Kamal

Character Animator and AI Animation Creator with 10+ years of traditional 2D animation and illustration experience, currently producing 3–4 AI generated animated videos weekly across satire, mythology and family-comedy formats. Managing the complete solo production pipeline - storytelling, prompting, character generation, animation, voice, and final editing. Combining traditional storytelling craft with rapid, AI assisted production.

Cartoonist / 2D Artist at Populas Empowerment Network (2023-09 – 2026-06)

• Produced 700+ political and social awareness cartoons for digital platforms, publishing original content on a daily basis for over 2.5 years.
• Created 400+ short animations (avg. 3 per week), combining AI assisted animation and traditional 2D animation techniques.
• Owned concept development, character design and visual storytelling for all published content.

Storyboard Artist (Freelancer) at Moonmoon Studios (2022-03 – 2023-08)

• Delivered 35+ storyboard and animatic projects over 18 months (avg. 2 projects/month) for animation and video production.
• Converted scripts into detailed shot by shot visual sequences, coordinating directly with directors on pacing and direction.
• Maintained visual continuity and narrative clarity across all storyboard and animatic deliverables.

Illustrator & Designer (Freelancer) at Skywalk Designs (2017-01 – 2022-01)

• Produced 1,500+ illustrations and branding creatives over 5 years across multiple client companies.
• Delivered 1-2 client illustrations daily, maintaining consistent quality and rapid turnaround for branding and campaign needs.
• Designed digital creatives and client presentation materials for supporting brand launches and campaigns.

Political Cartoonist at Ippodhu.com (2015-08 – 2016-05)

• Illustrated editorial cartoons on current affairs for a digital news publication.

Assistant Art Director at Tamil Cinema (2012-01 – 2014-12)

• Assisted with set design and visual planning for film production.

AI Animation & Content Creation at Independent (Present)

Independent creator and solo producer of AI generated animated content across political satire, mythology and family-comedy formats.

• Produces 3-4 AI generated animated videos weekly, managing the complete pipeline solo - storytelling, prompting, character generation, animation, voice and final editing.
• Image/Character Generation: Nano Banana | Video/Animation Generation: Omni Flash, Veo
• Voice/TTS Generation: Google AI Studio (Gemini 2.5 Flash TTS) | Editing: CapCut, Adobe Premiere Pro

B.A. in Economics – Arignar Anna College (2006)

Program in Fashion Technology – South Indian Institute of Fashion Technology (2007)