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Ali Gillani

@aligillani

2D game artist with 270+ projects for US, UK and EU clients. Fully hand-made art, no AI. Open to remote contract and full-time roles.

Pakistan

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What I'm looking for

Remote Art Director or Lead Artist role at a game studio or publisher that values original, human-made art. I stay hands-on: I direct visual style and still paint, design characters, and deliver production-ready assets. I've delivered 270+ projects for US, UK, and EU clients through Artductive Studio. Open to senior Game Artist or Illustrator roles. Available for US/UK/EU overlap.

I'm a 2D game artist and the founder of Artductive Studio, a boutique art studio in Lahore, Pakistan. Over 270+ completed projects, I've created characters, environments, UI, icons, and game-ready assets for clients and developers across the US, UK, and EU.

Everything I make is fully hand-made, with no AI generation, which matters to teams that need original, ownable art. My training is in Indo-Persian miniature painting (BFA Hons, NCA Lahore), which gives me strong detail, color control, and the discipline to keep a consistent style across an entire game rather than a single hero piece.

I deliver clean, organized, production-ready files, work well with art directors and developers, and have managed a small team of illustrators while holding one visual standard across projects. I work remotely and overlap with US, UK, and EU hours when a project needs it.

Looking for: remote contract or full-time 2D art roles on [mobile / casual / indie / PC] games.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Founder, Art Director

Current

Artductive Studio

Mar 2019 - Present (7 years 7 months)

Direct visual style and art production for 2D game projects: 270+ delivered through the studio for US, UK, and EU clients.
Personally paint characters, environments, UI, and icons; hand off clean, layered, production-ready files.
Guide a small team of illustrators to keep one consistent style.
100% human-made, no AI artwork.

Current

``Lead Artist

Current

VirtualBrix

Nov 2019 - Oct 2026 (6 years 11 months)

Lead the art for children's books, comic books, marketing campaigns, and donation campaign design. Set the visual direction, and keep style consistent across every asset from concept to final files. Hands-on in illustration and character work, with print- and web-ready delivery.

Current

Illustrator & Game Artist

Current

upwork

Feb 2018 - Oct 2026 (8 years 8 months)

Top Rated Plus freelancer with 100% Job Success across 43 jobs and 6,600+ hours. Deliver 2D game art and children's book illustration to clients in the US, UK, and EU as clean, production-ready files. BBC-featured. 100% human-made, no AI artwork.

Digital Artist

Happy Duck Studio

May 2016 - Oct 2018 (2 years 5 months)

Led art direction for illustration projects, setting the visual style and keeping output consistent across projects. staying hands-on in characters , environments and UI.