KC Sivasankaran

Karatholuvu Chandrasekaran Sivasankaran (also known as KC Sivasankaran, Artist Sankar), (19 July 1924 – 29 September 2020) was a Padma Shri recipient[3] Indian mythological artist who primarily contributed to the Indian Language magazine, Chandamama (also known as Ambulimama).

Sankar was the artist behind the signature painting of the Vikram and Vetala series, featured in Chandamama.

They used line drawings with style influenced by Indian, Oriental, Middle eastern and European artistic traditions.

There, he would go on to impress his professors with his unique brush techniques and ability to improvise even while using cheaper quality materials.

Though Chandamama would be his ultimate launching pad, his first job was with another then-prominent magazine, Kalaimagal, which he began in 1946, soon after his graduation from the College of Arts.