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Elena Butenkova

Lead 2D/Character Artist | Stylized & Efficient

Russian Federation

Lead

Sketching
Adobe Photoshop
Compositing

I’ve been working in the mobile game industry with about 8 years of experience. I specialize in efficiently structuring processes, training teams, and establishing pipelines to enhance productivity.

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Biography

I draw https://www.instagram.com/aciidea?stkn=MWIwOXYzZ3R3cGxhdg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr

Skills

Roles

  • Intermediate

Technical Skills

  • Advanced
  • Intermediate
  • Intermediate
  • Intermediate

Software

  • Advanced
  • Basic

Soft Skills

  • Advanced
  • Advanced
  • Advanced
  • Advanced

Languages

  • Fluent/Native
  • Conversational

Other Skills

  • Basic

Work Experience

2024 – Present day

Lead - Character Artist (Full Time)

Nexters

Project - Hero wars: Dominion Era

- Maintained consistent art style.
- Developed scalable workflows and expanded restyles.
- Created new technical documentation for the project where none existed and enhanced existing documentation with additional details.

2018 – 2024

Lead - Lead Artist (Full Time)

G5Games

Principal Character Artist — Sep 2022 → Mar 2024 (1 year 7 months)
Refined character art, mentored artists, tested tools and pipelines; led early AI integration for production.

Lead Artist — Sep 2019 → Oct 2021 (2 years 1 month)
Directed art teams and visual style; restructured team workflow; improved asset management and delivery speed by ~30%.

2D Artist — Nov 2018 → Sep 2019 (11 months)
Created characters, skins, and animations with distinct visual styles

2016 – 2018

Intermediate - 2D Artist (Full Time)

Owl Studio

- Created character concepts, icons, and environments.
- Introduced new art styles and wrote style guidelines.
- Mentored junior artists, fostering skill development.