About
Hi I´m Maria Kruse.
I´m a danish background artist that have been working in the animation industry since I graduated The Animation Workshop in 2019.
I have been working as an intern for Triggerfish, where I was helping out on their Netflix feature Seal Team. Here I was doing environment concept art for the film.
Later I was an intern at Cartoon Saloon. Here I was later hired and where I worked on several projects, such as TV-shows: Dorg Van Dango and Viking Skool and an upcoming feature film My Fathers Dragon.
In my freetime I love doing gouache paintings, life drawing, travelling and watching movies.
Email: Mariakruse1@hotmail.com
Curriculum Vitae
Work Experience
Aug 2022 - Dec 2022
The Legend of the Great Skull, Open Workshop
Director, Storyboarder, Layout and Background Artist.
Jul 2020 - Dec 2021
My Fathers Dragon, Cartoon Saloon
Background Painter
Mar 2020 - Jun 2020
Viking Skool, Cartoon Saloon
Layout, Background Painter
Aug 2019 - Mar 2020
My Fathers Dragon, Cartoon Saloon
Location Design
Jan - Jul 2019
Dorg Van Dango, Cartoon Saloon
Prop and Location Design
Software
Photoshop
Maya - Arnold, Vray, Xgen
ZBrush
Nuke
Mari
After Effects
Premiere
Education
2015 - 2019 Bachelor in Computer Graphic Art
2012 - 2015 Visual HF
Language
Danish - Native
English - Fluent
Oct - Dec 2018
Intern at Cartoon Saloon
Prop and Location Design
Oct - Dec 2018
Intern at Cartoon Saloon
Prop and Location Design
Aug - Oct 2018
Intern at Triggerfish
Concept Art, Visual Development
Aug 2017 - May 2018
Forglemmegei, Short Movie
Art Director, CG generalist
Nov 2016 - Apr 2017
Fin City, Short Movie
CG generalist