Personal information

Raluca Avarvarei

Address Kuthsweg 31, 40231, Düsseldorf, Germany

Mobile: +491759407770
E-mail raluca.avarvarei@gmail.com
Date of birth 11. April 1985

Work experience
September 2009 IDEA Studios, Cluj-Napoca
– October 2010 Art Director / Designer
IDEA Studios produces free internet games for children such as casual games, hidden objects
and quiz games.
My tasks included creating all the stages of game design (character design, background, game
interface, items, and title screen) and the graphic section of web design (header, banner, buttons,
interface, icons).
As an art director I was responsible for the graphic quality of the games supervising and guiding
five graphic designers.

January - May Phoenix Institute, Cluj-Napoca

2009 Graphics teacher
The Phoenix Institute is a non-profit organization which offers teenagers and adults with physical
and mental disabilities graphic design courses to easily integrate them in social and professional
life.
I took part in a five month program teaching three groups of students the basics of drawing,
graphic arts and a short history of graphic design and illustration. The classes were structured as
a creative workshop ensuring a good communication and working atmosphere with the students.

September 2007 - P.M.A. Invest, Cluj-Napoca

March 2008 Decorator
During my time at PMA I decorated different indoor and outdoor advertising objects using a wide
range of materials.

October - E.L.I.A. - “BLOOM!” project, Brussels

November 2007 Mural painter
A team of students from several European art institutes were selected to take part in the “Bloom!”
project. Each student had a designated room within the Brussels' Bloom Hotel and the task to
decorate it with a mural/fresco based on an individual idea. The title of my work was “Unfinished
tale” and was illustrated on a 13 sqm wall (drawing and acrylic painting).

January - March Rainbow Ireland, Dublin

2007 Promoter
My task as a promoter consisted in attracting customers by drawing fantastic images with special
markers in order to demonstrate how they work.

December 2006 CORA Hypermarket, Cluj-Napoca

Decorator
Within the CORA hypermarket I decorated the walls of the children's playroom using cartoon-like
characters that gave the room a joyful atmosphere.
I worked with acrylic colours.

October 2006 Miskolc Creation Studio, Miskolc

The activity of the studio concentrated on the study and practice of lithography. During one week
at the Studio I created three lithography prints.

February 2006 Group Exhibition Krajczar PUB, Cluj-Napoca

Exposing artist
I participated at the engraving group exhibition organized by a team of colleagues from the
Graphics department of the University of Art and Design.

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Education and training
2008 – 2010 University of Art and Design
Faculty of Fine Arts
Field of study Graphics
Master’s thesis Faerie – the project consists in a short animation film created with the help of digital graphics

2004 – 2008 University of Art and Design

Faculty of Fine Arts
Field of study Graphics
Diploma thesis Fey – a collection of miniature prints created with the help of traditional printing techniques
picturing fantasy characters inspired by Irish folk tales and legends

January – April National College of Art and Design, Dublin

2007 Erasmus/Socrates scholarship

2000 - 2004 Fine Arts High-school

Baccalaureate

November 2008 Visual Art Challenge 2010

Participant - Falling from a dream digital illustration

November 2008 Alt Art “ANIMOTION 4” workshop

Participant

October 2008 Johann Ehmann Animation workshop

Participant

Personal skills and competences

Romanian Mother tongue
Other languages
English Fluent
German Beginner
French Beginner

Social skills and competences

Dynamic work-flow and team work improvement during various projects at IDEA Studios.

Special improvement in communication and organisational skills developed during the Phoenix
Institute project.

Good social interaction and intercultural communication with international members within the
“BLOOM!” project.

During the time of my Erasmus experience I developed an intercultural sensitivity towards

communicating with other nationalities. I discovered a personal ability to integrate in a new social
and cultural environment.

I enjoy maintaining a good and friendly atmosphere with the people I work with.

Computer skills and competences

MS Office Good knowledge
Wacom Tablet Advanced knowledge
Adobe Illustrator Good knowledge
Adobe Photoshop Advanced knowledge
Adobe Flash Basic knowledge
Art Rage Good knowledge
Sketchbook Pro Basic knowledge
Stop Motion Pro Basic knowledge
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Artistic skills and competences
Photography Analogue and digital
Photo editing

Graphic Advanced drawings skills

techniques Sketching
Book illustration
Printing techniques (aquatint, dry point, mezzotint)
Lithography
Mural painting

Animation 2D animation techniques

Stop-motion
Paper-cut
Concept art and storyboarding
Character design

Personal interests One of my great interests is to follow the video game industry developments, and to learn about
the creative process involved within the game concept. I often study artists’ sketchbooks from
various international production studios.

Watching short- and long-motion animation films is a big passion of mine as well as studying
experimental mixed techniques animation (MGM, Walt Disney-Pixar, Warner Bros., Studio Gibli,
Bluth Studios, Russian animation). I am especially interested in 3D animation and the processes
that surround this complex form of CG.

In order to understand the connections between 2D and 3D graphics I watch behind-the-scenes

documentaries of movies and animation films.

Nature is a good source of inspiration and of interest of mine. Walking and mountain biking are
my favourite recreational activities.