Ian Christy

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Ian Christy is a game designer, production designer, illustrator, and hack writer.

Ian is known primarily as a underground comic illustrator in the Pacific Northwest, and as a mentor for other up and coming artists. He was one of the Driving forces behind the Draw Jam.

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[edit] Bio

Born 1970 in Wooster, Ohio. Grew up through 8th Grade in Tennessee, moved with family to Lexington, Kentucky and remained there through third year of college at the University of Kentucky. Dropped out, moved to Cincinnati, Ohio to work, then on to Columbus, Ohio until 1994. Moved cross-country to Eugene, Oregon to complete a BFA in Visual Design at University of Oregon, graduating Summa Cum Laude in 1997. Worked full time concurrent to and after school at Dynamix, a Sierra Studio until the production house folded in 2001. Moved to Vancouver, British Columbia to attend Vancouver Film School for the year of 2002 in Film Foundations Class 84. Completed with honours, hired immediately afterwards by Radical Entertainment and works there presently.

[edit] Games

Best known for working on PC Multiplayer games including Starsiege and Tribes 2. Currently a Game Designer for Radical Entertainment overlooking Environment Design and related gameplay mechanics for VUG's Scarface Game [1].

[edit] Toy Design

  • EmonStar Qee for Toy2R [2] Qee Designer Series 2, 2 color versions
  • Emon Star for Toy2R [3] released 2002, 10 color versions

[edit] Illustration

  • Awarded Best Black & White Illustration at Columbus Comic Con, 1994, Boris Vallejo [4] presiding.
  • Storyboards for Toy2R [5] weekly magazine ads through 2001, appeared chiefly in Milk & Dont / East Touch magazines.
  • Also several published commissioned works in an assortment of formats and publications.

[edit] Comic properties

  • Rickets Don’t Rattle with Celia Calle, sold to Celia Calle 2005.
  • Raggedy Camus, under development, except published by Eugene Comics Guild 1998
  • Supercute, published by the Eugene Comics Guild 2001

[edit] Writing

  • Defer: Evermount, novella, 1997 as part of BFA project, published through Danger Media in the United Kingdom
  • Huron, novel still in development, first draft 2004
  • Notch, motion picture screenplay, 2002 w/ re-write for submissions 2005, Ardenstreet editor 2005.
  • Palace of Broken Glass, short film screenplay, 2002, produced: [6]
  • ScarfGirl, short film screenplay, 2002, unproduced

[edit] External links

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