Area of Practice

Animation Film Designer, Illustrator, Pre-Visualizer.

Education

B.Des, Animation Film Design, National Institute Of Design, Ahmedabad.

Work Experience

• Worked as a cartoonist and an illustrator in The Economic Times (Mumbai)
• Worked as an associate producer (On-Air promo) in MTV Networks India Pvt. Ltd.
• Worked as a pre-visualization artist for several Live Action Feature Films
• Worked as a pre-visualization artist for several Television Commercials.
• Worked as a Storyboard Artist and Art Support for Walt Disney’s  Arjuna the Warrior Princeand the sequel The Circle Of Fire ( Produced by Prana Studios)
• Illustrated Books for publishers like Penguin Random House, Scholastic, Duckbill, Rupa, Tulika,  Westland, Harper Collins London, Hachette, Speaking Tiger, Pearson, Indiannica.
• Worked as a Broadcast Designer for Turner Broadcasting, a unit of Time Warner for India, The Walt Disney Company India Pvt. Ltd., HBO, AXN, StoryInc.Asia, Singapore, Leo Burnette, Rediffusion, BBH, JWT.
• Visiting Faculty at NID, Ahmedabad
• Visiting Faculty at DJAD, Coimbatore
• Visiting Faculty at ISDI, Mumbai
• Visiting Faculty at NID, Vijaywada
• Visiting Faculty at Whistling Woods, School Of Visual Communication
• Visiting Faculty at SRFTII, Kolkata
• Visiting Faculty at Chitkara University, Chandigarh
• Visiting Faculty at The Design Village, New Delhi

Interest Areas

Previsualization, Visual Storytelling, Graphic Narrative, Illustration, 2D Animation
History, Politics and  Film Theory, Literature, Humour.

Current Practice at Srishti

Preproduction for Animation, Storyboard, Character Design, Animation Appreciation. Illustration.

Creative Practice and Outreach

Works on professional projects on different capacities and also collaborates with other fellow designers and artists on long term research based outcome.