ABOUT ME
I'm an artist / designer based in Mumbai, keen on providing services from conceptualization to visualization for the purposes of product development, branding and entertainment. Services include concept design, visual development, illustration and building production-ready digital assets. Currently available for both freelance as well as on-site projects.
RESUME
Mihir Ashok Kumar
3D Artist / Concept Designer
Mumbai, India
Website: www.mihirashok.com
Email: texturedmillstone@gmail.com
Mobile: +91 - 981 978 5718
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WORK EXPERIENCE
May 2014 – August 2015
Graphic Designer | Unico Connect LLP, Mumbai, India
Designed layouts and produced visual assets for websites and mobile applications, while working directly with programmers and clients.
EDUCATION
September 2012 – April 2014
M.A. in Automotive Design | Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom
Designed and built a quarter scale model and wrote a dissertation of a concept based on a self-selected brief; after having learnt and experienced the full-fledged workflow of an automotive design studio.
September 2008 – June 2011
B.A. in Automotive Design | Istituto Europeo di Design, Torino, Italy
Learned the basics of ideation and visualisation of concepts and products, ending with a hybrid hypercar visualisation project under the supervision of Flavio Manzoni, head of design at Ferrari.
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SPECIAL COURSES
September 2015 – September 2016
Diploma in Game Art and Design | Vancouver Institute of Media Arts, Vancouver, Canada
Learned the techniques and full pipeline of art asset production for videogames and film – including Modelling, Texturing, Lighting, Rigging, Animation, Mocap, and Rendering. Produced a demo reel focused on design, environments and props using Maya, ZBrush, Photoshop, Unreal Engine 4 and other applications.
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May 2014 – April 2015
Certificate course in Concept Art | CGMA Online Academy
Covered all the basics of design and visual storytelling for entertainment, as well as the tools and techniques for visual communication of ideas.
SKILLS
Design and visualisation of 2D and 3D art assets for videogames, television and film.
Ideation and design of products for concept as well as production purposes; specializing in vehicles.
Design and visualisation of layouts, graphics and interfaces for websites and mobile applications.
Software: Maya, ZBrush, Photoshop, Illustrator, xNormal, 3DCoat, Unreal Engine 4, VRay, World Machine, Autodesk Alias, Keyshot
LANGUAGES
English – Fluent
Hindi – Intermediate
Italian – Basic