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Klara Stephanie Throssell Balague

Spain

Junior

Adobe Photoshop
ZBrush
Creature Concept Art

Please find my portfolio here: https://kaltther.artstation.com/

Biography

Daytime QA Specialist, nighttime artist. I love video games, 2D animation and toys. Studied computer engineering, but have loved drawing since little. I have spent years developing my art, so I made the decision to pursue a new art career during 2025.

EXPERIENCE

Concept artist and Illustrator
Freelancer

01/25 – Present 
Working on an Indie video game project as concept artist and illustration commissions. 
05/22  – 07/23
Worked on illustration commissions.

QA Specialist
Microsoft - Activision Blizzard King, Barcelona

07/23 – Present 
QA Specialist on Candy Crush Soda Saga Team.
12/20 – 05/22 
QA Analyst on Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! Team.
09/19 – 11/20 
QA Regression testing on all King games.

QA and Customer Support
Digital Legends Entertainment, Barcelona

11/17 – 02/19 
English and Spanish Customer Support 
02/17 – 09/17 
QA Tester on The Respawnables and Afterpulse.

EDUCATION

Trazos
March - 2025

Master in concept art (2D and 3D). Modules include:
Character design, Animal and creature design, 3D sculpting, Props and environment.

Escola Joso comic and visual arts
March - 2020

Illustration course. Modules include:
Traditional illustration, digital illustration and project making.

ECIB Barcelona animation and cinema school
March - 2019

Introduction to 2D animation. Modules include:
Traditional 2D animation, Flash and Toon Boom Harmony.

Universitat Rovira i Virgili
September - 2017

Engineer's Degree (DI), Computer Engineering.

ISI Japanese Language School
July - 2023

Japanese studies (JLPT N2).

SOFTWARE

Photoshop
Procreate
Illustrator
Zbrush
Substance Painter
KeyShot
Toon Boom
Unity

 

 

Skills

Roles

  • Advanced
  • Advanced
  • Basic
  • Basic
  • Basic
  • Basic
  • Basic

Software

  • Mastery
  • Basic

Other Skills

  • Basic