Senior Lighting Artist/ Lighting TD / Lighting & Compositing Artist

Neeraj Ubhayakar

Lighting TD ( Lookdev, Lighting, Shading, Render & Compositing)

Email ID : *****************@*****.*** Skype : nuber 1983 Contact : +91-768*******

Permanent Address :

*** ******ng Heights,9th cross,9th Main,

Malleswaram,Bangalore-560003,INDIA.

Personal Work Links :

1 Personal Website http://neerajubhayakarart.wordpress.com/ 2 VFX demo-reel http://neerajubhayakarart.wordpress.com/cg-stills- gallery1_latestdemoreel-

workshop-light-study-3/

3 Other demo-reels http://vimeo.com/user3471509/videos 4 Linked-in profile http://www.linkedin.com/pub/neeraj- ubhayakar/43/274/b1a

5 Flickr Photography https://www.flickr.com/photos/neerajubhayakar/ Educational Background :

COURSE INSTITUTION/SCHOOL NAME YEAR OF GRADUATION

VFX fulltime - Post

graduate diploma

VanArts - Vancouver institute

of Media Arts

Vancouver,Canada.

2010 - 2011

MMP (Multimedia

Production)

Diploma

S.A.E - School of Multimedia

and Audio Eng,

Bengaluru, India.

2001 - 2003

Pre University college

PCMC

(Comp Science)

B.N.E.S - Pre University

College,

Bengaluru,India

2000 - 2001

SSLC XTH STD (High-

school)

M.E.S Kishora Kendra,Bengaluru,India 1999 - 2000

Software Skills :

* 3d applications : Auto-desk Maya, 3dsmax studio.

* Camera tracking & Match-move : Auto-desk Match-mover & Nuke X.

* HDRI imaging : Keyshot 4.0 & 5.0, HDR light shop Software Skills :

* Image editing : Adobe Photoshop & Lightroom

* Editing : Adobe Premiere,Sony Vegas Pro,Nuke,

* Compositing : Shake,Nuke, Eye-on Digital Fusion & basic knowledge of After-effects.

* Renderers : Pixar Renderman For Maya 2012, Animal Logic Mayaman,(For Maya & 3DS Max) : Mental ray, VRay,Cartoon Reyes, Brazil, Cebas Final Render,Turtle Render(maya) & Default scan line.SiTex Air for Maya-man, 3d elight &Basic knowledge of SolidAngle Arnold Render for Maya 2014.

* Familiarity with RIB based workflow in production & with simple MEL scripting. Professional Work Experience – Total of 9 years

My Job Responsibilities were :

Setting up the lighting and render pipeline for the lighting team.

Creating the Main Light-Rigs for the master shots for the sequence.

Handling interdepartmental requirement & maintaining communication.

between the teams to sort out the shot related issues & to get clear updates on the files.

Working with the compositing team for the render passes and look development.

Creating tools and scripts with the help of R&D team to fasten the work flows.

Taking calls along with the creative heads,supervisors for solving issues and achieving the look on the shots and assets in production.

R&D and doing lighting tests for other teams (fur,texturing, modeling etc

Attending daily meetings/dailies with the heads,production and the team for approvals & providing regular updates on the shots to meet weekly deadlines and milestones.

Helping team-mates to tackle bottle neck situations during production &

Training/Mentoring – Juniors & Interns on job.

Companies & Projects I've worked in (along with the dates/years). Company : Cerium Animation,Hyderabad, India.( Currently Working ) Designation : Technical Director – Lighting

Duration : From August 10, 2014 to till date.

Project : Full length Telugu feature film “Rudramadevi”. Company : Prana Animation Studios, Mumbai, India.

Designation : Senior Artist – Lighting

Duration : May 10 2012 - Dec 20 2013 ( 1 year 7 months) Projects : Disney Fairies 05 – The Pirate Fairy(feature), Disney Secret of the the Wings, Vignettes(shorts),Trailer shots of Bollywood Horror flick “Ek Thi Daiyan”. Company : Krayons Pictures pvt. Ltd, Pune, India.

Designation : Senior Artist & Sequence Lead – Lighting & Compositing Duration : August 2008 – May 2009 ( 10 Months)

Projects : Delhi safari - 3d animated feature film Company : Prana Animation Studios, Mumbai, India.

Designation : CG Artist – Lighting & Compositing

Duration : July 2006 - July 2008 (2 years 1 month) Projects : Disney Tinkerbell, Disney Fairies 2 (Lost Treasure),Weinstien Company's Unstable fables 1 & 2, Sony's ChubbChubbs2.

Company : Paprikas Animation Studios,Bangalore, India. Designation : Lighter,Render wrangler,Compositing artist,3D Generalist & Post production artist.

Duration : March 2003 - June 2006 (3years and 4months) Projects : Episodic TV series - Mica,Penning the tropical penguin,ESP kids, Minis, Farmkids,Artoonic(pilot project), Barnyard. French 3d Feature Film – X & I, Other projects – Elephus Maximus (A Documentry film). Strengths : Team Player, Stress Tolerant, Strong Analytical Skills, Self Motivated, Goal Oriented & Honest.

Personal Details:

Father’s Name : Nitin Ubhayakar

Date of Birth : 24 March 1983

Gender : Male

Languages Known : English, Konkani,Kannada,Hindi,Telugu & Marathi. Nationality : Indian

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