Madeleine 'colourmad' Bengtssonpattern designer - colour expert - graphic artist
Portfolio
About me
I'm mad about colour and patterns with an impatience that helps me make decisions and keep moving forward. I'm living in a campervan in Europe and creating patterns and photographing along the roads since July 2017.
I am reliable, specialize in colour matching, patterns, organization and decision making.
Don't hesitate to contact me: madeleine[@]colourmad.com
Space Beast Terror Fright
Space Beast Terror Fright is a hard-core first person shooter developed by nornware with roots in the arcade games of the 1980s and the seminal FPS games of the 1990s. The game supports both single-player, local co-op, as well as networked multiplayer in LAN and over the Internet. Space Beast Terror Fright is available on Steam.
I built all the "level styles" for the game using nornware's proprietary tools as well as Quixel's Suite in conjunction with Adobe Photoshop, which consisted of lots of tangent space normal maps and albedo / specular textures. I was also involved in many other things ranging from project management, game design, user interface design, icon design, and colour design. I also built some 3d models (props) as well as did weapon design, modelling and texturing in Z-Brush, Wings 3D, and Substance Painter.
Bloom
Bloom is a platform game by nornware where I created much of the graphics and music. It all started when I commented on the colour design and ended with me taking on responsibility for all of the art. Play Bloom here for free.
Saerfus
Saerfus is a suggestive platform game inspired by my time working in a paint store. Saerfus is a little dude who spends his days working hard and dreaming of a better life. He learns to mix different colours of paint in order to magically escape from the warehouse where he works.
The bridge to the island of Tjörn. Taken while out walking on midsummer's day.
Fuerteventura. Photographing the surf boards was easier than the surfing lessons... :)
Västkusten, Sweden. On a little boating trip with my ex-mother-in-law.
Cabo Verde. The container has been built into the building itself.
Cabo Verde. Chocolate and cognac appetizer.
Delsjön, Göteborg. Our power was out, so we took the chance to take a long walk and discuss some game design.
Fuerteventura. Red flag flying on the beach the whole trip.
Cabo Verde. I loved the way the sand blew around and made the beach all fuzzy.
Berlin. I've discovered that every city has unique manhole covers!
Skåne, Sweden. On the way south on a road trip to Europe. It started with a freezing swim. Jellyfish and a boat in harmony.
Viareggio, Italy.
Bosa, Sardinia. The colour of the net made me drop to the ground.
Cabo Verde.
Austria. Newlywed shows off his ring.
Fuerteventura. Lovely colours filtered to perfection.
Viareggio, Italy. The stadium was hidden among the trees.
Fuerteventura. No one was sunbathing, but the sun chairs were colourful!
Hasselö - Tjust archipelago, Sweden. On rented bikes. Swedish to the point of fainting.
Västkusten, Sweden. A worn flag on my ex-mother-in-law's boat.
Hasselö, Tjust archipelago, Sweden. Backlight in the pine tree and a tilted horizon in order to capture the people in the corner of the shot.
Fuerteventura. After a surfing lesson when I finally managed to escape my wetsuit.
Fuerteventura. Backlight in the palms, walking in Corralejo.
Hasselö, Tjust archipelago, Sweden. Grass, reed and very Swedish summer.
Tile patterns
I have a huge obsession with tiles so I started create a lot of patterns for tiles.
Cabo Verde. I was on the beach at Cabo Verde for two weeks and did a lot of bonafide pen-and-paper drawing. When I got home I scanned everything and chopped it all up in Photoshop to make many tiling patterns.
Kurbits. Drawn by hand, scanned and layed out in Photoshop. I'm thinking this could be a nice pattern on ceramic tile.
I love colours and patterns, and I want to use them to grant people more joy in their homes. I am against consumerism and am interesting in finding ways to re-use and beautify all the things that we already have access to. Therefore finding things second hand, re-painting and re-wallpapering are my best friends! My style is definitely not for the timid... :)
My kitchen with happy wallpaper.
Here I've put up pieces of wallpaper on my cupboards using adhesive. This is a good trick if you are just renting the place.
I created an all-purpose hanger in my foyer using steel mesh.
These flower pots have been re-painted to match my current colour theme.
Colourful espresso cups and a flower pot customized with bottle caps.
I designed the kitchen table and collected all the bottle caps myself.
The steel mesh hanger.
I designed and built this jewelery-hanger with things from the home depot.
This is a summer cottage I redesigned to be more colorful.
I used hooks instead of regular handles on the cupboards.
Picture frames themed green and gold.
From when my kitchen was blue, green and gold.
Palettes
I was commissioned to create some alternative colour palettes for the planning tool Dreamler. These are the themes I arrived at, each featuring a mood board and a five colour palette. As Dreamler is all about planning dreams, these are examples of the dreams of imaginary users.
Dream: To style an advertising agency in the theme of 'Mad Men'.
Dream: To compete in athletic fitness.
Dream: To sail around the world.
Dream: A romantic countryside wedding.
Dream: To organize a fashion show.
Dream: To found an outdoor preschool.
Dream: To build a motorcycle.
Miscellaneous
nornware did some tests on a speculative user interface based on hexagons mapped to the inside of a vertical cylinder. I designed the colour theme, set up the glows, built the buttons, and did the layout.
These palettes were used in the development of the game Ufo Pilot: Astro-Creeps Elite. The challenge was to choose seven colors that were as unique as possible (much tasty colour theory here!)
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Portuguese Level A1 and A2, Dalarnas Universitet 2020
Scrum Master 2015
Interior Consultant, Arkitektskolen 2009-2012
Basic course paint Jotun, Sandefjord 2008
Intensive course florist 2 weeks, Munkeröds Floristutbildning 2006
Space, shape, color, Skandinaviska Färgskolan 2004
Natural Colour System basic course, Skandinaviska Färgskolan 2004
Advertising and Marketing 2 year course (marketing, economics, communcation, layout, copywriting, HTML-programming, marketing law, Photoshop and project management) vocational education, Göteborg 2002-2004
Linguistics 30p, Umeå Universitet 1998-1999
Irlandslinjen 1 year (radio, reporting, history, english, music and photography) Skurups Folkhögskola 1997-1998
Photo courses: basics, advanced, darkroom techniques, portraits 1993-1997
Societal-program, Humanitarian branch 3 years, Norrköping and Linköping 1994-1997
Work Experience
Salesperson at Colorama in Partille, Jan - Sep 2019 and summer 2020
Waitress and washing up at the resataurant Three Little Birds in Sagres, Portugal 2018
Managing a campsite in Figueira, Portugal 2018
Artist, Project Manager, and Game Designer at nornware AB 2011-2015
Project Manager at Dreamler 2014-2015
Owner, interior designer, pattern designer and colour consultant at colourmad 2013-present
Salesperson at Tapetgalleriet 2010-2015, 2016-2017
Game developer, artist, musician and designer at Spell Of Play Studios 2008-2010
Salesperson at Färg i Väst 2007-2010
Manager for the band UP 2007-2008
Florist Flower Bar 2006-2007
Intern / Florist Beyers Blomsterhandel 2005-2007
Salesperson Wettergrens office supplies 2005
Graphics artist at Skandinaviska Färginstitutet 2004
Salesperson at SP Event AB (now Blick Event) 2003-2004
Intern at Skandinaviska Färginstitutet, Uniq and SP Event AB (27 weeks)
Salesperson at Wettergrens Books 2001-2002
Staff at Marilyn Video 1999-2002
Staff at Solhöjdens care home 1996-1998
Languages
Swedish and English – fluent
French, Spanish and Portuguese– basic communication
Computer Skills
Skilled on both PC (Windows) and Mac (OSX)
Skilled in Adobe Photoshop, Z-Brush, Quixel Suite, Substance Painter, Wings 3d, Adobe Illustrator, Repper, Adobe InDesign, Hexels, Krita, Page Maker, Google Sketch Up.
Basic knowledge of Bryce, MS Project, Power Point, Excel, CSS och HTML.
Driver's License
Swedish class B
Interests
Colours, photography, music, interior design, patterns, hiking, movies, nature and exploring new places, food and culture.
