About Us

Darktree Game Studio is an indie game studio based in Winnipeg, Canada dedicated to creating high quality games with distinctive artistic identities, immersive worlds, and memorable experiences. We are currently developing Remnants of R'lyeh, a Lovecraftian survival horror FPS featuring atmospheric underwater environments, Victorian-inspired industrial aesthetics, and immersive exploration.

We are passionate about atmospheric worldbuilding, environmental storytelling, and unconventional artistic directions. We believe a small, talented team with a shared creative vision can achieve extraordinary results.

We're not looking to build a large team. We're looking for the right people. Individuals whose unique strengths, creativity, and artistic vision can truly shine.

About the Role

We are looking for a talented Concept Artist & Illustrator to collaborate with us on our upcoming game projects. This is more than a traditional concept art position. You'll have opportunities to actively contribute to worldbuilding, visual development, and the overall artistic direction of our games. We value artists who combine strong traditional artistic fundamentals with modern AI assisted workflows to explore ideas, iterate rapidly, and produce high quality visual artwork.

What You'll Do

- Collaborate on worldbuilding, visual storytelling, and the development of original fictional environments and cultures.
- Create concept art for environments, architecture, characters, costumes, machinery, weapons, and props.
- Help establish and refine the game's distinctive visual identity and artistic direction.
- Utilize generative AI tools for rapid ideation, visual exploration,



and production assistance.
- Apply professional illustration, paintover, photobashing, compositing, and manual refinement techniques to transform AI-assisted outputs into cohesive, production-ready artwork.
- Contribute original creative ideas and collaborate closely with the game director throughout development.

What We're Looking For

- Strong foundations in drawing, composition, perspective, lighting, color, and visual design.
- Proficiency in digital painting and illustration.
- Demonstrated experience combining generative AI with human artistic expertise.
- Ability to work efficiently without compromising visual consistency or artistic quality.
- A portfolio showcasing both strong design skills and polished final artwork.

We're particularly interested in artists with a deep appreciation for:
- Steampunk and Victorian industrial aesthetics
- Dieselpunk and retro-futurism
- Post-apocalyptic and wasteland environments
- Cyberpunk and dystopian architecture
- Industrial machinery, mechanical design, and environmental storytelling

Relevant portfolio work demonstrating these aesthetics is strongly preferred.

We're looking for someone who genuinely loves games, especially:

- Survival horror and atmospheric horror
- Immersive simulation games
- BioShock
- Dishonored




- Games with rich worldbuilding, environmental storytelling, and distinctive artistic identities

We believe a genuine understanding of these games and genres makes creative collaboration more meaningful.

Working With Us

- 100% Remote: Work from anywhere.
- Flexible schedule: We value creative output and reliable collaboration over rigid schedules.
- Creative Involvement: Contribute ideas to the game's world, visual identity, and artistic direction.
- Small, Focused Team: Work closely with the director without unnecessary layers of management.
- Modern Production Workflow: Combine traditional artistic craftsmanship with AI-assisted tools to improve efficiency.
- Strength-Based Collaboration: We want to understand what you do best and create opportunities for you to excel.

Compensation

Compensation is flexible and open to discussion based on experience, availability, and responsibilities.

Possible arrangements include

- Fixed compensation (hourly, monthly, or project-based).
- Fixed compensation plus post-launch game revenue sharing.
- Potential for long-term collaboration on future projects.

How to Apply

Please send us

1. Your portfolio (Art Station, personal website, or equivalent).
2. A brief introduction about yourself and your artistic background.
3. Your thoughts on integrating generative AI into your creative process and combining it with your own artistic skills.

Please send these to [email protected]

All compensation arrangements, including any potential revenue-sharing terms, will be discussed and agreed upon before work begins.

📌 Concept Artist & Illustrator (Canada)
🏢 Darktree Interactive
📍 Canada