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Ulkar Shamkhalova

Intermediate

Procreate
Watercolor Art
Oil Painting

After working as a specialist doctor in the medical field for 15 years, I resigned to fulfill my childhood dream and I am currently working as a full-time illustrator in the game industry.

Biography

I was born in Azerbaijan and moved to Turkey for education. I studied in the Medicine Faculty in Hacettepe University. Ever since I remember myself, art has always been my passion. Even though, I didn't attend art school, I never stopped creating! Kept drawing digitally joined a music band for 2 years as a lead vocalist/guitarist and made my own costumes for cosplay conventions, founded Azerbaijan's first and only Cosplay convention, Azecon. Started my own small business and Patreon in 2021 while I was still working as a fulltime Psychiatrist in a private clinic. Finally, after 14 years, I quite my job on October, 2022 and started a new path as a 2D Concept Artist in a local game company. Can't wait to grow as an artist and work in many new fun projects!

Skills

Roles

  • Advanced
  • Advanced
  • Intermediate
  • Basic

Technical Skills

  • Basic

Software

  • Advanced
  • Basic
  • Basic

Soft Skills

  • Intermediate
  • Intermediate

Other Skills

  • Intermediate
  • Basic

Work Experience

2024 – Present day

Game Artist

Gram Games (Istanbul, Turkey)
Currently working on live-ops features, designing concepts for event assets

2021 – Present day

Owner/ Artist

Lyra Art (Istanbul, Turkey)
I started my own small in 2021. Love making cute, creepy, anime-Japanese culture inspired wearable art!

2022 – 2024

2D Concept Artist

Passion Punch Studio (Istanbul, Turkey)

Education

Present day

Residency

Cukurova University

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

I was a research assistant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry department.

2014 – 2018

Bachelor

Hacettepe University

Medicine Faculty