THE SURFACE

where every dive starts

About

Ten years of drawing small worlds for games, brands and books.

SUNLIGHT ZONE

plenty of light up here

0 M

Hi, I’m Mika.

I make pixel art and animation for games, brands and picture books. Most of it starts as a sketch 16 pixels wide.

BASED

Lisbon, Portugal

CLIENTS

40+ studios and brands

STATUS

Booking from March

TWILIGHT ZONE

still a little light

600 M

What I make

Game art

Sprites, tiles, key art and UI.

Illustration

Books, editorial and packaging.

Animation

Idle loops, effects and UI motion.

Icons

Pixel icon sets for apps and brands.

THE ABYSS

pressure: a lot

4,000 M

Experience

4,000 M

2023 - Now

Freelance pixel artist

Self-employed

Lisbon

4,600 M

2020 - 2023

Lead artist

Tidepool Games

Porto

5,200 M

2017 - 2020

Illustrator

Ferro Studio

Madrid

5,800 M

2014 - 2017

Junior artist

Lumen Mobile

Lisbon

HADAL ZONE

messages sink down here too

6,000 M

Kind words

Mika turned our rough brief into a world players still screenshot.

Ana Rocha

Tidepool Games

Fast, funny and every frame arrived on time. Our app icons have never looked better.

Jon Park

Brightside

The cover sold the book before anyone read a page.

Lea Weiss

Halden Books

THE TRENCH

the deepest point we know

10,900 M

You hit the bottom.

Got a project? I answer every email within two days.

hello@example.com

INSTAGRAM

ARTSTATION

ITCH.IO

BLUESKY

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