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Renier Banninga is co-founder and Studio Art Director at Streamline Studios.
Company name:
STREAMLINE STUDIOS B.V.
Company founding date:
2001
Place of business:
Headquarter in Amsterdam
Names of founders:
Renier Banninga, Stefan Baier, Hector Fernandez, Alexander Fernandez
Ages of founders:
Renier Banninga (28)
Stefan Baier (26)
Hector Fernandez (28)
Alexander Fernandez (28)
About the company:
Streamline Studios has become synonymous with world-class graphical content creation and production innovation. We helped pioneer art outsourcing, introduced integrated content solutions, and redefined what the industry expects from creative companies. Along the way we picked-up numerous awards, have created content for over 45 titles for franchises such as Gears Of War, Saint's Row, Unreal Tournament, Ghost Recon, and helped generate more than $500 million in sales in the United States alone. All this is made possible by our belief in quality art, customers, process, and above all, one of the best content teams in video games today. Creation is our passion.
Current project:
several 'state of the art' games for current game consoles
Source of inspiration:
Blockbuster movies with over the top VFX
classical art (e.g. Rembrandt)
My big idea:
To found Streamline Studios and that game development will one day become like movie productions. This idea is currently becoming reality for us and as we are going along we are on our way of doing it already.
Favourite tools:
z-brush, 3D Max
Favourite website:
www.autodestruct.com
Hobby:
3D modeling, and Art
Best advice I ever received:
Nature - Observing nature taught and still teaches me
Biggest blunder:
So far I have been pretty good at avoiding those.
Tips for professional colleagues:
Practice EVERY day, every evening, every minute! Keep pencil and sketch book in your pocket, so if you have an idea you can jot it down immediately.
As an ambassador of Amsterdam, I would...
I would fight for improving Game Art and Game Development related education for the entire Netherlands, there is plenty of room for improvement to get up to par with the international Game Development industries.
I would promote game development curriculums that provide traditional art as I believe traditional art belongs into every good game related education. To me it is apparent that all this knowledge needs to get trained to people.
Company website:
www.streamline-studios.com
Company email address:
Web 2.0:
YouTube