Tristan Reidford

Tristan Reidford is conceptual artist for Valve.

Biography

Currently living in Seattle, Reidford attended Coventry University.^[1]

Reidford used to do independent contract work for Free Radical Design, Jones Garrard Move, and Valve, until he was hired by the latter. He models and textures with Maya.^[1]

For Valve, Reidford specifically worked with Ted Backman and Jeremy Bennett on concept art for Half-Life 2: Episode Three, showing an Gordon Freeman confronting an Advisor, which was selected for the 2008 Into the Pixel Collection.

He also designed the two robots appearing in Portal 2’s co-operative campaign, ATLAS and P-body.^[2]

Real-World subjects
Companies	Gearbox Software • Junction Point Studios • Valve Corporation
Production staff	Artists • Character models • Composers • Voice actors • Writers • Other
Software	Achievements • Compilations • Demos • Games (Half-Life • Multiplayer • Non-canon • Portal • Third-party) • Game Engines • HL HD Pack • Mods
Other Media	ApertureScience.com • Books (Lab Rat • Raising the Bar) • Fan content (Films • Games • Mods • Series) • Films • Merchandise • Preliminary Findings • Soundtracks (Songs • Composers) • The Final Hours (Half-Life • Half-Life 2 • Half-Life: Alyx • Portal 2)
Cut content	Prospero • Half-Life Alpha • Half-Life 2 Beta • Half-Life 2: Episode Three • Half-Life 2: Episode Four
Misc.	Canon • Development (Commentary • Half-Life 2 • Portal • Next Half-Life game) • Mr. Valve • Retcons