Founder & Creative Director — Kochi, India

Raghu G.

Connecting the dots.

For 25+ years, Raghu G. has moved between story, animation, illustration, design and technology — and found they were never separate disciplines, just dots on the same line. Narrative gives structure its meaning; structure gives stories somewhere to live.

Today he connects them through three ventures, building stories, studios and software that are made to last.

Base · Kochi, Keralam Since · 1998
25+Years
8Companies Founded
3Awards Won
5+Festivals
01Ventures

Now building.

Three companies — one for digital products, one for the assets organizations run on, and one for stories.

01Since 2015

RG STUDIO

Digital Architecture Studio

Built for clarity. Designed for longevity.

Building dependable digital products — not simply websites or visual designs. SaaS platforms, web and mobile applications, UI/UX and product design.

  • SaaS Products
  • Web & Mobile Apps
  • UI/UX Design
  • Product Design
02Since 2025

ASSET DOCK

Asset Management Platform

Every asset, tracked through its whole life.

Helps organizations track, maintain, assign and manage physical assets — QR-based identification, centralized records, maintenance and warranty tracking, documents, locations, users and complete asset history.

  • Healthcare
  • Education
  • Construction
  • Manufacturing
  • IT
03Since 2015

curious CABIN

Storytelling & Visual Development Studio

A cabinet of curiosities, where stories take shape.

Taking an idea through story and visual development — building the narrative and the look before a single production decision gets made. When it's time to produce, the Cabin leads, bringing in the specialists the story actually needs.

  • Original Concepts
  • Character & World-building
  • Script Doctoring
  • Storyboards
  • Scene Planning
  • Title Design
  • Illustration
02About

Founder & Creative Director.

Raghu G. began in 1998 as an illustrator and comics artist for Balabhumi, Mathrubhumi's children's weekly, spent seven years in character design and layout for international animation productions, and went on to lead studios as Creative Director — including Vyga Animation, which he founded alongside Vyga News, Vyga Images and Ceonz.

Since 2015 he has built his own ventures: RG STUDIO for SaaS, web and mobile products, ASSET DOCK — his most recent — an asset management platform for organizations, and curious CABIN for story and visual development.

Where narrative becomes structure — motion intelligence meets design systems thinking.

Work spans
  • Reliance
  • Global OTT Platforms
  • International Animation Studios
  • Malayalam & Tamil Film
  • Malayalam Publishers
03Expertise

What he brings.

Direction

  • Creative Direction
  • Art Direction
  • Animation Direction
  • Visual Development
  • Story Development
  • Scene Planning

Craft

  • Storyboarding
  • Character Design
  • Editorial Illustration
  • Comics & Sequential Art
  • Title Design
  • Motion Design
  • Script Writing

Product

  • SaaS Products
  • Web & Mobile Apps
  • UI/UX Design
  • Product Design
  • Design Systems
  • Brand Identity

Leadership

  • Founding & Building
  • Team Leadership
  • Concept to Delivery
  • Project Management
  • Brand Consultation
  • Mentorship
04Experience

Since 1998.

  1. 2025 — Present

    ASSET DOCK

    Founder · Asset management platform
    • Building a modern asset management and tracking platform for physical assets across their lifecycle
    • QR-based identification, centralized records, maintenance and warranty tracking, documents, locations, users and complete asset history
    • Scaling for healthcare, education, construction, manufacturing, IT and other asset-intensive sectors
  2. 2015 — Present

    RG STUDIO

    Founder · Digital architecture studio · Kochi
    • Building dependable digital products — built for clarity, designed for longevity
    • SaaS products and platforms, from concept through launch
    • Web and mobile applications
    • UI/UX design and product design
  3. 2015 — Present

    curious CABIN

    Founder & Creative Director · Storytelling & visual development studio
    • Takes ideas through story and visual development — building the narrative and the look before production decisions are made
    • Original concepts, character and world-building, script doctoring, storyboards and scene planning
    • Leads production, bringing in the specialists each story needs
    • Title illustrations for global OTT anthologies across Netflix and Amazon Prime
    • Storyboards for Malayalam and Tamil feature films
    • Concept and storyboard for animation and live-action commercials
    • SFX direction for Malayalam film and TVC productions
    • Illustrations and comics for leading Malayalam publishers
    • Brand identity & visual strategy for animation studios, media companies, and creative entrepreneurs globally
    • Brand consultation and creative mentorship for artists, filmmakers, and entrepreneurs worldwide
  4. 2015 — 2016

    Open Frames

    Founder & Creative Director · Art for spaces
    • Original paintings, illustrations and graphic designs for offices and homes
  5. 2013 — 2015

    Eram Animation

    Creative Director · Kochi
    • Conceptualised and directed multiple TV commercials end-to-end
    • Led all in-house productions from concept through final delivery
    • Directed promo sequence for in-house animated feature project
  6. 2008 — 2012

    Vyga Animation

    Founder & Creative Director · Technopark, Trivandrum
    • Developed and directed 3 original animated series from concept through delivery
    • In-house director for an animated superhero series (2 episodes)
    • Wrote scripts and developed original IP for multiple animation projects
    • Directed Shelter — award-winning animated short, screened across three continents
    Also founded · 2008 — 2012
    Vyga News Founder · Online news portal · Technopark, Trivandrum
    Vyga Images Founder · Stock photo & illustration provider · Technopark, Trivandrum
    Ceonz Founder · IT & web development — products and application development · Technopark, Trivandrum
  7. 2007 — 2008

    Increation

    Creative Director · Trivandrum
    • Creative direction for an animation feature film production
  8. 2000 — 2007

    Toons Animation

    Layout Artist & Creative Designer · Trivandrum
    • Layout design for international animated episodes and features
    • Character design & storyboards for international TV animation productions
    • Character & props design for international superhero IP
    • Won Best Character Design Award — Toonz Feature Film Contest
  9. 1998 — 2000

    Mathrubhumi

    Illustrator & Comics Artist · Calicut
    • Illustrations and comics for Balabhumi, the children's weekly from Mathrubhumi
05Work

Selected work.

01OTT Anthology Title Illustrations — NetflixTitle Design2018
02OTT Anthology Title Illustrations — Amazon PrimeTitle Design2020
03Shelter — Award-Winning Animated ShortDirection · Animation2010
04Feature Film Storyboards — Malayalam & TamilStoryboard—
05Animated Superhero Series — DirectionDirection · Animation2011
06International TV Animation — Character DesignCharacter Design2000–07
07International Superhero IP — Character & Props DesignCharacter Design2000–07
08Animated Features — Layout DesignLayout · Animation2000–07
09Editorial Illustration & Comics — PublishingIllustration · Sequential Art1998–Now
10Television Commercial StoryboardsStoryboard · Advertising—
11Brand Identity & Visual SystemsBrand · StrategyOngoing
06Recognition

Awards & festivals.

Winner · 2011

Best Film

CMS VATAVARAN Environmental Film Festival · 6th Edition · New Delhi · Shelter

Winner · 2011

Technical Excellence

CMS VATAVARAN · 6th Edition · New Delhi · Shelter

Winner

Best Character Design

Toonz Feature Film Contest · Toonz Animation India

Selected14th LA Shorts FestLos Angeles · July 2010
SelectedKerala International Documentary & Short Film Festival4th Edition · Thiruvananthapuram · 2011
NominatedCinemAmbiente Environmental Film Festival15th Edition · Turin, Italy · 2012
NominatedChina International Animal & Nature Film Festival2012
07Learning

Training & events.

Training
Storyboarding3 specialist workshops with international industry professionals
Direction & ConceptDirection and concept development — industry professionals
ScriptwritingTrained by working screenwriters
Scene & AnatomyScene planning, anatomy, staging and perspective
3D Animation3D Maya — modelling, rigging, lighting · Toonz Animation
Events
2008SIGGRAPH AsiaSingapore · Computer Graphics & Interactive Techniques
2009Character & Licensing FairDubai · Brand Licensing & Character Design