Karen Krajenbrink

Karen Krajenbrink

Artist at Meteor Games LLC

Greater Los Angeles Area

Current
  • Artist at Meteor Games LLC
  • Character Designer at Blue Dream Studios
  • Visual Development Artist at Made in Paradise
Past
  • Sketch Artist for Indiana Jones at Lucasfilm
  • Sketch Card Artist at New Line Cinema
  • Production Assistant/Intern at Made in Paradise
  • Graphic Designer at Go Comi
  • Character and Environmental Designer at Blue Dream Studios
Education
  • Laguna College of Art and Design
Connections
71 connections
Industry
Animation
Websites

Karen Krajenbrink’s Summary

While I didn't envision myself as a concept/character designer... here I am! I've found my storyboard training has really helped me set up layouts and shape my characters. Odd but true.

I'm currently an art monkey for Made in Paradise, doing whatever tasks are needed to be done for our projects where we specialize in pre-production for feature films. I normally juggle three jobs at once because I'm a workaholic, but I can't see myself doing anything else but being a creative kook.

Karen Krajenbrink’s Specialties:

orthographics for 3D, character design, storyboard, visual development, environmental design, painting, comic book penciller


Karen Krajenbrink’s Experience

  • Artist

    Meteor Games LLC

    (Privately Held; Entertainment industry)

    November 2009Present (1 month)

    Art monkey extraordinaire.

  • Character Designer

    Blue Dream Studios

    (Animation industry)

    January 2008Present (1 year 11 months)

    Designed 70+ characters for use in the 3D comic: The Dreamland Chronicles. Responsible for creating designs of incidental and main characters. This is a continuation of the original position as I left on an academic hiatus.

  • Visual Development Artist

    Made in Paradise

    (Animation industry)

    January 2008Present (1 year 11 months)

    Responsible for being an art monkey and answering to my art directors: Carol Police and Karen Keller. Currently working on a second undisclosed feature length animated project for Universal Animation Studios.

  • Character Designer

    The Walt Disney Company

    (Public Company; DIS; Entertainment industry)

    November 2008December 2008 (2 months)

    Responsible for creating characters on incredibly tight deadlines from rough to finished with a plethora of accessories. Worked closely with art director Kevin Hanna to keep on the style of the project, and to clearly illustrate whatever assets were needed.

  • Comic Book Penciller

    Arcana Comics

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Animation industry)

    April 2008May 2008 (2 months)

    Penciller for Clockwork Girl #4 under Arcana Comics. Answered to Art Director Kevin Hanna and Company Owner Sean O'Reilly. When their current penciller left in the middle of the project, I was asked to take over, emulating his style for the rest of the book. One of the best and most fun projects I've worked on to date.

  • Sketch Artist

    Marvel Comics

    (Public Company; 201-500 employees; MVL; Publishing industry)

    January 2008April 2008 (4 months)

    Responsible for drawing sketches onto trading cards to be randomly inserted into packs of cards. Assigned 200 cards.

  • Sketch Artist for Indiana Jones

    Lucasfilm

    (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Entertainment industry)

    December 2007January 2008 (2 months)

    Responsible for creating sketches of the likenesses of the Indiana Jones movie trilogy to be randomly inserted and distributed in Topps Trading Cards' Indiana Jones Heritage Card Set.

  • Sketch Card Artist

    New Line Cinema

    (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; TWX; Entertainment industry)

    November 2007January 2008 (3 months)

    Working also in association with Topps Trading Cards. Responsible for drawing 206 unique drawings based off the Lord of the Rings Trilogy of movies produced by New Line Cinema.

  • Production Assistant/Intern

    Made in Paradise

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Animation industry)

    June 2007August 2007 (3 months)

    Responsible for assisting art directors with tasks such as feature character design, backgrounds, storyboarding. Also responsible for file management, collection of reference materials, scanning, graphic design, and construction of pre-visual development books of past clientèle.

  • Graphic Designer

    Go Comi

    (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Graphic Design industry)

    July 2005July 2005 (1 month)

    Responsible for the graphic design of main and subsequent pages for www.gocomi.com, a comic publishing company. Worked closely with art directors and html programmer to create a clean coherent style from page to page.

  • Character and Environmental Designer

    Blue Dream Studios

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Animation industry)

    December 2003June 2005 (1 year 7 months)

    Responsible for creating 100+ character designs and a variety of environmental sketches for the project, the Dreamland Chronicles. Worked closely with the art director and modeller to create visually pleasing characters in the same style for a 3D comic book.


Karen Krajenbrink’s Education

  • Laguna College of Art and Design

    bachelors , Animation , 20042007


Additional Information

Karen Krajenbrink’s Websites:

Karen Krajenbrink’s Interests:

storyboarding, character design, visual development, cartoons, animation, film, comedians, hiking, biking, photography, my cat

Karen Krajenbrink’s Groups:

  •    World Wildlife Fund
  •    The Media Group - Production, Exhibition, Broadcast and 3D
  •    Visual Effects, Film and Games Professionals (www.vfx-recruit.com)
  •    Animation, Media & Entertainment
  •    Comic Book Industry
  •    SCBWI
  •    2D & 3D Animators
  •    Animation Army
  •    Comic Book Creators
  •    'TOONGODS
  •    Story-board Artist Cafe
  •    Storyboard Artists and Professionals
  •    Animation and Film Jobs

Karen Krajenbrink’s Honors:

Best in Best Overall for Character Design: The White Rabbit - Juried Show at the Laguna College of Art and Design


Karen Krajenbrink’s Contact Settings

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  • career opportunities
  • consulting offers
  • new ventures
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