Summary
Passionate, dedicated and experienced illustrator, character/concept artist and designer with a proven track record of successfully managing illustration and art/design assignments and delivering consistent client satisfaction. Adept in overseeing all aspects of art direction and management, offering innovative solutions. Broad experience with production pipeline. Experienced and motivated artist with professional history working on different projects in the field of concept/character design, illustration, game design and animation. Ready to take creative initiative and explore different approaches to art problems. With several international creative projects under my belt I would love to bring my expertise, artistic and creative vision to your projects and new teams.
My personal projects focus on cartoon, historical and fantasy character design and historical illustration… I find great artistic inspiration in history.
Skills
Software proficiency
Productions
- BookBosnian Kingdom - History of medieval Bosnian state
- Year2016
- RoleLead illustrator and visual/concept artist
- CompanyMladinska knjiga d.o.o. Sarajevo
- Video GameBubble Rumble
- Year2014
- RoleCharacter, concept and environment artist
- CompanyTriple Claim Game Collective
- MovieStone tale
- Year2009
- RoleAuthor of the short animated movie, lead character/concept artist, animator and illustrator
- CompanyPrime Time d.o.o. Sarajevo
- MovieCrazy dance
- Year2008
- RoleAnimator and concept/character artist and modeler
- CompanyPrime Time d.o.o. Sarajevo
Experience
- Freelance illustrator and visual development supervisor at Mladinska knjiga - publishing houseSarajevo, Bosnia and HerzegovinaSeptember 2015 - Present
My task is to collaborate with other illustrators on the visual development and illustration of several book projects.
- Illustration of massive/epic historical battles
- reconstruction of the historical armors and weapons
- reconstruction and visual development of the medieval Coat of Arms
- visual reconstructions of medieval historical scenes
- illustrations of royal figures and notable medieval characters - Illustration, character/environment art and visual development at Chimney, International Creation AgencyBasel, SwitzerlandMay 2017 - July 2017
My task was to work on character design and visual development of several scenes (two short films):
- character design and development (vector illustrations)
- environment design and conceptualization (vector illustrations)
- asset design and prop illustrations (vector illustrations)
- preparation of the vector characters for the animation process - Character/concept artist, illustrator and 2D and 3D animator at INET-DESIGNSarajevo, Bosnia and HerzegovinaMay 2014 - June 2017
My tasks were:
- visual development of creative ideas for the client
- sketching and drawing; creative development
- illustration; high level digital paintings and vector illustration
- character design and visual development for the commercials, short animations, teasers, trailers and game projects
- 2D animation; classical animation and live trace animation
- 3D animation; computer character animation
- basic modeling for the production
- Visual development for the gaming projects; character design, environment art, asset design, UI and UX design... - 3D character animator at CommunisSarajevo, Bosnia and HerzegovinaFebruary 2015 - May 2015
I was employed as freelance 3D character animator, working on animated commercial.
- establishing shots and frames
- layout of animation (blocking)
- final 3D character animation - Illustrator and visual development at MITA GROUP - creative agencySarajevo, Bosnia and HerzegovinaOctober 2016 - April 2017
I was employed as freelance illustrator to design, sketch and illustrate vector illustrations - Viber pack for the agency.
- visual development of the idea
- sketching and drawing
- vector illustration
- layout and visual finalization. - Character/concept/environment artist and illustrator at Triple Claim Game CollectiveSarajevo, Bosnia and HerzegovinaJanuary 2014 - January 2015
I participated in the visual development and definitions of aesthetics and looks for the game Bubble Rumble; I also actively participated in the visual and artistic development and definition of characters that appear in the game, as well as visually and aesthetically defining of the game levels.
- Character/concept artist, illustrator and 2D and 3D animator at PRIME TIMESarajevo, Bosnia and HerzegovinaJune 2008 - May 2014
I worked on several short animation projects and one feature animated movie. My tasks were:
- Pre-production sketching and drawing; creative development of the characters, costumes, assets, props, environments...
- Production illustration; high level digital paintings and vector illustrations for the production (promo art)
- character design and visual development for the commercials, short animations, teasers, trailers and game projects
- 2D animation; classical animation for the production of the short and feature animated film.
- 3D animation; computer character animation for the short and feature animated film
- basic modeling for the production
- Visual development for the gaming projects; character design, environment art, asset design...