Interview with motion graphics designer, oasisfx

I have been working in the creative industry for over 10 years and was always into cartoons while growing up, wondering how they would be created. I enrolled for a small course in 3D/Animation in my hometown, used to surf online for tutorials, and watch it on my Nokia N70. Later on, got this wonderful opportunity to work in an animation studio as a Lighting/Shading artist. I was doing that for a year or two and got another opportunity to learn/explore FX in that same studio. After that, I was so much drawn into the visual aspects and the process of creating FX, that I­ got promoted as Lead FX artist. My utmost passion and hunger for knowledge to create visual designs have paved the way for success in my career. From Nokia N70 to 27inch dual monitor, Threadripper Workstation. :D

First of all, I would like to thank Videobolt for providing this amazing platform to artists like me where I can showcase my talent to the world. I am glad and happy that the Videobolt community has admired my templates and feel honored to have aspired to them. As my templates are mostly based on 3D simulation, it looks artistic as well as catchy for the viewers when they want to showcase their logo, probably this is one of the reasons why there’s a big number of downloads. As I am very passionate about creating artistic designs, I give my best to create templates that serve the purpose of enhancing the visual showcase and making it more presentable.

I mostly prefer to do intros since I can make something quick and catchy. I do spend a lot of time thinking about different ideas for logo reveals and most of the time get inspired by what I visualize when doing some random play-around in 3D. At this moment, I do think I am better off doing logo reveals but would not discount the fact of trying other categories that might interest me in the future.

My regular weekdays basically involve working in the studio as Lead FX Artist/Visual Designer. I work on projects that involve visual effects, do some RNDs based on the reference provided by our clients. I try to gather visual ideas based on the references and start doing the simulation. My advice for the young designers would be to just keep progressing even though the results don’t seem to be as good, keep on trying to make it better. We might get discouraged when we don’t see that good of a result but when we keep on trying, we definitely teach ourselves so many things along the way. Mistakes can happen but that’s when you learn the most. I do have normal working hours, sometimes it’s crunched but I still manage to get my rest and spend time with my family. I love reading mangas and watching Anime. It has actually aspired me to come up with different ideas for my work. Apart from that, I am a huge Naruto fan, my favorite character would be Kakashi.

Throughout the year, I have seen big advancements in terms of design software. All the big companies have continued progressing their software every year with different changes made towards bringing high-quality designs, artist-friendly interface, and faster results. It has been a challenge for me to keep up with the new updates from all this software as it is progressing so fast but I feel this is going to bring a big breakthrough in the near future with real-time rendering, real-time animation, AR/VR, game engines and many more. Possibilities are endless here.

Videobolt has been a great experience for me and I am absolutely privileged to be a part of this growing community. This has been a great platform for me where I could showcase my skills to create different designs and make an impact in our community. I have been inspired by so many designers in our community where I constantly follow their works. It has been a source of motivation for me to see the wonderful designs made by fellow Videobolt authors. As our community is growing, I want to inspire and get inspired by Videobolt.

While I was starting, I was always inspired by my supervisors. They have been a big inspiration for me throughout my career and somehow helped me to pave my path towards platforms like Videobolt. I also follow different designers/authors, love what they do and always take inspiration from their work.

As an artist, I always keep myself out of negativity and see things in a positive way. From this pandemic, I have actually learned the importance of family and friends. I do believe, different people have different spectrums in life, but if we have people around us who care about us, they make our lives so much better. I find happiness in the smallest things around me and if I can give a life lesson to someone, would always tell them to find happiness in small things around you because that small thing actually matters, we might not realize the importance of it then but when it’s gone, we will miss it very much. Keep smiling, keep inspiring.

Thank you for having me in this wonderful community. It has been a great journey so far with Videobolt. I will keep progressing myself and give my best to be a valuable author for this community.