Britt Snyder

			Professor of Practice
		   Worcester Polytechnic Institute
		  Media and Game Development Program

I'm an artist with 10 years of experience in the video game
development industry. Ever since I was a child, I've lost myself in
creating worlds through drawing and found video games to be the
perfect setting for that inclination. I have a strong interest and
background in figurative art and painting which I am interested in
applying towards video game development. I see games as modern art and
am always interested in how to apply the lessons learned through
observational drawing and painting towards a fun, interactive
gameplay.  Starting as an intern for Blizzard Entertainment, I have
worked for Sony, Liquid Entertainment, RockStar Boston (formerly Mad
Doc Software), THQ, Demiurge, and Seven45 Studios, a division of First
Act. I have contributed to such games as Warcraft 3 (additional
cinematics), Diablo 2 Expansion set (storyboard artist), Downhill
Domination (cinematics), Dragonshard (artist), Empire Earth 2
expansion set (character artist), Empire Earth 3, WALL-E (artist),
Mass Effect for PC (downloadable content and 3D artist), DeBlob
(concept artist) and Word Fu for iPhone (artist) . In addition to my
visual art, I am an active musician and enjoy skiing in our New
England winter wonderland.