 BASIC INFORMATION
I'm Aabid from Pakistan. I'm 24 years young. I am the kind of person
who likes to discover new things every single day. For as long as I
can remember, I've been experiencing new things and discovering new
thoughts and ideas; and I still am.
I have a deep passion for 3D Character Animation, especially in the
making of short films. I haven't made any shorts independently yet,
but you might see my first sooner than later. My other interests
include making friends, blogging, watching movies, listening to
music and reading books.
MY EXPERIENCE
My personal experience in the field of Graphics started in the year
2000 with Adobe Photoshop. Before that, I used to work in Microsoft
PowerPoint, Microsoft Picture It!, Sierra SnapShot and Microsoft
PhotoDraw. I taught myself Adobe Photoshop, and used to work on
tutorials available from websites to create different wallpapers,
makeovers, posters, logos, websites, and experiment with photos. In
2005, a new path of Graphics opened up for me and the dream of
entering the world of 3D Graphics came true when I took a course in
Autodesk Maya. I created a few animations, models and worked on some
other projects too. But the real work on Animation and Modelling
started in January 2006. I learned more on my own than what I was
taught in the course. I had made my first animation reel, Animation Reel
v1.0, which you can still watch in the old animation section. You can also
view my new Animation Reel 2009 in my animation section, which was
made after more than 3 years. I have many
ideas to work on and many life-plans. (I am a team player if anyone
is interested in collaborating on a project.)
I joined the prestigious SharpImage as a 3D Character Animator in
June 2006, where I later promoted to Lead. In this title I had a
chance to manage a team and supervise them. There I learn a lot of informative details about
animation every day.
After that I had worked as a freelancer. During this time I have
worked on two freelance commercial projects, in which I had supervised,
managed the project and animated.
In June last year, I got an awesome opportunity to attend the CG
Overdrive 2009 Singapore conference, Professional Animation Track,
and meet the honourable PIXAR animators Mr Victor Navone and
Johnathen Collins. They shared an ample amount of knowledge for
which I am really grateful to them.
After returning to Pakistan, I did a little freelancing. And then I
worked as a Game Animator from Karachi for Game Ventures - part of
Xuqa.com, Singapore - where I worked on Online Sports Game, Howzat.
After three months, when the game was completed, I moved on to more
opportunities of learning and researching the craft; and started
planning new things, setting new goals and seeking new
opportunities.
In November, I took the online Gnomon Master Classes based on 16
lecture classes by 16 respected working professionals from VFX and
Game industries. Receiving such knowledge from around the world in
only two to three weeks was something I had never experienced
before.
While I was working on some personal works and also looking for some
challenging opportunities, my eyes caught sight of the online
Facebook competition organised by Mass Animation (the second such
competition after the successful creation of the short movie, Live
Music, the year before) with DC Universe Online. I participated in
the first phase and produced some animations in December, and
January this year. As a result, the jury and the Director selected
one of my shots, which was a really overwhelming experience for me.
I got a chance to work on my shot further with the Director Mr Yair
Landau and the Supervisor Tim Lannon from Reel FX. It was a great
feeling to get myself involved in the trailer for Sony Online with
some highly experienced artists.
You can read more about me on my blog, or watch some of my new
animations on my new animation blog at
http://aabidlive.wordpress.com
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