Oxymora Studio
- Open roles
- 0
- Founded
- 2022
- Employees
- 1-10
- Offices
- 1
About Oxymora Studio
Oxymora Studio is an independent animation, visual storytelling and design studio based in New Delhi, India. Also operating as Oxymora Animation Studio, it develops original animated intellectual property and provides creative pre-production and production services. Its work spans animation, character development, interactive media and motion branding for entertainment, educational and commercial projects.
Animation and original storytelling
The studio offers 2D and 3D animation production, taking projects from concept development through to rendering. Its production capabilities include animated shorts and series, explainer videos, motion graphics, cinematics and trailers. Storyboards and animatics also form part of its pre-production work.
Original IP development encompasses concept creation, world building, character design, character lore and story bibles. The studio also develops pilot episodes and teasers, with transmedia strategy addressing how an original property can extend across animation, games, publishing and merchandise. This connects its visual development work with the broader planning of characters, settings and stories for different formats.
Design and interactive media
Alongside animation, Oxymora provides brand identity and visual systems, mascots, brand characters, illustration, campaign design and motion branding. These services bring its character and visual storytelling capabilities into advertising and commercial communication.
For games and interactive projects, its offering includes character and environment design, game art, engine-ready assets, game UI/UX and cinematic cutscenes. It also supplies real-time engine visuals and visuals for AR/VR experiences.
The studio serves television and streaming animation, film and entertainment, advertising, video games, publishing and educational technology. Its reported production relationships include Indian and international studios and publishers such as Toonz Media, Cosmos Maya, Reliance Animation, HarperCollins, NIIT and BYJU'S. Across these relationships, its work has included animation production, illustration, asset design and creative pre-production.
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Leadership and mentorship
- Salil Shail, founder and Creative Director, is an animation film designer, story artist and alumnus of the National Centre for Computer Animation at Bournemouth University. The research describes more than twenty years of experience spanning animated series, feature films, cartooning and design education.
- Subir Roy leads the studio's mentorship. He previously headed the art department at the Children's Book Trust and taught at Shankar's Academy of Art in New Delhi.
- Harjeet Singh Chadha, Senior Executive Producer, leads production operations. His background spans visual communication, animation and cinematography, including more than twenty years directing and managing animation pre-production pipelines.
Early studio material
The research identifies YouTube showreel material titled “Oxymora Studio” dating to 2013, preceding the studio's reported formal public launch. This establishes earlier use of the studio name without establishing a separate business founding date.
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Where Oxymora Studio is based
- New Delhi, Delhi, India
New Delhi office
HeadquartersCompany headquarters and primary studio.
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