Rigved Deshpande is a Lead Technical Artist based in San Francisco with 11 years’ experience building tools and pipelines for film and game production. He blends computer science with creative problem-solving to extend artist workflows, having supported teams at Blizzard and freelanced on production projects while founding R1G Studios to develop original 3D animation IP. Rigved’s work focuses on automating repetitive tasks and creating robust art tools that bridge animation, asset management, and game-ready pipelines. Trained in Carnegie Mellon’s Digital Creative Practice program, he brings both technical rigor and producer experience—able to ship pragmatic tooling under production constraints. An insatiable tinkerer, he often surfaces non-obvious optimizations that save artists hours per task.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Student Defined Major: Digital Creative Practice, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Student Defined Major: Digital Creative Practice at Carnegie Mellon University
Simple python utility for converting .properties files and directories to .json
Contributions:30 commits, 1 PR, 31 pushes in 10 months
to-jsonpythonpython-utilitypropertiesconverting
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Rigved Deshpande - Lead Technical Artist at R1G Studios