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Hi, I’m Veronica Stepanyan, a concept artist and illustrator from Yerevan, Armenia with a six-year background in art. I design characters, environments, and fantasy worlds for indie games and animation, focusing on cohesive visuals, storytelling, and mood. I love collaborating with passionate teams to bring bold ideas to life. I enjoy pushing creative boundaries and refining visual language through storytelling, mood, and design systems. When I’m not drawing, I’m exploring new techniques in digital painting, worldbuilding, and collaborative workflows to keep ideas fresh.…Hi, I’m Veronica Stepanyan, a concept artist and illustrator from Yerevan, Armenia with a six-year background in art. I design characters, environments, and fantasy worlds for indie games and animation, focusing on cohesive visuals, storytelling, and mood. I love collaborating with passionate teams to bring bold ideas to life. I enjoy pushing creative boundaries and refining visual language through storytelling, mood, and design systems. When I’m not drawing, I’m exploring new techniques in digital painting, worldbuilding, and collaborative workflows to keep ideas fresh.

Veronica Stepanyan

Concept Artist, Illustrator, Art Director, +3

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Hi, I’m Veronica Stepanyan, a concept artist and illustrator from Yerevan, Armenia with a six-year background in art. I design characters, environments, and fantasy worlds for indie games and animation, focusing on cohesive visuals, storytelling, and mood. I love collaborating with passionate teams to bring bold ideas to life. I enjoy pushing creative boundaries and refining visual language through storytelling, mood, and design systems. When I’m not drawing, I’m exploring new techniques in digital painting, worldbuilding, and collaborative workflows to keep ideas fresh.…Hi, I’m Veronica Stepanyan, a concept artist and illustrator from Yerevan, Armenia with a six-year background in art. I design characters, environments, and fantasy worlds for indie games and animation, focusing on cohesive visuals, storytelling, and mood. I love collaborating with passionate teams to bring bold ideas to life. I enjoy pushing creative boundaries and refining visual language through storytelling, mood, and design systems. When I’m not drawing, I’m exploring new techniques in digital painting, worldbuilding, and collaborative workflows to keep ideas fresh.

Available to hire

Hi, I’m Veronica Stepanyan, a concept artist and illustrator from Yerevan, Armenia with a six-year background in art. I design characters, environments, and fantasy worlds for indie games and animation, focusing on cohesive visuals, storytelling, and mood. I love collaborating with passionate teams to bring bold ideas to life.

I enjoy pushing creative boundaries and refining visual language through storytelling, mood, and design systems. When I’m not drawing, I’m exploring new techniques in digital painting, worldbuilding, and collaborative workflows to keep ideas fresh.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Language

Armenian

Fluent

English

Fluent

Russian

Fluent

Work Experience

2D Game Artist at Tumo Center for Creative Technologies

July 1, 2023 - January 1, 2026

Created 2D game art for a classic Marvel/DC style fighter game for an indie game company, including character concepts and in-game assets.

Mentor / Educator at TumO Center for Creative Technologies

September 1, 2023 - Present

Guide and mentor students aged 12–18 through various art projects focusing on character creation and environment design.

Background Artist at Arts Step Studio

March 1, 2021 - October 1, 2021

Created background art assets for animation projects; collaborated with directors and writers to align with the established style.

2D Artist / Concept Artist at Grant Arts Education Center

December 1, 2019 - September 1, 2020

Produced character concept art, storyboards and illustration assets for youth education game projects.

2D Artist at Aster Arts Education Center

December 1, 2019 - September 1, 2020

Worked as a 2D artist in the iGaming industry, collaborating closely with the art director to deliver high-quality visuals assets. Produced character concept art tailored to match project styles and guidelines, rendered illustrations for game assets, and created decals using Adobe Illustrator.

2D Artist / Concept Artist at Giant Studio

November 1, 2020 - February 1, 2023

Created character and environment concept art for a stylized short animation film. Established the visual language of the animation and contributed initial concepts to world-building.

2D Game Artist at Arts Step Studio

March 1, 2021 - October 1, 2021

Collaborated with an indie game developer to shape a new title. Contributed to game design brainstorming, developed initial concepts and foundational visuals, and illustrated narrative-driven pages.

Background Artist at Snake Soup (short animated film)

October 1, 2022 - May 1, 2023

Delivered all environment backgrounds as fully organized PSD files, meeting the production pipeline requirements and aligning visuals with the story.

Mentor / Instructor at Bad Aktuc Productions

July 1, 2022 - February 1, 2023

Mentored a mid-sized group of adult students in advanced art fundamentals; authored and designed a custom curriculum for each class, ensuring lessons met professional studio standards.

2D Artist at Grant Arts Education Center

December 1, 2019 - September 1, 2020

Full-time on-site role delivering high-quality art assets for educational and game-related projects; contributed to project pipelines and visual design.