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Paragraph 1: 2D Senior Artist & Art Lead with 13+ years in mobile casual games. My experience combines strong hands-on 2D art skills (characters, environments, concepts) with guiding visual direction across 2D/3D/UI teams. I've spent the last several years shaping art styles, supporting redesigns, improving pipelines, and giving structured feedback that helps artists grow. Paragraph 2: I'm passionate about polished stylized art, visual storytelling, and creating clear, engaging art that connects players to the world. My engineering background helps me structure complex workflows, solve creative problems, and keep production organized and efficient. I value supportive, collaborative teamwork and believe that a healthy environment makes strong art.…Paragraph 1: 2D Senior Artist & Art Lead with 13+ years in mobile casual games. My experience combines strong hands-on 2D art skills (characters, environments, concepts) with guiding visual direction across 2D/3D/UI teams. I've spent the last several years shaping art styles, supporting redesigns, improving pipelines, and giving structured feedback that helps artists grow. Paragraph 2: I'm passionate about polished stylized art, visual storytelling, and creating clear, engaging art that connects players to the world. My engineering background helps me structure complex workflows, solve creative problems, and keep production organized and efficient. I value supportive, collaborative teamwork and believe that a healthy environment makes strong art.

Alena Khandryka

Art Director, Illustrator, Concept Artist, +2

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Paragraph 1: 2D Senior Artist & Art Lead with 13+ years in mobile casual games. My experience combines strong hands-on 2D art skills (characters, environments, concepts) with guiding visual direction across 2D/3D/UI teams. I've spent the last several years shaping art styles, supporting redesigns, improving pipelines, and giving structured feedback that helps artists grow. Paragraph 2: I'm passionate about polished stylized art, visual storytelling, and creating clear, engaging art that connects players to the world. My engineering background helps me structure complex workflows, solve creative problems, and keep production organized and efficient. I value supportive, collaborative teamwork and believe that a healthy environment makes strong art.…Paragraph 1: 2D Senior Artist & Art Lead with 13+ years in mobile casual games. My experience combines strong hands-on 2D art skills (characters, environments, concepts) with guiding visual direction across 2D/3D/UI teams. I've spent the last several years shaping art styles, supporting redesigns, improving pipelines, and giving structured feedback that helps artists grow. Paragraph 2: I'm passionate about polished stylized art, visual storytelling, and creating clear, engaging art that connects players to the world. My engineering background helps me structure complex workflows, solve creative problems, and keep production organized and efficient. I value supportive, collaborative teamwork and believe that a healthy environment makes strong art.

Available to hire

Paragraph 1: 2D Senior Artist & Art Lead with 13+ years in mobile casual games. My experience combines strong hands-on 2D art skills (characters, environments, concepts) with guiding visual direction across 2D/3D/UI teams. I’ve spent the last several years shaping art styles, supporting redesigns, improving pipelines, and giving structured feedback that helps artists grow.

Paragraph 2: I’m passionate about polished stylized art, visual storytelling, and creating clear, engaging art that connects players to the world. My engineering background helps me structure complex workflows, solve creative problems, and keep production organized and efficient. I value supportive, collaborative teamwork and believe that a healthy environment makes strong art.

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Russian

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Belarusian

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Work Experience

Art Director at GlEra Games

August 1, 2024 - Present

Led visual development and style evolution for Atlantis Odyssey; directed full art style refresh across 2D/3D/UI teams; created style guides and visual hierarchy rules; ensured consistent and high-quality assets; provided structured feedback; ran workshops; supported art growth; improved pipelines and planning for art production; contributed hands-on to key tasks: creating concepts, character sketches, stylized backgrounds, UI/UX visuals, and polishing complex assets.

2D Art Team Lead at GlEra Games

December 1, 2021 - August 1, 2024

Guided visual quality and consistency for characters, environments, props, and icons; produced hand-drawn art: character concepts, environment sketches, decorative assets, mood concepts; led 2D team development: feedback sessions, 1-on-1s, growth plans; supported art style updates and redesign initiatives; organized workflows and improved pipelines; collaborated with 3D, UI, product, and design teams to keep visuals aligned; participated in hiring and mentoring junior artists.

2D Senior Artist at GlEra Games

January 1, 2021 - December 1, 2021

Created character concepts, environments, and polished backgrounds; contributed to visual storytelling and world-building; provided guidance to junior artists.

2D Artist | Marketing Artist at Vizor Games Ltd

January 1, 2012 - December 1, 2021

Character design, background design, icon creation, concept art, map design, promotional illustrations for casual social & mobile games; worked with different styles and mentored junior artists.

Freelance Photographer at Freelance

January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2014

Portraits, weddings & events; developed skills in composition, lighting, colour harmony, atmosphere, and emotional storytelling through portrait sessions, weddings and events.

Design Engineer at Unibelus LLC

August 1, 2011 - February 1, 2012

Project design, technical analysis, workflow structuring.

Engineer at Svya zinformse rvice LLC

August 1, 2009 - August 1, 2011

Technical documentation, project design, process coordination.