About Us

It's not the destination,
it's the journey

At Dardo Studios, we are more than just an art studio—we are a collective of over 30 passionate creatives and seasoned game developers dedicated to bringing your visions to life. With expertise across all art disciplines, we pride ourselves on delivering high-quality, innovative solutions tailored to your needs. Below, you’ll find a list of the people who strive for the highest quality bar for every project we undertake.

Leadership

team

Daniel Orive
Daniel Orive

Co-Founder

Head of Art

Senior Art Director

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
Kenny Carvalho

Co-Founder

Head of Talent

Business Strategy

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.

Camila Loyolla
Camila Loyolla

Production Lead

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.

Ed Laag

Art Leader

Viz Dev

Environment Art

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.

Chris Campbell
Chris Campbell

Art Leader

Viz Dev

Character Art

Chris Campbell, Art Leader at Dardo Studios, started his career over 11 years ago at Riot where he significantly contributed to the creation of some of the most iconic characters in League of Legends such as Bard, Tahm Kench, Ivern, Illaoi, Ekko, Xayah, and Pyke to name a few. He was also instrumental and fleshing out the world of Runeterra by contributing significantly to various groups and ecologies around the world.

Patrick Faulwetter
Patrick Faulwetter

Art Leader

Viz Dev

World Building

Having started his career as an exterior designer at the prestigious Volkswagen/Audi Design Center, he moved to the entertainment industry where he brought those foundations to help bring creative worlds to life having significantly contributed to the creative foundations of Project: Titan/Overwatch, League of Legends, Marvel Cinematic Universe and Star Wars.

Jesse Baumgartner
Jesse Baumgartner

Art Leader

Animation

Cinematics

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.

Howard Xing
Howard Xing

Head of Finance

Howard Xing, Finance Leader at Dardo Studios, brings over 11 years of experience having had significant roles at John Deere, Counter Logic Gaming and Riot Games. Howard has helped head up finance at various game startups such as Notorious Studios, Night Street Games, and Frost Giant.

Sean Bender

Dardo Advisor and Investor

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.

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