Daniel Orive, Co-founder and Head of Art at Dardo Studios, brings over 15 years of gaming industry expertise. He has held art leadership positions at renowned companies like Riot Games, Blizzard Entertainment, Phoenix Labs, and Ninja Theory.

Kenny Carvalho, Co-founder and Head of Talent at Dardo Studios, brings over 20 years of industry expertise, leading talent acquisition at Blizzard, Riot Games, Wildlife, and Phoenix Labs. He has hired over 500 creatives globally and played a key role in assembling the influential global art team for “Project: Titan” the precursor to Overwatch.

Camilla Loyolla, Production Lead at Dardo Studios, brings over 20 years of experience working as a producer and director in the ad agency world at prestigious Brazilian studios. Over the last several years, she has been an art production and outsourcing leader at Wildlife Studios.

Georgie Greensley, Head of Brand and Community, brings her love of art and artists to Dardo Studios. She has been working with the international art community as well as local creatives in her home state of Tasmania, Australia for the past 7 years, most recently with Procreate. Georgie is experienced in leading community building initiatives, international event production, partnerships and artist management, and specialises in crafting social media presences focused on brand awareness and uplifting others.

Ed Laag, Art Leader at Dardo Studios, has been working for the entertainment industry for more than 14 years. Ed has worked at various animation, vfx, and game studios such as the MiLL, Luma Pictures, Warner Brothers, and Phoenix Labs. He has helped significantly contribute to several established projects such as Call of Duty, Marvel Series: I Am Groot, and Apex Legends to name a few.

Omar Parada, Lead VFX Artist at Dardo Studios, brings over 27 years of game making experience. Omar has worked as a tech art and VFX leader at several game studios such as Pyro Studios, Ninja Theory, Lionhead Studios, Slightly Mad Studios, Improbable, and Inflexion Games. Omar has helped bring the Pew Pew and the Boom Boom to such iconic game experiences as Fable, Devil May Cry, Disney Infinity, and most recently Nightingale.

Ayran is an art leader at Dardo Studios, bringing over 12 years of experience as a concept artist and illustrator for various entertainment and game projects. He has worked on projects such as Love, Death & Robots and was one of the key artists on the modern fantasy project LAX. Most of his work focuses on developing stylized portraits for characters, showcasing his expertise as a portrait character artist across multiple projects.

Jesse Baumgartner, Animation Leader at Dardo Studios, brings over 19 years of breathing life into characters via animation. Jesse spent significant time at Insomniac bringing Ratchet & Clank to life before moving to Blizzard to be part of the influential Project: Titan animation team. He then joined Riot where he worked on League of Legends and various cinematics projects before joining Singularity 6 on the MMO Palia.

Sacha Veyrier, Lead 3d Environment Artist at Dardo Studios, brings several years of experience working at Box Dragon, Sloclap, and Spiderling Studios where he helped build environments and experiment with different stylized pipelines. Not only is Sacha overseeing the 3d Environment discipline at Dardo, he is also supervising 3d Environment Art teaching at Artside in Bordeaux, France.

Guillaume Delbarre, Lead 2d Environment Artist at Dardo Studios, where he brings 5 years of experience working at AAA and startup game studios such as Phoenix Labs, Wonderstorm, Chief Rebel, Theorycraft Games, and Omni Creator Products. He has worked on Dragon Prince, Supervive, and several unannounced projects. He has also been an instructor at Gamesup in Lyon, France. When he is not creating worlds, you may find him surfing off the west coast of France.

Sean Bender, Advisor and Investor, has participated in the video game ecosystem for the past two decades as a venture capitalist, executive at Riot Games and founder of Phoenix Labs.