I’m a 2D Freelance Artist, Character Designer and Illustrator with over three years of experience working on games and two years of being a freelance artist and graphic designer before that. I’ve taken on roles ranging from Junior Artist to Lead 2D Artist, creating characters, splash art, and UI systems while collaborating closely with designers and engineers. I like working effectively, iterating often, and creating visuals that feel polished, clear, and engaging for players.

Sava Ivkov

I’m a 2D Freelance Artist, Character Designer and Illustrator with over three years of experience working on games and two years of being a freelance artist and graphic designer before that. I’ve taken on roles ranging from Junior Artist to Lead 2D Artist, creating characters, splash art, and UI systems while collaborating closely with designers and engineers. I like working effectively, iterating often, and creating visuals that feel polished, clear, and engaging for players.

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I’m a 2D Freelance Artist, Character Designer and Illustrator with over three years of experience working on games and two years of being a freelance artist and graphic designer before that. I’ve taken on roles ranging from Junior Artist to Lead 2D Artist, creating characters, splash art, and UI systems while collaborating closely with designers and engineers. I like working effectively, iterating often, and creating visuals that feel polished, clear, and engaging for players.

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Language

English
Advanced
Serbian
Fluent

Work Experience

Junior 2D artist at ''Warmonium'' Leksen Engineering
November 1, 2021 - September 1, 2022
Lead artist at ''Warmonium'' Leksen Engineering
September 1, 2022 - January 1, 2024
UI artist at ''Warmonium'' Leksen Engineering
February 1, 2024 - October 31, 2024
Character designer and 2D artist at ''Twisted Metal V''
April 1, 2025 - February 28, 2026
Designing character profile cards and ending animations in a retro comic book style for a fan-made sequel of the famous franchise (passion project).
Graphic design associate at Typhoon HIL
April 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Hired per project. Working on company mascot design, mascot stickers and promo material, merch and web design elements.
Freelance 2D artist and character designer at Fiverr
April 1, 2021 - September 1, 2022
As a freelance artist, worked on many interesting projects. From D&D characters art, book covers and illustrations to even some logo designs.

Education

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Qualifications

Adobe Photoshop Complete Mastery Course (Udemy)
March 2, 2020 - March 23, 2020
Adobe Photoshop CC Essentials / Photoshop Masterclass (Udemy)
March 30, 2020 - April 24, 2020
Illustrator CC 2020 Master Class
April 27, 2020 - May 18, 2020
Basics for creating hyper-casual 2D games in Buildbox 2
January 7, 2020 - January 10, 2020
Concept Art Character Design (Udemy)
March 3, 2020 - March 23, 2020
Adobe Photoshop Complete Mastery Course (Udemy)
February 10, 2020 - February 28, 2020

Industry Experience

Gaming
    paper ''Warmonium'' video game character art
    • Warmonium is a turn-based tactics game featuring multilevel pathfinding. Inspired by late ‘90s to early 2000s board games, it’s a dream come true for fans of strategy war games! Whether you’re a casual or competitive player, you can enjoy everything from ranked matches to custom maps.

    • As a Lead Artist, responsible for design, 2D visual representation and splash art of characters for this indie game.

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    paper ''Warmonium'' video game UI re-design
    • Warmonium is a turn-based tactics game featuring multilevel pathfinding. Inspired by late ‘90s to early 2000s board games, it’s a dream come true for fans of strategy war games! Whether you’re a casual or competitive player, you can enjoy everything from ranked matches to custom maps.

    • Responsible for re-designing in-game UI, main menu, game lobby, inventory, market, map builder, player profile and statistics.

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    paper Character designer for ''Twisted Metal V'' (fan-made game)
    • Twisted Metal V is a sequel to the iconic franchise made by fans for fans. The non-profit game is made with the retro style of the mid-90s in the mind, so the characters are drawn in the comic-book style of that era. The game is free to download.

    • As a life-long fan of the franchise offered my services to the indie game developer for this non-profit, fan-made sequel.

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