Chris Sturgill

I didn't create a single asset in this scene, but I was responsible for the composition, lighting, and collaborated on the design of the sequence (Lara is caught in a bear trap, immobile, and fends off a wolf attack).

The Survival Den was our first SRL (Smart Resourceful Lara) level.  I assembled, composed, lit, and set decorated the area.  I created most of the assets (rock modules, bottles and cans, environment textures) and set decorated with outsourced props (bones, the hanging corpse, the bouy, etc).  This level helped us hone the look for the "tomb" areas of the game.

The initial vista point of this area was created by another artist, but I was responsible for extending it into a full level, creating the cliffs out of modules, lighting, set decorating, and polishing the level.

The initial composition was created by another artist, but I reworked it significantly to include the bloody water flow horror-leaning elements.  I also lit it.

Again, I inherited the inital layout but created/inserted the cages and horror elements.  I was responsible for lighting and finalizing the area. 

Created some of the composition, and oversaw the team creating the area.  As Captain of the SRL team, it was my responsibility to help both the artists and designers to create this space.  I also lit the area.
 

Responsible for composition and polished much of the bunker itself.  Oh and lighting.

Another artist created the actual assets of the space, but I was responsible for lighting, set decoration, and mood-type work. 
 

After the player smashes the support beams with the bell knocker, the whole place starts coming apart.  I was responsible for the broken wall and ceiling mesh work.

I took turns on various passes on this area, pushed the composition and did the final lighting.  I have to admit the best parts of the composition (the details of the bodies and spikes) were probably not me.  But this shot is cool.

Again, this was very collaborative, but I did create the initial composition, handled most of the set decoration, and dialed in the final lighting.

Collaborated on composition, responsible for final set decoration and lighting.

Did the final pass of lighting, lots of scene cleanup and polish.

Did the final pass of lighting, lots of scene cleanup and polish.

Responsible for composition, set decoration, lighting of the space.  Created many assets in this shot, other than some outsourced junk props.

Responsible for composition, set decoration, lighting of the space.  Created many assets in this shot, other than some outsourced junk props.

Responsible for environment and final lighting of this shot.

Created this side tomb early in production, then went back at the very end and reworked it to include shiny statues and more traditional Tomb Raider-style tomb elements.  Composition, set decoration, lighting.

Same as last image - created this tomb early in production, then went back at the very end and reworked it to include giant statues and more traditional Tomb Raider-style tomb elements.  This one went through a round of outsourcing/in-house set decoration before I came back to it and added the giant statues and somber lighting.  Composition, set decoration, lighting.

This was from the first shipping level I worked on.  It features one fancy water shader to get the water flowing down the slope.  Otherwise, it's just old-fashioned lighting and composition.

This is from one of the very first cinematics in the game, the view up as Lara is being dragged into a creepy cave.  The camera designers set up the shot based on geometry already in the level, then I went back and made sure the godrays and bones were all in doing the right things.

Far shot of the starting area of the game. Heavily responsible for composition, asset creation, set decoration.  Again, a foundational area for the game as it helped us calibrate the fidelity and mood we would try to recapture elsewhere in the game.

This shot was composed to the character's pose by another artist, but I created, set-decorated, and lit it.

As the cavern shakes and falls apart, an ancient ship (created by outsourcing) tips over and falls.

Grim cells for Scavenger prisoners.  Composition, set decoration, and lighting.

I believe this shot is mostly my work.  Initial composition, set decoration of gut piles and body parts, placement of hanging bodies (which were initially from outsourcing, along with body parts), lighting, some shader work.

This level was inherited by our team, an significantly reworked.  Here I'm really just responsible for the lighting and some set decoration.

Composition, lighting, set decoration, rock modules assembled/modified by me.
 

Area first created by outsourcing, but our team spruced it up a bit.  I added tomb and cave elements to side walls, lit the area for spooky moonlighting, and added set dressing to floors.

When a fight breaks out, the room's lighting becomes much more dramatic.