It Rhymes with Llama

This is the sketchy world of Shyama Golden. The “y” is silent, as in Shama-Llama. This is not a formal portfolio site and not a typical blog either–it’s just a way to get a quick glance at a few of my favorite projects. I share a peek of the process too, when I can.

I’m basically a one woman shop for art and design, though I do hire a couple of brilliant interface designers and developers at times. As a child, I learned how to write code because I figured one day this internet thing would help me share my art with nice people all over the world. Back then I would draw images one pixel at a time, make bad oil paintings, memorize defunct 1960s architecture books, and take pictures of neighborhood cats with my dad’s SLR camera. Since then, I’ve learned computer skills, painted things that aren’t ponies, lived in 3 countries, worked for Texas Monthly magazine for a few years, and then worked independently for a couple more (and counting). If you’d like to see where this story goes, follow me at any of the links to left.
 

Selected Clients

  • Mattel Inc
  • Texas Monthly magazine
  • Cincinnati Monthly magazine
  • LA magazine
  • Austin Monthly magazine
  • Ride Texas magazine
  • Supreme Court of Texas
  • Wellesley College
  • PetersGroup Public Relations
  • Affinegy
  • Grassroot Institute of Hawaii
  • Innovate Texas Foundation
  • WyattBrand
  • Whispering Water Ranch and Resort
  • Gibson Guitars
  • Railyard Condominiums
  • Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association
  • NASA
  • Cuba Libre
  • Terrace 59
  • Resolution Inc
  • Gulf Coast Engineering