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Swapnali Raje

Swapnali Raje

Mumbai,India

Summary

A creative professional with expertise in 2D animation, illustration, and storyboarding, demonstrating a strong ability to conceptualise and execute visual storytelling projects. Skilled in paper art and craft, stop motion animation, and set design, showcasing a diverse range of artistic capabilities. Effective communication and teamwork are core strengths, enabling collaboration on complex art installations and projects. Career goals include advancing the integration of innovative visual techniques in storytelling to captivate audiences.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work history

2D artist

Zvky Design studio
Bengaluru, Karnataka
01.2025 - 04.2025
  • Streamlined asset creation process for increased efficiency in production.
  • Worked under strict deadlines whilst maintaining high quality of work produced.
  • Utilised advanced Photoshop skills to refine textures and colours in designs.

Photoshop Illustrator

Native puppets animation studio
Bengaluru, India
12.2024 - 03.2025
  • Digitally recreated concepts in Photoshop based on initial pen and paper sketches.
  • Ensured clarity in illustrations through effective character posing, staging, and silhouette design.
  • Completed over 100 illustrations in alignment with employer's creative direction.

2D animator

Student live Action short film ( Freelance )
Mumbai , India
01.2022 - 04.2022
  • Designed and developed animation sequences of a live cockroach for the film “Ear Damage”.
  • Animated a large crowd of cockroaches crawling across 3D walls and floor of the room.
  • Animated all the cockroach shots on Callipeg software and successfully submitted the Live action graduation film.

Pre production artist

Kutuki ( Soniqmantra private limited )
Bengaluru, India
10.2021 - 12.2021
  • Developed and created storyboards for children’s stories with moral lessons.
  • Transformed the final storyboard into a short animatic video, aligned with key story beats
  • Produced a final animatic video, incorporating sound and dialogue in alignment with the script.

Education

Master of fine arts - Fine Arts

Middlesex university
United. Kingdom
09/2023 - 09/2024

Bachelor of Design ( BDES) - Animation Design

Mit institute of design
Pune
06/2017 - 05/2021

Skills

  • 2D Animation
  • Illustration
  • Storyboarding and Conceptualization
  • Paper Art and Craft
  • Stop Motion Animation
  • Effective Communication
  • Team work
  • Visual storytelling
  • Painting, drawing and art installations
  • set design
  • Asset creation
  • Project coordination
  • Concept development aptitude
  • Comic strip creation
  • Scripting

Languages

English
Advanced
Marathi
Fluent
Hindi
Advanced

Accomplishments

    Our film TIME AND AGAIN , a sand animated short film won “The Best Student film Award“ in the Big Cartoon Festival, Russia.

Affiliations

  • Set Design, Photography, swimming , dance

Timeline

2D artist

Zvky Design studio
01.2025 - 04.2025

Photoshop Illustrator

Native puppets animation studio
12.2024 - 03.2025

2D animator

Student live Action short film ( Freelance )
01.2022 - 04.2022

Pre production artist

Kutuki ( Soniqmantra private limited )
10.2021 - 12.2021

Master of fine arts - Fine Arts

Middlesex university
09/2023 - 09/2024

Bachelor of Design ( BDES) - Animation Design

Mit institute of design
06/2017 - 05/2021
Swapnali Raje