Akshay Gupta

Writing

  • Shared melancholy of unfinished ideas
    2026-09-11 · essay

    My ideas come from a parallel world that I could not enter. A world, that I would’ve preferred to live in, where I didn’t have to think of that idea.

  • An attempt at finishing the book
    2026-09-10 · writing about writing

    Desperation has taken a hold of me. I do this not out of free will but a fear that there is no other way.

  • Writing in an old place
    2026-07-03 · visual writing

    When a thought is allowed to speak, it spreads its offsprings out of my mind. Like spores, they float in the air.

  • A thought is a thread
    2026-06-13 · visual writing

    A thought is a thread. With a beginning and an end. But it never exists alone. It’s tangled with others.

  • A creature inside me
    2026-04-09 · visual writing

    I left my hometown 15 years ago. But never arrived anywhere else.

Publications

  • Mastering SVG Arcs
    2024-12-09 · Smashing Magazine · creative code

    I love drawing birds with code. Inspired by my brother’s love for birdwatching, I admire the uniqueness of their feathers, colors, and sounds.

Comics

  • General Drawings
    2024 · comics
  • Animals Being Animals
    2025 · comics
  • Tree Drawings
    2025 · comics

    Practicing tree drawings from the book Drawing a Tree (2004) by Bruno Munari

Paintings

Creative code

  • Snowfall
    2024-11 · creative code

    An SVG animation of a snowfall over a forest.

  • Birds with code
    2024-10 · creative code
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