Michael Brandse
Pisanostraat 608
5623CS Eindhoven
The Netherlands
TEL: +31-(0)6-18648747
Objective
A position in leveldesign, animation or gamedesign
Education
2005-present Highschool of Arts Utrecht, the Netherlands
Faculty Art, media and Technology
- Graduation specialisation Gamedesign and Development, European Media Master of Arts (EMMA)
- Not graduated yet
2001-2005 Graphic Lyceum Eindhoven, the Netherlands
graduated in Multimedia Design
Experience
Studio Crimson - Eindhoven, the Netherlands
3/2007-present
Founder, Manager		 -Responsible for webdesign templates
-Responsible for gameconcepts and
gamedesign documents.
-Responsible for creating graphical
content (conceptart, images, sprites,
backgrounds/tiles, interface)
-Responsible for 3D graphical content
(conceptart, lowpoly models, textures,
bonesetups (biped), animations)
Ranj - Rotterdam, the Netherlands

9/2007-1/2008
Designer

 -Responsible for game design
NotTheFly mobile entertainment - Venlo, the Netherlands
1/2004-present
Designer		 -Responsible for creating gameconcept documents
and gamedesign documents.
-Responsible for creating graphical content for
cellular phone games (conceptart, backgrounds/tiles,
interface, sprites)
-Responsible for promotional artwork (screenshots,
high resolution artwork)
Awards

-2008, Dutch Game Award (Game In The City, Amersfoort Creatieve Stad) for Best Original Game-design (Circular Assault)
-2008, Dutch Game Award (Game In The City Amersfoort Creatieve Stad) for Best Serious Game (Sharkworld)
-2008, European Innovative Game Award (Hessen-IT and the European Commission) for Best Overall Game (Sharkworld)

Competencies and Interests
Languages

-Fluent in Dutch
-Fluent in English
-Working Knowledge of German
-Japanese ability at level 3 (Japanese grading system, goes from level 1 to 4, 1 being the most difficult)
Computer Skills

-Photoshop, Illustrator, 3D Studio Max, Flash, Word, Excel, Smartdraw
- Small knowledge of Actionscript 2.0, C++, CSS, HTML


Other Skills
    -Action Adventure games
    -Serious Games
    -Casual (puzzle) Games
    -Tabletop Games
    -Mainstream artwork (anime)
    -3D artwork (high poly and low poly)
    -Illustrations for children books
    -Animation (3D, 2D)
Interests

Art, psychology, games, languages, ancient cultures, fitness and music.