I am an illustrator and visual artist with over three years of experience creating character-driven illustration, visual narrative, and editorial work for international clients. My architectural background informs a strong command of spatial composition and environmental design, which I bring into every illustrated world I build. I have collaborated with organizations including Tabadlab, Malala Fund, the World Economic Forum, and the World Bank to create visual identities and narrative series that explore gender, education, and sustainability. I enjoy turning real-world observations into expressive characters and environments that feel authentic and alive.

Eman Sarwar Khan

I am an illustrator and visual artist with over three years of experience creating character-driven illustration, visual narrative, and editorial work for international clients. My architectural background informs a strong command of spatial composition and environmental design, which I bring into every illustrated world I build. I have collaborated with organizations including Tabadlab, Malala Fund, the World Economic Forum, and the World Bank to create visual identities and narrative series that explore gender, education, and sustainability. I enjoy turning real-world observations into expressive characters and environments that feel authentic and alive.

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I am an illustrator and visual artist with over three years of experience creating character-driven illustration, visual narrative, and editorial work for international clients. My architectural background informs a strong command of spatial composition and environmental design, which I bring into every illustrated world I build.

I have collaborated with organizations including Tabadlab, Malala Fund, the World Economic Forum, and the World Bank to create visual identities and narrative series that explore gender, education, and sustainability. I enjoy turning real-world observations into expressive characters and environments that feel authentic and alive.

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Work Experience

Freelance Illustrator & Brand Artist at Independent
April 1, 2024 - Present
Illustrated campaign characters for a student water conservation newsletter, photographing real children as reference and translating observed personality and anatomy into expressive illustrated protagonists. Delivered brand identity, logo, and illustrated social content for multiple independent clients, managing ideation through execution across each deliverable.
Visual Analyst at Tabadlab
April 1, 2024 - Present
Organised and co-facilitated design workshops on data visualisation and report design. Illustrated province-specific worlds for Catalyzing Learning in Pakistan (World Bank), researching local school typologies, regional dress, and architectural character to design environments grounded in place and cultural specificity.
Visual Associate at Tabadlab
April 1, 2024 - Present
Created a three-part comic series for Access to Agency, Tabadlab's International Women's Day campaign, designing original characters and sequential visual narratives illustrating systemic barriers women face in mobility, the workplace, and domestic life. Designed and illustrated original characters for The Missing Ustaani (Malala Fund), building visual identities from direct observation to ensure anatomical accuracy, cultural authenticity, and expressive performance across a cast of diverse schoolgirls. Developed Mind the Gap (WEF), a character-led visual narrative series exploring gender inequality, scripting scene compositions, character silhouettes, and costume language.
Architecture Internship at Sikandar Ajam Associates & Green Studio Consultants
January 1, 2022 - Present
Produced design concepts and visualisations for residential projects, applying structural, material, and spatial reasoning that continues to inform environmental illustration work today.

Education

Bachelor in Architecture at Comsats University Islamabad, Islamabad
September 1, 2018 - July 1, 2023

Qualifications

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Professional Services, Other
    The Missing Ustaani

    Created for the Malala Fund’s report on Pakistan’s teacher shortage crisis, this project spanned the cover illustration, internal layout, and data visualisation throughout the document. As Illustrator and Layout Designer, I centred a lone teacher in an empty classroom as the core image, giving the report a cohesive visual identity and making dense research easier to follow while providing a striking cover for its release.

    AIS

    An Nur Islamic School is a K12 institution based in Albany, New York. As Visual Identity and Collateral Designer, I developed the school’s full brand identity, including logo design, colour palette, typography, and brand guidelines, extending the system across event collateral, print materials, and social media, resulting in a cohesive visual presence that carries consistently from the building’s signage down to fundraiser programmes and stationery.

    Vazeh

    Vazeh is Tabadlab’s dynamic economic intelligence engine, modelling Pakistan’s economy as an interconnected, data driven ecosystem for actionable insights and scenario analysis. As Brand Identity and Website Designer, I developed the brand identity and website design, creating a visual language precise and systemic enough to reflect the complexity of the engine itself, resulting in a distinct, professional identity carried consistently across both digital and presentation contexts.

    Tabadlab

    Tabadlab is a Pakistan based think tank and advisory firm working at the intersection of policy and strategy. As Visual Identity and Brand Designer, I developed the firm’s core brand system, including the colour palette, typography, sizing standards, and company collaterals, along with standardised colour frameworks for each focus area, resulting in a cohesive identity that holds across digital, print, and environmental applications, from the website to signage to social media.

    WASH in Rawat

    A student led advocacy initiative needed a booklet on WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) issues in Rawat that could engage readers and support their campaign for change. I illustrated the booklet cover to cover as Illustrator, building a consistent visual language to carry the subject matter across every page, and the result was a complete, visually cohesive resource that strengthened the initiative’s advocacy efforts.

    CLIP (Catalyzing Learning in Pakistan)

    For a World Bank proposal on improving learning outcomes in Pakistan, I designed original child characters and illustrations as Illustrator and Character Designer, bringing the initiative’s vision to life visually rather than relying on text and data alone. The result gave the proposal a distinct, memorable visual identity that helped communicate the human impact behind the work.

    Access to Agency

    Working women in smaller Pakistani cities have stories that standard reports often fail to capture. As Illustrator and Character Designer, I created Access to Agency, a three part illustrated comic series following these women’s experiences, designing recurring characters to carry consistency and personality across all three parts, resulting in a series that brought a human, narrative dimension to the research and made the women’s experiences more memorable and accessible to readers.