Lavanya Naidu

animator|illustrator

Melbourne, Australia
Love to animate, love to illustrate and love to eat.

Work Experience

Penguin India

Freelance illustrator

India

Rupa Publishers

Freelance Illustrator

India

Otataa

Lead Animator and Illustrator on a project basis

November 2012 - Zug, Switzerland

Turner Broadcasting

Summer Intern

Interned as an animator
April 2010 - June 2010 Mumbai, India

Thoughtshop Foundation

Diploma project Intern

Worked as an animator. Made a short film, The Boy Who Slept in Class, about domestic violence and how it affects children and their performance in school.
April 2011 - August 2011 Calcutta, India

ImColour

Freelance Animator

Worked as a freelance animator.
Philippines

Cartoon Network

Freelance Animator

Freelance animator for the 2012 summer promos.
United States

Anyways

Freelance Animator

Working on Google Allo's sticker set - Lulu & Jazz.
January 2016 - April 2016 London, United Kingdom

12field Animation

Pre-production designer

Concepts and fun packs - The Strange Chores
September 2017 - March 2018 Melbourne, Australia

12field Animation

Design Supervisor

Design fixer and supervisor - The Strange Chores
April 2018 - November 2018 Melbourne, Australia

12field Animation

Animator

Animator - The Strange Chores
January 2019 - May 2019 Melbourne, Australia

12field Animation

Head of Design - The Strange Chores Season 2

July 2020 - Melbourne, Australia

Education

National Institute Of Design

graduate in Animation Film Design

2007 - 2011 Ahmedabad, India

Gobelins L'école De L'image

Summer School 2012

Attended summer school, specializing in character animation.
2012 - 2013 Paris, France

Languages

Spanish (Beginner),
Hindi (Fluent),
Bengali (Fluent),

Awards

TBS Digicon, Tokyo Japan.

Winner, Regionals (India)