creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties this adage rings true with a lot of youngsters today who not content with being just another face in the crowd strive hard to create a niche for themselves and stand out from the rest case in point being these feisty youngsters from hyderabad some of whom have given up cushy mnc jobs thrown caution to the wind and are pursuing what they love most art and their artsy creations are not just restricted to standard canvases giving an allnew meaning to everyday art they express the voice of their generation by making everything from customised tees and funky paintings to handpainted coasters and bottles its art with me written all over itartist ramya sriram art space thetapin this stick figure doodler from the city is no stranger to fame her stint at the comic con in bangalore opened new doors for this young editor of a publishing house ramya sriram saysi think it all began when my mother bought me a book filled with such figures when i was very young my comic strips or calendars depict the everyday life monsoons music and travelling initially i did a comic strip for a friend who ran a magazinepeople following it asked me if i could do a comic strip for their birthdays and wedding cardsthat set the ball rolling for the wedding cards that i design i depict a funny instance that took place in a couples life and get it done as a card there has been this nice flow of how things have turned out for mesays the 25yearoldwho also creates personalised shirts coastersposters and bagsartist ganga prakash art space art ilaka with a small team consisting of her sister yamunaand her husbandbala gopalsupporting her ganga a fine arts graduate from the city quit working for an mnc more than a year agoi had this urge to spend more time creating stuff but my job never left me with any time to pursue my interest and i always wanted to do something that satisfies the artist in me i left my job and started art ilaka she explains with the aim of bringing art into everyday lives they started with tiny products our first product was a wooden egg then came small handy books for which we designed the coversafter that we produced bookmarkskey hangerscoastersbanglesbook covers and portraitswe try to keep things contemporary and traditional at the same time because being an indian artist i think it is important that we reflect an indian flavour in whatever we doadds gangaartist mahati art space art twist this artist with a fine arts degree uses her master strokes on bags i only started last year and have sold my first batch of bags paintings now i paint sling bags as well as handbags says mahati most of her paintings depict women and flowers it is much easier to paint women since i can choose from a variety of