Siddhant Jaokar was fascinated by 3D work quite a while ago and that took him into making his own 3D designs. Working as a freelancer now, he always had strong influences that shaped him into who he is today. He understands that experience will always be worth more than people realise.
Tell us about your journey from discovering your craft to acquiring the skill you have now.
It was probably 2009 when I saw a few renders online and I was wondering how something like that could be made. I started doing some research on 3D softwares and found out that Cinema4D was used to create that. So I started learning Cinema4D by watching tutorials on YouTube. But at that time I was really interested in Industrial design so in 2011 I applied for Industrial Design in Symbiosis Institute of Design and I got in, and I completed my bachelor’s in 2015, so in those 4 years I didn’t really work in Cinema4D or anything related to that.
After graduation I got a job, but I didn’t really enjoy working there so I decided to quit that job and start freelancing as it was something which I wanted to try. Around November 2015 I saw this video by Beeple at FITC and I was really inspired by his everyday projects and decided to give it a shot. And that’s how it began.
After dealing with various demands from clients and/or bosses, what’s that one lesson you will always remember?
Be specific about the deliverables and the amount of iterations.
As a designer, whose work do you admire the most in the world? What do you appreciate about their work?
H.R. Giger, he was a pure genius. What I like about his painting and designs is the aesthetics of machines fused to organic beings.
What do people not realize about your work?
People generally seem to undervalue experience and the sense of intuition.
The story goes that Picasso was sitting in a Paris café when an admirer approached and asked if he would do a quick sketch on a paper napkin. Picasso politely agreed, swiftly executed the work, and handed back the napkin — but not before asking for a rather significant amount of money. The admirer was shocked: “How can you ask for so much? It took you a minute to draw this!” “No”, Picasso replied, “It took me 40 years”. People generally seem to undervalue experience and the sense of intuition.
Which project of yours are you particularly proud of? Could you tell us a little more about it?
I really enjoy my Everyday projects, as it’s a lot fun working on something different every day and it helps me develop new ideas for my other projects.
Give us a piece of advice that really helps you with your own workflow.
I use an app called Xnview to browse through images, it’s also good for organizing your images.
What are you working on now?
I have a few client projects and I am also working on some personal projects.
Where do you see yourself in the future?
Currently I am working as a freelancer, so I think I would be working freelance but I also want to have my own design studio.
Have you tried out a completely different creative field? How did that turn out?
Well, I studied Industrial Design and then worked as a Product designer in a Packaging firm and now I am working Freelance doing Motion Design, Graphic Design and Digital Art, and all the fields turned out to be pretty good.
If you had to start afresh in the industry today, what path would you choose?
I would choose Motion Design.
If you could claim that any one (person’s work) in the world was yours, what would it be?
I wouldn’t do that, no one should do that.
Now that you’re getting/you have a firm foothold in the creative world, what would you like to say to ‘all the haters’?
Work hard and be nice to people.
Favourite font?
Favourite movie?
A book everybody should read?
Wabi-Sabi by Leonard Koren
Your quick tip to all designers?
Backup all of your works and then backup that backup.
What’s the best project you’ve seen on IndieFolio?
This one called The Evolution by Prasad Bhat.
Could you make something exclusive for us in the next 5 minutes?
Yeah, sure, here it is.
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