I’m Berk, born in 1996. After high school, I wanted to make a living through illustration and animation. While preparing for art school, I started taking on freelance projects, including character design, motion graphics, and comic book work. However, my true passion was animation and effects.

Later, I decided to pursue a career in game development. I studied at Dokuz Eylül University in the Graphic Arts and Illustration Department and eventually graduated. During my studies, I continued working on various projects and kept improving my skills in both animation and visual effects.

I’ve been developing games for two years. Initially, I worked as a generalist game artist for a year, with a focus on animation. During this time, I contributed to a game called Shishke Bob, where I handled tasks such as 3D modeling, texturing, 3D painting, UI design, UI animations (and Unity integration), general optimization, character animations, win-lose scenes, and VFX.

Following that, I specialized in creating VFX assets for both 2D and 3D games at Blay Games for six months. I’ve learned various problem-solving techniques, including shaders, sprite sheet animations, and cel animations. I enjoy bridging the gap between art and code and finding creative solutions to challenges.

Most recently, I worked as a VFX Artist at Bigger Games, contributing to a casual mobile game project. Additionally, I’ve completed my necessary military service.

Right now, I’m working as a 2D animator, handling tasks such as:

• Creating Spine animations for characters and props

• Producing 2.5D animations using Spine and Unity’s animation system

• Creating VFX for both UI and gameplay

• Performing both technical and visual optimizations, such as managing draw calls, creating sprite atlases, and importing UI designs (including 9-slice and more)

• Building pipelines for animations and effects

• Developing custom shaders with a focus on optimization

• Writing components (in C#) for automated systems and procedural actions integrated with animations and effects

• Assisting 2D artists with overpainting and asset creation

• Collaborating via GitHub (familiar with pushing projects following the rules set by developers)

• Being a team player (working closely with art directors, product owners, and developers!)