Christopher "Chris" Ortega is an artist who worked at Bethesda Game Studios on Fallout 76 as a concept artist. He designed concept art for various posters, architecture and outfits in the game, as well as Shannon Rivers, the sheepsquatch and characters in Wastelanders.[1]
Employment history[]
| From | To | Company | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2005 | April 2007 | Upper Deck Entertainment | Graphic Designer |
| April 2008 | April 2009 | TimeGate Studios | Concept Artist |
| April 2009 | October 2010 | Electric Bat Interactive | Lead Concept Artist |
| October 2010 | October 2014 | LightBox Interactive | Production Artist |
| October 2014 | 2020 | Bethesda Game Studios Austin, | Senior Concept Artist |
| 2020 | present | Aspyr Media | Concept Artist |
Credits[]
Fallout series[]
| Year | Title | Credited as/for |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Fallout 76 | Concept Artist |
Other work[]
| Year | Title | Credited as/for |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Section 8 | Concept Artist |
| 2012 | Starhawk | Production Artist |
Behind the scenes[]
The "Lady in Gold" painting is based on Gustav Klimt's 1907 Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer.
Gallery[]
Pioneer Scouts Tadpole poster
Character art for Wastelanders
Shannon Rivers young
Shannon Rivers
Shannon Rivers concept art
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Sheepsquatch concept art
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Plant fin
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T-65 power armor. Secret Service Power Armor. I think this started out as some kind of Security Officer Armor, and the final version in game got changed up a bit before the release of Wastelanders. I had a lot of fun working on this one. I don’t think the weapon got made, oh well 😅
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T-65 power armor
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Secret Service armor
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Communist power armor concepts. I guess these have been in game for a while. These were super fun to do, I was pretty bummed that they didn’t want to use the one with the built in hat [2]
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Model 1
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Model 1a
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Model 2
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Моdel 3
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