Chuck Jones
Biographical information
Born	N/A
Occupation(s)	Illustrator Conceptual artist 3D artist

 

Chuck Jones was illustrator, concept artist and 3D artist for Half-Life and Counter-Strike. Formerly a tattoo artist (he tattooed Jerry Cantrell of rock group Alice in Chains), he joined Valve from Apogee/3D Realms where he has been an artist, animator and conceptual artist for Duke Nukem 3D, Rise of the Triad or Shadow Warrior.^[1]

He designed several Half-Life NPCs, from the Snark to Gordon Freeman himself. He also worked on creature designs for Quiver, Half-Life’s predecessor.^[2] He also worked on Counter-Strike and an early Team Fortress 2 build, Team Fortress 2: Brotherhood of Arms (the Heavy and Pyro classes).^[2] He then moved to Midway Games.^[1] He currently lives in Seattle.^[3]

Work for Half-LifeEdit

• The Alien Controller
• The Alien Grunt^[2]
• The Alien Slave (with Dhabih Eng)^[2]
• The Archer
• The Black Hole Gun^[2]
• The Boid
• The Chumtoad^[2]
• The G-Man^[2]
• The Gargantua^[2]
• Gordon Freeman (with Dhabih Eng)^[2]
• The HECU soldiers^[2]
  • The Human Sergeant^[2]
• The Hivehand^[2]
• The scientists^[2]
• security guard^[2]
• The Snapbug
• The Snark^[2]
• The Stukabat
• The Tentacle

TriviaEdit

His name appears in Half-Life as an Easter egg on a Sector C locker like many of the Half-Life team members.

GalleryEdit

Half-LifeEdit

Counter-StrikeEdit

Team Fortress 2: Brotherhood of ArmsEdit

ReferencesEdit

See alsoEdit

• Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar

External linksEdit

• Chuck Jones on MobyGames
• Chuck Jones on Facebook