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Tania Shamova

Finland

Intermediate

UI Art Direction

Hello there! My name is Tania, I live in Finland and work as a Game Artist for Lightheart Entertainment. We make mobile games, that focus on fun!

Biography

My Bachelor's degree is in industrial design, but soon after graduation I realized that I want to draw rather than design and produce furniture. I started learning digital art, at the same time improving my art fundamentals and learning about the professional creative field. Casual mobile games were my entrypoint to the games industry, then I started exploring endless opportunities that game development poses ;) My true passion is drawing, I can do that for hours and it makes my cat jealous of my laptop. Creating aesthetically pleasing and engaging pictures and illustrations makes me happy. I love line work and inking, but colors are the most fascinating thing to me.

Skills

Roles

  • Advanced
  • Advanced
  • Advanced

Other Skills

  • Advanced

Work Experience

2020 – Present day

Concept Artist, Illustrator

Freelance (Remote)
After starting my studies at IDEA Academy, I worked mostly part-time for several companies. Mobile illustrations (backgrounds), concept art for PC and mobile IPs.

2020 – 2021

2D Artist

Netspeak Games (Remote)
Mobile MMO, was working on features UI/UX flow, production of icons and UI assets, concept art and game art

2019 – 2019

UI Artist

Nord Studio (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Worked on a casual mobile game and was responsible for art production - icons, UI elements and game assets

Education

2021 – 2022

Master lvl1

IDEA Academy

Visual Development

Visual design for animation and games - from concept art and illustration to storyboards and character design