Curriculum Vitae
Vasant Kumar Velpuri
Flat# 203, Raaga Avenue,
Madhav nagar, Miyapur, Hyderabad 49
Mobile 09963540222
www.vas.co.in
vasac6@yahoo.co.in
Personal Info:
Name:
Vasant Kumar Velpuri
DoB:
16.12.1972
Education:
Bachelor of Fine Arts, MS university of Baroda, Gujarat (1991-95)
Diploma in Animation film making from ZICA, (ZEE TV)(95-97)
Certificate in web designing from Internet Arc application & research group (1998)
Diploma in 3D animation (3D max), IRIS Multimedia. 2004
PGDCA from Pace computers, AP.
Skill Set:
Flash and 3D Animation
Character animation
Character designing
Story boarding
Background design
Sound design
Flash vector Game asset design
E Learning Design
User Interface Design
Clay models
Puppet animation
Planning and managing multiple projects.
Train and motivate team for quality deliveries.
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Exposure to management and general administration through working executive
Management and understanding of organization functions on a broad scale.
Methodical and positive approach to problem solving.
Good listener, exhibit sensitivity to others and to address common work conflicts.
Ability to work in tight time-scales within a dynamic international environment.
Professional Milestones:
Responsible for designing production model and optimizing time and resources for
complete 2D animated production/ series development for team strength of 150.
Designed specific job profiles and designed effective systems for tracking and
managing the digital assets. Standardized design tools and the process to suit the skill
set available and the project requirement.
Project Credits In ten years of my professional journey I got associated with the
following Productions, for Indian and International Markets.
Bhagmati : A two and half hour Indian feature film done in traditional
2D animation and live action (ZICA, 95-97)
Fat dog: a 22X2 episodic 2D animation serial (sriven multitech)
PromQueens: 11X5 webisodes Flash animated show
HozeHoundz 22x11 (Amberwood productions)
Jataka Tales 11x 23 (film club, USA) 2D animated show
Tom & Oscar (Toonz) 11X2 2D animated show
Night Before Christmas – Trade Wings, USA 22X3
Panchatantra:22X2 Flas animated shows for Indian TV
Toddworld:(Mike Yong Productions) 11x56 Flash animated episodes EMMY Award
Nominated.
Lola and Virginia (Ikon productions) 11x5 Flash animated episodes
UBLOA (Ikon Prouctions) 11x1 Flash Demo
Mucha Lucha: 2 min demo Flash (Warner Bros)
Maggi: Flash Test (Walt Disney)
Katbot: 11x 1 flash show (Walt Disney / Funny Garbage)
Skunk Fu: flash demo for Cartoon saloon
Asha: 3D and flash integrated pilot
Coconut Fred: Flash based demo (Warner Bros)
Congin Games: www.Congin.com
Totally Spies webisodes: www.Totallyspies.com
Little Krishna: Flash Feature film being made by Iskcon International
*Samples of my work are available at my website, www.vas.co.in
Professional Experience:
Game Artist Currently working for Microsoft, India Development center,
Casual games division, Hyderabad. Flash game asset design for web
messenger, PC and x-box platforms.
Animation Sequence Supervisor. worked at Anirights infomedia, Bangalore as a
flash animation supervisor on a Flash feature titled Little Krishna, for ISKCON,
Bangalore and theme based flash games. (from July 2006 to Feb 2007)
Flash Animation Supervisor. (DQE Ltd, Hyderabad.) From March 2004 -June 2006
Worked on television cartoon flash animation episodes and flash gaming projects by
managing a creative team of 45 Flash animators and design specialists.
Working on Flash animated shows for reputed production houses like, Walt Disney,
Mike Yong, Warner Bros & Ikon Productions.
Creative supervision:
Concept creation, layout, Background, Key animation and compositing.
Creative Lead Jan 2003- Dec 03 Florentia infotech Pvt. Ltd
Worked as a 2D animation director for Flash cartoon episodes for Web.
Leading a team of 10 artists and completed 120 min of cartoon episodes.
It is a Detective story of 120 min duration.
Work includes managing a team of 12 animation professionals and 6 programmers.
Animation Faculty Oct 2001 – Dec 2003 Toon Tv animation studios
Worked as Consultant Animation/ Multimedia Director
to develop children films and education software
Directed a children education CD- Rom ‘TOON SKOOL’ (CBT)
Trained 4nimators in traditional 2D and flash animation.
Project Leader Aug2000-Oct01 Padmalaya Telefilms Ltd, Hyd.
Responsible for all new talent at the studio: including interaction with the creative
community, reviewing portfolios, successfully bringing in all new artists and production
staff for TV animation series and all studio staffing needs.
Responsible for all client laisioning, planning and execution of the animation projects.
Set the creative standards for the studio.
Successfully completed a 22 min animation episode for Pentamedia graphics, Chennai
with a team of 16 animators and 22 asst animators.
Key Animator
April 1999- august 2000 Sriven Multi Tech Ltd. Hyderabad.
Responsible for developing animation for all in house and international projects. Flash
animated greetings for the company web site. Developing interactive web pages for the
kiosks. Editing and composing the animated scenes in TV Format.
International Project Exposure:
Fat Dog
Prom Queens (Flash)
Hoze Hounds (Amberwood, Canada)
3D Animator Jan99-April 99 Deccan Dreams, Ramanaidu Studios.
Trained under renowned 3D animator Ms. Shaibani.
Worked 3D Max. Developing Logos and title animation for Films and TV shows.
Interaction with the Film Directors and successfully developing all chroma key special
effects and productions for 3D animations and title graphics.
Worked for few Telugu films special effects and chroma key shots.
Animator Aug 97 – Dec 98 Zica Studios, Essel World, Mumbai.
Worked on several student films, channel promos and fillers.
Character animation for feature film Bhagmati
Developing Key character animation,
Character models, Clay models, Scanning and Compositing.
Animation Trainee Aug 95 to Aug 97 Zica Studios Begumpet, Hyderabad.
During the training period had hands on experience on many things like Film Direction,
Shooting, Sound recording and many online productions for Zee TV.
Conceptualized and produced the famous Sri Krishna channel ID for City Cable.
Produced several festival and New Year greetings for Zee group channels.
With team of 12 animators produced 8 social awareness films for Election Commission
of India on behalf of Zee group.
Served as a Student General Secretary for the student society at ZICA. (95-96)
Soft ware Skills:
Graphic Design:
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
CorelDraw
Web Design:
Frontpage
Macromedia Flash
Macromedia Director
Sound Editing:
Sound forge
Sound edit 16
Video Editing:
Adobe Premier
Adobe Aftereffects
Avid Non Linear Editing
2D Software:
Animo
Retas pro
3D animation:
Maya 6.0
3D Max
With my vast experience in the animation industry, having worked in more than 10 popular cartoon
shows with a variety of techniques like 2D, Flash and 3D, I am presently looking for a creative role in
a entertainment media company.
(V. Vasant Kumar.)