Hi, I'm Siddharth, a passionate game artist and animator based in Bangalore. With a background in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Madras and an M.A. in Animation and VFX, I've combined my technical skills with creative artistry to bring worlds and characters to life. I specialize in 2D animation, concept design, character animations, and world-building, and love working on projects that blend creativity with technology. Over the years, I've had the chance to work on developing RPG games, creating animated sequences for web series, and collaborating with creative teams on pre-production art. I'm always eager to learn new skills, experiment with artistic techniques, and contribute to engaging storytelling through animation and design.

Siddharth S Bhat

Hi, I'm Siddharth, a passionate game artist and animator based in Bangalore. With a background in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Madras and an M.A. in Animation and VFX, I've combined my technical skills with creative artistry to bring worlds and characters to life. I specialize in 2D animation, concept design, character animations, and world-building, and love working on projects that blend creativity with technology. Over the years, I've had the chance to work on developing RPG games, creating animated sequences for web series, and collaborating with creative teams on pre-production art. I'm always eager to learn new skills, experiment with artistic techniques, and contribute to engaging storytelling through animation and design.

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Hi, I’m Siddharth, a passionate game artist and animator based in Bangalore. With a background in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Madras and an M.A. in Animation and VFX, I’ve combined my technical skills with creative artistry to bring worlds and characters to life. I specialize in 2D animation, concept design, character animations, and world-building, and love working on projects that blend creativity with technology.

Over the years, I’ve had the chance to work on developing RPG games, creating animated sequences for web series, and collaborating with creative teams on pre-production art. I’m always eager to learn new skills, experiment with artistic techniques, and contribute to engaging storytelling through animation and design.

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Language

English
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Hindi
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Kannada
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Work Experience

Game Artist at The Brown Academy Ltd. (ORAND Gaming Pvt. Ltd.)
April 30, 2025 - July 22, 2025
Worked as a Game Artist and Designer for creating concept designs, final artwork, and animations for a 2D pixel art style creature battle-based RPG. Developed a variety of fictional creatures, environments, player and NPC characters, objects/items, icons, game menus/UI, and assets for kickstarter/website and cutscenes. Created auto-tiling/animated tilesets and weather effects using particle simulations and shaders in Unity. Contributed to world building, game mechanics balancing, terminology, and game testing.
Pre-Production Artist and Animation Intern at Kutuki
July 31, 2023 - July 22, 2025
Worked as a Pre-Production Artist with the Visual Content (Creative) team, creating storyboards and animatics from scripts including web series and songs. Rigged 2D puppet assets including complex head turns and transformations. As an intern, focused on character animations of humans and animals, rigging, compositing, adding Foley sounds, background music, and subtitles.
Pre-Production Artist and Animation Intern at Kutuki
July 31, 2019 - July 22, 2025
Worked mainly on character animations (humans and a variety of animals) as an Intern; along with rigging, compositing and adding Foley Sounds, BGM and Subtitles.
Product Development Engineer at Enfrien Technologies and Solutions Pvt. Ltd
July 31, 2017 - July 22, 2025
Worked in LED Lighting and designed/tested an improved heat sink using thermal simulations. Designed multiple products including modular LED spotlights, street light/high bay light, high power stadium floodlight, and retrofit mounts for upgrading existing CFL/halogen lamps to LED.
Summer Intern at GE (General Electric)
July 31, 2015 - July 22, 2025
Interned in the Power & Water department with the Power Generation Services team. Prepared presentations on Corrective And Preventative Actions (CAPAs) for faulty gas turbines. Conducted case studies on problems/solutions recorded for the 9E Fleet model of GE gas turbines.

Education

M.A. at Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore
January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2020
B. Tech. at Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2016
XII at CMR National Public School, Bangalore
January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2012
X at CMR National Public School, Bangalore
January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2010

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Industry Experience

Gaming, Media & Entertainment, Manufacturing, Energy & Utilities, Non-Profit Organization