Hi, I am Atman

My Story

I have been drawn to art ever singe I was a toddler; after all I was surrounded by it.

Currently studying video game art, I would say the path towards design and art was laid out before me.
With my sister being a NIFT Alumna, I was fortunate to see the process behind the final design. I saw the meticulous planning and conceptualisation that went into every single project, the refinement and revisions before the final iteration; watching it all come together like a perfectly put together jigsaw-puzzle.

My interest has always leaned towards fantasy worlds and mystical creatures.

Video games were the perfect culmination of this for me; bringing together art, world building, characters and storylines.
While I had already begun drawing characters and mentally developing storylines for them, a formalised course for video game art allowed me to delve deeper, where I could explore how the visuals would interact with each other within the game and the player.

My Game art and design journey

Over the course of the last two years I have explored different kinds of games; both as a design student and a player.

As a video game player, I would notice the fine details in the art work. Once I started to design a game, I soon understood the multi-layered process and research needed for the art work that makes up each game, it first began with backgrounds, and then characters along with the various obstacles that they interact with. As the games became more detailed, I also learnt how to create art and elements in the game in a way that everything fits together, creating a seamless gaming experience.

Game Art Portfolio

Water Dragon

An interpretation of a dragon that resides in the depths of a lake, guarding his hoard and ruins. More dragons here.

Lord Borion

An original character. To see more, click here.

I love creating and drawing fantasy characters and their background stories drawing inspiration from real life animals and objects, and blending them into a seamless tapestry of my imaginary world.

I have been making art for as long as I can remember.

I would say my art journey began when I was three years old, with scribbling various kinds of monsters and animals using crayons and oil pastels in my school sketchbook. I went on to try to steal my sister’s paints and make a mess of all the paper in front of me but having a lot of fun with it. This slowly grew into having a set of properly curated art supplies - pens, colour pencils, different micron pens and sketch pens along with a dedicated set of sketchbooks, and now I have begun exploring the world of digital art too.