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'''Chris Smith''' is the Lead Vehicle Artist at [[CIG Los Angeles]].<ref name="jp0604">[[David Ladyman]] and [[Ben Lesnick]], ''One Question (part 2)'', Jump Point, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 40, 2018-04-27.</ref>

He joined [[CIG]] in January 2013 as a 3D artist to set the quality standard for the weapons and vehicles in the game.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite RSI|url=comm-link/transmission/12872-Meet-Chris-Smith|text=Meet Chris Smith}}</ref> He worked on multiple ships in the game, including the [[300i|300 series]] (both initial concept and rework), [[:Category:Mustang series|Mustang]], [[F7A Hornet Mk II]], the [[Constellation Andromeda|Constellation]] rework, [[M50]], etc.<ref name=":1" /><ref>[https://youtu.be/NVJIzAvMPQ4 Inside Cloud Imperium Games - The 300i Pipeline]</ref><ref>{{Cite RSI|url=comm-link/transmission/15455-Around-The-Verse|text=Around the Verse 3.3|trx=around-the-verse-episode-3-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite RSI|url=comm-link/transmission/15210-WIP-Constellation-Freelancer-Upgrades|text=Comm-Link - WIP: Constellation & Freelancer Upgrades}}</ref> He was the first [[Cloud Imperium|Cloud Imperium Games]] ship artist.<ref name=":1" /><ref>[https://youtu.be/wZOhB_uGXRE Star Citizen Live: Flight, Light & Insight], YouTube, 10 Feb 2023</ref>

== Other works ==

He started doing art for the games industry after he graduated from the {{WP|ref=no|Art_Institute_of_Dallas|text=Art Institute in Dallas}}. T

he first company he worked at was {{WP|ref=no|3D_Realms|text=3D Realms}}.<ref name="ReferenceA" />

He has worked on {{WP|ref=no|Duke_Nukem_Forever|text=Duke Nukem Forever}}, {{WP|ref=no|Starhawk_(2012_video_game)|text=Starhawk}}, and {{WP|ref=no|PlanetSide_2|text=Planetside 2}}.<ref name="ReferenceA" />

He was working at Lightbox on Warhawk, and when Lightbox shut down he was poached by [[Eric Peterson]], alongside with [[Mark Skelton]], [[Chris Olivia]], [[Bryan Brewer]], [[Tom Sawyer|Tom Sawyer.]]<ref name=":1">[https://youtu.be/y_71JtGEZ7c An Evening with Chris Smith], Nichole D'Angelo, YouTube, 18 Apr 2017</ref><ref name=":0" />

== Trivia ==

* He is a part of the "New Nine", the group of Star Citizen team members hired in January 2013, when the "Federal requirements" are that 20% of the staff be named Chris.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>[[David Ladyman]],''Work in Progress: 300 series'', vol. 1, no. 7, pp. 3.</ref>

* He is excited about Star Citizen and Squadron 42 because of their motion picture quality graphics and an open world with endless possibilities.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

* His first experience with computer games was in the '80s when his stepdad bought an {{WP|ref=no|Atari_ST|text=Atari 1040 ST}} computer for the house. He played {{WP|ref=no|International_Karate_%2B|text=International Karate}} almost non-stop, a lot of the Summer and Winter Games, {{WP|ref=no|Turrican}}, {{WP|ref=no|Test_Drive_(video_game)|text=Test Drive}} and {{WP|ref=no|Marble_Madness|text=Marble Madness}}.<ref name="jp0604"/>

* He's an army brat who was born in the US but moved to Germany when he was 7.<ref name=":0">[https://youtu.be/wZOhB_uGXRE Star Citizen Live: Flight, Light & Insight], YouTube, 10 Feb 2023</ref>

== See also ==

* {{Link RSI|url=comm-link/transmission/12872-Meet-Chris-Smith|text=Meet Chris Smith}}

== References ==

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