CV / RESUME

NIDHI KELUSKAR
CONCEPT ARTIST

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PROFILE
Passionate & dedicated Artist. A team player who believes in working in harmony and getting work done right and on time. 
Able to take constructive feedback and work with direction.
Self-motivated and a keen observer who applies observation and knowledge to work.

EXPERIENCE
COLOUR BACKGROUND ARTIST, LUPUS FILMS, 06/2023-09/2023 
• Worked as a CBG on the film ‘Mog’s Christmas’ based on the book by Judith Kerr. 
• Follow the art style and guidelines and work closely with the Director and Art Director. 
• Work on moving/ animated backgrounds. 
GRAPHIC NOVEL COLOURIST, JELLY NY, 04/2023-06/2023 
• Worked as a Colourist for a graphic novel 'Lost in the Middle' a story by the New York Life Foundation. 
• Implemented digital colouring techniques to bring characters, and environments to life with precision and depth. 
• Collaborated closely with the comic artist - Genie Espinosa and fellow team to understand the visual tone and mood of the graphic novel project.
VISUAL DEVELOPMENT ARTIST, UGAMES-PLAYGAMES 24X7, 09/2022-05/2023 
• Worked on Pre-Production stages from brainstorming ideas to painting final in-game assets. 
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, communicate effectively, and incorporate feedback 
  to achieve project goals. 
• Maintain and follow existing art style all the while sharing inputs on improving the same. 
LAYOUT & BACKGROUND ARTIST, MOONBOW, PORTUGAL, 11/2022 -12-2022
• Worked as a Layout & Background Artist on an NDA kids web series. 
• Responsible for creating rough sketches, layouts and final designs for the props and final backgrounds. 
• Follow the given colour key.
BACKGROUND ARTIST, KONG ANIMATION STUDIO, LONDON, 03/2022-05/2022 
• In charge of creating additional background art for a documentary called Lucky! based on Bernie Ecclestone. 
• Create semi-realistic backgrounds based on style references provided. 
BACKGROUND COLOURIST, MOONBOW, PORTUGAL, 04/2022 
• Worked as a Background Colourist for the Jaguar Gene Therapy project. 
• Responsible for colouring and refining the given line layouts. 
• Follow the given colour key. 
JUNIOR DIGITAL MATTER PAINTER, RITZY ANIMATION, LONDON, 01/2022-02/2022 
• Worked on a commercial 'Golf Is Good’ as a Digital Matte Painter. 
• Responsible for creating various exterior layouts and background designs. 
• Create artistic-style mood boards then discuss them with the producer & team. 
EDITOR & ANIMATOR, JELLY STUDIOS, LONDON, 09/2020-06/2021 
• Worked as an Editor and Animator at Jelly London on various commercial projects. 
• Edited and animated given assets by the illustrator to create socials/ shorts of various resolutions. 
• Worked with Adobe Suite (After Effects, Photoshop & Illustrator ) 
• Researched stock images and assets required for animation.

SOFTWARE & SKILLS 
Concept and Digital Art proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint & Procreate. 
Edit and create vector-based icons and layouts in Adobe Illustrator. 
Editing and basic compositing in Adobe After Effects. 
Background Design, In-between & 2D Animation in TvPaint. 
Create hard surface low poly models & environment in Autodesk Maya & add texture using Adobe Substance Painter.

EDUCATION
University of Bournemouth, United Kingdom — MA 3D Computer Animation, 09/2020-09/2021 
University of Falmouth, United Kingdom — BA (Hons) Animation & VFX, 09/2018-05/2020

LANGUAGES 
Native/ Advanced proficiency in English, Hindi & Marathi.
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