Concept Art & Visual Development

NIKOLAI CHAMAGUA

Art Director  /  Concept Artist  /  Visual Developer
12 years · Mobile & PC Games
7+
Studios
20+
Projects
12
Years
Concept ArtArt DirectionVisual DevelopmentCharacter DesignEnvironment ArtAI & Generative ToolsMobile GamesPrototyping Concept ArtArt DirectionVisual DevelopmentCharacter DesignEnvironment ArtAI & Generative ToolsMobile GamesPrototyping
Client Work
01
FORTIS GAMES
Art Director
Mobile game art production
Mobile Games
Jan 2023 – Present
02
TAP4FUN
Associate Art Director · Barcelona, Spain
Kingdom Guard · Zombie Rush · Tribal Age · Fantasy Prototypes
Mobile · Strategy
Oct 2019 – Oct 2022
03
FUNPLUS
Artist · Beijing, China
UI · Marketing · Characters · Environment
Mobile · Casual
Apr 2018 – Oct 2019
04
PLAYRIX
Artist · Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Homescapes · Interior concept & visual language
Mobile · Casual
Mar 2017 – Mar 2018
05
CRYPTOZOIC
Artist · Irvine, United States
Card & board game illustration · IP-driven visual dev
Tabletop · IP
May 2016 – Mar 2018
06
MY.GAMES
Freelance Concept Artist · Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Cross-platform concept art
Freelance · PC
Jun 2016 – Dec 2016
07
GAME INSIGHT
Lead Artist · Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Character design · Environment art · UI visual dev
Mobile · Strategy
Dec 2014 – Mar 2017

ARTDIRECTOR.

12 years building game worlds across mobile, PC, and tabletop. Worked with studios in the US, Europe, China, and Russia — from the first rough thumbnail through shipped pixels, covering every phase of game art production.

Fast prototyping, strong visual development instincts, pushing the visual language wherever possible. Now combining traditional concept art craft with generative AI tools to move faster and explore more.

Concept Art
Characters, environments, props — ideation to final polish
Art Direction
Visual language, team guidance, consistency at scale
Visual Development
Tone, mood, and style systems from scratch
Fast Prototyping
Rapid iteration across genre and platform
Generative AI & Tools
Stable Diffusion · Midjourney · LoRA & model fine-tuning · Custom workflow tools built in Claude · AI-assisted pipeline integration for studios
Mobile Game Art
12 yr
Concept Art
12 yr
Art Direction
7 yr
Visual Dev
9 yr
Generative AI
2 yr
Personal Artworks
Byliny — Slavic Epic
Personal project · Character design series
Byliny
Brutal Space
Personal project · Sci-fi world
Brutal Space
Various Works
Personal artworks
Full portfolio on ArtStation ↗

LET'S
WORK.

Available for art direction & concept art commissions.

nikolay.chamagua@gmail.com
Portfolio
ArtStation — kalian999999
Email
nikolay.chamagua@gmail.com
Resume
Curriculum Vitae — Download
Location
Remote — Worldwide