314 Design Studio

Chris

Has worked in the software development industry for the past fifteen years implementing best practices and tools to support software development teams.  He’s assisted Fortune 500 companies to small technology startups with successful implementations of automated development solutions, coached engineers and mentored administrators of distributed development organizations/teams, to bring software to market with agile value driven methods.  He understands that time to market, reliability, repeatability and quality are of utmost importance to a software development business.

The company is focused on the video game and digital publishing industries. With a love of science fiction; from video gaming, to films, novels and comics, he will bring his ideas and passion and blend them with his knowledge and expertise in this domain.

With the formation of 314 Design Studio, our dreams will become reality.

Mark

Has worked in the IT and software industry since 1988.  In that time, he has been a programmer, a systems/network administrator and a technology trainer. 

He has experience with all of the latest server, operating system and virtualization technologies.  He also keeps his programming skills sharp in the realm of scripting and C#.

Along with the IT focus, he has always maintained a fondness for the world of Sci-Fi and Fantasy, in addition to games of all types.  Whether it be live action, single or multi-player computer gaming or console gaming, he still finds the time to play the classics and latest titles alike.

In the late 1990’s, he operated one of the first publicly available Quake servers on the Internet.  Over the years, that grew into several servers hosting Quake II, Quake II, Unreal, Neverwinter Nights and many other multiplayer games.

He has two teenage children who are a constant peek into the future of what the gaming industry’s target audience will become.

Jim

Has worked in business management for the past 12 years, co-owning and overseeing the daily operations of 10 retail locations.  He has expanded business from retail to the online sector, initially focusing on third party sites such as Ebay then Amazon, where his company now ranks as one of the top 25 sellers in their category.  In 2005 he launched the companies website, with its first year online revenue grossing over 5 million dollars.

He has always maintained a love for online gaming and anything Sci-Fi getting hooked as a young freshman at UCLA, attending his first Comic-Con.  “I could not believe how awesome it was the first time!”

He is following his passion with some very talented and committed people to developing 314 Design Studio.  It is an opportunity he could not pass up.

Henry David Thoreau once wrote,

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.”

Miroslav

Living in Bulgaria, he’s studied 2D animation and fine arts, starting with traditional drawings and painting, before becoming a digital artist.  During his time in this industry, he’s been an illustrator of comic books and storyboards for movie productions (Wrong Turn, Rambo 4, Conan the Barbarian). He has also been a concept artist and animator for various casino games.  In addition to holding an art director position with a firm, he was a partner in studio developing online games.

Currently he is a freelance designer and artist, living and working in Sofia- Bulgaria.

One of his current projects is Honor Guard for 314 Design Studio.  As a lead artist and designer, he brings his background, knowledge and skills to bear on visualizing the story, its universe and characters.

View his portfolio and work at: Deviantart

Swasana

He has been an artist and illustrator for the past fourteen years.  He graduated from a local academy specializing in art design and animation.  He has worked on many projects; including animation, game character development, concept artwork and book cover illustrations, to name a few.   His interests include mythology, science fiction and fantasy.  His passion and dreams are to create great scenes and artwork with a focus on spaceships and alien worlds from the sci-fi genre.

For the past year, he has been working from his home studio as a lead designer on the 314 Design Studio project “Honor Guard” creating great visual artwork to support the story and characters.

View his portfolio and work at: Deviantart, Swatchart & Coroflot

Jason

He has been involved with graphic and web design for the past eight years.  His interest in creative design originated from studying interactive web design and animation.  In college, he specialized in web applications design and development, out of the desire to understand and bring creative solutions to the entire process.  With a passion for games and the future of the web, he aspires to bring his design skills and ideas to the gaming and digital media industries.

Currently, he is working as a freelance designer and developer, focusing on graphic design, web design, and web development.

Working along with 314 Design Studio, he assists with developing and continuing to evolve its web design, development and operations.  He is also the lead concept designer for the Mini Battles: Kingdoms project.

View his portfolio and work at: Artisticclick