A virtuoso in the art of visual expression, I am a harmonious blend of traditional craftsmanship and contemporary innovation. Rooted in the meticulous world of typeface drawing, I have spent countless hours shaping words into tangible art forms, a testament to the enduring beauty of handcrafted typography. My artistic journey has expanded beyond the printed page, immersing me in the vibrant realms of painting, graphic design, and the dynamic world of digital media.

My passion for design has led me to explore the limitless possibilities of print, web, and electronic media, where I seamlessly blend aesthetics with functionality. In the ever-evolving landscape of digital art, I have embraced the challenge of sculpting narratives in three dimensions, bringing characters and environments to life with the magic of animation.

My artistic repertoire is a testament to my unwavering dedication to mastering diverse mediums. From the tactile experience of paper and ink to the boundless creativity of the digital realm, I am a storyteller who weaves visual tales that captivate and inspire.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Mohammed Shamshad Hussain
#10-28, Old Bank Bazar, Namburu, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India – 522 508.
+91 90528 90682, mshussaina@gmail.com, www.mshussaina.com,
Nationality: Indian, DOB: 26/07/1974

Since – January 2016 : Graphic Designer / Visual Art Facilitator

VIVA – VVIT, Namburu, Guntur. Education Sector

Designing advertising campaign, stationeries and event campaigns at VIVA & VVIT

Designing Viva School and VVIT College’s Annual Prospectus, Brochures, Flyers, News Paper Advertisements, Television Advertisements, Bus Advertisements, Bill Boards, Signage & Pathway Signage Boards, Department Boards, Books Cover Pages, Festival Greetings, Etc.

Designing Regular Stationary Materials like Academic Calendars, Diaries, Staff & Student ID Cards, Business Cards, Letter Heads, Envelopes, Certificates, Mementoes, House Flags, Belts, Badges, Etc.

VVIT has 2 Major Events in a Year with 5 – 10 K Participation, Designing Brochures - Marketing Materials – Banners – Stationeries and Etc. and Designing Banners for many monthly events and guest lecture programs for each department.

VIVA has 2 Major Events in a Year with full school strength Participation, Designing Invitations, Banners – Stationeries and Etc. and Designing Banners for many monthly events and Inter house competitions for each section.

Facilitating Primary Years Visual Art Program at VIVA School

Planning Scope and Sequences, Concept and Skills Development, Approaches to Learning and Program of Inquiry for PP1 to Grade 5.

Planning Unit of Inquiry for each class with collaboration to Homeroom Units and making transdisciplinary integration.

Implementing learning goals after a prior knowledge assessment and facilitating engaging learning experiences, involving students as active participants in their learning by Teacher and Student questions.

Gathering evidences about students’ emerging knowledge, conceptual understanding and skills.

Facilitating the thoughtful use of resources, both in and beyond the learning community to enhance and extend learning.

Providing opportunities to self-assessment and peer feedback and self-evaluate their artworks.

Supporting opportunities for student-initiated action throughout the inquiry and presenting their Artworks in school Annual Day Celebrations’ Art Exhibition.

WORK EXPERIENCE

January 2015 – December 2015 : Artist / Graphic Designer

Freelance, Labbipet, Vijayawada. Art and Graphic Design

Graphic Design in print publication and 3D Rendering in Architectural Visualization

Graphic Design of BMTPC Report-2 (64 Pages Book) of School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada.

Graphic Design of quarterly magazine VVIT Today, for Vasireddy Venkatadri Institute of Technologies.

Graphic Design and Illustrations of BMTPC Case study report (74 Illustrations and 224 Pages Book) of School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada.

3D Relief mural with Korean Top Marble with lighting effect on Qibla wall of Masjid-e-Mohammed, at Pedakakani, Guntur.

Acrylic colour Mural Painting in Interior Ceiling with Islamic Art, at Masjid-e-Mohammed, at Pedakakani, Guntur.

Concept Design, 3D Rendering Exterior of Masjid-e-Abdus Samad at Sattenapalli in association with M/s. M A Hakeem Associates, Guntur.

Concept Design, 3D Renderings interiors and facades of several Independent House projects of M/s. Paradise Construction.

Concept Design, 3D Rendering Farm House Exterior of Mr. Subhan & Sons at Kaza, Guntur in association with M/s. Aha projects, Guntur.

April 2013 – December 2014 : Faculty / 3D Animator

K L University, Vijayawada. Education Sector

Art Faculty in B.Sc. Visual Communication

Founding member of Department of Creative Arts and Media Studies and participated in designing Curriculum for B.Sc. Visual Communication Programme.

Headed Board of Studies Meeting and satisfied University Dean of Academic as well as Visual Media Industry Human Resource Heads.

As an Art Faculty, for First Year of B.Sc. Visual Communications, I made sure to developed competencies in Eye-Hand coordination, Understanding Visual Elements, Understanding Perspective View, Understanding Design Principles and Focused on Light, Colour and its Combinations and Psychology.

Graphic Designer and 3D Animator

3D Modelling for web developers and reproduced 3D model for whole 50 acres campus to develop walkthrough in University website.

Graphic Designing for marketing and administration team, designed promotional and advertising materials for University and its various departments and their events.

3D Rendering for Construction Department for various upcoming establishments.

July 2011– March 2013 : Graphic Designer / Visual Art Trainer

Freelance, Brodiepet, Guntur. Graphic Design and Art Training

Graphic Design in print publication and 3D Rendering for Architects and Engineers

Designed Logos, Brochures, Outdoor advertising materials for various clients.

Conceptualizing and 3D Rendering of Masjid-e-Subhan, at Vidya Nagar Main Road, Guntur, in association with M/s. Shakeel Associates, Guntur.

3D Rendering of St. Boggs’s Church at Sattenapalli in association with M/s. G S Architects, Guntur.

Conceptualizing and 3D Rendering of Gloria Dei Church, at Rajahmundry in association with M/s. M A Hakeem Associates, Guntur.

Conceptualizing and 3D Rendering of Urdu Ghar, Guntur in association with M/s. Kiran Consultants, Guntur.

3D Rendering of Sibar Dental College, Guntur, in association with M/s. M A Hakeem Associates, Guntur.

Conceptualizing and 3D Rendering and execution support working drawings for Bara Imam Mosque, Guntur, in association with M/s. M A Hakeem Associates, Guntur.

3D Rendering of Guntur Madrasa, at Guntur, in association with M/s. M A Hakeem Associates.

3D Renderings of several Independent Houses and Apartments, of several places and for various clients.

3D Rendering of Jamaath-e-Lababin Mosque, Vijayawada, in association with M/s. M A Hakeem Associates, Guntur.

Visual Art and Graphic Arts Training

Guest Faculty, Career-Oriented Certificate Program in DTP, at Govt. College of Women, Guntur, Affiliated to Acharya Nagarjuna University.

Coordinator, One Week Contact Program for each semester of Bachelor of Fine Arts Open University Course, at Model Art Academy Guntur affiliated to Karnataka State Open University.

Art Teacher, Perspective Drawing for NATA (National Aptitude Test in Architecture) Exams, at Vortex Animations.

August 2010 – June 2011 : Faculty in Multimedia Graphic Arts and Centre Head

Model Multimedia, (Franchise of Arena Animations) Brodiepet, Guntur. Education Sector

Multimedia Graphic Arts Faculty in Design fundamentals, Drawing/painting, Digital Painting using Photoshop software, Clay/Wax Sculpting, 3D Modelling using MAYA Software and support in portfolio management.

Facilitator, Art Kids, Kids Fun Art & Craft Summer Camp, at Guntur Club, for Model Art Academy.

Coordinator, Art Kids Facilitators Training Program, at Model Art Academy.

Head, Design Team of Art Kids Program (An Integration of Art with School Education), at Model Art Academy.

Model Multimedia Centre Head

Event Design Head and Member of Organizing Committee for Antharyami, an event of spontaneous spot painting around 400 professional artists from various states, in the presence of H H Sri Sri Ravi Sankarji (Art of Living) at Guntur.

Head, Guntur wall art project, an initiative of Model multimedia to beautify the home town, in association with local artists and funded by Guntur Municipality, (beautified 10,000 Sq. Ft. of public places walls).

December 2009 – July 2010 : Art Lecturer

Image College of Art Animation & Technology, Bangalore, Affiliated with University of Wales (Prifysgol Cymru). Education Sector

Facilitating Foundation Art, Broad concepts of Visual expression, Visual inquiry and Self expression for First Year Under Graduate Students in 3D Animation, Visual Effects and Game Design programs.

Facilitating Advanced Art, Design methodologies, Technical understanding of Life-drawing, Expressive colours and Story boarding for Second Year Under Graduate Students in 3D Animation, Visual Effects and Game Design programs.

Support in portfolio presentation for Under graduate and Post graduate students in 3D Animation, Visual Effects and Game Design programs.

March 2007 – November 2009 : Graphic Designer / Multimedia Graphic Arts Practice.

Freelance, Arundelpet, Guntur.

Graphic Design Services and Multimedia Graphic Arts Practice.

Graphic Design services in print publication for various clients.

Practicing on Multimedia Graphic Arts learnt during 2006 - ‘07 a yearlong PG Diploma in 3D Animation program from ICAT, Chennai.

Created a Super hero fiction character based on Indian Mythology and its movie concept of futuristic timeline with life on extra terrestrial planet and conflict with humans and its target audience are enough grown children.

October 2004 – September 2005 : Graphic Designer cum Printing Consultant

Corporate Image, Dar-us-Salaam, Tanzania. Advertising and Promotional Printing

Graphic Designing and Printing support for Silk screen printing and Digital embroidery and for Promotional printing material.

Graphic Designing for Offset printing and Large format printing for Print media advertisement and Point of purchase display materials.

January2003 – September 2004: Graphic Designer

Freelance, Arundelpet, Guntur. Graphic Design Services

Cover page designing for various Book publishers.

Graphic design outsources for various Advertising agencies.

September 2000 – December 2002 : Graphic Designer

New Computerised Printing Centre, Arundelpet, Guntur. Printing and Packaging Sector

Graphic designing for Agricultural product’s Packaging and Marketing materials through both Offset and Silk screen printing on various medias like Paper, Board, Cloth, Jute and Flute Boards.

December 1998 – August 2000 : Computer Graphic Artist

Crystal Dot Scans Pvt. Ltd., Governorpet, Vijayawada. Design & Prepress Services

Graphic Designing and Pre-press services like HD Image scanning, Image enhancement and Image manipulation, Page layout for Ad-agencies, Publishers and Printing Companies.

February 1997 – November 1998 : Illustrator and Cover Page Designer.

Yugbodh Offset Pvt. Ltd., Raipur, M.P. Private KG to PG Books Publishing

Digital Illustrations for various Science and Social Diagrams and Cover page Designing for School and College Books.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

2006 - ’07: Post Graduate Diploma in 3D Animation. 72.2%
Image College of Arts and Animation. Mylapur, Chennai, India.
Visual Design, 3D Fundamentals, Graphic Design, 3D Animation and Project.

1992 - ’96: Bachelors of Commerce, Private Study at Nagarjuna University. 5.2 GPA
Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar, Guntur.
English, Hindi, Commerce, Income Tax, Cost Accountancy and Indian Heritage and Culture, Science and Civilization.

1991 - ’96: Apprenticeship at Artist, Photographer, Commercial Designer & Printer Mr. T. B. Raj Kapoor
Suprint DC, Lalapet, Guntur.
Letter typesetting, Typeface drawing (Telugu & English), Photography, Lithography block making, Silk screen printing, Offset film mixing, Freehand drawing, Sign board painting, Figure and landscape painting, Computer graphics and Digital image input - output processing.

1989 - ’91: Intermediate by Board of Intermediate Education, Andhra Pradesh. 4.4 GPA
Hindu College, Market Centre, Guntur.
English, Hindi, Civics, Economics and Commerce.

1984 - ’89: Secondary School Certificate (X) by Board of Secondary Education, Andhra Pradesh. 5.1 GPA
Hindu College High School, Market Centre, Guntur.
English, Hindi, Telugu, General Science, Social Studies and Mathematics.

1979 - ’84: Elementary School Education by Aided Elementary School Education, Andhra Pradesh.
Ravindra Vidyalayam Aided Elementary School, Lalapet, Guntur.
Telugu, General Science, Environment Studies and Mathematics.

CORE COMPETENCIES

MOTHER TONGUE: URDU

OTHER LANGUAGES
ENGLISH: Excellent Reading skills | Good Writing skills | Good Verbal skills
HINDI: Good Reading skills | Good Writing skills | Excellent Verbal skills
TELUGU: Excellent Reading skills | Excellent Writing skills | Excellent Verbal skills

PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
Born in an educated family, I have imbibed qualities of making the people convince of my expressions in a more pacifying manner.
Working as a Visual Communicator since 27 years with Traditional and Digital Art medias. I am well versed with Digital Illustration, Print Production Design and I have a good understanding in Web Design, Video Editing/Compositing, 2D Animation, 3D Animation and Architectural Visualization.

SOCIAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
I am good at communicating my feelings and expressions in a more compromising way, since I am accustomed to move with my multinational and multicultural peers and friends socially.
In a way, I am fearless and can adapt to any circumstances and can feel stress free at all happenings in my career and foster my children to live a life of meaning and worth.

ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
Blessed with the abilities that can let me focused on personal, professional and social tasks using time, energy, strength, mental capacity and physical space effectively and efficiently to achieve the desired outcome.
Especially during pandemic, I am able to satisfactorily volunteer my neighborhood to support them logistically and morally while I am coping with financial crisis, adopting remote work style and family safety.

TECHNICAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
To meet the demands of the upcoming trends in my profession and continues zeal to update my position in industry, I learned and opted upcoming programs during my career span.
I am well versed with both Mac and Windows operating systems at ease and comfort.

• Environments: WINDOWS | MACINTOSH
• Technical Illustrations: Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop | Excellent
• Print Design: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe In Design and Adobe Photoshop | Excellent
• Web Design: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Dream Weaver and Hostinger Website Builder | Good
• Video Editing: Adobe Premier and Sonic Sound Forge | Good
• Video Compositing: Adobe After Effects | Good
• 2D Animation: Adobe Flash | Good
• 3D Animation: Autodesk Maya | Good
• Architectural Visualization: Perspective drawing in Gothic and Islamic Style Arts. Autodesk 3DS Max, VRay and Adobe Photoshop | Excellent

ARTISTIC SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
Since I crave to be unique, I explore various methods and tools to be artistic. I am a lover of music, I enjoy listening music from various cultures.
Other than digital art I am basically started with traditional art, I have a very good freehand over Type face drawing in English and Telugu, perspective drawing, Pencil shading, Landscape Acrylic and Water Colour Painting.
I can create unique props, sets and I also can create fantasy characters with a bit of posing support.
Since a decade I am working as a freelance Architectural Visualizer for Churches and Mosques, I have a good understanding over Gothic and Islamic Art Styles.

OTHER SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
Since we spend more time with our co-workers than our family, I always strive to make workplace most pleasant place splendid with team spirit. I show zeal and enthusiasm to learn new things from various sources. I observe each and every one and try to absorb all the good and strive to implement in my career.
I am a continuous Learner, right now I have aimed on Adobe Firefly, an artificial intelligence image generator software and Adobe XD, an user interface and user experience design software.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

References

Mr. T. B. Raj Kapoor (Graphic Arts Teacher)
Commercial Designer, Suprint DC, Hyderabad.
+91 98850 54260, email: suprintdc@gmail.com

Mr. K. Rajendra Kumar (Fraternity)
H. O. D. English Dept. VIVA The School by VVIT, Nambur, Guntur.
+91 90106 71023, email: rk.insrimedhag@gmail.com

Ms. Mamta Govil (Former IB PYP Head)
Cambridge Coordinator, Seth Anandram Jaipuria School, Kanpur.
+91 93605 80154, email: mamgrish@gmail.com