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Pavel Nikanau
Pavel Nikanau
Art Director | Art Lead
Gdynia, Poland

Summary

Art director | 2D artist

Skills

2D AnimationArt DirectionConcept ArtDigital PaintingEnvironment DesignIllustrationGame DevelopmentPaintingCharacter DesignUI DesignDrawingProp DesignVisual DevelopmentSketchingTeam ManagementUX DesignComic ArtTraditional ArtWeapon Design

Software proficiency

Photoshop
Photoshop
Illustrator
Illustrator
Corel Painter
Corel Painter
Animate
Animate
PaintTool SAI
PaintTool SAI
DragonBones
DragonBones
Blender
Blender
Figma
Figma
Fusion 360
Fusion 360
Jira
Jira
CLIP STUDIO PAINT
CLIP STUDIO PAINT
Slack
Slack

Productions

    • Video Game
      Bitcoin mining empirE
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      Art director, concept artist, 2D artist, FX artist, UX/UI designer, animation artist, game designer
    • Company
      5 Wolf
    • Video Game
      Who's Your Santa?!
    • Year
      2017
    • Role
      Art director, concept artist, 2D artist, , animation artist, game designer, screenwriter
    • Company
      5 Wolf
    • Mobile Game
      Pocket Streamer
    • Year
      2016
    • Role
      Concept artist, 2d model artist, UX/UI designer
    • Company
      5 Wolf
    • Mobile Game
      Bugs lab
    • Year
      2016
    • Role
      UX/UI designer
    • Company
      EPAM systems

Experience

  • Art director at Epic Star Games
    April 2022 - Present

    • Art team management (2D / 3D / animation artists / VFX artists)

    • Visual trend research

    • Competitor analysis

    • Guideline development

    • Visual style development

    • Art review

    • Long-term planning participation

    • Concept art

    • Characters and environment design

    • UI/UX design

  • Art director at Rocket Science LLC
    Minsk, Belarus
    January 2021 - March 2022

    • Art team management (2D / 3D / animation artists / VFX artists)

    • Visual trend research

    • Competitor analysis

    • Guideline development

    • Visual style development

    • Art review

    • Long-term planning participation

    • Concept art

    • Characters and environment design

    • UI/UX design

  • CG artist at 5 Wolf
    Minsk / Murmansk, Russia
    January 2016 - December 2018

    • Character design

    • Environment design

    • UI / UX design

    • Visual style development

    • Ad materials design

  • UX/UI designer at EPAM systems
    Minsk, Belarus
    October 2015 - March 2016

    UX / UI design for mobile applications