An etch to Sketch

1 Your most embarrassing moment?               

Usually when someone praises my work in front of others, I get all awkward and embarrassed — it literally leaves me red faced!

2 If you have to describe yourself in not more than five words?
Human, creator, hard worker, spiritual and lovable.

3 What is your wildest fantasy?                              

To sketch the Earth from space.

4 What are your biggest pet peeves?                   

When I create an artwork that I really love and I have to part from it

5 Name a classic you wouldn’t mind watching a million times?

Sundaram, a celebrated Tamil movie

6 Your idea of a great date?                               

Dinner with my wife on the beach.      

7 Define art according to you?                                

Art is all about transferring what you wish to do.      

8 A song that’s on the loop now?                         

Nenje Yelu... a popular Tamil number  

9 If you were given 10 seconds to make an impression, what would you do?
I would sketch.

10 If you were to wake up as somebody else, who would it be and why?
I would wake up as my father so that my family could have him back and be able to live in  his presence again.

— As told to Pooja Prabhan