were
not with me.
Q) – Where do you see yourself 10 years from now?
Tadam – I see myself practicing to make myself better.
Q) – What advice would you give to young artists who want to pursue art
as career?
Tadam – Well, I am an amateur myself, so I don’t have anything of my own to
say. But I would like to pass on something, which the great Mukesh singh had
said in an interview for the newcomers : be the first __________. (fill your
name on the blank).
Q) – Your best artwork till date?
Tadam – I can’t decide which is the best artwork I did till date because
whichever artwork I do, at first it seems pleasing but when I look at it after few
days then I laugh at myself, seeing so many silly mistakes. So, I guess that
best artwork is yet to come.
Q) – Tell us more about Arunachal’s art scene.
Tadam – As I said already, there is not much scope for an artist in Arunachal.
There are no good art colleges, neither are there any publishing houses or
production houses which would hire artists. The aspiring artists, who do not
have much knowledge about the carriers they can pursue in art, either get
interested in other things or become sign board painters, because there is
nobody who can guide them. I hope people will get aware soon.
Q) – Share some interesting items from your ‘Bucketlist’ & few random
facts about yourself?
Tadam – Let me share them one by one. (a) I myself came to know about art
as a carrier after I passed out class 10 and went out for further studies in
Assam. (b) Once I was planning to be an Engineer. Thank God, I wasn’t that

17. Good in studies. (c) I don’t like living in cities, maybe because I lived most of
my life in village. I think that’s all in my mind right now.
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