★ about me!

hi! welcome to my humble abode! my name is arva/gala, **and I’m an albanian character designer and illustrator, based in nyc!

i really enjoy worldbuilding through character design and am constantly working towards creating an interactive world of my own. as such, i do narrative design/write as well!

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portfolio sections below: (and above!)

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concept art / illustration

narrative design / writing

game design / documents

papers

★ trivia:

🎮 my favorite games:

• Elden Ring (FromSoftware)
• Hades 1 (Supergiant Games)
• Horizon: Forbidden West (Guerilla Games)

🎞️ my favorite movies:

• Midsommar (Ari Aster)
• Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson)
• Transformers 3 (Michael Bay)

★ highlighted projects!

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★ contact info / social media

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[email protected] ****

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@galatsu on Artstation

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@galatsu on Instagram

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@galatsu on Tumblr

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@galatsu on X/Twitter

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Arva Denizi on Linkedin

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