KIRA SAYKO

www.behance.net/kirasayko

acojz2@r.postjobfree.com

650-***-****

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Millbrae, CA 94030

Objective

My objective is to join a team of passionate artists and engineers to create state-of-the-art video

games with striking art and innovative gameplay. Eager to use and extend my technical skills and enter

new areas of experience.

Skills and Experience

Digital: 4+ years in video game art, concept art, character design, environment art, matte painting,

vector art, UX/UI design, media design.

Traditional: oil painting, watercolor, mixed media, figure drawing, composition, light and color.

Software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Jira, Unity, some Maya and Adobe Flash

experience.

Personal: dedicated and passionate artist, quick-learner, detail-oriented, team player, multi-tasked,

great sense of humor.

Work Experience

Game Artist December 2013 – present

Freelancer

Create mobile game art style

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Produce UX design

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Make concept art for Hidden Object Games and finalize scenes

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Contractor Artist May 2014 – July 2014

Nway Inc

Help UI team with assets

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Finalize game backgrounds

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Lead Artist Shamangames March 2013 – July 2013

(casual games studio)

http://shamangs.com

Created game art style

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Arranged work for the artists: prepared tasks with technical description

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Produced concept art for game characters and environments based on the technical

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requirements and game scenario

Finalized game backgrounds

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Lead Artist ERS Game Studios October 2011 – March 2013

(casual game studio, Big Fish partners)

http://www..ersgamestudios.com

Worked on a number of projects with different art styles

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Created game art style and maintained its consistency across the project

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Acted as a liaison between my team of artists and game designers

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Finalized game backgrounds, in-game puzzles, created UI

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Have 2 released projects as Lead Artist with high survey art score and top rating on

bigfishgames.com

Azada: Elementa

PuppetShow: Return to Joyville

And a number of projects as 2D Artist

2d Artist Big Foot Games January 2011 – August 2011

(social games for PC)

Created project art style, concept art, characters and backgrounds

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Worked in Startup environment

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Created vector art for animation

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Designed UI

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Game Forgotten realm (Затерянный мир) is released on 2 social networks

2d Artist Freelancer August 2011 - 2007

Created concept art for start up projects (mobile games)

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Created vector illustrations, logotypes

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Produced media design, web design, POS materials, advertisements

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Education

Krasnodar, Russian Federation Kuban State University (KubSU) 2002 – 2008

Bachelor in graphic design

Emeryville, CA Animation Collaborative 2014

Advanced Character Design course

Portfolio

http://www.behance.net/kirasayko

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