Green Humour with Rohan Chakravarty

I am quoting our today’s guest’s from one of his article…

“I have this presentation that starts with me asking my viewers to identify three sets of entities that are put forth visually: The first set of people is Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas, the second set is Narendra Modi and Donald Trump and the third is a species of Dragonfly which is very common in India called Ground Skimmer. And most people, unless you are scientists, can identify the first two sets of entities but not the third one. And that is my main complaint because my life and the lives of my viewers revolve more around the dragonfly, rather than Priyanka Chopra, or Narendra Modi, as the dragonfly eats mosquitoes and saves us from diseases.“

Today after a year long chase finally we have Rohan Chakravarty with us on Audiogyan. He frankly needs no introduction. Rohan is a cartoonist, illustrator, wildlife buff and creator of Green Humour, a series of comic strips about nature. He tweets as @thetoonguy and posts as @green_humour on Instagram.

1. People around me and including myself can identify cars but not trees or birds. How did you get into this and what keeps you so motivated to go in depths of each artwork on various levels… technically, politically, artistically and more…?
2. What is the difference between a comic, a cartoon and an illustration? How do you capture and then curate the core essence of what you wish to communicate. For eg: I am not much into wildlife but became your fan when i saw your Abbas Kiarostami comic.
3. Where does the humour come from? How would you define your style of work? Why do critics who think of anthropomorphism as a weakness in a storyteller’s inventory?
4. How do you find balance between the artistic side of your work and the scientific side? How has it changed over time? Is the political narrative increasing as each passing day with situation around us?
5. What is the toughest part of your job? What 3 things you would suggest artists, designers, problem solvers, if they want to be like you?

Reference reading

1. https://indianwritinginenglish.uohyd.ac.in/on-the-conservation-trail-with-rohan-chakravarty-an-interview/
2. https://twitter.com/thetoonguy?lang=en
3. https://www.instagram.com/green_humour/?hl=en
4. https://www.greenhumour.com
5. https://eco-spotlight.com/spotlight-interview/green-cartoonist-rohan-chakravarty/
6. https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/too-many-issues-too-little-time-author-rohan-chakravarty-green-humour-152608
7. https://www.wildnavigator.com/2012/06/a-cartoonist-draws-wildlife-conservation-meet-rohan-chakravarty/