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Te așteptăm la un workshop dedicat artei pentru jocuri video cu focus pe folosirea modelării 3D pentru concept art, practică din ce în ce mai comună în game dev. Sesiunea va fi susținută vineri, 27.02, la UNAGE Iași, Facultatea de Arte Vizuale și Design, Strada Sărărie nr. 189, specializarea Design, corp D, de la ora 10:00.

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Alex Țilică este Concept Artist pentru jocuri video care ține la libertatea de asociere cu ce proiect îl inspiră. Mai precis, este freelancer. De câțiva ani colaborează cu AMC Studio. Locuiește în Iași unde a și terminat studiile la Universitatea Națională de Arte „George Enescu". Trecut prin greutățile lansării în carieră într-un context provocator identificării de oportunități, Alex organizează "Drink & Draw", meet-ups la Iași, cu scopul de a facilita accesul la cunoaștere pentru tinerii care vor să îi urmeze pașii.

AMC Studio este în domeniul artei 3D pentru jocuri AAA de aproximativ 30 de ani, având o contribuție radicală la împuternicirea prin educație a tinerilor artiști români. Din echipa AMC fac parte și artiști din Iași misionari în promovarea artei digitale pentru jocuri.

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✨ FICTIONART is back! ✨

The International Concept Art and Illustration Biennale returns to Timișoara this November for its third edition, and we’re delighted to be part of it once again!

Organized by the West University of Timisoara, FictionArt brings together students, professionals, and concept art enthusiasts from all around. The biennale features an exhibition, portfolio reviews, presentations from special guests and hands-on workshops.

Last year, we joined FictionArt with a 5-day workshop hosted by Dan Cocină, where participants dove into concept art for video games inspired by "Toate Pânzele Sus". It was a fantastic opportunity to mentor, connect, and collaborate with a passionate community.

Timișoara remains a leading hub for education in Romania. We’re excited to see FictionArt grow and evolve, and we remain committed to supporting both the event and the Game Art Master’s Program at Universitatea de Vest din Timișoara, where AMC artists teach Environment & Character Art.

Artists, get ready to showcase your work and push your creativity beyond the conventional:
⏳ Deadline for submissions: 10.10.2025
📌 Send submissions to: [email protected]

The exhibition opens on November 1st, 2025 at Mansarda Gallery, Facultatea de Arte si Design - UVT.

Follow their page for future details ➡️ facebook.com/FictionartBiennal

We opened our studio to a curious crew of young wolves, eager to learn more about everything we do at AMC.

Since co-developing games comes with its own set of challenges these days, we didn’t just talk generally about it; we shared insights about the business side of things, gave them a glimpse into our ecosystem, and, most importantly, talked about the people behind the games.

Less about workflows, more about real stories. Personal growth, finding your path, learning from others, that kind of stuff.

We hope it was one of those moments that sticks with you. Something that sparks inspiration, builds confidence, and still encourages a critical, thoughtful perspective.

🎉 The Game Art Master’s students at the University of Arts and Design in Timișoara have wrapped up their second semester — focused on character modeling — with wonderful results! ✨

We’re thrilled to showcase a selection of their impressive work and extend our warmest congratulations to the talented students and their inspiring professors, our colleagues, Flavia Ghița and Marius Petre. 👏

The Game Art Master’s program at UVT is now proudly guiding its second generation of artists toward creative excellence.

🎮 Thinking about joining the journey? Find out more about admissions right here! ➡️ admitere.uvt.ro/program/game-art

We recently connected with a passionate group of 3D art enthusiasts at the Art University in Iași, in the Sculpture Department, guided by two dedicated teachers, Dumitru Oboroc and Savin Mihai.

We visited them to introduce some of our 3D art for games workflows, share industry insights, and learn from their creative, hands-on approach.

A big thanks to Paul Nedelcu, Environment Artist at AMC, who spent two hours with the students—sharing knowledge and sparking some great discussions.

This feels like the beginning of a strong creative exchange, built on shared curiosity, mutual respect for each other’s craft, and a drive to keep learning together.

Bonus point: Sculpture professor and artist Mihai Savin visited AMC during the Neo Art Connect exhibition, where he showcased his own work. He got a deeper look into ours—this time through the perspective of our very own Character Artist, Toro.

Starting the week with some tips and tricks about creating an outstanding concept art portfolio!

We know that applying for jobs can be an overwhelming and intimidating experience. It’s our aim to offer as much help as possible, and in this case, we wanted to broach the subject of concept art.

How do you make your portfolio stand out? What is good design? Why is a deeper company research important?

So we asked our 2D Department Head, Horia Andrei, to answer these questions for you, alongside a few others, and offer more clarity. And hopefully make the application journey less terrifying. 💜

Tips for Building an Outstanding Concept Art Portfolio — AMC Studio Horia Andrei, Head of our 2D Department, has put together best practices and tips to build a game art portfolio that will stand out in the recruitment process.

Starting 2025 by spreading the word about our huuuge update: our new Co-Dev Department is officially starting its operations!

This brand-new chapter comes after nearly 30 years of crafting 3D art for the gaming industry. Now we’re ready and excited to bring even more talent and expertise to the table. We’re thankful to be growing faster than ever and to share that journey with our current team and community, as well as with future members!

This update will bring with it new job opportunities, particularly in software engineering, game design, UI & UX and QA. We started this recruitment process last autumn, with Eugen Sfirlos joining us in October as the Production Director for the division. If you’ve been following us, you may already know him from his presentation at the Romanian-American University in Bucharest.

Eugen comes with amazing experience, having previously been part of our sister studio from Canada, Snowed In Studios, known for their work on wildly popular titles like Diablo IV and Forza Horizon. Together, we plan to grow and leverage each other’s strengths in order to expand and bring new job and project opportunities in the industry.

This is just the beginning of a fascinating adventure of building the future of gaming with you. We’ll keep you posted with news about the division and about when the job roles will open.

And last, but not least, thank you to everyone that has helped us thrive!

Want to meet Eugen or someone else on the AMC team? Book a meeting with them at DICE in Las Vegas: [email protected]/bookings/" rel="ugc" target="_blank">https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/[email protected]/bookings/

(The press release below contains both English and Romanian versions).

AMC Studio Expands into Co-Development Services (press release) — AMC Studio 30-year-strong Romanian studio to continue significant growth and recruit for new roles in software engineering, game design, UI & UX and QA.

Super hyped to be collaborating on Mafia: The Old Country alongside Hangar 13!

Big congrats to you for the release of the trailer. Looking forward to our adventures together! ❤️

And a heartfelt thank you to our Team, whose dedication, skill and passion for our work never ceases to amaze us.

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Huge congratulations to Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and Square Enix for their Best Score and Music win at The Game Awards, as well as their well-deserved nominations! 🎉🎮

We’re so proud of the talented artists on our team who poured their creativity and passion into this incredible project. Your work continues to inspire us every day. Your dedication and skills helped shape something amazing, as always! Thank you!

And a big thanks to our sister studio Lakshya! Here’s to celebrating the art and dedication behind these unforgettable games!

Our Environment Artist, Andrei Grigore, was back at his old uni, "Ion Mincu"​ University of Architecture and Urban Planning, to dive deep into the fascinating world of Environment Art for AAA Games.

Andrei shared what it’s like being an environment artist, diving into the nitty-gritty of past projects to show what happens behind the scenes before the final product comes together. He also opened up about his own hiring experience and gave some advice for anyone looking to break into the field:

📚 Find sources and tutorials and work, work, work – it’s an ever-growing industry that’s becoming increasingly competitive, and softwares keep advancing – you need to be up-to-date with them

💼 Portfolio tips: Quality over quantity – he once saw a fence corner as a portfolio piece that was so incredibly detailed and well-made, that it showed the artist clearly understood both the softwares used and the materiality

🎯 Focus on creating work that showcases your skills and passion – you won’t like being a 3D artist if you don’t like all the steps leading to the final product; it’s also important to choose a focus at first (e.g. environment vs characters)

He also gave some practical tips for gathering references, emphasizing how essential it is to study real-life details. Whether it’s photographing a rusty car to see how rust develops or capturing cracked asphalt patterns, these nuances bring authenticity to virtual worlds.

And at the end…guess what? We found out that three students traveled all the way from Cluj by train just to attend this talk! We’re honestly humbled and inspired by such dedication.

Big thank you to Ion Mincu University for having us, to Andrei for hosting the talk, and to everyone who came out to learn and chat. It was so great to see such passion and curiosity in the room. Let’s keep building worlds together!

Yesterday, our Co-Dev Production Director, Eugen Sfirlos, visited the Romanian-American University in Bucharest to give an inspiring (we hope!) talk about the gaming industry to a room full of passionate students.

With his insightful and funny presentation, he dove deep, exploring what it really means to work in this field. He walked students through the many roles in game development, from art, design, and programming to production. He shared insights into the stages of making a game—ideation, alpha, beta, gold, live—and tackled big topics like common IP rules and marketing strategies.

And of course, because personal experience can be the best example sometimes, Eugen opened up about his own journey: how he started in the industry as a tester, the challenges he’s faced, and how he approached the role of Producer. We really think he’s one of those natural public speakers, and the Q&A at the end turned into a lively, cozy dialogue full of curiosity and fresh ideas.

As absolutely always, we jump at every opportunity to connect with the next generation of game developers, to support, educate and encourage. Huge thanks to everyone who attended, and to Eugen for sharing his experience and passion. 💜

Our very own Eugen Sfirlos, Co-Dev Production Director at AMC, will be giving a talk at Universitatea Româno-Americană, of which he is also a graduate.

He’ll talk about the ever-growing gaming industry, and the opportunities within it.

It’s our first time ever hosting an event at Universitatea Româno-Americană, and we’re very excited for that! 💜

See you tomorrow, students!

Facultatea de Informatică Managerială vă invită la evenimentul ”Gaming. Când. Cum. De ce?”, 🎮💻 dedicat industriei de gaming, ce s-a dezvoltat vertiginos în numai câteva decenii de la primele console de jocuri video, la cele mai sofisticate tehnologii de realitate virtuală din ziua de azi.

🗓 27 noiembrie 2024
🕓 de la ora 11:30
🏛️ Sala de Protocol (corp B, parter)

Invitat: Eugen Sfirlos - Head of Production CoDev, AMC Studio

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