Alongtime fan of anime and manga, Karina Bastos always knew she wanted a creative career, but wasn’t sure exactly what; until, that is, she saw what games had to offer. “I started to see how videogames help you bring to life things that [were previously only] on paper,” she says.
Brazil offers little in the way of major game development studio work, so she began by taking advantage of mobile and marketing artwork opportunities. This gave her a chance to experiment with different types of art, and she found herself particularly drawn to character work—so that’s what she began to specialize in.