Ioana Oprisan

Ioana is a mid-level artist with 4 years experience currently at Wushu Studios, working on an unannounced project. Having always had an inclination towards environmental props (starting with her doll's very first pair of home-made curtains), Ioana started out pursuing architecture as a career, but somehow ended up working in market research instead. Armed with a desire to rediscover the childhood joy of story crafting, she pivoted to game-art, proving that it's never too late to pursue your passion.

As an environment artist Ioana has worked in both AAA and indie, and even taught game art at University. Her speciality has been modular realistic environments with a particular emphasis on storytelling through set-dressing, texturing, lighting and composition. Her experience has taught her how to convey immersion in multiple styles and genres and how to collaborate with diverse teams working across different platforms and engines.

Ioana uses personal art as tool for exploration, using the opportunity to work on completely new styles and with new tools. She would encourage anyone trying to get into environment art to treat it as a boundless playground where imagination knows no limits.

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