Currently animating at Excellent Reel

HEY, I'M LUKA!

2D Animator • Game Artist • Spine Specialist

I rig, animate and polish game art that feels alive — win animations, characters and VFX for slot games, built in Spine.

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Featured Work

Open the Spine Lab

Slot-game projects I animated in Spine 2D. Every image below is rendered from the original Spine exports — hit Play animations to see them move.

Bass Masters Scatter symbol Slot game

Bass Masters

Fishing-themed slot: rigged win animations for the Bait, Float, Spool, Scatter and card symbols, plus a layered, living lake background for landscape and portrait.

  • Spine 2D
  • Win animations
  • Backgrounds
Book of Blood Cursed Doll symbol Slot game

Book of Blood

Dark, occult slot: premium symbol win animations — flickering Candles, a smouldering Cursed Doll and a glowing skull Ring — with fire and glow effects.

  • Spine 2D
  • VFX
  • Symbol animation
Sweetland Rush Scatter symbol Slot game

Sweetland Rush

Candy-world slot: a dreamy looping cloudscape background and a full-screen candy-burst feature transition, delivered for landscape and portrait.

  • Spine 2D
  • Transitions
  • Backgrounds

Spine Lab

Original Spine 4.3 exports playing live in the official Spine Web Player. Choose a game, a scene and an animation — every name comes straight from the skeleton data.

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Tools & Skills

  • Spine 2D
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe After Effects
  • ComfyUI
  • Claude
  • ChatGPT
  • Spine 2D animation
  • Character rigging
  • Slot-game win animations
  • Visual effects
  • Game art
  • Graphic design
  • Web design & development
  • 2025–nowSpine animator at Excellent Reel
  • 5+ yrsweb design, mostly freelance
  • Belgrade, Serbia

About Me

I'm Luka Jović, a 2D Animator and Game Artist at Excellent Reel, specializing in Spine animation, character rigging and visual effects for slot games. I hold a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Alfa BK University and have over five years of experience in web design, primarily as a freelancer.

That mix of technical background and creativity lets me approach every project with precision and attention to detail — I love bringing ideas to life through animation and keep pushing my skills further.

Experience

  1. 2025 – Present

    2D Animator & Game Artist Excellent Reel

    Spine 2D animation, character rigging, game art and visual effects for slot games. Also designed and developed the official company website, excellentreel.com.

  2. 2025

    Graphic Designer Exefeed

    Promotional and marketing materials for Exefeed, including graphic design projects and branded visuals for BetOle.

  3. 2018 – 2024

    Web Designer & Developer Freelance

    Designed and developed responsive WordPress websites focused on modern design, functionality and user experience.

  4. 2014 – 2018

    Graphic Designer Freelance

    Logos, brochures, certificates, flyers, business cards, price lists and packaging labels.

Education

  1. 2017 – 2022

    Alfa BK University College

    Degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

  2. 2013 – 2017

    Second Economic School High School

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