Tbilisi · remote
Freelance 2D Artist & Illustrator
Independent
Character and illustration commissions, from sketches through final artwork.
Fira CG Curriculum vitae
Daria
Dovhenko.
Senior 2D game artist & illustrator
I draw characters, locations and props for games. I have 8+ years in game production, created 250+ game and marketing illustrations at GAMETEQ, and led a team of seven artists at DEFU Games. Earlier, I made illustrations for Nordcurrent.
Tbilisi, Georgia
Fully remote · hybrid or on-site in Georgia
Work history
Experience
Tbilisi, Georgia · Hybrid
2D Artist
GAMETEQ
Created 250+ game and marketing illustrations, from concept and composition to finished realism and semi-realism artwork.
In-game shop, advertising, social media and promotional artwork; adapted assets for formats and UI layouts. Combined drawing and AI-assisted exploration with manual Photoshop finishing.
Odesa
Lead 2D Artist
DEFU Games
Led seven artists across six projects: hiring, mentoring, task planning and production coordination in Trello and Jira. Developed visual styles, style guides and brand identity; reviewed artwork, provided paintovers and final polish, and prepared layered PSDs for Spine animation.
Love Camp, Pulse of Love (Steam), Candy Puzzle, Puzzle Kingdom, Money Rush and Egg Wars. Collaborated with programmers, game designers and art directors.
Odesa
2D Artist
DEFU Games
Created game artwork; subsequently promoted to Lead 2D Artist.
Ukraine
2D Artist, Freelance
Various clients
Created illustrations, portraits and icons for indie teams and international clients.
Odesa region
2D Artist
Nordcurrent
Illustrations, locations, props and concepts for Murder by Choice: Mystery Game.
Practice
Skills & tools
- Drawing & painting
- Characters, environments, props, narrative illustrations, icons, UI art and isometry. Sketches, thumbnails, design variations, turnarounds and prop sheets; realism, semi-realism and casual/mobile projects.
- Software
- Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint, Blender, Illustrator, Figma
- AI workflows
- Commercial AI image production since late 2022. Stable Diffusion, FLUX, ComfyUI original/adapted workflows and custom nodes, Forge, AUTOMATIC1111, LoRA training, ControlNet, IP-Adapter, img2img and inpainting. Manual drawing and Photoshop finishing.
- Production handoff
- Layered PSDs prepared for Spine animation: separated parts and hidden-area painting. Practical 3D modelling, Blender blockouts, textures and shaders.
- Leadership
- Hiring, mentoring, planning, art reviews, paintovers, final polish, visual styles, style guides and cross-team collaboration. Trello, Jira and Miro.
Background
Education
- Fine Art — specialised secondary qualificationGrekov Odesa Art College
- Master's degree, Management of OrganisationsInternational Humanitarian University, Odesa
- Bachelor's level, Engineer-ProgrammerOdesa National Polytechnic University
- Computer Technology — specialised secondary qualificationOdesa Polytechnic
- Graphic Design courseIT Step Academy
Languages
English: C1 · Ukrainian: C2 · Russian: native