Oleksii Luchnikov
Painter
Art Director & Concept Artist
Software Developer
Kyiv, Ukraine
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Painterly realism from observation, in oil and in digital paint.
Art director and concept artist for films, games, and advertising. Works with directors, production designers, and agencies.
Builds software tools for art production.
Experience
- Art direction for films, games, and commercials.
- Keyframe illustrations from scripts and storyboards.
- Concept art for environments, characters, and props.
- 3D modelling and paintovers.
- Concept art for Disney Dreamlight Valley.
- Art lead for SongPop Classic and SongPop, leading a team of three artists.
- Marketing art for LEGO Legacy: Heroes Unboxed, made in Blender and Photoshop.
- SongPop art and animation, mostly in Illustrator.
- Art for World at Arms and Ballistic Baseball.
- Oil paintings from life, drawings, and digital art practice.
- Member of the Youth Association of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine.
Credits
- Brands
- Starbucks, SAP, Audible, Citi, Alpine, Rabanne, Opel, EDF, The Balvenie, Tiger Beer, Genesis, Suno
- Agencies
- Anomaly LA, BBDO New York, Fold7, Havas Chicago, BETC Etoile Rouge, Maison BETC, Marcel Worldwide, BETC, LePub
- Production companies
- Magna Studios, B2Y Productions, Smuggler, Push Pull Production, KTGB, Wanda, MJZ, LA/PAC, Solab Films, Stink Films
Education
2014 – 2018
Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts, Easel Painting
Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts
2010 – 2014
Junior Specialist diploma in Fine Arts, Artist-Teacher
Kharkiv Art College
2003 – 2008
Art school certificate in Painting
Kharkiv Art School
Skills
Painting Oil painting, Digital painting, Drawing
Art direction Concept art, Keyframe illustration, 3D modelling, Image editing
Software Photoshop, Illustrator, Blender
Programming TypeScript, Svelte, Rust, Lua, Agentic coding, Context engineering