Hello!

Synrivia Gunawan is a Visual Development Artist from Indonesia, with experience in the animation industry since 2022. She specializes in stylized environment and background design/painting, with a strong focus on color, mood, and visual storytelling.

Her process often combines 2D and 3D tools to create immersive, narrative-driven scenes that bring animated worlds to life. Passionate about atmosphere and storytelling, she aims to craft visuals that are both emotionally resonant and visually compelling.

Outside of work, she enjoys watching films and TV—especially comedies, romance, animated features, and crime thrillers—as a source of creative inspiration.

She is currently open to freelance or studio opportunities.
Feel free to reach out at:

synrivia.gunawan@gmail.com

Experience

Chase a Cloud | Background Artist

Freelance, Remote Bulgaria (March 2025 – Present)

Responsibilities :

  • Design backgrounds, create color keys, and paint final backgrounds for animated productions, using Blender to block out scenes and ensure visual consistency with animatics.

Legend Game Studio | Concept Artist

Remote USA (May 2023 – December 2024)

Responsibilities :

  • Developed detailed environment concepts from initial sketches, color iterations, to final, aligning with project briefs and creative direction

  • Designed callout props derived from environment concepts to support 3D asset production

  • Colored illustrations in black-and-white based on sketches from collaborating artists

  • Created clear and effective icons for game interfaces and assets

  • Contributed to UI design efforts, enhancing game usability and visual appeal

LMN Studio | Digital Matte Painter, Visual Development Artist

Jakarta, Indonesia (March 2022 – March 2023)

Responsibilities :

  • Created stylized environment concepts for an original IP animated series, supporting overall visual development

  • Painted backgrounds and designed layouts for 2D animated short films Papercraft (Bintang SMA 2022) and Livin Pasar (Mandiri Livin Legend campaign)

  • Contributed digital matte paintings for feature films including Satria Dewa: Gatotkaca, Sri Asih, Mantra Surugana, Moving, and Concrete Utopia

  • Assisted in designing marketing illustration