Chuck Jones

Chuck Jones was Illustrator, Concept Artist and 3D Artist for Half-Life and Counter-Strike. Formerly a tattoo artist, he joined Valve from Apogee/3D Realms where he has been an artist, animator and conceptual artist for Duke Nukem 3D, Rise of the Triad or Shadow Warrior.

He designed several Half-Life NPCs, from the Snark to Gordon Freeman himself. He also worked on creature designs for Quiver, Half-Life’s predecessor. He also worked on Counter-Strike and an early Team Fortress 2 build, Team Fortress 2: Brotherhood of Arms (the Heavy and Pyro classes). He then moved to Midway Games.

Work for the Half-Life

 * The Alien Controller
 * The Alien Grunt
 * The Alien Slave (with Dhabih Eng)
 * The Archer
 * The Black Hole Gun
 * Barney
 * The Boid
 * The Chumtoad
 * The G-Man
 * The Gargantua
 * Gordon Freeman (with Dhabih Eng)
 * The HECU soldiers
 * The Hivehand
 * The scientists
 * The Snapbug
 * The Snark
 * The Stukabat
 * The Tentacle

Trivia

 * His name appears in Half-Life as an Easter egg on a Sector C locker like most of the game development staff.