{"id":6041,"date":"2021-09-09T19:23:57","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T19:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journalsofmomma.com\/?p=6041"},"modified":"2022-02-11T15:16:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T15:16:55","slug":"being-an-author-an-animator-illustrator-devika-joglekar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journalsofmomma.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/09\/being-an-author-an-animator-illustrator-devika-joglekar\/","title":{"rendered":"Being an Author &#8211; An animator &#038; illustrator-Devika Joglekar"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6041\" class=\"elementor elementor-6041\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f53b79f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f53b79f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dc42465\" data-id=\"dc42465\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f475a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0f475a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"652\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/journalsofmomma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/learn-yoga-miheika-publications-.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journalsofmomma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/learn-yoga-miheika-publications-.png 652w, https:\/\/journalsofmomma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/learn-yoga-miheika-publications--300x250.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c513d27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c513d27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/journalsofmomma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shoe-shopping.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journalsofmomma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shoe-shopping.png 472w, https:\/\/journalsofmomma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shoe-shopping-292x300.png 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e828be7\" data-id=\"e828be7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-034b83d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"034b83d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>I started Miheika Publications sheerly out of my passion for children\u2019s picture books.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>I think illustrations play a huge part in children\u2019s books. Illustrations and text, go hand in hand to create the story. Good illustrations always motivate children to read. When children start learning to read, illustrations help them to understand the context. Not only that, illustrations help them to visualize, learn and understand the scene, characters and themes introduced in the book. I strongly believe in illustrations as a learning tool.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>I am a self taught artist. I have always aspired to create children\u2019s book content and animations, which are fun to read and also inspire young minds to explore new things.\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Miheika Publications is focused on creating children\u2019s content based on Indian characters and culture. Indian culture is vibrant, multi-faceted and diverse. I would love kids all over the world to know about our food, clothing, art, literature, yoga, Ayurveda as well as our rich heritage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">We have published 15 children\u2019s books including our Lilu series and Mimi &amp; Soni book series. There are many more scheduled for release in 2021-2022.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9a5be43 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9a5be43\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-522f766\" data-id=\"522f766\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a141dcb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a141dcb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"979\" height=\"966\" src=\"https:\/\/journalsofmomma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/devika_mihieika_festival-books-.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journalsofmomma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/devika_mihieika_festival-books-.png 979w, https:\/\/journalsofmomma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/devika_mihieika_festival-books--300x296.png 300w, https:\/\/journalsofmomma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/devika_mihieika_festival-books--768x758.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 979px) 100vw, 979px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6258776\" data-id=\"6258776\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a86add8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a86add8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"619\" src=\"https:\/\/journalsofmomma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/how-to-wear-sari-miheika-publications.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journalsofmomma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/how-to-wear-sari-miheika-publications.png 610w, https:\/\/journalsofmomma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/how-to-wear-sari-miheika-publications-296x300.png 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6a957ca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6a957ca\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2cefbe1\" data-id=\"2cefbe1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e8bc33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e8bc33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><div><div><div dir=\"ltr\"><p><b>About Author :<\/b><\/p><p>Devika\u00a0Joglekar is an animator and illustrator.\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Her publishing house, Miheika Publications&#8217; mission is to showcase the rich and vibrant Indian culture to kids around the world, through aesthetically illustrated children&#8217;s books. \u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>Originally from India, she now lives with her husband in the San Francisco Bay Area.<\/p><p>For more information, please visit:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.miheika.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.miheika.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1631123209787000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGSVy8d5eTz9f5Ab63yvevHzdhnaQ\"><b>www.miheika.com<\/b><\/a><\/p><p>You can also follow her on social media:\u00a0<\/p><p><b><i>Facebook<\/i><\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MiheikaPublications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@miheikapublications<\/a><\/p><p><b><i>Instagram<\/i><\/b>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/miheikapublications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@miheikapublications<\/a><\/p><p><b><i>Twitter<\/i><\/b>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/miheikabooks?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@MiheikaBooks<\/a><\/p><p><b><i>Website<\/i><\/b> :\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/miheika.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/miheika.com<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-909312d\" data-id=\"909312d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6d399b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b6d399b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1006\" src=\"https:\/\/journalsofmomma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Devika-Joglekar-1024x1006.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journalsofmomma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Devika-Joglekar-1024x1006.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/journalsofmomma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Devika-Joglekar-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/journalsofmomma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Devika-Joglekar-768x755.jpg 768w, https:\/\/journalsofmomma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Devika-Joglekar-1536x1510.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/journalsofmomma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Devika-Joglekar-2048x2013.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started Miheika Publications sheerly out of my passion for children\u2019s picture books.&nbsp; I think illustrations play a huge part in children\u2019s books. Illustrations and text, go hand in hand to create the story. Good illustrations always motivate children to read. When children start learning to read, illustrations help them to understand the context. Not &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/journalsofmomma.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/09\/being-an-author-an-animator-illustrator-devika-joglekar\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Being an Author &#8211; An animator &#038; illustrator-Devika Joglekar<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[306,312,305,311,310,309,307,304,313,314],"class_list":["post-6041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guest-post","tag-animation","tag-childrensbooks","tag-devikajoglekar","tag-diverse-books","tag-ganeshfestival","tag-indiepublishing","tag-lilus-series","tag-miheikapublications","tag-modak","tag-newbookmodak"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/journalsofmomma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/D3F63680-F026-49AC-AE45-444244ACDFD6.png",1080,1080,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/journalsofmomma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/D3F63680-F026-49AC-AE45-444244ACDFD6-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/journalsofmomma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/D3F63680-F026-49AC-AE45-444244ACDFD6-300x300.png",300,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/journalsofmomma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/D3F63680-F026-49AC-AE45-444244ACDFD6-768x768.png",768,768,true],"large":["https:\/\/journalsofmomma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/D3F63680-F026-49AC-AE45-444244ACDFD6-1024x1024.png",1024,1024,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/journalsofmomma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/D3F63680-F026-49AC-AE45-444244ACDFD6.png",1080,1080,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/journalsofmomma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/D3F63680-F026-49AC-AE45-444244ACDFD6.png",1080,1080,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Deepika","author_link":"https:\/\/journalsofmomma.com\/index.php\/author\/deepika-suresh-kumar\/"},"uagb_comment_info":1,"uagb_excerpt":"I started Miheika Publications sheerly out of my passion for children\u2019s picture books.&nbsp; I think illustrations play a huge part in children\u2019s books. 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