Experience

• Head of Painting Department at Pallas University of Applied Sciences

  Tartu, Estonia

  September 2018 - Present

  I manage a small team of art instructors and our department has approximately 50 students. I instruct figure drawing and painting, among other subjects.

• Illustrator at Freelance

  Afghanistan

  January 2013 - Present

  As a freelance illustrator my main focus has been editorial illustration for print and the web and poster artwork. I have also designed multiple album covers and done preproduction concept work for films.

• Concept Artist / Level Designer at ZA/UM Studio

  Tallinn, Estonia

  August 2015 - July 2019

  As a member of the small, but talented ZA/UM art team I got to try my hand at pretty much everything: from environments to characters to GUI elements.

  My main focus was creating environments and props for the game's pre-rendered backgrounds – from concept to basic modelling & texturing in Blender to rendering and in-engine lighting. I also did character design and sculpting and texturing in Blender.

• Lecturer/Art Instructor at Tartu Art College

  Tartu, Estonia

  September 2017 - June 2018

  During my time as a lecturer I instructed a figure drawing class for senior students and an introductory painting class for beginners and multiple shorter creative workshops.