Chris Olivia was Chief Visual Officer at Cloud Imperium Games[1].[2][3]
Work at CIG
Chris Olivia was helping oversee the visual look of the universe and working with the art team, both in-house and freelancers, to see that the game is set in a convincing, believable and immersive world. He also helped design some of the alien races and fill in any other conceptual design cracks as needed.[4]
Other work
He worked with Chris Roberts on and off at 3 different companies, Origin Systems, Digital Anvil and CIG and has worked on Wing Commander III and IV, Wing commander the movie, Freelancer, Brute Force and Star Citizen.[4] He worked on movies including Star Trek The Experience, Predators, Alita: Battle Angel and more.[5]
Trivia
- At the age of 21, he worked as a special make up effects artist for the adult film industry (freak films were popular at the time).[4]
- He worked with Robert Rodriguez’s in house creative visual development team.[4]
- He was a judge for The Next Great Starship.[2]
References
- ↑
David Ladyman, "An Interview with Chris Olivia". Jump Point. Vol. 01 no. 04. pp.34–39. Retrieved 2013-03-29.
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 The Next Great Starship . Meet the Judges . Chris Olivia
- ↑ Inside CIG . Round Table: Art . Pt 1. Engineering - Comm-Link. Retrieved 2022-24-01
- ↑ Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Meet Chris Olivia!. Transmission - Comm-Link. Retrieved 2021-24-01
- ↑ Chris Olivia imdb page