Paul Presley

Paul Presley
Involvement in the BioShock series
BioShock Infinite	Asset Modeling - Artist
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Paul Presley is an artist for Irrational Games who was part of the art team for BioShock Infinite and its downloadable content Clash in the Clouds and Burial at Sea.

Career

Paul Presley attended The Art Institute of Orange County California, USA, from 2006 to 2009 and graduated as a Bachelor of Science, Game Art, and Design. After his studies, Presley worked as an intern artist at Crazy Pixel Productions for three months and later that year was hired by Irrational Games as an asset and prop artist for BioShock Infinite. Presley provided a large amount of in-game models for the game, including: the airships (Hovercraft, Security Zeppelins, The Hand of the Prophet, The First Lady and the Pilgrim Rocket); various machinery (Mendelssohn Kinematic Couture, Columbian Sundry and Supply, the Shock Jockey engine, industrial machines, etc.); furniture and stationary objects (desks, containers, dining sets, appliances, etc.), architecture (store fronts, doors, pillars, statuary, etc.); items (the Whistler, Salts bottle, Cash Register, Invitation Mask, etc.) and much more. After the closer of Irrational Games, he worked as a freelancer for the Insomniac Games titles Sunset Overdrive (2014) and Spider-Man (2018), for The Creative Assembly title Warhammer - Total War (2016), and for the Gearbox Software title Borderlands 3 (2019). Like Robb Waters and Chad King, Presley was also involved with the Day For Night Games title The Black Glove as an asset modeler, but the game was shelved.

Game Credits

BioShock series

Year	Game	Company	Credited as/for
2013	BioShock Infinite	Irrational Games	Asset Modeling - Artist
2014	Clash in the Clouds	Irrational Games	Asset Modeling - Artist
2013	Burial at Sea - Episode 1	Irrational Games	Asset Modeling - Artist
2014	Burial at Sea - Episode 2	Irrational Games	Asset Modeling - Artist

Other

Year	Game	Company	Credited as/for
2014	Sunset Overdrive	Insomniac Games	Prop Artist
Not released	The Black Glove	Day For Night Games	Asset Modeling
2016	Warhammer - Total War	The Creative Assembly	Prop Artist
2018	Spider-Man	Insomniac Games	Prop Artist
2019	Borderlands 3	Gearbox Software	Content Artist

Gallery

BioShock Infinite and Clash in the Clouds

An unused Vox Populi siren, which was used in the BioShock Infinite E3 2011 gameplay demo.

An unused artillery cannon, which was used in the BioShock Infinite Gamescom 2010 gameplay trailer.

The Whistler.

The Gunship.

A civilian zeppelin.

The Pilgrim Rocket's interior.

A trolley.

The printers seen in the Montgomery Residence.

Cutlery set.

A bar shelf.

The cash register.

A phonograph.

Dining furniture set.

Columbia Freight oil tanks.

Items the player can pick up: coffee, soda, salts, Unknown Booze, popcorn, and a money stack (The coffee, popcorn and money models were not used).

An early version of the Mendelssohn Kinematic Couture machine.

The Columbian Sundry and Supply machine.

Models for the unused Protecto-Gear.

Burial at Sea

The Rapture homage statuary on High Street.

Ornaments in The Pavilion.

The invitation mask.

Dining booths (the yellow variation was not used).

Kitchen appliances.

Behind the Scenes

• Paul Presley's message in the credits of BioShock Infinite is: "There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind. Mammon won't cut it".