Kevin Bulmer

{{Short description|English artist, game designer, and co-founder of Synthetic Dimensions video game company}}

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Kevin Bulmer (1962, in Solihull – 12 November 2011, in Tettenhall), also known as Kev Bulmer, was an English artist, game designer and president of the graphic design and video game company Synthetic Dimensions, which was co-founded by him in 1985.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/student/postgraduate/mbas-guide/me-and-my-partner-702019.html|title = Me and My Partner|website = Independent.co.uk|date = 18 July 2000}} Earlier in his career, he was a contributor to White Dwarf magazine.{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GnHNBgAAQBAJ&q=kevin+bulmer+white+dwarf&pg=PA83 |title = You Are the Hero|isbn = 9781909679405|last1 = Green|first1 = Jonathan|date = 2014-09-07| publisher=Snowbooks }} In 2009, Bulmer was given an honorary degree by the University of Wolverhampton for being a "pioneer of 3D image technology and computer games development", in particular for developing "a world-leading two-dimensional (2D) to 3D image conversion system which has been used worldwide by companies such as Nike, Reebok, Peugeot, Disney, EMI and Newline Cinema".{{cite web|url=http://www.wlv.ac.uk/default.aspx?page=21023 |title=Pioneer awarded honorary degree |publisher=Wlv.ac.uk |date= |accessdate=2013-07-20}} Bulmer announced his plans to re-enter the video game industry in 2008,{{cite web |url=http://www.animationforumwm.co.uk/post/2008/01/25/Beyond-the-Synthetic-Dimension.aspx |title=Animation Forum West Midlands | Beyond the Synthetic Dimension |publisher=Animationforumwm.co.uk |date=2008-01-25 |accessdate=2013-07-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130419180114/http://www.animationforumwm.co.uk/post/2008/01/25/Beyond-the-Synthetic-Dimension.aspx |archivedate=2013-04-19 }} but died in 2011 of prostate cancer.{{cite web|url=http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/creative-industries-news/2011/11/25/tributes-paid-after-3d-games-innovator-kevin-bulmer-dies-65233-29842883/ |title=Tributes paid after 3D games innovator Kevin Bulmer dies - Creative industries - Business News - Business |work=Birmingham Post |date= |accessdate=2013-07-20}}