
{"id":3663,"date":"2020-03-04T20:08:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T20:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eu.shop.wacom.eu\/us\/?p=3663"},"modified":"2026-06-05T09:25:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T16:25:23","slug":"raahat-kadujis-wacom-one-illustration-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/raahat-kadujis-wacom-one-illustration-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Raahat Kaduji&#8217;s Wacom One Illustration Process"},"content":{"rendered":"\u201cI spent much of my childhood amongst trees, pencils and paper,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.creativecountryside.com\/blog\/creative-in-the-countryside-raahat-kaduji\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">says<\/a> British-Indian illustrator, animal rights activist, and self-described \u201cwoodland walker\u201d Raahat Kaduji.\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve always had an affinity with nature, but if I wasn\u2019t outside in the woods with friends, building dens and climbing trees, I was inside turning my daydreams into collages and penciled drawings.\u201d\n\nShe still lives in her childhood home outside Oxford, where \u201cMy creative journey is deeply rooted in my beginnings:\u201d Her dad was a video game and VFX artist, and \u201cI grew up with his paintings on my bedroom walls, his sketchbooks on my bookshelf, and a treasure trove of his old painting materials.\u201d\n\nShe wears her backstory on her sleeve, painting primarily nature, lone human intrusions on nature\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B3XUcA7Duhm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a cottage<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B5e5WC0DWb1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a stone bridge<\/a>, or in the following video, a lighthouse\u2014or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B53WcOVlcWv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anthropomorphic animals<\/a>; and the dark colors and fog of English forests often come through in her work. Earth tones dominate her palettes; her environments are more often than not cloudy or low-chroma.\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3668\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2020\/03\/image-asset-1024x952.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"952\" title=\"\">\n\nHer flat style evokes both storybooks and collage, but there\u2019s a strong sense of graphic design in her shape-based compositions. The overall effect is a sense of both peace and aloofness, like a distant world you can dream about, but never quite enter.\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3669\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2020\/03\/74666955_500513630583739_2578239942654457943_n-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" title=\"\">\n\n&nbsp;\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(She also does stylized animal sketches <a href=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/us\/designing-chicorys-creatures-with-alexis-dean-jones\/\">much like Alexis Dean-Jones<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n<div align=\"center\">\n\n<div class=\"sbi-embed-wrap\"><blockquote class=\"instagram-media sbi-embed\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B1ZLBUHgeVB\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); 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border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"margin-left: auto;\"> <div style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div> <div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div><\/div><\/div> <div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\"> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/a><p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B1ZLBUHgeVB\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Raahat Kaduji \u219f Illustrator (@raahatkaduji)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n&nbsp;\n\nShe\u2019s a relative newcomer to digital art, getting her first tablet, a Wacom Intuos Draw, in the summer of 2018. \u201cI wasn't looking for a device with fancy features or incredible specifications, just something that was reliable and allowed me to develop my skills,\u201d she says, and it was the only device she used until she received her One. \u201cOver the years, whilst I've had the chance to upgrade my drawing tablet, I've never felt the need or the desire to do so. It just goes to show that you don't need expensive equipment to create, especially if you're just starting out. Go with what you can afford, practice, have fun and the rest will follow!\u201c\n\nThe One is her first drawing monitor, however, and in her new video for Wacom\u2019s Youtube channel (by way of Instagram), she gives her impressions of it as she paints her most recent piece.\n\n<iframe title=\"Raahat Kaduji&#039;s Wacom One Illustration Process\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1iFs6UpSwAY?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve had so much fun playing around with it and getting used to it,\u201d she says.\n\n<hr \/>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3666\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2020\/03\/l19qB1Lr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2020\/03\/l19qB1Lr.jpg 400w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2020\/03\/l19qB1Lr-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2020\/03\/l19qB1Lr-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Check out Raahat\u2019s:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/raahatkaduji.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/raahatventures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/raahatillustration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Etsy<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/raahatventures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<hr \/>\n\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">About the Author<\/h3>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1841 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/07\/CS_Jones_avatar-150x150.png\" alt=\"CS Jones\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/07\/CS_Jones_avatar-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/07\/CS_Jones_avatar-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/07\/CS_Jones_avatar-480x482.png 480w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/07\/CS_Jones_avatar.png 595w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>CS Jones is a freelance writer and illustrator based in Philadelphia, another dark-colored and desaturated environment.\u00a0 His work is best seen at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thecsjones.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thecsjones.com<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/thecsjones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@thecsjones<\/a>\u00a0on Instagram.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":3671,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2317,2342,2340],"tags":[56,146,91,461,97,462,463,154,410],"class_list":["post-3663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital-drawing-painting","category-wacom-one","category-products","tag-character-design","tag-digital-painting","tag-illustration","tag-kaduji","tag-photoshop","tag-raahat-kaduji","tag-rahaat","tag-tutorial","tag-wacom-one"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}