Freelance 2D Game UI Artist

Visual Development of the UI.

• Concept Ideation & Mood boards:
  Translate Art Direction and UX into visual styles, color palettes, and thematic Game UI Concept.
• Style Guide Creation:
  Build and maintain comprehensive UI style guides to ensure visual consistency across all menus and screens.
• Wire framing & Mockups:
  Convert low-fidelity UX wireframes and user flows into high-fidelity visual concepts, mockups, and interactive prototypes.
• Asset Production:
  Design and polish game-ready vector and raster assets, including buttons, panels, icons, fonts, badges, health/resource bars, and map overlays.
• Motion Design & UI FX Concept:
  Define UI transitions, micro-animations, button feedback, and visual effects (VFX) to make menus feel tactile and responsive, also can be communicated to the UI Programmer or Technical Artist for implementation.

• Engine Integration:
  Import UI assets directly into game engines (such a Unreal Engine) and work with technical artists or programmer.

• Partner with UX Designers to guarantee clear information hierarchy and intuitive navigation.
• Align with Art Directors to harmonize the UI art styles with other assets on screen.
• Iterate based on feedback, performance constraints, and multi-resolution/ scaling requirements.

Essential Skills & Qualifications

• Experience:
  
  Typically 3+ years (mid-level) of professional experience in game UI/UX art.
• Core Design Fundamentals:
  Mastery of composition, visual hierarchy, typography, color theory, and icon design.
• Software Proficiency:
  • 2D/Vector tools:
    Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and preferably Figma.
• Portfolio: A strong, focused portfolio showing the complete design thinking process—from early wireframes and mood boards to final polished in-game screens and motion animations.

• Engine
  
  Experience:
  
  Practical familiarity implementing UI in Unreal Engine (UMG, Widget Blueprints).
• Experience with UI animation/spine/motion graphics tools.
• Knowledge of accessibility features (e.g., scalable text, colorblind-safe palettes, flexible HUD layouts).
• Shipped/ Created at least one commercial title (PC, console, or mobile).