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Nielisson Mendonça

UI/UX designer and 3D/2D Artist

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“Games are legitimate forms of media, human expression, and cultural importance”
― Mary Flanagan, Critical Play: Radical Game Design

Art Work

These are some of my featured projects. They are professional or personal projects, and many of them are from game jams.

Astronaut

3D Art Work

Behance Portfolio

These are some of my best 3D work so far. I love creating 3D art, and I am a VR enthusiast.

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My Lovely Planet

2023 (one year)

Developed intuitive UI/UX and 2D assets, contributing to the game design of a F2P mobile game where in-game actions create real-life impact.

Roles: UI/UX and 2D art | Game Design

Team composition: ~12 people

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Greedfall

PC, XBOX One and PS4

As a GUI integrator, I was responsible for the integration of the UI assets and I also retouched/created several icons and other elements.

Role: GUI artist and Integrator (internship)

Team composition: 192 people

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Jolibrain - jeux cerebraux

2024

Designed the platform's UI/UX and rendered some 3D assets, focusing on seamless navigation and a cohesive user experience.

Roles: UI/UX and 3D art

Team composition: ~5 people

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Little Big Feud

Game Offf 2023

Fight back for your village as a small elf in a big world!

Roles: UI/UX and 3D Art

Team composition: 4 people

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Abuela's Space Bistro'

Game Offf 2023

Fight back for your village as a small elf in a big world!

Roles: UI/UX and 3D Art

Team composition: 4 people

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Playback

Playback

Brackeys Jam 2020.2 - 08/2020

Everyone in town is looking for something to brighten up their day. With the help of your cassette recorder, you can record and rewind the sounds that people need to turn their moods around! Watch Brackeys playing our game.

Roles: Art

Team composition: 4 people

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SkyPuppy

Available on Google Play Store (my first release)

In this little puzzle, the player is supposed to make a clear path for a dog that is trapped in a house on fire. By pushing the furniture or putting out the fire, you can clear the path, so you can guide the dog right out the door! Be quick and have fun!

Roles: Art | Game and Level Design

Team composition: 3 people

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Wyvern Circus

ArtBook and game prototype - 03/2019

A working dragon who caught a cold. What could go wrong?

Roles: Art | Game and Level Design

Team composition: 3 people

Artbook Play

Tiny Elves: mighty friendship

Personal project - 09/2019

Lost in a strange world, these tiny elves will have to make proof of their friendship by working together.

Roles: Art | Game and Level Design

Team composition: 3 people

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Fell Off The Moon

Personal project - 12/2019

Pawpaw, originally from the Moon, had a terrible crash while he was passing by the Earth: his spaceship got totally destroyed. He has to gather as many "gift boxes" as possible in order to repair his spacecraft, so he can go back home!

Roles: Art | Game and Level Design

Team composition: 4 people

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Sanctuary by the Sea

Personal project - 01/2021

Sea turtles are amazing creatures. Unfortunately, due to all the garbage being thrown into the ocean, many are being hurt or even killed by these contaminants. Help the sea turtles on this beach by cleaning them up. In this case, the less trash on their body, the better off they are.

Roles: Art | Game Design

Team composition: 4 people

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Great Ocean Truck

Personal project - 10/2019

When moving out is all about fun and balance!

Roles: Art | Game and Level Design

Team composition: 2 people

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Note to self

Brackeys Game Jam - 02/2019

During a brisk autumn night, Hugo wanders the streets in search for his love with utterly no regard for his surroundings. Our game was featured on Brackeys' channel!

Roles: Art | Game and Level Design

Team composition: 3 people

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NoBamboo

Extra Credits Game Jam - 03/2019

Ferdinand was entrusted three special eggs and his mission is to deliver them to the White Temple in order to restore the balance of world.

Roles: Art | Game and Level Design

Team composition: 3 people

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Host in the Shell

Global Game Jam 2019

The only survivor of his kind, Thierry L’hermite, undertakes a long adventure that may lead him to the remains of his ancestors.

Roles: Game and Level Design

Team composition: 9 people

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Candy Tower

Candy Tower

Personal project - 08/2020

In this tower defense, your main objective is to destroy all teeth with candies! Isn't that what candies do?

Roles: Art | Programming

Team composition: 1 person

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Rabbots

Personal project - 03/2020

Sick and tired of getting job refusals because of his “non-compliant” status, Nio wears a rabbit mask and goes against the tyrannical government that is controlled by an evil artificial intelligence.

Please check out the GDD and the creative process

Roles: Art | Game and Level Design

Team composition: 2 people

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Downwards

Weekly Game Jam - Week 49 - 07/2018

Have you ever been tempted by shiny things?

Roles: Art | Game and Level Design

Team composition: 4 people

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Gardian occitan

Game Pratic' 2018
(Game jam's winner)

In "Gardian occitan", you are invited to discover and to renovate French museums of the Occitan region.

Roles: Game Design | UI

Team composition: 5 people

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Pendulum

Extra Credits Holiday 2018

Pendulum is a steampunk-inspired 2D platformer. Our hero is striving to survive in this mysterious and hostile place that is full of traps, puzzles and enemies.

Roles: Art | Game Design

Team composition: 3 people

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Main Skills

Find out more about my savoir-faire

Art

I possess a diverse skill set in both 2D and 3D art. In addition to creating polished UI interfaces, I have also honed my abilities in the production of low-poly 3D assets.

Softwares and Tools

  • 2D art: Photoshop, Figma, Aseprite, Illustrator, 2D animation (Unity) and Dragon Bones
  • 3D art: Blender and ArmorPaint
  • Game engines: Unity and Unreal Engine
  • Project management: Trello, Jira and Notion
  • Source control: GitHub and SourceTree
  • VFX: Pixel FX Designer, Unity's Particle System and Adobe Photoshop
  • Video editing: Adobe Première
  • Web: Github pages and Wordpress

Blog

In this blog, I mostly playtest indie games and give my first impressions about them.

https://nielisson.tumblr.com/post/631358971063779328/id-like-to-describe-this-as-a-cozy-stress-free

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