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Grace Kuruvilla
Grace is a Brampton-based illustrator and designer. She demonstrates versatility through various media to create cohesive art in collage, textiles and digital illustrations. Grace enjoys projects that challenge her to conduct research and visually organize information. She also channels her passion for food and cultural content into her illustrative work. Grace strives to create designs that inform and inspire others to add vibrance to everyday life.
Wear My Story
This illustrated silk skirt was inspired by the traditional Indian lehenga, a long skirt primarily worn for weddings and special events. As an immigrant who never lived in India, Grace always felt disconnected from her cultural heritage. This project was a way for her to reconnect and learn more about her roots.
Photography by Isaac Mann and make-up by Alizeh Kazmi
Each of the four skirt panels represents the four different Indian states that Grace’s family is from: Maharashtra, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Grace used Italian silk for her fabric, gold gutta to add line work, and silk painting techniques to paint the illustrations.
Video filmed by Matt Clark and edited by Grace Kuruvilla
Say Grace
A restaurant concept that combines Indian and Guyanese culture with Christian influences. The menu, logo design, and uniforms reflect both cultures. A 3D-modelled restaurant brings this concept to life.
Close-ups of food illustrations created for Say Grace’s menu
The 3D model of the restaurant concept features dining floor plans, efficient layouts of tables and walkways, with seating, and low evening lighting. A U-shaped bar and lighting complement the atmosphere and theme. The design started with a floor plan that was executed in Blender.
Bajan Expedition
An educational children’s book with illustrated front and back covers. The narrative teaches little ones about wildlife and nature on the island of Barbados, where its citizens refer to themselves as Bajans. The reader will be accompanied by the cutest Bajan guide, Gloria, and taken to various natural destinations to experience the island’s beauty firsthand.
Solution
A digitally collaged illustrated book cover and poster for the short story “Solution” by Brian Evenson. The is a dark and tragic story with body horror of a girl being transformed into a violent fish-like creature by her father. Her father contemplates his responsibility as a scientist while playing god and genetically modifying his family in hopes of eventually saving the earth and its inhabitants. Symbols significant to the story create an eerie and unsettling mood. The illustration, a digital collage, includes images of human skin, eyes, teeth, rat fur, fish scales and other found textures.
Infographic Illustrations
Sweet S’Tastes of India: This map highlights each state of India and its most popular or significant dessert. The infographic includes a pie chart with the ingredients used and desserts illustrated and labelled with their corresponding names and states.
Know Your Personal Computer: This illustration was created in an easy-to-understand format for beginners, highlighting the components of a personal computer and their functions. Created with Procreate and Adobe Illustrator.
