Aayush Chopra

Sr. 3D Artist

Chandigarh, India

Work Experience

Dell

Advisor

January 2022 - Present Bangalore, India

Oceaneering International

Sr. 3D Artist

• Responsible for preparing work estimates and bid documentation for the projects.
• Handling all sort of client communications throughout production.
• Designing the technical approach and pipeline for the production.
• Work Closely with Design Engineers to Provide 3D Rendered Images and Animations to the specifications of each project.
• Utilize 3D Modeling, Mapping, Texturing, Lighting and Compositing Techniques to create realistic looking visual elements.
• Creating Particle Effects, Rigid Body Dynamics, Volume and Fluid Effects.
• Responsible for the Development of different Special Effects and Incorporating them into the Pipeline.
• Assembling rendered layers and Compositing them to create final shot, while ensuring continuity with work of other artists.
• Constructing the Final Image by combining layers of previously created material, including Special Effects, Graphics, Live Action and Static Background Plates.
• Preparing Design Plans, Concepts and Layouts for Motion Graphic Projects.
• Designing and Creating enticing Motion Graphics for different Videos.
January 2015 - December 2021 India

Arena Animation Academy

3D Animation and VFX Supervisor / Sr. Faculty

• Handling all sort of operations for the digital effects division within the company.
• Train Faculties and Professional Artists in different 3D Animation and VFX programs.
• Designing the Coursework for the Academy in different 3D Animation and VFX Programs.
• Supervising Visual Effects work for various Regional TV Commercials and Short Films.
• Responsible for preparing work estimates and bid documentation for the projects.
• Troubleshooting the problems faced by the team.
• Handling all sort of client communications throughout production.
• Designing the technical approach and pipeline for the production.
• Assigning tasks/shots to artists and monitoring shot progress.
• Final internal approval for all the Digital Effects related work.
April 2013 - December 2014 Chandigarh, India

Arena Animation Academy

3D Animation and VFX Artist / Faculty

Worked as a 3D Animation and VFX Supervisor in the Studio. Responsible for handling all type of 3d animation and VFX tasks in the studio. Responsibilities similar to a team leader. Simultaneously worked as a 3D Animation and VFX Faculty in the Academy.
March 2007 - August 2010 Chandigarh, India

Education

Bournemouth University

MA Digital Effects

Successfully completed projects from start to finish. Including techniques like Dry to Wet conversion, CG object and Live Back-Plate integration, Dynamics and Particles in Houdini, Rotoscopy, Matchmoving and Overall Compositing in Nuke.
September 2010 - August 2012 Bournemouth, United Kingdom

Arena Multimedia

BSc Multi-Media

Successfully completed 2 group projects, 1 major individual project. This included techniques like 3D modelling, lighting, animation, particles, dynamics in Maya, Stop Motion Animation, Clay modelling, Art, and basic roto-scopy, colour correction and cleanup in Combustion.
B. Sc Graduate with Academic Distinction, hence became the first choice among faculties to work on live projects.
August 2005 - March 2008 Chandigarh, India

Languages

English (Fluent),
Hindi (Native),
Punjabi (Native),

Awards

Oceaneering International

Oceaneering Individual Excellence Award

2018

Oceaneering International

Oceaneering Productivity Excellence Award

2016

Skills

3ds Max, After Effects, Element 3D, Houdini, Nuke, PARTICULLAR, PFTrack, Phoenix FD, Rayfire, Thinking Particles, V-Ray,