Yashika, in the making

Side quests

Things I makewhen nobodyasked me to.

Marketing is what I do. Making things is apparently what I do when nobody is paying me to. Here are a few side quests.

Film

The screening room.

lights down, please
Still from the reelThe reel · 44s · made in codeA notebook that opens
and tells you everything.
Parchin · 5s loop41 days, lit from within.
Parchin · 5s loopClose your eyes. Run your finger across it.

Reel 03

Lost Tastes of the Desert

still being spliced. back soon.

Campaign

The contact sheet.

circled = the ones I'd fight for
Parchin static: 41 days, you can't haggle over 41 days
01 · 41 DAYS
Parchin static: run your finger across it
02 · TOUCH
Parchin static: one flower, 41 days
03 · ONE FLOWER
Parchin static: not silver, wedding gifting
04 · NOT SILVER
Parchin static: seven ahead of you, made to order
05 · THE QUEUE
Marble paperweight in a beam of light
06 · NEGATIVE SPACE
Inlaid lamp with a blue figure
07 · LAMP STUDY
The statement lamp, lit
08 · THE HERO

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Editorial frames

One picture per argument.

Art-directed with AI image tools for the case studies. Each frame was briefed to carry one idea and leave room for a headline. Charts were never generated, they were built by hand.

A marble inlay piece in a dark Agra lane
The stone doesn't set the price. The pavement does.
Solar module surface in black and white
The technical thing was usually working.
A sack of besan spilling in a wholesale market
I was sent to fix the trucks.
The Parchin website, designed as a working product page
Experiment: a real product page for a brand that doesn't exist yet.