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[[File:Gavin Rothery.png|thumb|Gavin Rothery]]'''Gavin Rothery''' is a freelance [[StarCitizen::Category:Concept artists|concept artist]] for [[StarCitizen:Cloud Imperium|Cloud Imperium Games]].

===Works at CIG===
He started working on ''[[StarCitizen:Star Citizen]]'' in 2014<ref>[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1203468820?t=00h19m17s Star Citizen Live: Meet Gavin Rothery]</ref>

He worked on over 26 [[StarCitizen::Category:Vehicles|vehicles]] for ''Star Citizen''.<ref>[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1203468820 Star Citizen Live: Meet Gavin Rothery]</ref> The first [[StarCitizen:Drake Interplanetary|Drake]] ship he designed for CIG was the [[StarCitizen:Kraken]].<ref>"[https://x.com/GavRov/status/1894483610402529477 This was the first Drake ship I ever designed for CIG]", @GavRov, twitter, Feb 25, 2025</ref>
=== Other works===
Originally an illustrator and comic artist, Gavin Rothery has been working in the games industry since 1996. Through graphic design and visual effects work, this led into advertising and then film. He was responsible for the co-creation and design of the 2009 movie ''Moon'' with director Duncan Jones. Recent work besides starship designs for ''Star Citizen'' include the completion of the feature film writing and directing debut ''Archive''.<ref>[https://www.gavinrothery.com/ Gavin Rothery official website]</ref>

==Quotes==
''"Show me another game that's got ships as nice as Star Citizen. The Level of love that goes into them all, i mean it's great getting time to properly sink into the design cause we get to do it right on Star Citizen. Like, it takes a bit of time to get this stuff done but it gets done right."<ref>[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1203468820?t=00h54m44s Star Citizen Live: Meet Gavin Rothery]</ref>''

==Gallery==
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=== Trivia===
*He wrote and directed the sci fi movie ''Archive'', which also stars [[StarCitizen:Rhona Mitra]] who plays [[StarCitizen:Sophia Kelly]] in ''[[StarCitizen:Squadron 42]].''<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6882604/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_lk1 imdb: Archive]</ref>
*He plays a zombie in ''Shaun of the Dead.''<ref>"[https://x.com/GavRov/status/1833918744751739275 There’s a really cool, good looking zombie guy from Yorkshire somewhere in this pic … can you spot him?]", @GavRov, Twitter, Sep 11, 2024</ref>

===See also===
*[https://youtu.be/0aJIBFVGk5I Inside Star Citizen: Dev Diary: Gavin Rothery]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfznesOcORo Star Citizen Live: The Ships of Gavin Rothery]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqeFjcEt-Vo Star Citizen Live: Meet Gavin Rothery]

===Links===

* [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2707210/ Imdb]
*[https://twitter.com/GavRov Twitter]
*[https://www.gavinrothery.com/ Official website]
*[https://www.gavinrothery.com/star-citizen-concept-art Star Citizen concept art]
*[https://www.artstation.com/gavrov Artstation]

===References===

[[Category:Developers]]
[[Category:Concept artists]]

{{Short description|Freelance concept artist}}

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