Personal information

Raluca Avarvarei
Address Kuthsweg 31, 40231, Düsseldorf, Germany

Mobile: +4901759407770

E-mail raluca.avarvarei@gmail.com

Date of birth 11 April 1985

Work experience
November 2010 Visual Art Challenge 2010
Participant at the national digital art competition with the illustration entitled “Falling
from a dream”
September 2009 – October 2010 IDEA Studios, Cluj-Napoca
Art Director / Designer
Idea Studios concentrates on producing 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 produced
by IDEA Studios, supervising and guiding 5 graphic designers.
January - May 2009 Phoenix Institute, Cluj-Napoca
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 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.
June 2008 University of Art and Design Graduates Exhibition, Cluj-Napoca
Graduate student
My graduation project entitled “Fey” was based on personal experiences and on my
interest for graphic art, illustration and print making. I used a complex structure of
engraving techniques (etching, aquatint, mezzotint) with the outgoing freedom of
creating my own characters.

September 2007 - March 2008 P.M.A. Invest, Cluj-Napoca

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

October - November 2007 E.L.I.A. - “BLOOM!” project, Brussels

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 sq m
wall (drawing and acrylic painting).

January 2007 - March 2007 “Rainbow Ireland”, Dublin

Promoter
My task as a promoter consisted in attracting customers by drawing fantastic
images with special markers in order to demonstrate how they work.
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 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 3 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.

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 2007 National College of Art and Design, Dublin

Erasmus/Socrates scholarship

2000 - 2004 Fine Arts High-school

Title of qualification awarded Bacalaureat

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

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 Dynamic work flow and team work improvement during various projects at IDEA Studios.(2009/2010)

Special improvement in communication and organisational skills developed during

the Phoenix Institute project (2009).

Good social interaction and intercultural communication with international members

within the BLOOM! Project (November 2007).

During the time of my Erasmus experience in Dublin 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

Internet Good knowledge
Wacom Tablet Good 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

Artistic skills and competences

Photography Analogue and digital
Photo editing
Graphic techniques Advanced drawings skills
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

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Personal interests Watching animation films is a big passion of mine (MGM, Walt Disney-Pixar,
Warner Bros., Studio Gibli, Bluth Studios, Russian animation) and I study
experimental animation that uses mixed techniques. I am especially interested in 3
D animation and the processes that form this complex form of CG.

I enjoy reading about CG artists and their work; I watch behind the scenes
documentaries of movies and animation films which help me understand the
connections between 2D and 3D graphics that form the special effects.

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
artist’s sketchbooks from various international production studios.

I am very fond of nature which is a good source of inspiration.

Walking and mountain biking are my favourite recreational activities.