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Technical animator and character rigger with 6+ years of production experience across games, film, and real-time pipelines. Specialized in scalable rigging/skin deformation workflows using Maya and Unreal Engine, with strong understanding of Control Rig systems, animation blueprints, and performance-focused iteration. Builds production-ready character and prop pipelines and develops Python-based tooling to automate asset management and improve team productivity. Experienced collaborating with artists, designers, and engineers to deliver robust, production-ready solutions that bridge animation and technology.…Technical animator and character rigger with 6+ years of production experience across games, film, and real-time pipelines. Specialized in scalable rigging/skin deformation workflows using Maya and Unreal Engine, with strong understanding of Control Rig systems, animation blueprints, and performance-focused iteration. Builds production-ready character and prop pipelines and develops Python-based tooling to automate asset management and improve team productivity. Experienced collaborating with artists, designers, and engineers to deliver robust, production-ready solutions that bridge animation and technology.

Utkarsh Agnihotri

Animator, Character Rigger, Game Developer, +1

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Technical animator and character rigger with 6+ years of production experience across games, film, and real-time pipelines. Specialized in scalable rigging/skin deformation workflows using Maya and Unreal Engine, with strong understanding of Control Rig systems, animation blueprints, and performance-focused iteration. Builds production-ready character and prop pipelines and develops Python-based tooling to automate asset management and improve team productivity. Experienced collaborating with artists, designers, and engineers to deliver robust, production-ready solutions that bridge animation and technology.…Technical animator and character rigger with 6+ years of production experience across games, film, and real-time pipelines. Specialized in scalable rigging/skin deformation workflows using Maya and Unreal Engine, with strong understanding of Control Rig systems, animation blueprints, and performance-focused iteration. Builds production-ready character and prop pipelines and develops Python-based tooling to automate asset management and improve team productivity. Experienced collaborating with artists, designers, and engineers to deliver robust, production-ready solutions that bridge animation and technology.

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Technical animator and character rigger with 6+ years of production experience across games, film, and real-time pipelines. Specialized in scalable rigging/skin deformation workflows using Maya and Unreal Engine, with strong understanding of Control Rig systems, animation blueprints, and performance-focused iteration.

Builds production-ready character and prop pipelines and develops Python-based tooling to automate asset management and improve team productivity. Experienced collaborating with artists, designers, and engineers to deliver robust, production-ready solutions that bridge animation and technology.

Skills

Experience Level

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Expert

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Expert

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Expert

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Intermediate

Intermediate

Technical Illustration

Beginner

Language

English

Fluent

Hindi

Fluent

German

Beginner

Work Experience

Technical Animator at Kaiko Games

June 1, 2023 - August 31, 2025

Worked on an action-adventure top-down perspective game (THQ Nordic IP, Project 5 - unreleased). Created 48+ production-ready, optimized, scalable character rigs and prop rigs using mGear in Autodesk Maya for gameplay animations. Developed a Python-based Asset Manager tool to manage 1,500+ assets, improving animation team productivity by ~30%. Collaborated with designers and gameplay engineers to support animation-driven mechanics and prototype gameplay rigs, retargeting 3ds Max animations to Maya rigs. Supported animation pipelines using SC RUM-based development with version control systems.

3D Artist at MIDEU FILMS

February 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023

Created 6 character setups for Tilda Apfelkerne Season 2, including modeling, texturing, and rigging using Rapid Rig. Converted Photoshop illustrations into Maya rigs for cutout-style 2D animation.

3D Generalist at Traumhaus Studios

February 1, 2021 - January 31, 2023

Responsible for rigging 257 props and vehicles for the movie ELLI UNDGEHEUER GEHEIM using Blender Cloud Rig. Created 4 hero vehicles and 100+ prop rigs for the Netflix movie Stitch Head using Maya. Maintained truck and lamp rig setups for Licht an! Season 2 using Maya. Developed Python tools to automate rigging and workflow tasks for the team.

Freelance Character Artist at Trail Digital

November 1, 2020 - February 28, 2021

Designed 4 visually appealing and ethical characters for a YouTube series. Created environments and set dressings to support storytelling and visual consistency. Set up a Reallusion workflow in Unreal Engine using Character Creator, Substance Painter, iClone 7, and ZBrush for real-time rendering.

Junior Artist at LUXX FILM

August 1, 2019 - April 30, 2020

Produced 4 custom character rigs for the teaser of Tafiti using Blender. Created a variety of rig types including bipedal, quadruped, and insect rigs. Applied anatomical principles of meerkats, red river hogs, snakes, and beetles in rig creation.

Motion Capture Intern at metricminds

April 1, 2017 - September 30, 2017

Cleaned motion capture data using Vicon Blade on tight sprint cycles. Participated in motion capture shoots of Horizon and Surge as a stunt runner. Improved data for Limbic mars project, STC project resonance, and Screenday assets.