aboutme

In pursuit of artistic excellence

When I look back at the events that shaped my career, I feel I was destined to be an artist. Each and every incident that happened in my childhood days point towards this.

I hail from a remote village in the Raichur District located in the state of Karnataka in India. In my early days while walking down the weekly market in my village holding my father's hand, I used to observe all the sign boards and display boards on shop rooves and be amazed at how those were created. In school days I discovered that I had a real artistic bent of mind when without much effort I could win all prizes in school competitions.

Eventhough my passion for art was very well understood by my parents, I never had the confidence that I could pursue it as a career after my schooling as either agriculture or business was the natural choice, for all youngsters at my village. But fortunately could get admitted into an art school in the neighbouring district of Dharwadthrough the inspiration of my school master. I studied Diploma in Art Master at J N School of Arts in Gadag, Karnataka and emerged a topper during all the five years.

Since I had a burning desire to make it big in the field of creative art, I came to Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka, just after the completion of my diploma. After working for around an year or so in commercial arts, I made a strategic decision that has brought me where I am now.

Recognising the growing importance of computers in all walks of life, I decided to take up a computer course that could render a distinct dimension to my artistic skills. I attended a course in graphic arts for 6 months. Luckily, I got a good break at Deldot Systems Ltd., a Bangalore based company dedicated to the development of software products and services aimed at a aesthetically inclined population. The stay at Deldot proved to be a great learning experience for me. I was exposed to working effectively with 2d graphic software like Adobe Photoshop and Corel Draw. Also I could understand the nuances of 3d modelling, 3d animation, sound editing and almost everything that would go into making a multimedia presentation. In the short span of 2 years, I worked on several multimedia projects and created some very satisfying multimedia presentations including the Deldot Walkthrough which drew critical acclaim. Deldot in fact paved way for further development of my skills in CD and CBT authoring.

If Deldot provided me a good break into Digital art, Jasubhai Media Pvt Ltd., helped me in strengthening it. The publishing company that publishes magazines like CHIP gave me an opportunity to handle CD projects on my own. I worked on concepts, opening animations and authoring of a few CD projects here that gave me immense confidence about my own ability to handle independent CD and CBT projects.

I am sure my confidence and experience would keep me in good stead to scale greater heights.