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| {{Status|RealWorld}} | | {{realworld}}{{Bstaff|Russel, Paul}}[[Image:Tom Doyle and moebius.jpg|thumb|300px|Paul Russel on the left then [[Wikipedia:Jean Giraud|Jean Giraud aka Moebius]] center and [[Tom Doyle]] right]]'''Paul Russel''' is an American artist and a senior employee at [[Bungie Studios]]. He was born in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He lived there until moving to Washington state, where his job currently has him. He served as an artist for [[Halo: Combat Evolved]] and a single-player artist for [[Halo 2]]. He also made an appearance on the New Zealand TV show ''4 Play: Kiwi Music'' in 2001 as himself. He still works at Bungie, presumably on [[Halo 3]]. |
| [[File:Paulrussel.jpg|thumb|300px|Paul Russel, father of the name "Halo", commenting on the naming process.]] | |
| '''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}}
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| 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>
| | ==Gameography== |
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| ==Gameography==
| | *Re-Mission (2006), HopeLab |
| *Eight games at High Voltage software, two of them uncredited, another three unreleased. | | *Halo 2: Multiplayer Map Pack (2005), Microsoft Game Studios |
| *''Tempest X3'' (1996), Interplay Entertainment Corp.
| | *Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse (2005), Aspyr Media, Inc. |
| *''Halo: Combat Evolved'' (2001), Microsoft Game Studios. | | *Halo 2 (2004), Microsoft Game Studios |
| *''Halo 2'' ([[2004 (real world)|2004]]), Microsoft Game Studios. | | *RoadKill (2003), Midway |
| *''[[Halo 2: Multiplayer Map Pack]]'' (2005), Microsoft Game Studios. | | *4x4 Evo 2 (2001), Gathering |
| *''Halo 3'' ([[2007 (real world)|2007]]), Microsoft Game Studios. | | *Halo: Combat Evolved (2001), Microsoft Game Studios |
| *''Halo 3: ODST'' ([[2009]]), Microsoft Game Studios. | | *Fly! 2K (2000), Gathering |
| *''Halo: Reach'' ([[2010]]), Microsoft Game Studios. | | *Fly! (1999), Gathering of Developers |
| | *Police Quest: SWAT 2 (1998), Sierra On-Line, Inc. |
| | *Hellbender (1996), Microsoft |
| | *Tempest X3 (1996), Interplay Entertainment Corp. |
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| *The [[Earth]] [[Secretary of Defense]] during the [[Battle of Earth]] was named [[Paul Huphy Russel]], likely in reference to Paul Russel. | | *He came up with the title "Halo".<ref>[[The Art of Halo]], page 73</ref> |
| *One of the [[Fireteam (gameplay mechanic)|randomly generated names]] for human soldiers in ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' is P. Russel, with the callsign PAUL.
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
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| ==External links== | | ==Links== |
| *[http://halo.bungie.net/Inside/MeetTheTeam.aspx?Person=russel Paul Russel at Bungie.net] | | *[http://www.bungie.net/Inside/MeetTheTeam.aspx?Person=russel Paul Russel at Bungie.net] |
| *[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1035974/ Paul Russel at the Internet Movie Database] | | *[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1035974/ Paul Russel at the Internet Movie Database] |
| *[https://picasaweb.google.com/114253662089061571624 Paul Russel's Picasa image gallery]
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