Valerii Sauliak

Delivered production-ready 3D assets and pipelines for online casino platforms and indie card game; owned full asset pipeline (sketch, concept art, 3D blockout, sculpting, retopology, texturing, rigging, rendering); contributed to Unreal Engine 5 projects; onboarded and coordinated a distributed team of 11 artists; adapted workflows to Unity; supported early gameplay builds.

Created production-ready 3D assets with a focus on stylized characters and creatures using anatomy-driven design, sculpting, and hard-surface modeling. Owned the full asset pipeline: sketch, concept art, 3D blockout, sculpting, retopology, texturing, rigging, and rendering. Contributed to Unreal Engine 5 projects, supporting visual prototyping and asset integration within early gameplay builds. Participated in building and refining AI-assisted art pipelines to speed up iteration and content production for a small indie team. Adapted quickly to Unity-based workflows to support environment design for NDA first-person fantasy projects.

Led the visual foundation and production pipeline for an indie online card game; defined visual style, asset pipelines, and quality standards; hired, onboarded, and coordinated a distributed team of 11 artists; oversaw art direction and ensured visual consistency across assets.