Lens obsessive
Anamorphic flares, Polaroid tones and Cooke S4/i glass are all fair game for a long conversation.
I’m Saaliq, a visual designer from Srinagar, Kashmir.
I design brand identities, design systems and product UI. For six years that has meant US and EMEA clients, now at iQuasar LLC where I lead a team of five, plus music and local brands on the side, like the Karvaan EP for Sony Music India.
I came to design through a camera. That’s still me in the picture: on a hike in Kodaikanal, standing in the stream to get the shot.
Off the clock
The archive, unfiltered.
Three short rolls: a trip, a few faces and some collages. Keep scrolling and the film winds on. Click any frame to see it big.
Roll 01
Pondicherry
Tamil NaduSea, forest and the golden dome at Auroville. Shot on a phone, mostly at sunrise, kept short.
Roll 02
Faces and films
KashmirThe person behind the work, and a 60-second sketch film I animated for a ghazal.
Roll 03
Cut and paste
Srinagar, Sept 2022Two days, a pile of old magazines, scissors and glue. Twelve collages for a mixed-media brief, all made by hand before a single one touched Photoshop.
The mixtape
Bieber is number one. The rest is a good argument.
Rafi, Parvaaz, Volbeat and a blues jam sit under him, with three Coke Studio picks. Press any row and the player in the corner takes over, quietly.
Side A · Side B
9 songs on repeat
Press any row. The player in the corner takes over, quietly.
Beyond the brief
Off-screen, still looking.
Reads graphic novels
Munnu by Malik Sajad is the one I keep recommending: Kashmir, drawn in ink.
Makes album art
I made the visual identity for the Karvaan EP, launched at ATLIVE in Noida, and the artwork for Ishq.
Edits and grades
For Ishq I designed the cover and merch, then shot, edited and colour-graded the live films.
Remote-first
I design for US teams from Srinagar, so time-zone overlap is solved. Relocation is open for the right team.
Detail with judgement
I will spot a 1px misalignment. I’ll also tell you which ones don’t matter, which is the harder skill.
What I’m looking for.
- ✓Senior Graphic Designer, Design Lead or UI/UX roles
- ✓Teams that value brand and product as one craft
- ✓Products with real users and real constraints
- ✓Remote, or relocation if the team is right
Get in touch
Got a role in mind? Let’s talk.
Open to product design, UI/UX and senior visual design roles, on teams that treat brand and product as one craft. Remote, or relocation for the right team.