Abhinav Chokhavatia

Current

Founder & CEO at Zatun

Past

3D Modeler / Texture Artist at Ubisoft
3D Artist/ 3D Animator at Self employed (Self-employed)
3D Web Artist at Simply Marketing

3D Game Artist at Octoplus

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Education

Vancouver Film School
GLS IIT, Ahmedabad, India
Arena Multimedia, Ahmedabad, India

Alliance Franchise, Ahmedabad, India
St. Xavier's Loyola Hall, Ahmedabad, India

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Computer Games

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Abhinav Chokhavatia’s Summary

Over 6 years of experience in the video game industry and more than 9 years of experience in the 3D Industry.

Established Zatun, a videogame development and a games outsourcing company developing fun, immersive and engaging games while providing video game art services to game developers and publishers worldwide.

Zatun is also a licensed Apple iPhone developer and is meanwhile we are working on our 2D action arcade game “The Legend of Vraz”.

Abhinav Chokhavatia’s Specialties:

Video Game Development
-Game Design and Game Development
-Casual Game Development

Video Game Outsourcing
-Concepts
-Low Polygon and High Polygon Modeling (Characters, Environments, Props, Vehicles, Weapons)
-UV Mapping |Texturing | Normal Mapping
-Character and Assets animation
-Online Games | Casual Games Art Packages

Managerial
-Game Producer
-Business Development
-Client Relationship
-Team Creation and Management
-Project Management

Abhinav Chokhavatia’s Experience

Founder & CEO

Zatun

(Computer Games industry)

October 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)
3D Modeler / Texture Artist

Ubisoft

(Public Company; UBI; Computer Games industry)

September 2004 — June 2006 (1 year 10 months)

Projects worked on:

Rainbow Six: Lockdown (XBOX)
Splinter Cell: Double Agent (PS2)
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (PS2)
Farcry: Predator (XBOX 360)
Rainbow Six: Vegas (XBOX 360)
3D Artist/ 3D Animator
Self employed (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Arts and Crafts industry)

May 2004 — August 2004 (4 months)

Freelanced for various clients including EA in the video game industry.
3D Web Artist

Simply Marketing

(Privately Held; Consumer Services industry)

September 2003 — May 2004 (9 months)

-Created and managed websites for an e-commerce company which had its presence in more than 25 locations across the globe.

-Created 3d web graphics of various products in VRML and viewpoint format for online purposes.

-Optimized websites using SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and had 4 websites on the first page of Google for over 6 months.
3D Game Artist

Octoplus

(Public Company; Pharmaceuticals industry)

October 2002 — March 2003 (6 months)

- Game Designer/ 3D Modeler / Texture Artist for a PC Cricket Game.

-Created Main Interface/ Menus /HUD for the Game in the ‘Auran’ Game engine.

Abhinav Chokhavatia’s Education

Vancouver Film School

Diploma in 3d Animation And Effects , 2001 — 2002
GLS IIT, Ahmedabad, India

Diploma in Information Technology , 1999 — 2001
Arena Multimedia, Ahmedabad, India

Advanced Diploma in Multimedia , 1998 — 2001
Alliance Franchise, Ahmedabad, India

Pre-Diploma in French , 1998 — 2000
St. Xavier's Loyola Hall, Ahmedabad, India

1984 — 1998