PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Senior 3D Animator, Rigging, & Technical Artist with 19+ years of experience . The last 10+ years focused exclusively on the games mobile industry, live-service, and AAA titles. Expert in delivering clean, deformable, game-ready rigs and performant animations, in-engine troubleshooting, feature mock-ups, and marketing/store assets. Proven collaborator with designers and programmers. Currently based in Abu Dhabi working with Ubisoft.
Skills& Expertise
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Rigging: Advanced Skeleton, Rapid Rig Modular (Maya), Biped & CAT (3ds Max)
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Animation: Keyframe, mocap cleanup, cinematic & gameplay cycles
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Game Engines: Unity (full asset integration, cinemachine mock-ups, sprite sheets), basic Unreal
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Pipeline & Tools: JIRA, GitHub, Perforce, Trello, Hansoft
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Software: Autodesk Maya (expert), 3ds Max, Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere
Ubisoft Abu Dhabi
Present - Sept 2019
Senior Animator/Technical Artist September
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Captain Laser Hawk (top-down multiplayer shooter) – Rigged biped characters, created victory poses/emotes/locomotion, in-engine integration & testing
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Growtopia (50M+ player sandbox MMO) – Full 2D sprite sheet pipeline, asset integration, optimization, marketing/store assets, troubleshooting
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Clash of Beasts (mobile strategy) – Rigged, Animated creatures/beasts and Integration, troubleshooting, environmental props (towers, trees), created Unity cinemachine feature mock-ups and spell integrations
EA Games (formerly Glu Mobile)
August 2019 - April 2018
Senior Animator
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Deer Hunter – First-person shooting cycles & Wild animal animation
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WWE Universe – Complex win/fail wrestling moves for varying body types
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Disney Sorcerer’s Arena – Rigged and animated Disney characters (special & common moves), Creating marketing videos using cinemation of Unity
Reliance Games
April 2018 -Sept 2017
Senior Animator
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WWE Mayhem (Android/iOS) – Sole animator for all exaggerated attack, combo, defense, and special moves for wrestlers
Technicolor India
September 2017 -July 2014
Senior Animator
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God of War, UFC, Red Dead Redemption, The Secret Life of Pets – Mocap cleanup, in-game, idle & transition cycles
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AnimatedTelevision Series anme "Puss in Boots"
Xentrix Studios
March 2014 -May 2013
Animation Team Lead & Senior Animator
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OKI (26-episode TV series, Wild West Productions)
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Batman TV series (Warner Bros.)
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Care Bears (Monoscoup Group)
Prana Studios
April 2013 -August 2012
3D Animator
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Planes (Disney Home DVD film)
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Zhu Zhu Pets (Disney Home DVD film)
F9 Post Studios
May 2012 - February 2009
3D Animator / Generalist
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Advertising commercials for Brands like Mahindra, LIC, Marico, etc. (rigging, animation, team lead on several spots)
Bellpepper Animation Studios
January 2009 - November 2007
3D Animator
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Tronji (30-episode preschool series for BBC)
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Advertising commercials for brands like sharekhan
UTV Toons
November 2007 - March 2007
3D Animator
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Tronji (30-episode preschool series for BBC)
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Advertising commercials for brands like sharekhan
Persoanl Details & Education
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Bachelor of Science Calorx Teachers University, India
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Date of Birth: 7 May 1984
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Languages: English (fluent), Hindi, Marathi
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Nationality: Indian
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Indian UAE Residence Visa valid until 2026