Marcel Schaika

Marcel Schaika is an experienced Art Director at Crytek, where contributions to the Environment Art Group involve leading a team of approximately five artists and overseeing the architectural elements of the game Crysis 2. Prior to this role, Marcel served as a Lead Artist and Principal Environment Artist, demonstrating a strong background in environment design. Academic involvement includes lecturing at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences from April 2017 to June 2019, focusing on Art Design for Animation and Games as well as portfolio development. Marcel has also shared expertise as a speaker at notable events, including the Digital Art Conference Frankfurt and German Dev Days. Earlier career experience includes working as a Texture Artist for Independent Arts Software on "Tierpension 2." Marcel's educational foundation was established at Games Academy GmbH, culminating in a degree in Game Art and Animation.