Pranav Calcuttawala has over 15 years of experience as a 3D artist and has worked on many AAA game titles. He specializes in game environment modeling, texturing, and asset creation for console and mobile games. Some of his past projects include work on Sonic Racing for Sega, The Gunpowder Plot for BBC, and Dora the Explorer games for Nickelodeon. Pranav is currently a senior artist at Sumo Digital India, where he focuses on 3D modeling and texturing for console and mobile games.

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3. proj ects
The Gunpowder Plot
client SEGA client British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
platform PS3, Xbox360, Nintendo Wii and Nintendo 3DS and WiiU platform PC Downloadable
duration One and half years duration 8 months
responsibilities Game level modeling and texturing. Was responsible to responsibilities Was responsible to plan game environment from scratch
create block model to understand the game play and as per client's guidelines. I had the responsibility to set up
then final modeling and texturing as per concepts developed. art benchmark for other artists in the team.
Also responsible for console conversion and LOD creation. Planned textures and environments so as to bring up
Most challenging work is to create game art for the feel which resembles 16th century London.
Nintendo 3DS, its new hand held console for The work was highly appreciated by BBC.
3D game experience.
team structure India team consisted of 25 Artists. team structure Our India team consisted of 7 artists who included
I was one of the senior artists in the team. 1 team lead 2 quality assurance leads (including me)
worked on game level environment modeling and and 4 other artists.
related art assets creation for the new level.
I was interacting with UK leads whenever needed.
work structure We were provided guidelines from UK and worked accordingly. work structure Leads were responsible for client communication and art planning.
We could then chat with them to clarify any doubts. I had to transfer information I got from leads in UK
We had dev kits to check to my team mates. We had to continuously check game
final game output and for corrections. in engine for fixes and final result.
website http://www.sonicthehedgehog.com/racing/?t=en_US website http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/theadventuregames/
thegunpowderplot

4. client Nickelodeon client EA
platform PC platform Nintendo Wii
duration Two and half months duration 5 months
responsibilities Created game environment using toon shaders responsibilities Charm Girls Club Pajama Party for Wii
along with game icons. Done couple of different is packed with over 30+ Mini-Game.
DORA action poses with 2D render output for You can create your charm Girls and team up with 7 friends.
PC base game requirement. Models were high poly. My role was to create model and texture for different outfits,
The idea was to create a 2D looking game in 3D. hairstyle, shoe and accessories for Charm Girls avatar.
I was working as a lead environment artist. I was working as a senior artist in the team.
team structure 6 Artists including 1 lead. team structure 12 Artists including lead.
work structure We had to communicate with our lead for information work structure game assets according to concept provided from client.
regarding work. Which then in turn I used to get
environments done from 2 other artist working with me.
website http://www.nickjr.com/games/dora-the-explorer/adventure/ website http://www.ea.com/cgc-pajama-party
all-ages/index.jhtml

5. client SEGA client SEGA
platform PS3, Xbox360, Nintendo Wii, PC platform PS3, Xbox360, Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS
duration 1 year duration 2 years
responsibilities High quality 3D asset creation with enhanced realistic look responsibilities Game level modeling and texturing.
from previous version of the tennis game. Was responsible to create block model to understand
It's including Stadium environment assets, the game play and then final modeling and texturing as per
player costumes, trophy design and concepts developed. Also responsible for console conversion and
Mini Game assets. LOD creation.
I was working as a senior artist in this project.
team structure 10 Artists in India studio including 1 Lead, team structure India team consisted of 20 Artists.
4 senior artists and 5 junior artists. I was one of the senior artists in the team.
I worked on level environment modeling for House of the dead,
sonic sea side hill, Jet Set Radio and Billy Hatcher.
I communicated with UK leads whenever needed.
work structure Lead and seniors were responsible for main assets work structure We were provided guidelines from UK and worked accordingly.
like player costumes and stadium environments and We could then chat with them to clarify any doubts.
also senior artist had to mentor junior artists. We had dev kits to check final game output and for corrections.
I worked for almost every 3D art aspect of the game.
website http://www.sega.com/games/virtua-tennis-2009 website http://www.sega.com/sonicracing/

6. client Harmonix client Codemasters
platform Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS platform PS3, Xbox360 And PC
duration 4 months duration 1 years
responsibilities Low poly character model creation along with costumes, responsibilities Modeled and textured track environment, track side buildings,
music instruments and sets and conversion of objects and car liveries.
rock band3 game for Wii and DS platform. Also responsible for conversion and
I was working as Senior Artist for this game. assembling of different platforms of the game.
After this project was over I created DS asset creation guide Did Car interior texturing.
to be used for other DS projects in future. I was working as an 3d artist on this project.
team structure India Team consisted of 8 Artists including 1 lead. team structure This project included 30 people including Leads.
Lead communicated with client.
work structure We had to take up assets form Wii version and work structure This was an outsource project so we got specific guidelines
reduce mesh and make changes to textures so that from the client accordingly we proceeded with
it looks good in DS. This project had a lot of technical environment and asset creation.
challenges as we had to make sure that the game
does not lose its original feel and though it was converted
from a higher platform to lower.
website http://www.codemasters.com/uk/dirt_uk/ps3/info/
website http://www.rockband.com/games/rb3

7. client Las Vegas Casino
client Ardor
platform Online PC
platform Tablet and touch phones
duration One and half years
duration One and half months
responsibilities Conceptual design & development of Game interface design,
responsibilities Conceptual design & development of Game interface design. Website and motion ad banner for online Las Vegas casino games.
Overall art for the game, QA and client communication.
team structure Artists who were all directly communicating with client.
team structure Myself
work structure We had to create UI concepts based on various themes
work structure Overall UI, Art and communication was managed by me. from scratch and then get it approved form UK client.
After approval we used to create final output with
website http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hue-shapes/id520474605?mt=8 help of both 2D and 3D Art.
website http://www.lasvegascasinos.com/
MIKAH EYEWEAR
client Mikah Eyewear
client Tyco
platform website
platform PC
duration One and half months
duration Two and half months
responsibilities Art direction and conceptual design for eyewear website.
Visualized each brand introductory shot. responsibilities Created interface design for internal virtual training purpose.
Introduction presentation and multi brand eyewear gallery.
I enjoyed this project a lot because of the amount of
creative freedom I had. team structure Two Artists who were all directly communicating with client
team structure Leading a project with 5 Artists.
work structure Had to create UI according to clients requirements.
work structure I had to communicate with the client to know their requirement
website http://www.tyco.com/wps/wcm/connect/tyco+who+we+are/
and accordingly coordinated with my team to get the desired result.
Who+We+Are/Overview/
website http://www.mikaheyewear.com/mikaheyewear/index.htm

8. professional experiences Organization + Sumo-India (A division of Foundation 9 Entertainment), Pune, India
Designation + Sr, Artist
Tenure + June 2008 till date
Organization + Wipro Technologies (Game Development Division) Hyderabad, India
Designation + Module Leader
Tenure + Dec 2007 to June 2008
Organization + Aurona Technologies (Gaming Co.) Hyderabad, India
Designation + 3D Game Artist
Tenure + June 2006 to Dec 2007
Organization + Rediff Business Solution (Web Development Co.) Surat, India
Designation + Sr. Visualizer
Tenure + Oct 2005 to April 2006
Organization + Jivanta Interactive Technology (Gaming Co.) Bangalore, India
Designation + 3D Game Artist
Tenure + Dec 2004 to Aug 2005
Organization + MagCom Internet (Gaming Co.) Bangalore, India
Designation + Game Interface Designer
Tenure + Apr 2003 to Oct 2004
Organization + DotInfosys (Web Development Company) Surat, India
Designation + Team Leader (Multimedia Group)
Tenure + May 1998 to August 2002
Organization + Soi-Archer (Advertising Agency) Ahmedabad, India
Designation + Jr. Visualizer
Tenure + July 1996 to April 1998

9. software skills Vector & Raster software
Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, Adobe Photoshop
Animation & Interactive software
Unity3d, Adobe Flash, very basic knowledge of HTML coding
3Dimentional software
Autodesk Maya, Autodesk 3DStudio Max, Zbrush
achievement
Featured in Surabhi television program for writing all the English alphabets and
Loard Ganesh line drawing on single rice grains.
education
Qualification
Diploma in Applied Art (10+5 yr, with special subject of Typography)
with First Class in the year 1996 from B.A. Maheta Kala MahaVidhyalaya, Gujarat, India
Technical
Professional course in Advanced 3D Studio Max from Abacus School of Visual Effects, Bangalore, India
Workshop
Visual communication from NID, Ahmedabad, India

10. personal information
name pranav suresh chandra calcuttawala
relationship married
native place surat, gujrat, india
correspondent address c-15, samarth vihar, opp, sairaj residency, krishna chowk, new sangavi, pune - 411 027 maharastra , india
linkedin profile http://in.linkedin.com/in/pranav07
reference
Brian McAulifee
Producer at Foundation 9 Entertainment
(Details will be provided if requested)
Amol Gurwara
Head of Operations (INDIA) at Electronic Arts Mobile
(Details will be provided if requested)
Sourav Sagar Panda
Art Lead at Sourcebites Technologies
(Details will be provided if requested)

11. thank you
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