Ben Kerslake is a senior user experience designer at Autodesk, and previous creative consultant, creative director, and lead concept and storyboard artist at Spicy Horse (2007-2013), where he worked on American McGee's Grimm, Alice: Madness Returns and Akaneiro: Demon Hunters. Ben studied at NMIT in 2006, to earn his associate degree in Illustration. However, he left in 2007, without finishing his course to pursue an offer in full-time employment in game development.