Experience

• UI/UX Artist at Loric Games

  US

  May 2024 - December 2024

  • Led the design and development of UX wireframes and user flows for key systems including HUD, crafting, inventory, ship building, and flight controls - optimizing usability and player engagement
  
  • Designed and established the visual style of the UI by creating a cohesive aesthetic that complemented the game’s core theme without overpowering gameplay.
  
  • Enhanced the game's personality through a comic-illustrative approach, creating visually striking UI elements that elevated the player experience and delivered beyond initial expectations.
  
  • Created high-fidelity prototypes and mockups for UI components to align stakeholders on final designs
  
  • Partnered closely with engineers and designers to drive the seamless implementation of UI/UX features - resolving challenges and aligning design goals
  
  • Concepted and produced custom illustrations for game screens, including death screens and intro motion comic/animatics, elevating the visual narrative and player immersion

• UI Artist at EA - Glu Mobile

  San Francisco, United States of America

  February 2018 - November 2022

  • Created game icons for: 300+ characters, over 600+ pieces of crafting assets, 400+ equippable player profile frames and avatars, over 20+ custom Disney-themed marketing event asset bundles including banners, gacha chests/coins, achievements, medals and more
  
  • Coordinated with UI/UX team to make high-fidelity UI mockups for main screen, quest pages, player profiles, different store screens, rewards and chest opening sequences
  
  • Concepted 20+ Disney/Pixar characters and props to fit our mobile game style working closely with Disney IPs
  
  • Created hundreds of assets for multiple-use purpose: in game, marketing, and community events
  
  • Prepared and maintained Confluence page tutorials, videos and style guides for UI and art teams
  
  • Able to assess project scope and ensure successful delivery of content on tight deadlines.
  
  • Supported game community specific requests that were within my ability to execute; most often these were requests for new profile customization options
  
  • Consulted and assisted art and design in creation of several Disney characters, their abilities as well as environments
  
  • Created UX flows for player profile screens
  
  • Assisted VFX/art team with reward screen mockups, character VFX concepts and VFX assets

• Production Artist at EA - Capital Games

  Sacramento, United States of America

  November 2011 - March 2017

  • Concepted, modeled, textured, and implemented environments for Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
  
  • Redesigned Star Wars characters to fit our mobile game style working closely with Lucas Arts
  
  • Worked with technical artists, providing 3D assets, to build functional environment prototypes in Unity
  
  • Guided the environment and outsourcing teams on a consistent texturing style to match the style of the characters with tutorials, feedback and examples
  
  • Created game icons and coordinated with UI/UX team to make high fidelity UI mockups
  
  • Maintained art style guidelines and art pipeline documents for all games
  
  • Able to assess project scope and ensure successful delivery of content on tight deadlines.

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  Published Games:

  Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (Mobile, Unity)
  
  • Concepted environments, props, gear items, icons
  
  • Modeled, textured - environments, props, gear
  
  • Worked with marketing team to create art for events

  Heroes of Dragon Age (Mobile, Unity)
  
  • Concepted environments, characters and creatures from the Dragon Age universe
  
  • Collaborated with technical artists to implement parallaxing 2D environments
  
  • Worked with marketing team to create art for events

  Supreme Heroes (Mobile)
  
  • Illustrated comic style art, storyline, equipment, hero ability cards
  
  • Illustrated comic covers, layouts/design/text
  
  • Created interchangeable 2D player avatar costume pieces

• Production Artist at Klicknation

  Sacramento, United States of America

  November 2009 - November 2011

  • Illustrated characters for Age of Champions and Superhero City
  
  • Managed art teams schedules and priorities for character illustrations, marketing art, 2D equipment
  
  • Mentored junior artists to maintain art style and quality standards
  
  • Collaborated with designers, marketing and engineers to implement gameplay features
  
  • Managed and maintained quality of outsourced assets

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  Published Games:

  Superhero City (Facebook)
  
  • Illustrated comic style art, storyline, equipment, hero ability cards, icons, marketing art
  
  • Created and implemented interchangeable 2D player avatar costume pieces

  Age of Champions (Facebook)
  
  • Illustrated fantasy style art, storylines, equipment, and marketing art
  
  • Modeled, textured and implemented interchangeable 3D player avatar costume pieces

• Production Artist at SemiLogic Entertainments

  West Sacramento, United States of America

  June 2005 - August 2009

  • Concepted, modeled, textured environments and characters for Deloitte Spill!
  
  • Supervised art from external vendors, ensuring quality and technical standards are met

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  Published Games:

  Action All-Stars (PC, Flash)
  
  • Textured character MLB and NBA jerseys
  
  • Designed, illustrated, implemented 2D environments
  
  • Illustrated UI, icons, title text

  Deloitte Spill! (PC, in-house engine)
  
  • Concepted, modeled, textured characters
  
  • Animated, rigged characters
  
  • Illustrated shop signs for the main city environment
  
  • Supervised character art from our studio in Minsk

  Hot Wheels Turbo Driver: Race the World (PC, in-house engine)
  
  • Concepted environments
  
  • Modeled, textured - environments, props, vehicles
  
  • Assisted Sr. Environment Artist in design and implementation of environment props, lighting and VFX

  MLB Interactive Game (DVD game)
  
  • Edited and composited video of MLB footage to create video assets for the game
  
  • Animated 2D MLB style scoreboards in After Effects

  Thomas The Tank Engine: Full Steam Ahead (DVD game)
  
  • Concepted and Illustrated custom characters and creatures in the Thomas the Tank Engine style
  
  • Edited and combined video from the show to create new clips for the game
  
  • Illustrated 2D UI icons, borders, props