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I am a Lighting Artist with 10+ years of experience across Animation, 3D Visualization, VFX, Games, and AR/VR. I bring strong project management and client expectations management skills, and I have provided onsite technical support for high-profile European clients at marketing tradeshows. I am excited to contribute to a team with a focus on innovative visuals and interactive experiences. My strengths include shading, lighting, and look development, with hands-on experience in Unreal Engine, Blender, and asset pipelines. I look forward to applying my expertise to new challenges and helping teams deliver compelling, immersive visuals.…I am a Lighting Artist with 10+ years of experience across Animation, 3D Visualization, VFX, Games, and AR/VR. I bring strong project management and client expectations management skills, and I have provided onsite technical support for high-profile European clients at marketing tradeshows. I am excited to contribute to a team with a focus on innovative visuals and interactive experiences. My strengths include shading, lighting, and look development, with hands-on experience in Unreal Engine, Blender, and asset pipelines. I look forward to applying my expertise to new challenges and helping teams deliver compelling, immersive visuals.

Udaya Shankar Kumaresan

Lighting, 3D Designer, Project Manager, +1

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I am a Lighting Artist with 10+ years of experience across Animation, 3D Visualization, VFX, Games, and AR/VR. I bring strong project management and client expectations management skills, and I have provided onsite technical support for high-profile European clients at marketing tradeshows. I am excited to contribute to a team with a focus on innovative visuals and interactive experiences. My strengths include shading, lighting, and look development, with hands-on experience in Unreal Engine, Blender, and asset pipelines. I look forward to applying my expertise to new challenges and helping teams deliver compelling, immersive visuals.…I am a Lighting Artist with 10+ years of experience across Animation, 3D Visualization, VFX, Games, and AR/VR. I bring strong project management and client expectations management skills, and I have provided onsite technical support for high-profile European clients at marketing tradeshows. I am excited to contribute to a team with a focus on innovative visuals and interactive experiences. My strengths include shading, lighting, and look development, with hands-on experience in Unreal Engine, Blender, and asset pipelines. I look forward to applying my expertise to new challenges and helping teams deliver compelling, immersive visuals.

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I am a Lighting Artist with 10+ years of experience across Animation, 3D Visualization, VFX, Games, and AR/VR. I bring strong project management and client expectations management skills, and I have provided onsite technical support for high-profile European clients at marketing tradeshows. I am excited to contribute to a team with a focus on innovative visuals and interactive experiences.

My strengths include shading, lighting, and look development, with hands-on experience in Unreal Engine, Blender, and asset pipelines. I look forward to applying my expertise to new challenges and helping teams deliver compelling, immersive visuals.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

Tamil

Advanced

Work Experience

Care Giving Break

September 1, 2024 - December 1, 2025

3D Artist - Lighting & Look Dev at THE TMRW FOUNDATION

October 1, 2023 - July 1, 2024

Accountable for Environment Creation, Shading, Lighting & Lookdev for Bank3D Project. Developed various cinematics using Unreal Engine for marketing purposes. Collaborating with code developers to add numerous artistic features in Reality OS.

Lighting Artist at Freelance

August 1, 2022 - September 1, 2023

Asset optimization for glTF workflow. Scene lighting and light baking in Blender.

Lead Lighting & Look Dev at BuMo XR

August 1, 2014 - June 1, 2022

Accountable for Shading, Lighting & Lookdev for 20+ projects for healthcare and industrial clients. Developed and integrated the Blender Rendering pipeline into the studio to increase production value. Project manager & Client Manager for marquee clients, providing customised solutions. Onsite technical support & consultant for KUKA Robotics in Augsburg, Germany on their Airbus assembly line and for Accuray Radiotherapy in Morges, Switzerland.

Lighting Artist at Fat Balloon Animations

April 1, 2012 - July 1, 2014

Lighting, Shading & Lookdev for several animated short films.