Scott Campbell (born December 28, 1973), known professionally as Scott C., is an American artist and

production designer In film and television, a production designer is the individual responsible for the overall aesthetic of the story. The production design gives the viewers a sense of the time period, the plot location, and character actions and feelings. Work ...

, known for his work for

LucasArts Lucasfilm Games (known as LucasArts between 1990 and 2021) is an American video game brand licensing, licensor, former video game developer and video game publisher, publisher, and a subsidiary of Lucasfilm. It was founded in May 1982 by George ...

and

Double Fine Productions Double Fine Productions, Inc. is an American video game developer based in San Francisco, California. It is a first-party developer of Xbox Game Studios. Founded in July 2000 by Tim Schafer shortly after his departure from LucasArts, Double F ...

Early life

Born and raised in

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, Scott studied illustration at the

Academy of Art University The Academy of Art University (AAU, or ART U), formerly Academy of Art College and Richard Stephens Academy of Art, is a private for-profit art school in San Francisco, California. It was founded as the Academy of Advertising Art by Richard S. ...

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and graduated with a BFA in Illustration focusing on comic and children's book illustration in 1992.

Career

After graduation, Campbell began at

as concept artist on children's ''

Star Wars ''Star Wars'' is an American epic film, epic space opera media franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the Star Wars (film), eponymous 1977 film and Cultural impact of Star Wars, quickly became a worldwide popular culture, pop cu ...

'' games. In 2000, he left to join

Tim Schafer Timothy John Schafer (born July 26, 1967) is an American video game designer. He founded Double Fine Productions in July 2000, after having spent over a decade at LucasArts. Schafer is best known as the designer of critically acclaimed games '' ...

as Art Director on such games as 2005's ''

Psychonauts ''Psychonauts'' is a 2005 platformer, platform game developed by Double Fine Productions and published by Majesco Entertainment for Microsoft Windows, Xbox (console), Xbox and PlayStation 2. Set in a Retrofuturism, retro-futuristic version of t ...

'' and 2009's ''

Brütal Legend ''Brütal Legend'' is an action-adventure video game with real-time strategy game elements created by Double Fine and published by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game was released during October 2009 in North America, ...

''. In addition to his career in games, he has been involved in comics (including being featured in the comic anthology ''

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'') and created paintings that have appeared in galleries around the world as well the alternative DVD cover for '' The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters''.

Bibliography

*''Splendid Life: The Art of Scott C..'' Insight Editions, 2017. *''Hug Machine.''

Atheneum Books for Young Readers Atheneum Books was a New York City publishing house established in 1959 by Alfred A. Knopf, Jr., Simon Michael Bessie and Hiram Haydn. Simon & Schuster has owned Atheneum properties since it acquired Macmillan in 1994, and it created Atheneum B ...

, 2014. *"Amazing Everything!" Insight Editions, 2011. *"Zombie in Love". illustrated,

, 2011. *''

Flight (comics) ''Flight'' is an American comics anthology series edited by Kazu Kibuishi, showcasing young and innovative artists and writers. Image Comics published the first two volumes. In June 2005 Kibuishi announced that the series would move from Image to ...

#8'', contributed the story "Igloo Head and Tree Head in Accomplishments."

Ballantine Books Ballantine Books is a major American book publisher that is a subsidiary of German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. Ballantine was founded in 1952 by Ian Ballantine with his wife, Betty Ballantine. Ballantine was acquired by Random House in ...

, 2011 *''Beasts!: Book One'',

Fantagraphics Fantagraphics (previously Fantagraphics Books) is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, manga, magazines, graphic novels, and (formerly) the Erotic comics, erotic Eros Comix imprint. They have managed sev ...

, 2008. *'' Double Fine Action Comics.''

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, 2008. *''Flight'' #5. Contributed the story "Igloo Head and Tree Head in Disguise."

, 2007. *''Flight'' #4, contributed the story "Igloo Head and Tree Head." Ballantine Books, 2006. *''Project Superior, c''ontributed the story "Pretty OK Team." Adhouse Books, 2005. *''Hickee.''

Alternative Comics Alternative comics or independent comics cover a range of American comic book, American comics that have appeared since the 1980s, following the underground comix movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Alternative comics present an alterna ...

, 2003.

Video games

* ''

'' (2005) (art director) * ''

'' (2009) (art director) * Once Upon a Monster (2011) (Concept art) * ''

Psychonauts 2 ''Psychonauts 2'' is a 2021 platformer, platform game developed by Double Fine and published by Xbox Game Studios. The game was announced at The Game Awards 2015 ceremony, and released on August 25, 2021 for PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One and ...

'' (2021) (Concept art)

Awards

*Winner: 2007

Society of Illustrators The Society of Illustrators (SoI) is a professional society based in New York City. It was founded in 1901 to promote the art of illustration and, since 1959, has held an annual exhibition. Since absorbing the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (M ...

Silver Medal in the Sequential Art (for the story "Igloo Head and Tree Head" from the fourth edition of ''Flight'') *Nominated 2007

Ignatz Award The Ignatz Awards recognize outstanding achievements in comics and cartooning by small press creators or creator-owned projects published by larger publishers. They have been awarded each year at the Small Press Expo since 1997, only skipping a ...

for Promising New Talent

References

External links

Scott Campbell's blogInterview: Scott Campbell at www.diskursdisko.deAn interview with Scott C. of Psychonauts and Brütal Legend at www.kwanzoo.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell, Scott 1973 births Living people American illustrators American production designers Artists from San Jose, California Artists from New York City Academy of Art University alumni Double Fine people American video game artists