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.

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.

Olga Skaskevich is a 3D Character Art Leader at Dardo , with over 6 years of experience in the video game industry. She worked on projects such as Fortnite, Wayfinder and Invincibles VS, bringing in expertise and mastery of stylized 3D character art.

Andrew Miller is a Lead Technical Artist at Dardo Studios and a multifaceted creative who began his career as a character and background artist and animator on FX’s Archer. He has since moved into the core of technical development across multiple game studios, focusing on real-time workflows, scalable pipelines, and expressive systems built in Unreal Engine and Blender. His work is driven by clarity, craft, and building tools that create impactful, and unforgettable experiences.