ak07919@st.habib.edu.pk
As an illustrator, I\u2019m equipped with storytelling, digital design, and creative direction skills. I\u2019m interested in working with storybooks, animation, concept art, character, and environment design.<\/p>\n
ak07919@st.habib.edu.pk
xanaise@gmail.com
www.linkedin.com\/in\/xanaise
Portfolio
https:\/\/www.behance.net\/gallery\/226657929\/Illustration-Portfolio-2025-Aysha-Khan
+923228295352<\/p>\n
School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
BA (Honors) Communication & Design<\/p>\n
2026
Adobe Illustrator|
\nAdobe InDesign|
\nAdobe Photoshop|
\nAdobe Premiere Pro|
\nProcreate|
Adaptability; Planning; Strategic Thinking; Takes Initiative
Illustrator; Animator; Graphic Designer;
Dean’s List 2024, 2025|
\nHigh Achievement Scholarship 2025|
\nPresident’s List 2024|
Vice President of Habib Design Club|Design Lead for Arzu Anthology|Design Associate,Tehzeeb|Designer,Feminist Collective|Designer,Multiverse Club|
Intern,
\n Bulhan Bachao
\n (January \u2013 March 2026)
\n|<\/p>\n
Social Media Intern,
\n Pixelstitch
\n (September 2024)
\n|
Presented Research in Turkey at the 15th Illustration Research Symposium in November 2025<\/p>\n
Presented Thesis Research Paper titled \u201cDeconstructing the River of Concrete: How the Malir Expressway\u2019s Extractive Development Displaces Memory, Culture, Livelihood and Ecology of Indigenous Communities\u201d at IVS Conference in April 2026
A River\u2019s Breath: Into the Memories of Malir
This research examines how the construction of the Malir Expressway (MEX), framed as a development project, has transformed the Malir River from a life-sustaining ecological system into an extractive infrastructure corridor. Drawing on qualitative interviews and site-based observations, the study documents the impacts of expressway construction on multigenerational Balochi communities residing along the riverbanks. Findings show that disruptions to river flow, sand mining, groundwater depletion, and pollution have eroded livelihoods, ecological resilience, and collective memory, while severing everyday social and cultural relationships with the river.<\/p>\n
The ongoing part of this project is the visual novel video game. It features memories of humans, nature, and animals in an ecosystem at its turning point, choice-based mechanics, interactive environments, and multiple endings.
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