Today’s episode is hosted by Elliot Tripp and they are joined on the podcast by Afonso Ferreira, Art Manager at DECA Games, Olga Cherkashina, Head Of Art and Executive Art Director at ZeptoLab, and Maria Iartseva, Art Director at Nexters. Together they explore how creativity and leadership intersect within the gaming industry, revealing how artistic vision drives innovation and team synergy.
The conversation explores the importance of balancing visual storytelling with gameplay experience, and how collaborative cultures encourage artists to push creative limits. Listeners gain insight into how leading art teams cultivate originality and maintain consistency across diverse projects.
The exchange highlights how design inspiration can be both structured and spontaneous, influenced by evolving player expectations and technology. Through practical perspectives from each guest, the episode underscores how artistic direction fuels the heart of modern game development and continues to redefine what creativity means in the gaming world.