Ivan Šivak, Master of Animated Film and New Media, born in 1985 in Zagreb, graduated from the School of Applied Arts and Design and earned his degree from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, Department of Animated Film and New Media. He has been a member of the Croatian Association of Fine Artists since 2011 and the Samobor Association of Fine Artists since 2022. Over the course of his more than ten-year professional career, he has worked on over 40 projects in the fields of illustration, animation, and comics for clients in Croatia and abroad. Notably, he received the Croatian National Bank award for the design of the 2-euro coin in 2022, and published his authorial picture book "Ajla and the Legends of Samobor" in the same year.

As an art director in the video game industry, Šivak worked on the project "The Hand of Merlin" in 2018, and in 2021 left the industry to focus on his own projects, including children's picture books and comics for adults. He also conducts numerous art workshops and lectures in elementary and high schools, universities, and international projects.