Sasanka Mouli Velicherla
San Francisco CA-914122
Ph.no-1-415-***-****
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Website:www.animateshashi.blogspot.com
Experience
Wacom Technologies (Freelancing since 2011Jan )
San Francisco, CA.
Demo Artist
Assist the marketing team in conferences like GDC, Photoshop Convention and Wondercon by giving demonstrations on wacom tablets and cintiqes based on work flow and technology usability.
Academy of Art University (2008Jan -2011Dec)
San Francisco, CA.
Front Desk Personnel / Administrative Assistant
Help students with computer equipment.
Work with the department in communication and gathering information.
Help students with Hardware and Software problems.
Worked as a Animator and Production Coordinator in Student collaborative, One So Young and Giants Commercial.
Q Engineering Prospects Private Ltd (Freelancing since 2005)
Hyderabad, INDIA.
Assistant Manager Media Division.
Managed the whole pre and post production of Media projects like corporate presentations and 3D walk through of engineering structures.
I worked on projects which were engineering designs of structures which were later converted into a 3D design using Maya.
Most corporate presentations which I did were made using Adobe Premier and Flash.
S.V Technologies (Free lancing since 2001)
Hyderabad, INDIA.
Story Developer, Assistant Animator and Voice Actor
Developed stories and concepts for Contracts.
Voice acted for more than 150 projects which were later animated in the same company. I animated in some of the projects which were contracted by Wipro which was educational and promotional material. The program I used was Flash.
Trained artists in Pre -Production and Voice Acting during initial set up.
Heart Entertainment Ltd (1998 March -2001 May)
Hyderabad, INDIA.
Background Layout, Painter and Assistant Animator
Worked in 8 major outsourced Projects from US and Canadian Companies namely Startoons International, TLC Media, Tommy Nelson, Walt Disney, Warner Bros and Amber Wood Prods.
The projects that I worked on were The Little Dogs of Prairies, Never land, Teamo Supremo,
Hoze Hounds and Hysteria.
Worked with the faculty to finish student projects at the company’s training institute.
Assisted in Pre- Production Departments to the managers in the In-house Productions.
Most of the work I did was done using Painter 6 and Photoshop. I was also trained in US Animation software (now Toon Boom) during my training.
Education
Academy of Art University(2006-2011)
San Francisco, CA.
Bachelors of Fine Arts in 3D Character Animation.
I was selected for P-0 class named the Principles of Animation which was taught by Pixar Animators.
Image Multimedia.(2002-2004)
Hyderabad, INDIA.
1 year diploma course in Multimedia and Production.
During the course I was trained in multimedia pipeline starting from design using software like Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, doing 2D Animation using Flash, 3D animation using 3DS Max and Maya, Compositing using After Effects and editing using Adobe Premier.
Heart Animation Institute. (1998-2000)
Hyderabad, INDIA.
2 years Diploma in 2D Animation.
Covered Basics of 2D Animation Principles, Composition and Color, Perspective for Drawing, Figure Drawing, Layout Design, Back Ground Painting using traditional media and Digital media and compositing using US Animation Software.
CADD Center(2000-2001)
Hyderabad, INDIA.
Certificate in AutoCAD and Lisp Release 14
Trained in Design and Drafting using AutoCAD and using List Processing using LISP.
Software
Maya, Photoshop, Flash, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Premiere, Corel Painter, Sound Forge and Toon Boom Animation.