Katie Monte (aka KatiePunk) has always been an artsy nerd, drawing characters and creating worlds all her own. With inspiration from many different areas of game design, but particularly those relating to action-adventure and fantasy genres, Katie has used a variety of different interests and skillsets to create with the objectives of helping others develop their dreams and ideas as well as finding new ways to make art for video games. Games she has developed with the help of classmates and friends have both been nominated for and won awards such as best gameplay and best art at the University of Wisconsin Stout’s game awards. Katie has also done many commissions for things like concept art and character design, band posters, animations, game sprites, and twitch layouts and emotes.