Lara Schneider

Developer BIO

Born in Vancouver, B.C., Canada, Lara's main interests are art and music. Seattle is now her home, where she is constantly drawing upon her daily experiences to push her creative pursuits. Lara's personal intention, is to be able to balance making a living at animation and illustration, while maintaining the freedom to create art for pleasure.

Lara moved to the United States in 1997, right after completing the Vancouver Film School's classical animation course. Her first experience working in games, was as a 2D animator for KnowWonder (a.k.a. Amaze Entertainment), and then full time at Humongous Entertainment, where she worked for 4 years on popular children's adventure titles such as Pajama Sam, Blue's Clues, and Backyard Baseball.

After major cutbacks in the industry, Humongous Entertainment (then acquired by Atari, Inc.) had to lay off most of it's employee's. For the next 3 years, Lara contracted with such companies as Sucker Punch Productions and TeachTown, Inc., the latter of which specializes in online therapy programs for kids with Autism.

Currently, Lara is a full time employee as a games artist at Big Fish Games, a successful online game company located in downtown Seattle, WA.

Websites

• My Silly Rabbit -- Online portfolio

Games Credited

Hidden Expedition: Amazon (2008), Big Fish Games, Inc
Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir (2008), Nintendo of America Inc.
Hidden Expedition: Everest (2007), Big Fish Games, Inc
Mystery Case Files: Madame Fate (2007), Big Fish Games, Inc
Mystery in London (2007), Big Fish Games, Inc
Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst (2006), Big Fish Games, Inc
Pajama Sam: Life is Rough When You Lose Your Stuff (2003), Atari, Inc.
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus (2002), SCEA
Backyard Football 2002 (2001), Atari Europe S.A.S.U.
Backyard Baseball 2001 (2000), Humongous Entertainment, Inc.
Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat From Your Head To Your Feet (2000), Humongous Entertainment, Inc.
Blue's ABC Time Activities (1999), Humongous Entertainment, Inc.
Young Dilbert Hi-Tech Hijinks (1997), KnowWonder, Inc.