We are a fully funded, growing three-person indie studio actively developing a new digital strategy card game. With a secured budget and a clear production roadmap, we offer the stability of a professional project combined with the creative freedom of indie development. We are looking for a versatile 2D Art Generalist to join our core team as our Lead Artist, taking full ownership of the game's visual identity from concept to release.

About the project

We are developing a fantasy themed strategy card game for PC, built around both single player progression and PvP gameplay.

The visual direction is semi realistic comic style with a digital painting finish. We aim for strong silhouettes, clear readability, and a cohesive look across cards, UI, and narrative presentation.

We also plan story moments presented as comic style cutscenes using illustrated panels and sequences.

The role

We are looking for a Game Artist Generalist who can become the main artist on the project.

This role includes both creating original artwork from scratch and reworking AI assisted visuals into production ready, cohesive final game assets.

This role is ideal for someone who is comfortable working across multiple areas of game art, not only creating individual illustrations, but also improving UI, helping establish style consistency, and taking ownership of the overall visual direction.

You will work closely with the founder and have meaningful influence over the final look of the game.

What you will do

1. Create original artwork from scratch for cards and other game visuals
2. Improve, refine, repaint, and overpaint AI assisted visuals into cohesive final assets
3. Help create comic style cutscenes, including illustrated panels, sequences, paintovers, and visual storytelling support
4. Create and improve card art and card related visuals
5. Improve and polish UI screens and in game presentation
6. Help define, refine, and maintain the game’s art style
7. Prepare paintovers, mockups, visual explorations, and production friendly art tasks
8. Give feedback on existing visuals and propose improvements
9. Help keep the project visually cohesive as it grows

What we are looking for

1. Experience in game art, ideally on shipped or serious in development projects
2. Strong sense of style consistency, readability, composition, and polish
3. Ability to work independently and take ownership
4. Good communication and reliable production habits
5. Comfortable working in a small team where each person has real responsibility

Nice to have

1. Experience with card games, strategy games, or fantasy themes
2. Familiarity with Unreal Engine
3. Experience working as the main or only artist on an indie project
4. Understanding of practical game production constraints
5. Ability to improve existing work, not only create new work from scratch

AI assisted workflows

We are open to artists who are comfortable using AI assisted workflows where they genuinely improve speed or exploration, for example during ideation, variations, paintovers, or production support.

What matters most to us is the final quality, consistency, originality of the final output, and commercial usability of the work.

What we offer

1. Paid remote collaboration
2. A funded project with serious long term goals
3. Direct influence on the visual identity of the game
4. A small team environment with fast decision making and real ownership
5. The opportunity to help shape the foundation of a growing studio

To apply

Please send us:

1. Your portfolio
2. Your rates or expected compensation
3. Your availability
4. A short note about your experience with game illustration, UI, and visual style ownership
5. Information about your experience with Unreal Engine, if any
6. A brief note on how you approach AI assisted workflows, if relevant

We are looking for someone for a long term collaboration, not just one off asset delivery.