Amandeep Singh (aka Inkquisitive) is a London-based graphic illustrator and artist. I came across his work by one of older sisters, Pooja, a few years ago. Since then, I have been following his work via his Facebook page and his Instagram account. Singh graduated from the University of Hertfordshire in 2009 where he studied illustration. He does a lot of editorial art as well as religious art, but is mostly inspired by today’s pop culture. He became famous after R&B singer, The Weeknd, was made aware of Amandeep’s awesome illustration himself. The Weeknd then responded online on the work by asking, “Who did that, dope art.” He has also been featured in some YouTube videos of Superwoman.
What I really like about his work is his visual style. All of his illustrations are all done in bright and vibrant ink colors to create a watercolor to them. I love how his work ranges from great Sikh warriors to hip-hop legends to movie stars to President Obama. His work tends to draw attention from no particular audience nor does his work stays in one genre category. Amandeep’s works have no particular message either. He’s just paying his tribute the subject in a creatively different way.
Overall, I think is his work is amazing. He portrays each subject of his, be it an actor or a religious figure, in a unique way using ink. He’s described his work as being a “controlled chaos” and as being “imperfectly perfect.” That being said, I don’t find anything I’d want to change in his work because the imperfections of this work created the end results.
Check out more of his work here.
Akaashmi Mishra 