Alex Krumwiede

Leonidus/Warlock

>Education

Oakland Community College, Oakland County Mi, Fall 2000-Winter 2005, Fall 2006-Winter 2007
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, Winter 2006
Kendall College of Art & Design of Ferris State University (KCAD), Fall 2007 through Present
Expected graduation in December 2010, earning a Bachelors in Digital Media: 2D Animation

>Character Design Experience

Norseman Games, LLC
The Realm Online
Lead Artist/Artist/Animator
2003 to present

  • Designed and animated two-dimensional artwork in cartoon style:
    • Minotaur (Bipedal human/bull hybrid)
    • Fenris (Four-legged giant evil wolf)
    • Basilisk (Six-legged lizard)
    • Orcs (Player race, composed of switchable heads with multiple options for eyes, nose, mouth, eyebrows, and hair styles)
    • Scenery Objects (Sandcastles, potted flowers, decorated event banners, pumpkins with carved faces, etc)
  • Created promotional artwork, Redesigned existing characters, for use in advertising and merchandise.

>Experience

Red Blade Studios
Created self promotional website, including hand-edited WordPress layout and coding.
http://www.redbladestudios.com/
Created online advertising campaign for driving traffic to website.

Attended conventions as a working artist, selling prints and personal convention sketches.

  • Motor City Comic-Con '07
  • Anthrocon '08
  • GenCon '08
>Awards

Dean's List, Oakland Community College, (multiple semesters)
KCAD Portfolio Scholarship for Portfolio Review
President's List, Kendall College of Art & Design, Winter 2008

>Computer Skills

Photoshop
Flash
ToonBoom Studio
Dreamweaver
Illustrator
Microsoft Office
PC/Mac
Java
Visual Basic
C/C++
HTML
CSS
PHP

>Relevant Course Work

Animation I through III, Thesis I & II
Sequential Illustration
3D Sculpture

>Clubs

Concept Art Club - Student organization at Kendall, devoted to developing skills in concept development, provoking random and unusual images for the sake of creativity.