♦ MONIKA MIKUCKA ♦

game artist | illustrator

contact@monkanart.com


Hello!

Monika is a passionate freelancer artist whose expertise lies in character design, concept art, illustration and marketing. She seeks joy and inspiration in gaming, reading, medieval things, and tea is her number one fuel. She has 5+ years of professional experience in the video game industry, and 10+ years in illustration. Do not hesitate to contact her if you have questions! contact@monkanart.com



Experiences

2023 sep - present
Graphic Artist & Marketing Artist at Clear River Games. Responsible for creating titlesheets, disc labels, game labels, marketing assets, and alike.

2022 aug - 2023 aug
Game & Marketing Artist at Bitwave Games. Created various marketing assets and game assets for the Toaplan games.
- Toaplan Arcade Shoot'Em Ups Volume 1-4
- Gimmick! 2

2018 - present
Accepting various of personal commission work.

2018 Sep - 2019 Jan
Freelance Game Artist for The Station Interactive
-Sniper VS Thieves - UI icon design

2017 June - 2017 Dec
Game Artist at JFTW AB, Gothenburg. Worked with game assets for video slots.

2016 Sep - 2017 Apr
2D Artist intern at The Station Interactive in Karlshamn, Sweden. I produced DLC costumes for Little Big Planet 3. I also created various concept art and 2D assets for unannounced titles as well.
- Little Big Planet 3 DLC - concept art, marketing
- Sniper VS Thieves - Marketing
- Sniper Extinction - Weapon concept art, various graphics

2016 May
Nordic Game Conference Volunteer.

2015 May
Nordic Game Conference Volunteer, Wacom demonstrator & Art Contest Helper.

2012
Graphic Artist (2D & 3D) in a project at the Skövde Academy.

2011
Video Game Demonstrator for a day - I was representing Nintendo 3DS and Kid Icarus: Uprising during an event in Gothenburg, Sweden.

2010
Graphic Artist (trainee) at Image & Form: Worked on various titles such as Anthill: Ant's Aint' Saints for the iOS and Android.

2009
Graphic Artist (2D, 3D, texture artist) for the Swedish Church(Tidaholm). Worked on the game Testament.

2008
Voice Actress for Daniel Remar's game project Iji.

Game Projects

- Gimmick! 2 (Steam)
- Toaplan Arcade Shoot-Em Ups Volume 1-4 (Steam, GoG)
- Assault Suit Leynos 2 Saturn Tribute (Consoles)
- Little Big Planet 3 (PS4)
- Sniper VS Thieves (iOS)
- Sniper Extinction (iOS)
- Anthill: Ant's Aint' Saints (iOS)

Skills

- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe After Effects
- Autodesk Maya
- Hack & Plan, BaseCamp, Trello
- Google Drive, SharePoint, Teams
- Office 365+

Basic Knowledge

- ZBrush
- Substance Painter
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Adobe Premiere
- Pro Vegas
- HTML5
- CSS3


Education

2014 - 2017 The Game Assembly
Advance Diploma in Higher Vocational Education in Malmö, Sweden. Game Art.

2012 University of Gotland.
Online class: Concept Art, 15 points

2006 - 2009 University of Skövde
Video game development - graphic. Degree of Bachelor of Arts. 180 p.