Killivalavan Solai

About Killivalavan Solai

I am an artist, engineer, educator, filmmaker and an entrepreneur. I have 20+ years of…

Experience

1. Digital Art Director

   Center For Innovation In Teaching & Learning Citl , University Of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign

   Mar 2016 — Present · Urbana-Champaign, IL, US

   Responsible for overseeing the digital art direction of Instructional Media Resources unit; ensuring that all artwork, branding, multimedia and graphics content produced properly communicates learning objectives, as well as surpasses production quality industry standards• Lead, manage and mentor the IMR Graphics Team to develop creative and engaging solutions for research, publication, online education, face-to-face instruction and global distribution• Lead and manage VR/AR/XR initiatives at CITL• Collaborate with colleagues and partners from university and non-university units/organizations as part of strategic plans to share insights, skills, techniques, content, and audience• Collaborate with researchers, subject matter experts and instructors in creating original academic content to serve the purpose of the university and global partners

Education

• Amrita Institute of Technology and Science

  Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering

  2001 — 2005

• School of Visual Arts

  Master of Fine Arts, Computer Art - 3d Animation concentration

  2010 — 2012

Skills

• Ndynamics
• 3d
• Animation
• Film
• Mac
• Cloth Simulation
• Houdini
• Motion Tracking
• Traditional Animation
• Post Production
• Rendering
• Troubleshooting
• Compositing
• Particle Effects
• Character Rigging
• Zbrush
• Collaborative Problem Solving
• Nuke
• Mental Ray
• Flash
• Multimedia
• 3d Rendering
• Entrepreneurship
• Digital Compositing
• Ncloth
• Computer Graphics
• Pftrack
• Mel
• Stop Motion
• Art
• Indesign
• Rigging
• Computer Animation
• Storyboarding
• Illustrator
• Texturing
• Character Animation
• Premiere
• 3d Animation
• Dynamics