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Matijos Gebreselassie
Matijos Gebreselassie
Art Director
Warsaw, Poland

Summary

2D Artist and Animator in Film, Theatre & Game Industry,
Polish National Film School graduate (animation department).

Currently working as an Art Director in Print Studios Ltd and as a freelance artist for multiple projects.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/matijos/
https://vimeo.com/matijos

Skills

2D AnimationArt DirectionConcept ArtDigital PaintingStoryboardingGame DevelopmentCharacter AnimationCostume DesignVideo Editingvfx

Software proficiency

After Effects
After Effects
Illustrator
Illustrator
Photoshop
Photoshop
3DCoat
3DCoat
Premiere
Premiere
Toon Boom Studio
Toon Boom Studio
Harmony
Harmony
TVPaint Animation
TVPaint Animation
Anime Studio
Anime Studio
Spine 2D
Spine 2D

Reel

Experience

  • Art Director at Print Studios
    January 2023 - Present

    -Complex game art creation

    -Promo materials

  • Art Director at Play'n GO
    November 2021 - December 2022

    -Game creation on all stages

    -Mentorship program

    -Teams direction and guidance

    -Promo materials

  • Art Director at Lucky Duck Games
    Warsaw, Poland
    January 2020 - November 2021

    -Art Directing of Divinus game

    -Creation of Gamefound campaigns

    -Main Art for the game 'Chronicles of Crime'

    -Art for the game 'Chronicles of Crime: Millennium Series'

    -Illustrations in VR

    -Animations and VFXs for trailers

    -Promo materials

  • Head of Graphics Production at Billion Games
    Malta
    February 2019 - October 2019

    -Game design

    -Game production: concept, graphics, animation

    -Game workflow supervision

    -Art style maintenance and team direction

  • Art Director at Billion Games
    Kraków, Poland
    November 2018 - February 2019

    -Game development and workflow supervision (pitch, concept art, planning, graphics, rigging, animation, promo materials)

    -Teams leadership

    -Art team recruitment

    -Branding

  • Art Direcor at NetEnt
    Krakow, Poland
    June 2017 - October 2018

    -Krakow Office game supervision

    -Teams leadership

    -Entire game development: pitch, concept art, planning, graphics, rigging, animation, promo materials

    -Art training (internal/external)

    -Art team recruitment

  • Freelance Art Director at various companies
    January 2013 - Present

    -Main art for the boardgame 'The Bridgevale Train Company'

    -Music video for Sistars, Bass Astral x Igo (visual concept, realisation, promo materials)

    -Restoration Games- entire boardgame ‘Dino Tea Party’

    -Restoration Games- concept art for the boardgame ‘Fireball Island’

    -Adidas- VFX for advertising video

    -National Opera- animated scenography and concept art for the play ‘Goplana’

    -Animated scenography for the Radiostatic Band Tour around Poland

    -Bebilon- character designs for animated web series

    -Sol & Liv animation- storyboards and animatic for the 1st episode

    -Music video VFX- Sylwia Grzeszczak: ‘Tamta dziewczyna’

    -Multimedia Presentation for The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage

    -Game Desire- game art

    -TrzyRzecze Theatre- scenography and costumes design for the play 'Butterflies’

    -Habit & Armor- storyboards for feature-lenght film

    -Online Game for Polish Film Institute

    -PFDKF- Animated intro for cinemas

    -Aviva- Rigging and animation of 2 episodes

    -Animations for Embassy of Netherlands- concept art, motion design

    -Eipix Entertainment Games- art and animation

    -Huuuge Games- art and animation

    -Island of Freedom- animated intro for a documentary

  • Freelance Artist at Lucky Duck Games
    August 2017 - Present

    -Game Art

    -Illustrations in VR

    -Animation

    -Promo materials

  • Concept Artist & Animator at Orbital Knight
    Warsaw, Poland
    January 2016 - January 2017

    -Rebranding

    -Concept Art

    -Promo Art

    -Animation

    -VFX