Portfolio Storytelling / Strategy / Art

My animation on the right blends This animation blends 12 unique visual styles 1. Linocut 2. Newspaper 3. Mondrian 4. Toon 5. Poly 6. Sketch 7. Watercolour 8. Miniature 9. 3D Animation 10. Comic 11. Ink Wash 12. Poster Grain I use the same creative range as a strategist, adapting ideas to reach markets with intention and impact.

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Funkeera artwork

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Digital Media The Glassworker

My work as animator, character designer, and production board artist on Pakistan's first animated feature film, and official submission for the 2025 Academy Awards.

Festival de Cannes featured presentation
Annecy Festival Oscars official submission
Trailer

Trailer and film stills © Usman Riaz and Mano Animation Studios LLC

Brand Design & Marketing Strategy

BURG & SHAW

Designing Boston's first fused-culture food brand to life through messaging architecture, visual identity, and managing partnerships.

THREE'S ENTERTAINMENT

Creation of brand identity for Three's Entertainment, production house and subsidiary of The ARY Digital Network.

OBSCURA FILMS

Brand kit, production pipeline, and project management of digital artists across the United States, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia on animated short development.

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