Kiva Singh
How I Do My Thing
The greatest assets are the people
I believe good work is generally the result of good working relationships. Trust, communication, and appreciation are hallmarks of a good working environment. I’m extremely lucky to have worked with a number of giants over the years and I’ve learned a lot about communication and mutual respect through their influence. My primary professional goal is to continue in that vein. Because we get to help shape the zeitgeist we must do our absolute best to be worthy of our influence.
I’m stepping off my soapbox now to explain how I do my thing in regards to the drawing part. For most commercial work I draw digitally and for fine art I use traditional mediums like watercolors, ink, and graphite.
A brief history of odd art jobs
So this one time…
I was a hand model for a popular pen company because they cast a teen actor for the wide shots, but needed a more “aspirational” outcome for the on-camera doodling.
And quite strangely…
About twenty years ago, when I was just starting out, I illustrated an hieroglyphic/yoga inspired spiritual manual for someone clearly attempting to start a cult. Don’t worry, he really didn’t get anything going.
But mostly…
I work in print, film, advertising, design, and video games for hundreds of brands and dozens of creative agencies.
Featured Project
Celestial
Over the last couple of years I’ve been privileged to work on a web based game with developer and creative director Kai Geffen.
The game is currently online in a beta form. It has been such a special collaboration where Kai trusted me to develop a style specifically for this project. I love so much of the art we created and I wanted to showcase a collection of favorites here. Please enjoy this humungous gallery!
