About Kishore Ravi, Founder of PencilbuddhaKishore Ravi.Always sharpening.
Kishore Ravi is a brand strategist, designer and developer, and the founder of Pencilbuddha, a web development, mobile app development and digital marketing agency in Tamil Nadu started in 2017. In 17 years he has been a concept artist, a web developer and a partner in seven companies, as CEO, CIO, CMO and MD.
Before any job title, I drew cartoon characters in every notebook I owned. That habit never left.
Still drawing, every day.
’09–’12
Chapter 022009 – 2012
Freelance UI/UX designer.
I learned what makes people click by designing for clients, one screen at a time.
’12–’14
Chapter 032012 – 2014
Concept artist at Dariyal Games.
I drew the worlds and characters for games, and the interfaces players touched.
’14–’15
Chapter 042014 – 2015
Web developer at FoneArena.
I moved from drawing interfaces to coding them, for one of India's busiest tech publications.
’15–’26
Chapter 052015 – 2026
Seven companies. Seven chairs.
As a partner, I learned what a brand is worth when the payroll, the pipeline and the P&L are yours.
01CEODaze Corporation
02CIOPyramidion Solutions
03Head of Global MarketingPanamon Technologies
04Creative DirectorWizible Group
05Director of Sales & BDKanini IT
06Managing DirectorLogik HQ
07CMOCliffton Realty
Today
Chapter 06Today
Sold the stakes. Kept three.
I sold my shares and stepped out of the partnerships. I still lead Logik HQ, Logic PC and the HQ Store as Managing Director.
Managing Director
Logik HQ
Logic PC
HQ Store
’17→
Chapter 072017 → now
Pencilbuddha.
The studio I started in 2017 now gets my full creative attention: one founder, a few senior friends, zero overhead.
1 founder
5 senior people
0 overhead
The sangha
One founder. A few sharp friends.
KR
Kishore Ravi
Founder · strategy, brand & creative direction
Your one point of contact. Builds brands the way the big ones do, from strategy to the last pixel.
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What Kishore does
Brand strategy
Positioning
Brand identity
Creative direction
Website design
UI/UX
Pitch decks
Go-to-market
Fractional CXO
Joins Every project, first call to launch day.
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TG
Thiruvengadam G
Data scientist
AI products, automation, dashboards and the models behind them.
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What Thiruvengadam does
AI chatbots
Automation
Dashboards
Forecasting models
Joins When your project needs data or AI.
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KK
Kumaresh Kannan
Full-stack developer
Websites, Shopify stores, web apps and mobile apps that load fast and stay easy to change.
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What Kumaresh does
Shopify
WooCommerce
Web apps
Mobile apps
APIs
Joins When there's something to build.
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SP
Senthil Prabhakaran
Performance marketer
Meta, Google, LinkedIn and X ads, judged on cost per lead and return on ad spend.
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What Senthil does
Meta ads
Google ads
LinkedIn ads
X ads
Tracking
Joins When it's time to buy attention.
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RP
Rajesh Palanisamy
Content & social strategist
Copy, SEO content, organic social and Google Business Profile.
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What Rajesh does
Copywriting
SEO content
Social calendars
Google Business Profile
Joins When your brand needs a voice.
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EB
The edit bench
Freelance video editors
Ad cuts, reels, shorts and motion graphics, edited from your footage.
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What the bench does
Ad cuts
Reels & shorts
Motion graphics
Subtitles
Joins When footage needs to sell.
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Off the desk · on stage
Packed halls. Bright lights. One mic.
Channel partner meet · Cliffton RealtyFacing a full hall of channel partners.Channel partner meet · Cliffton RealtyOn stage as Chief Marketing Officer.Channel partner meet · Cliffton RealtyOff the stage and into the room.Channel partner meet · Cliffton RealtyWalking partners through the plan.Channel partner meet · Cliffton RealtyPresenting to the partner network.Tezfuerza '18 · Sasurie College of EngineeringGuest of Honour, addressing students at a national-level technical symposium.Startup incubator · K G Engineering CollegeA full house of founders-in-the-making, taught to build brands the way the big ones do: GTM, product voice, tone and brand memory.CSR honours · on stageSpeaking from the podium.CSR honours · on stageMaking the case, mid-talk.
Vol. 17 · Erode edition
The Pencil Times
Press, awards & stage
Honours and press for Kishore Ravi's work, from apps he built alone to a Superstar film launch. Click any story to open it.
Award · 2019 · Lead story
Texas Web Design Awards winner
Kishore's e-commerce redesign for Blessings & Butterflies, a boutique in Texas, USA, won a 2019 Texas Web Design Award. Pencilbuddha has been an award-winning studio ever since.
Recognition · CSR & community impact
Honoured for social impact leadership
Recognised on stage for Kishore's corporate social responsibility (CSR) work: stakeholder-led community initiatives that create shared value beyond the balance sheet.
Stage
Honoured by actor Padma Shri Dr. Vivek
Honoured on stage by the late Padma Shri Dr. Vivek at the launch of the game, comic book and movie for Indrajith.
Kabali · V Creations · 2016
Signed with Kabali's producers
The day the deal for Kabali's augmented reality promotions was signed with V Creations, the film's producers.
The Hindu · MetroPlus
Food Palette makes the paper
A home-chef marketplace app Kishore designed and built single-handedly as a freelance project.
On stage
Honoured by singer Dr. Anuradha Sriram
Kishore received a thank-you award on stage from playback singer Dr. Anuradha Sriram.
Film · 2016
Augmented reality for Kabali
An app that played the Kabali trailer on currency notes, posters, newspaper ads and hoardings, then let fans take selfies with Superstar Rajinikanth at standees.
The Hindu
Fizz: deals for Chennai
A deals and loyalty-rewards app for Chennai, also designed and built by Kishore alone.
