Stephen A. Hornback

Developer BIO

Stephen Hornback currently is an environmental art contractor providing environmental artwork for game platform developers. He has 15 years of digital art experience in game development and design. Stephen is proficient in Photoshop and 3D Studio Max as well as Source, Doom, and Unreal tech. He also has experience as a developer for the PC, Xbox, and Sony Playstation development platforms. Stephen's goal has always been to create exceptional artwork in an effective and timely manner.

Stephen originally created clip art as shareware, which won an award resulting in a call from Apogee/3D Realms in '91 to work as a game artist. There he worked on Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure, Duke Nukem II, Rise of the Triad, Duke Nukem 3D and Atomic Edition, Shadow Warrior, and other things like designing the 3D Realms logo. Then Stephen joined Rogue Entertainment in 2000 where he worked with a development team making American Mcgee's Alice for Electronic Arts. After Rogue, he was hired by at Ritual Entertainment as a senior artist where he worked on games such as Star Trek: Elite Forces II, Blackhawk Down: Team Sabre, and Sin Episodes:Emergence.

After recently leaving Ritual, Stephen has started his own contract art business where he creates mainly environmental artwork for game developers. .

Also Known As

• Steve Hornback
• Steven Hornback

Websites

• Art by Stephen Hornback -- This is Stephen Hornback's website where he shows examples of his artwork for the game industry over the past several years. Anyone is welcome to visit!

Games Credited

Depths of Peril (2007), Soldak Entertainment, Inc.
25 to Life (2006), Eidos Interactive Ltd.
SiN Episodes: Emergence (2006), Valve Corporation
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero (2004), Sierra Entertainment, Inc.
Delta Force: Black Hawk Down - Team Sabre (2004), NovaLogic, Inc.
Star Trek: Elite Force II (2003), Activision Publishing, Inc.
Duke Nukem Advance (2002), Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
American McGee's Alice (2000), Electronic Arts, Inc.
Duke Nukem (1999), GT Interactive Software Corp.
Duke Nukem 3D (1998), Tec Toy Indústria de Brinquedos S.A.
Balls of Steel (1997), GT Interactive Software Corp.
Duke Nukem 64 (1997), GT Interactive Software Corp.
Shadow Warrior (1997), Atari, Inc.
Duke Nukem 3D (1996), GT Interactive Software Corp.
Duke Nukem 3D (Atomic Edition) (1996), GT Interactive Software Corp.
Duke Nukem 3D: Plutonium Pak (1996), GT Interactive Software Corp.
Terminal Velocity (1995), U.S. Gold Ltd.
Rise of the Triad: Dark War (1994), FormGen, Inc.
Wacky Wheels (1994), Apogee Software, Ltd., FormGen, Inc.
Duke Nukem II (1993), Apogee Software, Ltd.
Major Stryker (1993), Apogee Software, Ltd.
Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure: Forbidden Planet (1992), Apogee Software, Ltd.