Mark Vearrier
Moby ID: 6198
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Mark Vearrier received his B.F.A. in Fine and Applied Arts from the University of Oregon in 1988.
He began his career as a production artist for early adventure games at Dynamix in Eugene and quickly rose to Lead Artist for the award winning and critically acclaimed Betrayal at Krondor.
Joining Origin in 1993 he served in key art roles for the groundbreaking Wing Commander space combat sims, culminating in Art Director positions for Silverheart and Wing Commander: Prophecy.
After several efforts involved with helping to build new game studios: Bootprint Entertainment and Skylab Entertainment, Mark has had several stints at various Austin game developers working in Senior/Lead Artist roles for AAA titles, including Retro Studios, Ion Storm, Electronic Arts and Wideload Games.
After serving as Art Director for a medical training simulation at BreakAway Games in association with the University of Texas A&M, he began at the start of 2006 helping out at KingsIsle Entertainment as a Lead Environment/Character Artist, ending his time there as Art Director.
He now is working with UTV TrueGames as Studio Art Director, leading internal and external teams to develop Faxion Online.
Credited on 16 games
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| Faxion Online (2011, Windows) | Art Director |
| Betrayal at Krondor (2010, Windows) | Lead Production Artist |
| Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse (2005, Windows) | Environmental Artists |
| GoldenEye: Rogue Agent (2004, PlayStation 2) | Lighting |
| Deus Ex: Invisible War (2003, Xbox) | Additonal Art |
| Deus Ex (2002, PlayStation 2) | Cinematic Artists |
| Wing Commander: Secret Ops (1998, Windows) | Art Director |
| Wing Commander: Prophecy (Deluxe) (1997, Windows) | Production Designer |
| Wing Commander: Prophecy (1997, Windows) | Production Designer/Art Director |
| Wing Commander: The Kilrathi Saga (1996, Windows) | Interior Art |
| Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom (1996, DOS) | Graphics / 3D Programming |
| Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger (1994, DOS) | 3D Artists |
| Aces of the Pacific (1992, DOS) | Artists |
| Nova 9: The Return of Gir Draxon (1992, Amiga) | Artists EGA |
| The Adventures of Willy Beamish (1991, DOS) | Artists |
| A-10 Tank Killer (1989, DOS) | Artists |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 6 games with David Ladyman
- 6 games with Trey Hermann
- 6 games with Peter Shelus
- 6 games with Kay Gilmore
- 6 games with Anthony L. Sommers
- 6 games with J. Allen Brack
- 6 games with Stretch Williams
- 6 games with David Swofford
- 6 games with Elizabeth Foster
- 6 games with Sean Murphy
Companies
- 7 games with Electronic Arts, Inc.
- 5 games with Dynamix, Inc.
- 5 games with ORIGIN Systems, Inc.
- 4 games with Electronic Arts GmbH
- 4 games with Sierra Entertainment, Inc.
- 3 games with Electronic Arts Publishing SARL
- 3 games with GameTap LLC
- 2 games with Ion Storm Austin
- 2 games with Epic Games, Inc.
- 2 games with Square Enix Limited
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