Vivekanandan Basavaraj

Vivekanandan Basavaraj

Lead Roto Prep Artist / 14 yrs

India

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Paint Team Lead

The Creator (2023)

Visual Effects Artist

Tenet (2020)

Visual Effects Artist

The Lion King (2019)

Visual Effects Artist

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Visual Effects Artist

First Man (2018)

Visual Effects Artist

Meg (2018)

Visual Effects Artist

Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

Visual Effects Artist

Deadpool 2 (2018)

Visual Effects Artist

Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)

Visual Effects Artist

Wonder Woman (2017)

Visual Effects Artist

Ghost in the Shell (2017)

Visual Effects Artist

Monster Trucks (2017)

Visual Effects Artist

X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

Visual Effects Artist

The Jungle Book (2016)

Visual Effects Artist

Aquaman (2016)

Visual Effects Artist

The Martian (2015)

Visual Effects Artist

Godzilla (2014)

Visual Effects Artist

Life of Pi (2012)

Visual Effects Artist

Venom (2004)

Work History
  • Paint Team Lead

    Folks VFX

    May 2023 - July 2024
    Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site
  • ROTO/PREP SUPERVISOR & CREATIVE HEAD

    TEAM VFX ARTIST PVT LTD

    January 2021 - April 2023
    Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · On-site

    Role:
    •Advise HOD of any advances made on a project for integration into other shows Work with the HOD and Supervisor on bidding for new shows.
    •Assign appropriate tasks to Senior, Mid and Junior team members, showing a strong understanding of their abilities and strengths.
    •Act as the key contact for production and supervisors, ensuring clear communication, dealing with creative challenges, solutions and adapting to changes in production scheduling.
    •Maintain good relations with all other departments, foresee potential complications, and address any issues promptly.
    •Attend dailies and represent the work of your team, guide artists on how to present work.

    Projects worked on:

    The Flash
    Fate
    Locke & key
    The Crown
    War of the Worlds
    The Lazarus project
    Devotion
    Baptiste
    The pennyworth
    Jack Ryan
    The Tourist
    Me Time
    The Swimmers
    Pachinko
    View Point

  • Senior Paint/Prep Artist

    Double Negative

    January 2018 - December 2020
    Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    Role :

    •Worked closely with the Team lead and supervisors.
    •Participated in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem-solving activities to support teamwork.

    •Applied VFX skils on prosthetic fixes, keying and seams blending.
    •Highly organized with first-class time/project management skils.
    •Ability to stay calm under pressure.
    •Handled the functions of VFX projects from inception to completion with very tight deadlines.

    Prep Academy trainee

    Role :
    •Trained and mentored a Prep academy of 40 people.
    •Provide verbal and written progress reports to supervisor.
    •Recorded and submitted video tutorials on shots for training program.
    •Attend dailies and represent the work of the team,
    •Teach them time management, guide artists on how to produce high quality of work in given time, as well as maintain work file organized.

    Projects worked on:
    Mission: Impossible Fallout
    Ant-man and wasp
    Venom
    Ghost in the shell
    First man
    The Meg
    Aquamen
    Deadpool 2
    Pacific Rim uprising
    Jumanji
    Wounder Women
    Men in Black
    TENET

  • Paint Prep

    MPC

    August 2013 - January 2018
    banglore

    Role :
    •Handle complex shots with heavy motion blur, lots of layers, etc.
    •Using a combination of techniques when dealing with tricky wire
    removals and clean plates.
    •Demonstrate a strong eye for color and grain structures with the
    ability to match saturation, hues and black points from multiple
    sources to create a cohesive final montage Demonstrate a keen eye
    for recognizing paint artifacts, sharpness and color issues.
    •Removing a character/object/subject with available source using 3d
    projection.
    •Cleaning up of seams on the blue/green screen for compositing
    team helping them to pull keys.
    •Wire and rig removal of the character/Background
    Creating clean plates, Smoke, Rain and Recreation work.
    •Color correction/grading to match the prepped area to the plate.
    •Complex Rig Removal/Sequence paint.
    •Grains Matching.
    •2D/3D tracking and matte extraction.
    •Worked on keying and background matching to other.
    •Manage workflow to balance production schedule.
    •Implemented Rotoscoping and Tracking techniques.
    •Ability to remain calm and confident in a fast-paced environment.
    •Good knowledge of Camera projection.
    •Good working knowledge of relevant 3D software, such as maya.
    •Efficient in Nuke,Mocha and silhouette


    -Projects worked on

    A Wrinkle in Time
    The mummy
    The Jungle Book
    Pirates of carrebian
    X-men Apocalypse
    Ghost in the shell
    Passenger
    The martian
    Finest hours
    Suicide squad
    Superman vs batman
    Monster Truck
    Fantastic beasts
    Tarzan
    50 shades of grey
    American sniper
    Game of thorns
    In to the woods
    The amazing spiderman 3
    Night at the museum 3
    Exodus
    Godzilla

  • Senior Roto artist

    Prasad Corporation Pvt. Ltd.

    December 2010 - August 2013
    chennai

    We produce High level Quality of Rotoscopy with live action plates.

    Role :
    •Worked under tight deadlines.
    •Handled and qc'ed roto shots.
    •Helped in bidding and shot breakdown.
    •Use Silhouette to create and track roto shapes and lines for various elements within a shot.
    •Create roto mattes for Compositors.
    •Animators with a comprehensive understanding of how these mattes will be used.
    •Shape creation/editing.
    •Extensive understanding of 2D and 3D tracking and is able to create accurate, steady tracks.
    •Able to handle complex shots with heavy motion blur, defocus, hair, fur, lots of layers, etc.
    •Maintaining consistency of visuals and style throughout the production.

    Projects worked on:
    Ghost Rider : Spirit of Vengeance
    In time
    Spartacus

Education
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Bachelor of Computer Applications

    RVS College Of Arts And Science

    2006 - 2009