Hello, my name is Courtney Balousek. I am an experienced traditional media and digital artist, and am currently a third year student in the Game Design and Development major at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY. I will graduate in 2017 with a Bachelor's Degree of Science.
I hope to get a job as an asset concept artist and/or programmer at a successful game company, and am looking forward to one more fun year at RIT and many years of a fulfilling career!
I am currently the lead artist in a young company called ThunderForge. We have already produced a game, called "Trick-or-Treat Kitty", and I would love any and all feedback on our game! <www.thunderlab.net/ttk> We're already working on our next game, "Raptor Run", so stay tuned. I'm also an artist on the asset team of a student-run virtual reality dungeon viewer project (like for role playing games) that has very bright prospects, so I'm hoping to continue on that with MAGIC Spell Studios next year.
Favourite Visual Artist
Hayao Miyazaki, Pendleton Ward
Favourite Movies
Indiana Jones, Lawrence of Arabia, Miyazaki movies, District 9
Favourite TV Shows
Adventure Time, Game of Thrones
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Glitch Mob, Skrillex, Linkin Park, Panic! At the Disco, Fall Out Boy, Maroon 5
Favourite Books
Inheritance Cycle, His Dark Materials
Favourite Writers
Christopher Paolini
Favourite Games
Assassin's Creed series, Far Cry 3, Dragon's Dogma
Favourite Gaming Platform
Xbox 360, PC
Tools of the Trade
pencil and paper, PC, Bamboo Wacom tablet, Photoshop
Other Interests
taxidermy, bone collecting, longboarding