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monkeyMonkey Wrench Studio is a full service creative art studio, developed to provide high quality 3D art assets and animation, interactive multimedia, 3D graphics and special effects, character creation, character animation and web design to a substantial and diversified client base that includes video game companies, advertising agencies, post houses, and video production companies. Our team has over 15 years experience in creating video games, slot machines, broadcast commercials, corporate visualizations, post fx for feature films, short film work and website design.

The MWS reference list includes: Team Play Inc., Big Trak Technologies, Entertaining Games, Athyrio Games, Coastal Amusements, Fred Blurton, Inc., Indie Digital, The Glen Ellyn Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton Sport Center, Auto Plus Inc., Jamrok Environmental, TBM Productions and Silly Monkey, LLC.

Recently, Monkey Wrench Studio joined forces with veterans from the arcade industry, Team Play Inc., to design and animate sequences for Pirate’s Booty, their latest redemption game. Additionally, Monkey Wrench Studio continues to develop the web and social media branch of the company with several sites slated to launch this year and continued support and training in the social media arena.

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sduncan Shane Duncan
President/CEO

Shane is the Creative force behind our 3D/2D division and Video Production department of Monkey Wrench Studio. He began his carrier 11 years ago after graduating from the Illinois Institute of Art as a 3D artist/animator for a small video game company called Game Refuge. Shane went on to work at several Midwest companies and to work on some of the top grossing games in the gaming and arcade/bar market. He spent most of career as a 3D character artist/ generalist, creating the characters for some of the most recognizable arcades/bar games - Golden Tee Live, Silver Strike Bowling and Target Toss Pro: Bags.  Shane co-founded Monkey Wrench Studio in 2007 and continues to apply his 3D expertise to video games and has extended his skill set to video production, animatics, commercials, short films, vfx and motion graphics.
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ledwards Lisa Edwards
Vice President/CCO


Web Developer, Social Media Instructor, Client Relations, Account Manager, Social Butterfly and the driving organizational force behind Monkey Wrench Studio. Lisa began her career over 15 years ago in the broadcast commercial world of toy design for Trendmasters as a 3D Artist/Animator. Her move to Chicago provided a change in markets to the video game and gaming industry. She worked on a variety of recognizable titles such as Big Buck Hunter, Golden Tee Golf, Target Toss Pro: Bags, The Game of Life and I Dream of Jeannie. Along with being Monkey Wrench Studio’s Co-Founder she also sits on the Board of Directors for the Glen Ellyn Chamber of Commerce as the VP of Marketing and PR and frequently contributes to the community through the Glen Ellyn Infant Welfare Society and Relay For Life.