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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Lewis Thompson''' was Senior Prop Artist at [[StarCitizen:Cloud Imperium|Cloud Imperium Games]] working on [[StarCitizen:Star Citizen|''Star Citizen'']].<ref name=":0">[https://open.spotify.com/episode/4XbVqB5OFIqu9kDlxrGd9Z?si=OHZ4QYAwTZOQxX_ZXxb-4g E0: Make it Happen (a brief look at my journey into the games industry)], Gamedev Origins, Spotify, Jul 26 2023</ref><br />
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== Work at CIG ==<br />
He started at CIG as a mid level Prop Artist II, then Prop Artist III and now Senior Prop Artist.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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Among other things he made the medical beds.<ref>[https://youtu.be/XaBkIJbH3Pw Star Citizen Live Gamedev: The Pyro Proposition], YouTube, 18 Feb 2022</ref><br />
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He left CIG in June 2024.<ref>"[https://x.com/BGLeodran/status/1795750702259773794 As one chapter closes, another begins. In June, I am leaving CIG]", @BGLeodran, Twitter, 29 May 2024</ref><br />
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== Other Works ==<br />
He was a weapon artist on ''Ghost Recon Breakpoint'' at Ubisoft Bucharest for two years, as he was insistant on working on AAA games and was willing to relocate to another country and get payed less for that.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Early Life ==<br />
At school he wanted to be an aircraft engineer, he studied engineering and drama, but his opportunities around were limited, such as working on cars or being a fighter pilot which wasn't his interest so his dream died.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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He loved video games and made friends by playing, he applied for a games course at a local college which shut down the same year, but they had an IT course and as he was into computers he studied IT.<ref name=":0" /> Once he got to the end of college he decided to go into game development and decided to work at Ubisoft as he was playing the early ''Assassin Creed'' games.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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He went to a game design course at Staffordshire University.<ref name=":0" /> He spent the first two years exploring the options and the 3rd year he decided to go into 3D art and worked on his portfolio.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Trivia ==<br />
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* He has a podcast called ''Gamedev Origins''.<ref>[https://open.spotify.com/show/296JAfBfk2DcNX3J8yCS2f?si=03a1ed037024437b Gamedev Origins podcast]</ref><br />
* He is fascinated by aircraft.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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