Not So Distant Past

Designer/Animator/Photographer

Art and Design Studies and Digital Animation from Centennial College, Toronto.

Red Hat Linux Certification course.

Art Appreciation course from National Museum India, which covers Indian, Oriental and other Art Movements around the globe.

Worked under some of the best Canadian artists, animators and photographers.

- Shaun McKenna – Broadcast Animator Reviewed my art portfolio.

- Phillip Edward Alexy – One of the most talented artistes I have met. He taught us by pointing our mistakes, which is why I still remember what not to do. Lucky to have been taught by him. Apart from animation taught us film storytelling.

ART/DESIGN PHILOSOPHY

Simplicity is sophisticated.
Expert knows what not to do.
Design is problem solving.
Art has a story/concept.

STRENGTHS
- Art – Drawing since 5 yrs of age, I do have a good understanding of anatomy, muscles, mass of an object or creature, light and shade and little bit sculpting.
- Photography – Picked up photography in 11th grade using Canon 3MP Point and shoot, then Canon S3 IS Prosumer camera then Pentax SLR and now I can use any camera from Canon 400D to the top of the line Canon 5D Mark II DSLR. I do wish to make a documentary using Canon 5D M II someday when I can purchase it.
- Technology – Learned how to assemble computer from Samsung Summer Program for kids in 9th grade. And read Computer magazines from grade 7th to10th way more than my school textbooks, I have surprising amount of knowledge even when it comes to high end workstations.
- Web Design – I picked up HTML in 6th grade in school. Later learned a complete XHTML/CSS and little bit Javascript in 9th grade after a lot of efforts. In 12th grade efforts paid off when I got highest in Multimedia & Web technology. In last 2 years I have worked on many website designing , design consulting, hand coded XHTML/CSS and WordPress projects.
- I like to work in teams of similarly experienced people with expertise in their respective fields.
- Typography
- Art history and American Pop Culture, Art Philosophy, Cultural philosophy – few topics I love to have discussions on.
- Our animation classes taught by Phillip Edward Alexy were taught in a same way as top Hollywood studios abroad(now few of them also in India) deadlines, working as a team, responsibility for team members being punctual, following proper scriptwriting format, storyboarding, animatics and Pre-production.