Дар'я

Daria Dovhenko
Senior 2D Game Artist / Illustrator
Tbilisi, Georgia | Fully remote; hybrid or on-site in Georgia

Email: [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section)

https://firacg.github.io/

https://www.artstation.com/maboroshi94

https://www.behance.net/maboroshi94

[open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section)

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

2D Game Artist and Illustrator with 8+ years in game production and previous experience as Lead 2D Artist.
Delivered 250+ game and marketing illustrations at GAMETEQ and led a team of seven artists at DEFU Games.
Creates characters, environments, props, UI graphics and finished illustrations, with a focus on realism and
semi-realism and experience across casual/mobile projects.

CORE SKILLS

2D production: sketches, thumbnails, design variations, character and environment art, turnarounds, prop sheets,
isometry, icons and UI graphics.

Production handoff: layered PSDs prepared for Spine animation, separated parts, animation overlaps and
hidden-area painting.

Art direction and leadership: style guides, brand identity, planning, hiring, mentoring, art reviews, paintovers and
cross-team collaboration.

Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint, Adobe Illustrator, Blender, Figma, Trello, Jira and Miro. Practical 3D
modelling, blockouts, textures and shaders.

Additional AI production: commercial use since late 2022; Stable Diffusion, FLUX, ComfyUI workflows and
custom nodes, LoRA training, ControlNet, IP-Adapter and Photoshop finishing.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Freelance 2D Artist and Illustrator | Independent
Jul 2026 - Present

- Create character, illustration and game-art commissions, from concepts to finished artwork.

2D Artist | GAMETEQ | Tbilisi, Georgia
Jan 2024 - Jul 2026

- Delivered 250+ game and marketing illustrations at GAMETEQ, from concept and composition to final artwork.
- Created realistic and semi-realistic in-game shop, marketing, social media, promotional and advertising
artwork; adapted deliverables for formats and UI layouts.
- Combined art fundamentals and AI-assisted exploration with manual finishing; revised composition, anatomy,
perspective and lighting to match project direction.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE CONTINUED

Lead 2D Artist | DEFU Games | Odesa, Ukraine
2021 - 2023

- Led seven artists; hired and mentored team members, assigned tasks, planned deadlines and coordinated
production in Trello and Jira.
- Developed project visual styles, style guides and brand identity, from UI graphics to finished illustrations;
collaborated with programmers, game designers and art directors.
- Reviewed work, provided paintovers and final polish, created artist lessons and prepared layered PSD assets
for Spine animation.

2D Artist | DEFU Games | Odesa, Ukraine
2020 - 2021

- Created game artwork; subsequently promoted to Lead 2D Artist.

Freelance 2D Artist | Various Clients | Ukraine
2019 - 2020

- Created illustrations, portraits and icons for indie teams and international clients.

2D Artist | Nordcurrent | Odesa Region, Ukraine
2018 - 2019

- Created illustrations, environments, props and concepts for Murder by Choice: Mystery Game.

SELECTED PROJECTS

Released game work: DEFU Games: Love Camp, Pulse of Love (Steam), Candy Puzzle, Puzzle Kingdom,
Money Rush, Egg Wars and other released projects. Career credits include 10+ released hypercasual games
and two semi-realistic projects.

Art portfolio

Game projects on Behance

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Fine Art (specialised secondary qualification) - Grekov Odesa Art College | 2018

Master's degree, Management of Organisations - International Humanitarian University, Odesa | 2018

Bachelor's level, Engineer-Programmer - Odesa National Polytechnic University | 2015

Computer Technology (specialised secondary qualification) - Odesa Polytechnic | 2015

Graphic Design course - IT Step Academy | 2016

LANGUAGES

English: C1 | Ukrainian: C2 | Russian: native

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