Dmitry Parkin, a multidisciplinary self-taught artist and creative director with over 20 years of experience in the video game industry, is renowned for his signature dark and macabre style, which explores themes of horror, mysticism, and dark surrealism. His work stands out for its visual storytelling, blending traditional art skills with modern digital techniques to create something unique.
With a career starting in 2001, Dmitry has contributed to a wide variety of projects, including cinematic assets, music videos, and more than twenty video games, many of which have been bestsellers and award winners. In 2008, Dmitry gained wide recognition in the industry by winning the Dominance War III global competition in the 3D character art category. After the competition, he made his character Imrod publicly available, and it became widely studied and utilized, including being showcased in a presentation at the leading international conference SIGGRAPH 2008, where it was used for demonstration of real-time sparse voxel octree technology.
Since 2017 Dmitry is a co-founder of Cold Symmetry and a co-creator of the Mortal Shell universe. From the outset, he contributed years of work on his personal style, including sketches, concept art, and character models. This extensive preparation became the core of the project, defining its unique character.
