Play — Prarthana Merchant's Portfolio

Quick Design Projects

Mascot Sketches for an English and Chinese bakery brand
(Procreate) | 2026

Inanimate objects as mascots

Animals and birds as mascots

Human characters as mascots

Sticker Project, Week 1 (Illustrator & After Effects) | 2026

Candy Shaped Business Cards
(Procreate & InDesign, double-side digitally printed and laser cut) | 2025

Illustrated Poem - Mai Bakwaas Hu (I am Rubbish)
(Photography & Editorial Design) | 2021

Mai Bakwaas Hu (I am Rubbish), 2021 | Illustrated Poem

Verse Translation: I am as rubbish as stale, sour, buttermilk.

Verse Translation: My nose is like a crow’s beak, my hair are like wild grass.

Verse Translation: I am as rubbish as stale, sour, buttermilk.

Illustrations

Cover Illustration and Design for Dear Mom & Dad, 2023

Book Illustration from Dear Mom & Dad, 2023

Collection of Chapter Illustrations, for publishing house Karadi Tales, 2023

Chapter Title Illustration from the STORI Series published by Karadi Tales, 2023

A collection of my Chapter Illustrations in books published by Karadi Tales, 2023

Spread from Extra, published by Bookosmia, 2023

Book Illustrations from Extra, published by Bookosmia, 2023

Cyprus, 2023

Illustrated Portrait, 2022

Orange, 2022

Light Study, 2021

Illustrated Portrait, 2022

Squid, 2026

Photography

Paintings

Birds in my hometown, 2023 | Gouache

Bangalore Lies in the Eyes of the Behonder, 2023 | Watercolours on Hot Press paper, mounted on MDF

Vadapav, 2022 | Watercolours

Flip-flops, 2022 | Watercolours

Orchids, 2022 | Watercolours

Parakeet - Birds in my hometown, 2023 | Gouache

Kamati Baug, A park in my hometown, 2023 | Soft Pastels

Common Myna - Birds in my hometown, 2023 | Gouache