Utkarsh Agnihotri

Technical Animator/ Rigger

Darmstadt, Germany

Summary

A rigging artist with 6+ years of production experience creating well-articulated and animation-friendly 400+ rigs across films, tv-series and games. Proficient in rigging, animation, and pipeline devlopement across a range of tools including Maya, Blender, Unreal Engine, and proprietary engines. Possesses strong understanding of motion capture and keyframe animation pipeline. Highly proactive and collborative to develope Python-based tools that enchance production efficiency and quality of life.

Skills

Software proficiency

Maya

Blender

Unreal Engine

Python

mGear

Cloud Rig

Qt Designer

ZBrush

MotionBuilder

Substance 3D Painter

Arnold

Mari

vcon blade

Faceware

Reel

Productions

- Video Game
  Project 5 ( Unreleased)
- Year
  2025
- Role
  Technical Animator
- Company
  Kaiko Games
- TV Production
  Tilda Appleseed Season 2
- Year
  2023
- Role
  3D Artist
- Company
  Mideu Films
- Movie
  ELLI Ungeheuer Geheim
- Year
  2024
- Role
  3D Generalist
- Company
  Traumhaus Studios
- TV Production
  Licht An!
- Year
  2023
- Role
  3D Generalist
- Company
  Traumhaus Studios
- Movie
  Digital Human - Pratyush Agnihotri
- Year
  2019
- Role
  FACS Blendshape sculpting/Face Rigging/Texturing/Shading/Face Capture
- Company
  Bachelor Project
- Movie
  Penny
- Year
  2019
- Role
  All aspects
- Company
  Academic Project
- Movie
  Garbage
- Year
  2018
- Role
  Character Rigger/ 3D Generalist
- Company
  Academic Project
- Movie
  Wizard Reptile
- Year
  2018
- Role
  Converting reptile concept of Alex Braun in 3D
- Company
  Personal Project
- Video Game
  VR 51
- Year
  2017
- Role
  Character Rigger/ Motion Capture
- Company
  Academic Project

Experience

Technical Animator at Kaiko Games
Frankfurt, DE
June 2023 - Present
-Worked on an action-adventure top-down perspective game, THQ Nordic IP, Project 5 (Unreleased).

-Created 48+ production rigs (13 characters, 5 creatures, 29 props, and 1 set) using mGear in Autodesk Maya, including prototype rigs.

-Developed an Asset Manager to streamline 1500+ assets dynamically for scene organization and export workflows, boosting team productivity by 30%.

-Experienced in working in SCRUM/agile-based teams, environments, and version control systems.
3D Artist at MIDEU Films
Erfurt, DE
February 2023 - May 2023
-Created 6 character setups for Tilda Apfelkerne Season 2, including modeling, texturing, and rigging using Rapid Rig.

-Converted Photoshop drawings into Maya rigs for cutout-style 2D animation.

-Responsible for prop modeling, rigging, and setting up 2D shots.
3D Generalist at Traumhaus Studios
Erfurt, DE
February 2021 - January 2023
-Responsible for rigging 257 props and vehicles for the movie Elli using Blender Cloud Rig,

-Created 4 hero vehicles and over 100 props rigs for the Netflix movie Stitch Head using Maya.

-Maintained truck and lamp rig for the new season of Licht an! using Maya.

-Developed Python tools to automate rigging and workflow tasks for the team.
Junior Artist at Luxx Studio / Luxx Film
Stuttgart, DE
August 2019 - April 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 rigs.
Summer Internship at metricminds
Frankfurt, DE
April 2017 - September 2017
-Cleaned motion capture data using Vcon Blade on tight sprint cycles.

-Engaged in motion capture shoots of Horizon and Surge as a set runner.

-Improved data of Limbic mars project, STC project resonance, and Screenday.

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