He is especially known for his depictions of attractive, young (and frequently buxom) women, which have earned him a fan following among readers of Tamil magazines as well as criticism.
[1] Jeyaraj, who is from Tuticorin, has no formal training in art, but nevertheless won prizes in school and college for his sketches.
[citation needed] He studied for a bachelor's degree in economics, but when he could not find any employment in his chosen field, he decided to try his luck with illustration.
A biographical note in The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction, Vol.
The same note lists his personal favourites from his vast body of work: the sketches for KJ, a science-fiction novel by Sujatha and My Name is Kamala by Pushpa Thangadurai.