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Mike L.

Vancouver, Canada

$41/hr
5.0
11 jobs

I create premium 3D product animation, CGI, and real-time game art that make products and digital worlds feel polished, believable, and memorable. With almost a decade of experience I specialize in photorealistic product visuals for beauty, skincare, consumer goods, packaging, and industrial products, transforming CAD/STP files, product photography, PSD artwork, reference footage, and brand guidelines into high-end animations and stills for websites, campaigns, product launches, presentations, and social media. Alongside CGI work, I bring real-time game-art experience to projects requiring optimized, production-ready assets. I create efficient 3D models, PBR materials, modular environments, props, and game-ready assets designed with strong visual quality and practical performance in mind. Services include: - Product animation, hero films, website loops, and social cutdowns - Photorealistic 3D modeling, texturing, lighting, rendering, and compositing - Beauty and skincare CGI: glass, liquids, cosmetics, labels, packaging, and luxury environments - Industrial animation: assembly sequences, exploded views, technical visuals, and close-up details - Real-time game art: optimized props, environments, modular kits, PBR materials, and asset pipelines - High-resolution product stills for marketing, e-commerce, and presentations - Editable, organized source files when desired I work primarily in Blender & 3dsMax and use a detail-focused process: accurate proportions, convincing materials, intentional lighting, and motion that supports the story or user experience. Whether you need a three-second web animation, a larger campaign film, or optimized assets for a real-time project, I bring both artistic polish and technical production awareness.

  • Game Art
  • 3D Texturing
  • 3D Modeling
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Texture Mapping
  • Substance Painter
  • UV Mapping
  • 3D Rendering
  • Autodesk 3ds Max
  • Blender
  • Unreal Engine
  • Substance Designer
  • Rendering
Anastasia S.

Vancouver, Canada

$30/hr
4.9
7 jobs

I am a concept artist and illustrator. I draw in 2D and in love with the development of environments, backgrounds and characters. I have experience working with studios and freelance. In search of interesting projects, open to dialogue.

  • Character Design
  • Concept Artistry
  • Game Art
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Toon Boom Harmony
  • Nature Illustration
  • 2D Design
  • 2D Illustration
  • Digital Painting
  • Cartoon Character
  • Game Background & Environment
  • Cartoon Art
  • Concept Design
  • Children's Book Illustration
Ahmad R.

Toronto, Canada

$35/hr
5.0
2 jobs

Hi there, my name is Ahmad Rafiei Vardanjani. it will be my great pleasure if you give me the opportunity to work on your project as I am expert of concept design in game and animation industry for about 3 years with great effort. I had experience working as a Game Graphical Artist for slot game companies such as NetEnt in Poland(employee) and Boomerang Studios in Australia (freelance), I supported art team at each project. This starts with brainstorming sketches, and once some are accepted by the art director, I start polishing them, keeping in mind the feedback I have received from the director. I have also had the experience of working as freelance concept artist and my responsibility was to create color moods for scenes based on script, on an animated short film called The Wrong Rock, which received several award nominations. As a visual development artist I believe that being flexible and attentive are the most important features that any artist should have. Since I am really looking forward to working with you, I am bound to make you not regret to choosing me. Hope to have a voice from you soo. Thank you

  • Character Design
  • Concept Artistry
  • Illustration
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Procreate
  • Environmental Design
Alihan G.

New Westminster, Canada

$25/hr
4.6
4 jobs

Hey There Ive studied 3D animation on Kwantlen Polytecnic University Vancouver Canada. Im more of a generalist with work experience in games and animation. I specialize in character art. Im highly enthusiastic and with every new job that Im getting Im adding extra skills to my skillset. Im sharing my demoreel link down there you can see my latest work. My latest job was creating high quality textures and sculptures with proper geometry for an upcoming game. I love texturing assets and creating illusions and nice realistic textures for them. Thank you for your time Alihan Gulses

  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Procreate
Oksana M.

Calgary, Canada

$39/hr
4.9
452 jobs

Board Game and Mobile Game Artist with over 15 years of experience in the gaming industry. What I Can Do (Really Well): 🟢 Board Game Art: • Game logo design • Box design • Board art and map design • Cards template design (icons, frame) + illustrations. • Rulebook design • 3D mockups • Prepress preparation 🟣Kickstarter Campaign Design 🟢Mobile Game Art: • Environment Art • Character Design • UI 🟣Illustration

  • Character Design
  • Game Art
  • Game Design
  • Illustration
  • Card Game
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Packaging Design
  • Board Game
  • Kickstarter Marketing
  • iPad UI Design
  • Icon Design
  • 2D Illustration
  • iPhone UI Design
Olha H.

Calgary, Canada

$30/hr
4.8
224 jobs

✨🏆Top 3% of Freelancers on Upwork ⭐️+200 Projects ⭐️+6300 Hours My skills: ✅ 2D Game Art and Game UI/UX Design. ✅ Pixel Art. ✅ Redesigning Games and Creating Assets, Icons, Illustration, Character, Background design. ✅ Map design ✅ Graphic design ✅ Web design, Landing Pages Design, UI Design, UI-Kit, NFT, AI generation, DALLE 3, Nano Banana ✅ Banners, Marketing materials design, App Store/Google Play Screenshots design I have been working in the game industry for more than 8 years and have done a lot of work projects from concept to implementation for IOS and Android OS. Why should you work with me? I guarantee: ✔ Perform your project in a great way. ✔ Fast and professional work; ✔ Attention to details; ✔ Meeting deadlines; 8 years of experience in 2D Game Art, Game UI/UX Design and Pixel Art. I can realize your project from an idea and Sketch to finished art. I'm passionate about my work! 🔑 Keywords to find me: Game, Game UI/UX Design, Game Art, Assets, Icons, Cards, Popups, Buttons, Character, Background, NFT, Pixel Art, UI/UX, UX design, UI Design, User Interface Design, web design, Graphic design, Landing Pages Design, User Experience Design, Web & Mobile Design, Responsive Web Design, UI Research, User Flow, Android and iOS app design, mobile design, Android app design, Graphics & UI Design, website wireframing, eCommerce web design, Google Material Design, Clickable prototype, Export Assets from Sketch, Website Wireframing, Animations creation, Branding, User Interface, iOS app design, prototype design, Webdesign, web design, Infographics design, Material Design, website design, Adobe Photoshop, GUI design, User interface designs, Figma, UX Research, Logo Design, Animation UI, wireframes design, Design, UX/UI, UX, UI, User Interface Design, Web & Mobile Design, Graphics & UI Design, User Experience Design, Website, UI Research, Web Design, Sketch, App, Adobe Photoshop, Landing Page, Website, Illustrator, Graphic Design, iPhone Design, Branding, Visual Design, Adobe, Application design, Photoshop, Redesign, Wireframing, Landing, Graphics, App Design, Adobe Illustrator, Job, Design Expert, Digital,Agency, Creation, Android, Hire, User experience design, Creative, Experienced, UI/UX Design, Advertising, User Experience,Testing, Team Leader, platform design, Sketch, Logo, Design Guru, Graphic Design, Web Design, Art Director, Guidelines, Website Prototyping, Interaction Design, Designer, UI, Head of Design, Wireframe, Mobile Design, Mock-up, Mobile UI Design. Thank you for visiting my profile, I look forward to working with you!

  • Character Design
  • Game Art
  • Game Design
  • Illustration
  • 2D Animation
  • 2D Game Art
  • Pixel Art
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Unity
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Mobile UI Design
  • Game UI/UX Design
  • Game
  • UI Graphics
  • Mobile Game
  • Graphic Design
  • User Interface Design
  • Map Illustration
  • 2D Design
  • UI Animation

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