Current Job Profile:
Ø 2D
Animator with Pictureal India Pvt. Ltd. (January 2005 to present): 2D animation
episodes, from concept to execution, covering character generation, character animation and compositing.
For Sustenance…
Ø Animator
and Character Designer for independent animation projects
Ø Storyboard
artist for TV Commercials with Black Magic Motion Pictures Pvt. Ltd., Cine Assist, etc (work includes storyboards for Asian
Paints, Ponds, Pepsi, etc)
Ø Cartoonist
with Timesgroup, including JLT, Ngage and Kidzone
Ø Cartoonist
for suburban newspaper ONTRACK SUBURBS, since June 2003
Ø Been
a full-time journalist with the above newspaper, from July 2003 to September 2003
Ø Freelance
cartoonist with VERVE
Ø Cartoonist
with Time Out Mumbai
Ø Cartoonist
for Tinkle
Ø Cartoonist
for Taran Adarsh’s film magazine TRADE GUIDE
Ø Freelance
feature-writer
Ø Internship
with MID-DAY (March 2001-May 2001), in the special projects department, with more emphasis on creatives
Ø Freelanced
with MID-DAY METRO, as a cartoonist, feature-writer, ad-designer and page designer
Ø Freelanced
with MID-DAY as a cartoonist
Ø Freelanced
with CHALOMUMBAI.COM (MID-DAY.COM), as a cartoonist and feature-writer
Ø Freelanced
for JAM MAGAZINE
Ø Taken
up CD-ROM projects by the WIAA, for animation artwork and creatives
Ø Creative
solutions and artworks for the BMC’s H-West Ward campaigns
Ø Freelanced
as character – designer for Pepsi ad, for Offspring Films
Ø Freelance
visualiser
And Finally…
Ø Music.
I play in a band we had formed in college, called HECK. I’m on vocals and bass. We play alternative rock, covering Bush,
Nirvana, Weezer, Green Day and the like. We also have 2 EPs , with 6 originals each. We have played at Velocity (September
2002) in an all-Mumbai rock competition, which we came third in. We have toured to Ahmedabad to open CET’s festival
Metamorphosis. We were the only band out of Gujarat. This was followed by a gig at RAIT Unchained, India’s biggest rock-elims. Heck was also featured on Mp3.com, but sadly
the site has shut down. I’m a big fan of Nirvana, Deftones, Bush and Pearl Jam
Ø I’m
an ardent Comic-book collector, with titles ranging from Asterix, Tintin, Marvel and DC superheroes to Mad
Ø Graphic-work
is something I love doing, with Adobe Photoshop, Quark and Toon Boom Studio
Personal Information:
§ Date of Birth : 23/08/1982
§ Gender
: Male
§ Marital Status : Single
§ Interests : Music,
art, comics
