Vagmi Raghava is an animator and illustrator based in India. She graduated in Communication Design (Animation) from Symbiosis Institute of Design, Pune. She's also done short courses in Film Screenplay Writing and in Digital Cinematography from FTII,Pune. She likes to experiment with different styles of Art and Design as these are forms of story telling and expression. Her mixed media animation styles include paper-cut , claymation, and stop-motion amongst others. Illustration styles vary from hand-drawn, tablet drawn to clay-illustrations,etc.
Directed a play, 'Vera's Tales' commissioned by Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur and selected by the National School Of Drama. She has worked for publishing houses including Scholastic Books India, Harper Collins India, National Book Trust of India, RobinAge, etc Kindle Magazine. NGOs including Eklavya Foundation, Sandhan, ARTH (Action Research and Training for Health), Doosra Dashak, JIVA (Rajsamandh) , Aspire India, Pratham , etc. Designed and illustrated two books by Deepali Bhargava. Speaker (Illustration) for two sessions at 'Bookaroo - Children's Literature Festival' (Jaipur 2016) Speaker (Illustration) for two sessions and one session for craft at 'Bookaroo - Children's Literature Festival' (Jaipur 2019) Website Design Scripted, Directed,Shot, Produced a Documentary Film Currently Working on a Live Action Fiction Film Softwares she uses- Final Cut Pro, Adobe Flash, Premiere, Photoshop, InDesign, AfterEffects, ToonBoom Studio,etc.