I’m Arjun Ram Srivatsa. I am an artist, musician, poet, animator, creative director, video director, video editor, motion designer, graphic designer, sound designer, podcaster, journalist, writer, music critic, birdwatcher, and friend living in Manhattan.
I hold a masters degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.
I’ve made editorial video for publications including The New York Times, Vogue, GQ, and Vanity Fair. I’ve made commercial work for Ford, McDonalds, and Sony Music. From 2020 to 2021 I hosted Diversity Hire, a podcast about being “POC” in media.
You can email me at arjunrsri@gmail.com
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Arjun Ram Srivatsac. 2022
Photographer: Vidar Logi
Photo Director: Jennifer Aborn
Art Director: Marina Kozak
Graphic Designer: Callum Abbott
Following the album’s mycellial inspiration, I pitched an animated cover in which Björk mimiced expressive fungal growth patterns. Working with photographer Vidar Logi, I morphed three photographs of Björk in After Effects using bespoke technique. I then worked with type designer Marina Kozak, who created a typeface by photographing mushrooms, and animated the growing letters.
Creative Pitch Deck
Bespoke AE morph technique:
comp: precomp3+gaussian blur on movement over precomp3+echo (-0.02 time, 50 echoes, .95 decay)+gaussian blur
↳ precomp3: precomp2+time remap to hold frame on hero shot
↳ precomp2: precomp1+timewarp (5 speed, 50 vector detail, 0 error, 6 block size)
↳ precomp1: 4 frame animation of silo’d photos of bjork
c. 2021
Photographer: Quil Lemons
Creative Director: Kira Pollack
Visuals Director: Tara Johnson
Still cover:
c. 2019
Photographer: Matt Martin
Creative Director: Rob Vargas
Design Director: Keir Novesky
c. 2019
Photographer: Ronan Mckenzie
Creative Director: Rob Vargas
Art Director: Roxanne Behr
c. 2022
Photographer: Steve Gullick
Photo Director: Jenny Aborn
Art Director: Marina Kozakc. 2021
Photographer: Nick Riley Bentham
Creative Director: Kira Pollack
Art Director: Michael Kramer
c. 2021
DP: Dan Billinghurst
Creative Director: Kira Pollack
Art Director: Michael Kramer
Still cover:
Digital Covers, Condé Nast
As a visuals editor I created digital covers, article openers, and behind the scenes videos across Condé Nast brands.
Conde Nast
c. 2019-2022
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