Thursday 4 April 2013

Course Instructor : Prof. Phani Tetali



Prof. PHANI TETALI 














He is an animator, a cartoonist and an illustrator. He teaches animation and game design at the Industrial Design Centre (IDC), IIT Bombay.
Please check  www.phanitetali.com

Animation
Gaming
New Media in Education

Academic background:
Bachelor of Technology, Institute of Technology, BHU (1988).
Master of Design in Visual Communication, Industrial Design Centre, IIT, Bombay  (1991).

About me

I was a mining engineer then. I used to spend my time deep underground in some dark corner of a remote coalmine sketching under the light of my helmet!! Until one day I decided that I wanted to become a full time cartoonist and animator. I packed my bags and left into the darkness leaving behind a note for my boss that I would not be coming back!! I had dreams to chase!! That was a cold winter night in 1988.

I went on to study visual communication design. And now, for the past 18 years, it has been great fun with cartoons, animation and computer graphics, and I don’t regret this one bit!!

Over the years, I have illustrated for Children’s books, drawn numerous cartoons, completed cartoon animation serials, produced video games, done special effects for feature films and worked on TV commercials.

Professional experience:

More than 18 years of experience in the Animation and Gaming Industries.
Vice President, FXLabs Studios, Hyderabad. He was also the Game Producer of an international  video game title. (2003-2008).
Vice President and CTO, Danlaw Technologies India Limited, Hyderabad (2001- 2003).
Vice President and CTO, DQ Entertainment, Hyderabad (2000-2001).
Independent Consultant in Animation for HCL Technologies Ltd.
Founder, Animatix Studios, Chennai (1994-1999), during which time he completed  a 13X22 minutes cartoon animation serial in Hindi called “Tara Ki Duniya” which   was telecast on the National Television Network in India.
Worked freelance on several commercials, Children’s Programmes, Feature Film Special Effects, Book Illustrations and Comic Books.
Member of the jury, FICCI Frames Best Animation film Awards, 2008 and 2009

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