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'''Paul Russel''' was an employee of [[Bungie]] who served as an Environmental Artist for ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', ''[[Halo 2]]'', ''[[Halo 3]]'', ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' and ''[[Halo: Reach]]''. He was born in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois, [[United States of America|USA]]. He lived there until moving to Washington state. Russel came up with the series title "''Halo''",<ref>'''[[The Art of Halo]]''', ''page 73''</ref> and has been said to be "The father of ''Halo''". He is largely responsible for the [[Forerunner]] and [[human]] military architectural styles and decoration in the ''Halo'' series,<ref name="Paul">'''[[User:Doctor abominable|Paul Russel]]'s personal account on Halopedia (defunct)'''</ref> including what is now known as the [[Forerunner symbols#Eld|Eld]] symbol.<ref>[https://twitter.com/Dr_Abominable/status/463074150232248320 '''Twitter''': ''@Dr_Abominable: "Is that what they're calling it? It was just a texture I painted for the entrance of 'the silent cartographer'"'']</ref> This has led to him being nicknamed "the Forerunner guy", although he dislikes this epithet.{{Ref/Reuse|Paul}}
'''Paul Russel''' was an employee of [[Bungie]] who served as an Environmental Artist for ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', ''[[Halo 2]]'', ''[[Halo 3]]'', ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' and ''[[Halo: Reach]]''. He was born in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois, [[United States of America|USA]]. He lived there until moving to Washington state. Russel came up with the series title "''Halo''",<ref>'''[[The Art of Halo]]''', ''page 73''</ref> and has been said to be "The father of ''Halo''". He is largely responsible for the [[Forerunner]] and [[human]] military architectural styles and decoration in the ''Halo'' series,<ref name="Paul">'''[[User:Doctor abominable|Paul Russel]]'s personal account on Halopedia (defunct)'''</ref> including what is now known as the [[Forerunner symbols#Eld|Eld]] symbol.<ref>[https://twitter.com/Dr_Abominable/status/463074150232248320 '''Twitter''': ''@Dr_Abominable: "Is that what they're calling it? It was just a texture I painted for the entrance of 'the silent cartographer'"'']</ref> This has led to him being nicknamed "the Forerunner guy", although he dislikes this epithet.{{Ref/Reuse|Paul}}


Russel left Bungie in August [[2010]] after working there for 11 years and joined [[Certain Affinity]] in May [[2011]], where he worked as Senior Environment Artist. Russel left Certain Affinity in May [[2012]] and in November of 2012 became owner and CEO of Spazdesign.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/paulr '''LinkedIn''': ''Paul Russel'']</ref>
Russel left Bungie in August [[2010]] after working there for 11 years and joined [[Certain Affinity]] in May [[2011]], where he is worked as Senior Environment Artist. Russel left Certain Affinity in May [[2012]] and in November of 2012 became owner and CEO of Spazdesign.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/paulr '''LinkedIn''': ''Paul Russel'']</ref>


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