Viktor Antonov (born in Sofia, Bulgaria) is a video game art director and conceptual artist who worked with Valve on Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Lost Coast.
Biography
With a mostly steampunk style, Antonov has been in the video game industry since 1996. He holds a transportation design degree from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and has also designed for commercials, animation and film in the USA and Europe. Antonov has been living in Paris (France), where he immigrated at 17, Montreaux (Switzerland), Los Angeles and Seattle.[1]
He has founded the entertainment design studio "The Building" in Paris, France. The firm provides design services and consulting for multiple platforms, ranging from video games, feature films, commercials to television series. He is also a visiting design instructor at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Film Academy.[2]
Antonov was art director and conceptual artist for Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Lost Coast. For Half-Life 2, he designed most of the City 17 style and the Combine architecture and technology.[2][3] As it is commonly done during a video game's development, most of his concept art for Half-Life 2 was done with Photoshop on existing screenshots of work-in-progress maps.[3] Some of these maps can be found in the WC mappack (see a comparison example). At Valve, he also worked on Counter-Strike: Source.
Antonov can be seen credited across the web as the composer of cut Half-Life 2 music. This is incorrect, as Antonov is not a composer and most of this miscredited music is actually credited to Kelly Bailey or is most of the time totally unrelated to Half-Life 2.
Work
Video game
Half-Life series
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast (2005)
Half-Life 2 (2004)
- The Air Exchange[3]
- The Canals (with Tri Nguyen and Dhabih Eng)[3]
- The Citadel (with Jeff Ballinger and Dhabih Eng)[3]
- City 17 (with Eric Kirchmer and Damarcus Holbrook)[3]
- The City 17 Trainstation[3]
- The Coast[3]
- The Combine Factories[3]
- Most of the Combine technology (with Eric Kirchmer and Dhabih Eng) and architecture[3]
- The APC[3]
- The Combine Assassin tanks featured in the Borealis[3][5]
- The Combine Barricade[3]
- The Combine Cell[3]
- The Combine Smart Barrier (with Eric Kirchmer)[3]
- The Combine SWAT Truck[3]
- The Depot teleport[3]
- The Door / Guard Tower[3]
- The early Mobile Wall[3]
- The Razor Train[3]
- The Depot[3]
- The Manhack Arcade[3]
- Nova Prospekt (with Dhabih Eng and Eric Kirchmer)[3]
- Ravenholm (with Eric Kirchmer and Horia Dociu)[3]
- The Wasteland[3]
Other
- The Crossing (on hold)[2]
- Dishonored (2012)
- Dark Messiah of Might and Magic (2006)
- Counter-Strike: Source (2004)
- Kingpin: Life of Crime (1999)
- Quake II Mission Pack: The Reckoning (1998)
- Redneck Rampage Rides Again (1998)
- Redneck Deer Huntin' (1997)
- Redneck Rampage (1997)
Film
- The Prodigies (announced)
- Renaissance[2] (2006)
Gallery
Vehicles
Air Exchange
Borealis
Canals
Citadel
City 17
City 17 Trainstation
Combine Factories
Depot
Manhack Arcade
Ravenholm
St. Olga
The Coast / The Wasteland
References
- ↑ http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,10802/
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Viktor Antonov official website
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar
- ↑ Half-Life 2: Lost Coast commentary
- ↑ WC mappack
See also
External links
- Official website
- Viktor Antonov on MobyGames
- Viktor Antonov at Siggraph on Planet Half-Life
- GDC Lyon: Antonov Talks Visual Design, Half Life 2 on Gamasutra
Companies | Gearbox Software • Junction Point Studios • Valve Corporation |
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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 |