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Career in Gaming   Jayadev, the Teacher Who Brings Life to Art and Art to Life

When I met Jayadev , the faculty member in Arts at Backstag e Pass, for the first

time, he looked like a bouncer to me. Sorry for my perception. Heavy, stocky, well-built

but one thing was missing. The stern look that is so typical of a bouncer. Instead, he

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 Jay Dev – Game Art Mentor 

had a broad smile on his face that lit his face brilliantly and even the room. That made

all the difference.

The time flew as we started chatting

and the next hour of our meeting took

me through a journey of his life. When

we called it a day, I knew that I came in

touch with a poster boy for making it

big with art, in a country where many

look down upon art as something that

can’t help live a prosperous life.

 Jayadev loved to draw as a kid. His

father, a government employee, was

very supportive. He encouraged

 Jayadev to draw and draw more and

draw even more. However, his mother was concerned that how her boy would have a

bright career if he were so much into art.

Dev’s tryst with art started when a friend sent a copy of the Maya software from

Australia. Dev would endlessly play with it enjoying what the software would let him

do. The summer after his +2, Dev’s dad promptly took him to his friend and the

Principal of the Heart Animation Academy and the famous cartoonist, Mr. Jayadev.

Later he cleared the national entrance exam of the Heart Animation Academy and

 joined the same. Even as he was pursuing art full-time, the academy set up a 3D

animation centre. It was only natural for Dev to learn the 3D animation centre. Heart

Animation Academy gave him a glimpse of the utility of gaming in fields such as

entertainment. Not to mention, the young Dev was blown away.

Dev joined Dataquest Entertainment, Hyderabad as a Junior Animator in 2004 and

started teaching art at Arena Multimedia as a part-time faculty. In due course, he

became a full-time faculty member and later the Centre Head. Today he stands

certified by over 20 different software vendors such as Adobe and Maya.

Life was good and Dev wanted to pursue his studies. He looked for a school that

would offer a B.F.A. recognized by the Universities Grants Commission (UGC).Meanwhile, Dev came in touch with Backstage Pass. When he met Professor

Balakrishna, Bala immediately offered him a faculty position. After long years of 

teaching digital arts, the Backstage Pass position was the logical next step. And Dev

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 joined Backstage Pass as a faculty in 2013.

Dev teaches game design and g ame art including 2D and 3D animation, art history,

image editing, rigging, lighting and texturing, digital sculpting and so on.

When I asked Dev about what does it take for a student to be successful in an art-

based career, he says: “Students of art are typically shy. T hey are inward looking. But

the gaming industry needs people who are also outward-looking, that is

communicative. Also, one cannot teach art or music to a student. The student should

have a certain innate capability to pursue art. Then we add the tools to adopt the art

to the digital world.”

He adds, “We find it difficult to get good students in art. How many schools conduct art

classes and music classes? And the gaming industry needs artists and musicians in

large numbers. I don’t find them in a regular school. Kids who study art and music on

their own come to us because they are passionate about their interest.”

I had one last question, “Dev, what did your students teach you?” He

laughs…“Patience. When I joined Arena as a faulty member, most of my students were

at least 3 years elder to me. To command them, I had to be patient, demo my skills as

a teacher, and then make them follow me. That process taught me patience. Patience

is fundamental to the success of an artist in this industry. Works of art, animation films

that are classics are made etched with great care.”

After my chat, I left for home. When I went to bed that night, I had a smile darting on

my lips. And deep in my heart, I realized for the umpteenth time, if you follow your

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passion, life follows you and that I can ask parents to go around chin up if the child is

good only in art or music.

Surya Prabha Vallae for Backstage Pass

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