About me:
I’m a Hungarian freelance artist and illustrator currently based in Glasgow, UK.
Art has been a long standing passion of mine and I’m interested in everything about it - art history, anatomy, composition, colour theory - and have embraced a constant cycle of learning more and applying it to my craft to better it and myself every day.
I’m primarily self-taught as an artist with the opportunity to have benefited from a design engineering background and experience as a corporate graphic designer, however my true calling is illustration and storytelling. I have a deep interest in interactive media forms whether it’s video games, interactive installations or other innovative storytelling mediums and my main career goal is to be involved with independent art and video game development of this particular variety.
Thank you for considering me! Shoot me an email if you’d like to chat about my experience a bit more casually.
For my portfolio containing DTP and commercial print elements, please click here.
Ares Damien Bor
Rutherglen
Glasgow
+44 7493435330
ares@exaltxix.co.uk
Educational background
Budapest University of Technology and Economics - Industrial Design Engineering Bsc (2010-2014)
My personal area of focus was ergonomics and accessible design but my education included all sorts of principles across the board (mech. engineering, marketing, aesthetics and visual design) and practical skills doing labwork with a variety of materials.
Revai Miklos Gimnazium - Matura equivalent to A levels (2004-2010)
Hungarian, Mathematics, History, English A; Physics B
I’m also multilingual (English, Hungarian, once-fluent-but-now-only-passable German)
Software skills
Adobe creative suite - Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat Pro
Modelling and engineering basics - Autodesk Inventor, Solidworks, AutoCAD
Microsoft Office suite - Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Etc.
Invoicing and stock control - Sage (basics), Nexphase, Columbus (Pharmacy software)
Most of my experience is in Windows, however I have worked with Mac and can adjust to it.
I’ve also worked with other art software like Autodesk Sketchbook or Clip Studio Pro, and in general I’m quick to pick up new software skills and I’m happy to learn things outside of my art/engineering box.
Professional background
Freelance illustration (circa 2012 - current)
Providing custom illustrations (portraits, character sheets, full illustrations, comic pages) to hundreds of international clients.
Self-publishing small art collections and independent comics / sequential art
The bulk of the examples on this site are either past commissions or personal art, but I have huge huge folders of both so if there’s anything you’d like to see more of please let me know!
Graphic designer at GDN Real Estate Network Hungary (2014-2016)
Full scale corporate marketing material design and delivery - please ask for examples if you need them!
Other than my freelance career I’m currently part time employed as a Pharmacy Advisor (both dispenser + counter assistant) and have completed an NVQ level 2 in pharmacy services. I love to help people and especially during the COVID-19 pandemic it’s been tough but rewarding to be able to pursue this on the side.
Pharmacy Advisor - Boots UK (Glasgow and Cheltenham; 2018 - current)
Dispensary and healthcare counter sales tasks alongside occasional retail duties; data entering, assembling, ordering and dispensing prescriptions; handling confidential patient data and providing personalized advice.
Other skills
Wide variety of art styles from realism to heavily stylized work
Print prep knowledge, knowledge of digital/offset printing process and colour/contrast/etc requirements
Good awareness of project management with an ability to multitask and plan forward on my own, track record of completed solo and co-operative projects as well as in-house design campaigns
Great at working by myself! Also great at working in a team, love to help people out and share ideas. I’ve trained and coached people in multiple settings and have management experience (primarily in a retail area).
I’ve always worked with multidisciplinary teams from all sorts of diverse backgrounds, I’m a cool dude who’s nice to people and easy to get along with and I’d love to include diverse perspectives and experiences in my work, or provide mine to benefit someone else’s.
Environment and ambient work:








Portraits - Painted:








Full illustration:








Sequential art highlights:




Misc character artwork:







