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I’m Murali. A visual storyteller exploring the intersection of photography, illustration, and graphic design.
I’m inspired by the details that often go unnoticed: a fleeting glance of light, a quiet corner of a city, the mood between frames. My work captures these moments across mediums—through photos, hand-drawn illustrations, and design-led visuals.
From national parks to everyday scenes, each project is a chance to blend color, composition, and creativity into something that resonates. This site is a collection of those stories.
Thanks for visiting!
Latest Postcards
Photos from Alviso Marina, where quiet salt flats stretch toward the bay, the air shimmers with light, and every reflection blurs the line between land and sky.
Photos from Sutro Baths, where ocean pools, weathered walls, and drifting fog trace the outlines of San Francisco’s lost shoreline retreat.
Photos from Land’s End — rugged cliffs and winding trails overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge, Mile Rocks Lighthouse, and gulls perched on sea-worn rocks where the Pacific meets the horizon.
A walk through the Seal Cove Cypress Tree Tunnel — where twisting trunks and filtered light create a quiet, dreamlike passage to the sea.
Latest Blog Posts
Style isn’t something you lock down — it’s something you pass through. What looks like inconsistency up close is often growth in hindsight. Like seasons, your work changes because you do.
Failing in public isn’t a lack of confidence. It’s proof that you trust your process enough to be seen before the outcome is clear.
Creativity thrives on rhythm, not pressure. Flow can carry you for miles, but the moment momentum feels like urgency, the work begins to strain. Knowing when to push and when to pause is what keeps the spark alive — and keeps the art honest.
Creating for likes once dictated my work. Today I create for an audience I may never meet — strangers who might stumble upon my art years from now. It’s freeing to make work without chasing approval, trusting that the people who need it will eventually find it.
Comics
In a pond where every fish has an opinion and none of them are helpful, the koi gather for their daily debate: is the leaf suspicious, is the water too dramatic today, and who exactly stirred the algae without permission? Between overthinkers, skeptics, and self-appointed philosophers, this unlikely council of fish proves one thing — even in calm waters, the drama runs deep.
They’re back… though they never really left. The legendary Nap Pile has reassembled on the pier, stacking sleep on sleep like it’s a group project no one wants to lead. Nothing happens, and that’s exactly the point. In this sequel, their dedication to doing less somehow reaches new heights.
They’ve reached peak laziness. No tides to chase. No fish to hunt. Just a pier, the sun, and the unwavering commitment to doing absolutely nothing. If relaxation were a sport, these seals would win gold by refusing to stand up for the medal.
Perched on her wooden throne at Cowell Ranch, Anna the hummingbird delivers swift judgment on every hiker who dares walk past her fence.
Cities
A photographic glimpse into New York City’s pulse—featuring the Brooklyn Bridge, Central Park, Rockefeller Center, and the Statue of Liberty.
A photographic walk through the streets of New Orleans—where sound, texture, and tradition meet on every corner.
Pulse is a street photography series from Atlanta—capturing fleeting gestures, city textures, and southern urban energy.
Photos from the National Mall in Washington D.C.—from the grandeur of its memorials to quiet architectural lines and civic spaces.
National Parks
A photographic journey through Zion National Park, from the towering cliffs of Angel’s Landing to the quiet sprawl of Zion Valley.
A photographic journey through some of the American Southwest’s most iconic landscapes—Grand Canyon, Antelope Canyon, Horseshoe Bend, and the desert in between.
Photos from Big Bend National Park—where desert, river, and mountain converge under expansive Texas skies.
Tools of My Trade
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I have used Canon bodies all along. Right now, I am shooting with a Canon R6 Mark II. I previously used a Canon 7D.
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My go-to lens these days are the Canon RF70-200mm F2.8 L IS USM and the Canon RF24-70mm F2.8 L IS USM.
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I primarily use software in the Adobe Creative Cloud suite — Bridge for organizing, Lightroom and Photoshop for editing, After Effects for motion, Illustrator for graphics, and Premiere Pro for video. I use Procreate on my iPad for hand-drawn illustrations.