Summary
Carolina Machado is an Art Director and CG Artist with over 14 years in film, games, AR and branding, and nearly a decade running her own studio, DarkChimera, from Curitiba. She combines hands-on concept art, 3D modeling and texture painting with team leadership, having produced art for NASA HoloLens projects, card games like Legend of the Five Rings, and indie films. Her background blends formal design and architecture training with certificates in computer graphics, film directing and creative writing from UCLA Extension and Gnomon, giving her a rare mix of visual storytelling and technical craft. Comfortable across illustration, AR visualization and game asset pipelines, she translates complex briefs into polished assets and cohesive art direction. Not obvious from titles alone: she has repeatedly shifted between solo creative work and managing multidisciplinary teams, making her equally effective as a maker and a creative producer. Based in Curitiba but working internationally, she focuses on projects that bridge narrative, interactivity and immersive visualization.
9 years of coding experience
Certificate Film Directing, Certificate Film Directing at UCLA Extension
Certificate Computer Graphics, Certificate Computer Graphics at Gnomon
Bachelor’s Degree Graphic Design, Bachelor’s Degree Graphic Design at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Associate’s Degree Architecture, Associate’s Degree Architecture at Cefet/RJ - Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca
English, Italian, Portuguese