StarCitizen:Chris Smith

Chris Smith in 2013

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

Work at CIG

He joined StarCitizen:CIG in January 2013 as a 3D artist to set the quality standard for the weapons and vehicles in the game.<ref name="ReferenceA">Template:Cite RSI</ref> He worked on multiple ships in the game, including the 300 series (both initial concept and rework), [[StarCitizen::Category:Mustang series|Mustang]], StarCitizen:F7A Hornet Mk II, the Constellation rework, StarCitizen:M50, etc.<ref name=":1" /><ref>Inside Cloud Imperium Games - The 300i Pipeline</ref><ref>Template:Cite RSI</ref><ref>Template:Cite RSI</ref> He was the first Cloud Imperium Games ship artist.<ref name=":1" /><ref>Star Citizen Live: Flight, Light & Insight, YouTube, 10 Feb 2023</ref>

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

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