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Michael Katoglou

Intermediate

Digital Illustration

I am a freelance illustrator and concept artist from Greece, currently residing in Cyprus. I have a passion for visual storytetelling and strive to be proficient in different art styles.

Biography

I have been drawing since early childhood, inspired by cartoons and video games. I always dreamed to be involved in the making of video games and I studied at the department of Audiovisual Arts of the Ionian University of Corfu in Greece.

I started working professionally as a freelance illustrator in Thessaloniki, Greece in 2016 with small private commissions as well as a few book illustrations and card art for small board game as well as illustrations for documentary projects. During that time I also participated in the artist's alley at local comic conventions selling prints of my artwork. 

In 2019 I was hired full-time as an in-house illustrator at a small local boardgame design and publishing company where I produced most of the illustrations and graphic design for the company's games during my two years there.

I was then hired by mobile game studio "Tamasenco ltd" as a concept artist working remotely from Cyprus. I have worked on almost all of the studio's titles either as main concept artist  and UI designer for the the currently under development titles or producing marketing material and content updates for shipped titles.

My goal for the future is to have the opportunity to work on bigger and more prestigious IP's like Dungeons and Dragons, Magic the Gathering, Hearthstone which have also been my inspiration for decades.

Skills

Roles

  • Basic

Technical Skills

  • Advanced

Work Experience

2021 – Present day

Concept Artist

Tamasenco (Remote)
Producing concept art, illustrations and UI design for the studio's in-development titles as well as marketing material and content for shipped titles such as "Wild West Saga" and "Friendsbroker".

2016 – Present day

Illustrator

Freelance (Thessaloniki, Greece and Nicosia, Cyprus)
worked on book and board game illustrations for publishing companies as well as illustrations for documentaries and private commissions.

2019 – 2023

Illustrator

Dreamcraft Games (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Produced illustrations and graphic design for company's board games with main focus on "U.S.S. Freedon - Deathtouched" which was succesfully funded on kickstarter and is currently in production.

Education

2007 – Present day

Audiovisual Arts

Ionian University

digital art

Focused on digital art and augmented reality implementations.