2D Artist / Art Generalist

Strim Duo is a creative digital studio based in Limassol, Cyprus. We specialize in social game development, product engineering, UX/UI design, custom software solutions, mobile apps, and post-launch product support.
Our mission is to build products that work seamlessly across devices, delivering engaging experiences for millions of users worldwide.

The expertise we’re looking for (must-have):

• Exceptional portfolio with illustrations, concept art, and characters (including faces).
• Expertise in digital painting with a drawing tablet.
• Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.
• Strong understanding of human and animal anatomy, composition, color theory, lighting, and material rendering.
• Flexibility in different art styles and techniques; ability to match a defined style and reference.
• Ability to sketch and draw any asset from scratch — when AI generation isn’t a fit, or to paint over and refine AI-generated output.
• Skill in drawing characters, objects, and environments.
• Basic understanding of UI/UX principles.
• Preparing art for rigging/animation: cleaning up, separating assets into clean named layers, painting in hidden/overlapped parts, simplifying asymmetrical decor, keeping geometry rig-friendly for hand-off to animators.
• Ability to generate ideas and provide visuals according to references and briefs.
• Good time management and consistent on-time delivery.
• Upper-Intermediate English (B2 or higher).

Working with generative AI (must-have):

• A solid working understanding of different generative AI tools (e.g. Stable Diffusion, Midjourney) and confidence generating visual concepts and concept sheets.
• Using AI output as a base and polishing it to production quality — including cleanup of AI artifacts (hands, edges, stray logos, doubled parts).
• A clear desire to grow your AI skills as the toolset evolves.

Would be a plus:

• Experience in the iGaming / gaming industry.
• AI depth: style-consistency discipline (seed / prompt / LoRA), pose & composition control via ControlNet (OpenPose / Depth), ComfyUI pipelines, AI-assisted layer separation and inpainting (SD Inpaint, Photoshop AI, GPT-4o), and 3D-to-AI pose workflows.
• Basic knowledge of Spine 2D and After Effects; understanding of 2D animation / rigging workflows.
• UI/UX design experience.

• Familiarity with using 3D models for posing/reference (Daz3D, Blender).

   

Your role will include:

• Generating visual concepts and concept sheets.
• Creating final art for social and mobile platforms.
• Creating concept art (characters, locations, game elements, and assets).
• Drawing and painting from scratch where AI isn’t a fit, and refining AI-generated bases to production quality.
• Preparing rig-ready assets — cleanup, layer separation, naming, hidden-part paint-in — and handing them off to animators per the production pipeline.
• Building mood boards at project start and iterating after reviews.
• Actively participating in the game development process.