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Robb Waters is one of the concept artists for BioShock and the Senior Character Concept Artist for BioShock Infinite.

Career

Robb Waters worked on games such as System Shock and Thief: The Dark Project before becoming an employee of Irrational Games in 2000. After he was hired he worked as a the character concept artist for Freedom Force (2002) and as a concept artist for Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich (2005). He was eventually given the task as a concept artist for BioShock and is responsible for creating the final look for the Little Sisters, the Splicer models, the appearance of Andrew Ryan and Sander Cohen, advertising (both in-game and marketing), the Plasmid training videos, The Challenge Rooms and much more. On the development team of BioShock Infinite, Waters became the Senior Character Concept Artist and created concept art for many characters and set pieces, including those of the Songbird, the Heavy Hitters (excluding the Firemen), the Sky-Hook, Cornelius Slate and Daisy Fitzroy. Sculpting is one of Waters talents, and he designed the Songbird statue,^[1] featured in the Ultimate Songbird Edition. The Cover art for BioShock Infinite and Clash in the Clouds was also made by Waters. After the closing of Irrational Games, Waters worked with Day for Night Games on the indie title The Black Glove as a Concept artist, which was shelved.^[2] He later worked on the game Perception by The Deep End Games which was released in May 2017^[3]^[4] and the System Shock remake, under Night Dive Studios.^[5] Waters has also recently done work for IDW Publishing, Certain Affinity and Ghost Story Games.^[6]

Game Credits

BioShock series

Year	Game	Company	Credited as/for
2007	BioShock	2K Boston / 2K Australia	Concept Artist, PS3 System Concept Artist
2010	BioShock 2	2K Marin	Team
2013	BioShock Infinite	Irrational Games	Senior Character Concept Artist

Other

Year	Game	Company	Credited as/for
1994	System Shock	Looking Glass Studios	Artist
1995	Flight Unlimited	Looking Glass Studios	Artist
1996	Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri	Looking Glass Studios	Artist
1998	Thief: The Dark Project	Looking Glass Studios	Artist
1998	Akuji: The Heartless	Crystal Dynamics	Artist
N/A	The Lost	Irrational Games	Concept Artist
2002	Freedom Force	Irrational Games	Freedom Force Team, Audio
2005	Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich	Irrational Games	Concept Artist, Audio
2005	SWAT 4	Irrational Games	Artist
2012	PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale	SuperBot Entertainment	Support
Not released	The Black Glove	Day For Night Games	Art Director, Concept Artist
2017	Perception	The Deep End Games	Concept Artist
2017	System Shock: Remastered Edition	Night Dive Studios	Artist

Videos

The Insect Swarm training video.

The Possession training video.

Gallery

BioShock

BioShock Infinite

References

↑ BioShock Infinite Signed Songbird Statue on Irrational Games Online Store
↑ The Black Glove is "shelved" as developers move on to other things on PCGamer
↑ Ex-BioShock dev's horror game Perception meets its Kickstarter goal on EuroGamer
↑ Perception on Wikipedia
↑ System Shock is being reimagined, and we've got the first look on Polygon
↑ http://www.robbwatersart.com/new-page/

[1] BioShock Infinite Signed Songbird Statue on Irrational Games Online Store

[2] The Black Glove is "shelved" as developers move on to other things on PCGamer

[3] Ex-BioShock dev's horror game Perception meets its Kickstarter goal on EuroGamer

[4] Perception on Wikipedia

[5] System Shock is being reimagined, and we've got the first look on Polygon

[6] ttp://www.robbwatersart.com/new-page/

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 ==Career==
-Robb Waters worked on games such as ''System Shock'' and ''Thief: The Dark Project'' before becoming an employee of [[Irrational Games]] in 2000. After he was hired he worked as a programmer for ''Freedom Force'' (2002) and as a concept artist for ''Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich'' (2005). He was eventually given the task as a concept artist for ''BioShock'' and is responsible for creating the final look for the [[Little Sisters]], the [[Splicer]] models, the appearance of [[Andrew Ryan]] and [[Sander Cohen]], advertising (both in-game and marketing), the [[Plasmid]] training videos, ''The [[Challenge Rooms]]'' and much more. On the development team of ''BioShock Infinite'', Waters became the Senior Character Concept Artist and created concept art for many characters and set pieces, including those of the [[Songbird]], the Heavy Hitters (excluding the [[Firemen]]), the [[Sky-Hook]], [[Cornelius Slate]] and [[Daisy Fitzroy]]. Sculpturing is one of Waters talents and he designed the Songbird statue,<ref>[http://store.irrationalgames.com/store/tk2irr/en_IE/pd/productID.306663200 BioShock Infinite Signed Songbird Statue] on Irrational Games Online Store</ref> featured in the [[BioShock Infinite Premium/Ultimate Songbird Edition|Ultimate Songbird Edition]]. The Cover art for ''BioShock Infinite'' and ''[[Clash in the Clouds]]'' is also made by Waters. After the closing of Irrational Games Waters worked with Day for Night Games on the indie title ''The Black Glova'' as a Concept artist, which was unfortunately shelved.<ref>[http://www.pcgamer.com/the-black-glove-is-shelved-as-developers-move-on-to-other-things/ The Black Glove is "shelved" as developers move on to other things] on PCGamer</ref> He later started working on the game ''Perception'' by The Deep End Games which will be released in June 2016.<ref>[http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-06-23-ex-bioshock-devs-horror-game-perception-succeeds-its-kickstarter-goal Ex-BioShock dev's horror game Perception meets its Kickstarter goal] on EuroGamer</ref>
+Robb Waters worked on games such as ''System Shock'' and ''Thief: The Dark Project'' before becoming an employee of [[Irrational Games]] in 2000. After he was hired he worked as a the character concept artist for ''Freedom Force'' (2002) and as a concept artist for ''Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich'' (2005). He was eventually given the task as a concept artist for ''BioShock'' and is responsible for creating the final look for the [[Little Sister]]s, the [[Splicer]] models, the appearance of [[Andrew Ryan]] and [[Sander Cohen]], advertising (both in-game and marketing), the [[Plasmid]] training videos, ''The [[Challenge Rooms]]'' and much more. On the development team of ''BioShock Infinite'', Waters became the Senior Character Concept Artist and created concept art for many characters and set pieces, including those of the [[Songbird]], the Heavy Hitters (excluding the [[Fireman|Firemen]]), the [[Sky-Hook]], [[Cornelius Slate]] and [[Daisy Fitzroy]]. Sculpting is one of Waters talents, and he designed the Songbird statue,<ref>[http://store.irrationalgames.com/store/tk2irr/en_IE/pd/productID.306663200 BioShock Infinite Signed Songbird Statue] on Irrational Games Online Store</ref> featured in the [[BioShock Infinite Premium/Ultimate Songbird Edition|Ultimate Songbird Edition]]. The Cover art for ''BioShock Infinite'' and ''[[Clash in the Clouds]]'' was also made by Waters. After the closing of Irrational Games, Waters worked with Day for Night Games on the indie title ''The Black Glove'' as a Concept artist, which was shelved.<ref>[http://www.pcgamer.com/the-black-glove-is-shelved-as-developers-move-on-to-other-things/ The Black Glove is "shelved" as developers move on to other things] on PCGamer</ref> He later worked on the game ''Perception'' by The Deep End Games which was released in May 2017<ref>[http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-06-23-ex-bioshock-devs-horror-game-perception-succeeds-its-kickstarter-goal Ex-BioShock dev's horror game Perception meets its Kickstarter goal] on EuroGamer</ref><ref>[[Wikipedia:Perception (video game)|Perception]] on Wikipedia</ref> and the ''System Shock'' remake, under Night Dive Studios.<ref>[http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/25/9801434/system-shock-remake-first-look-art System Shock is being reimagined, and we've got the first look] on Polygon</ref> Waters has also recently done work for [http://www.idwpublishing.com IDW Publishing], [http://www.certainaffinity.com/ Certain Affinity] and [https://www.ghoststorygames.com/blog/2017/02/22/welcome-to-ghost-story Ghost Story Games].<ref>http://www.robbwatersart.com/new-page/</ref>
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 |1995
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 |Looking Glass Studios
 |Artist
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 |1998
-|Akuji: The Heartless
+|''Akuji: The Heartless''
 |Crystal Dynamics
 |Artist
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+|{{Sic|N/A|Project cancelled, set for 2002}}
+|''The Lost''
+|[[Irrational Games]]
+|Concept Artist
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 |2012
-|PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
+|''[[PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale]]''
 |SuperBot Entertainment
 |Support
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-|{{Sic|2015|project shelved}}
+|{{Sic|Not released|Project shelved, set for 2015}}
-|The Black Glove
+|''The Black Glove''
 |Day For Night Games
 |Art Director, Concept Artist
 |-
+|2017
-|2016
-|Perception
+|''Perception''
 |The Deep End Games
 |Concept Artist
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+|2017
+|''System Shock: Remastered Edition''
+|Night Dive Studios
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 ==Gallery==
 ===''BioShock''===
-<gallery widths="194">
+<gallery widths="194" position="center">
+Early Splicer Sulpture 2.png|''A sculpture created by Robb Waters to help sell the ''BioShock'' game concept to publishers.''
+Mutants.jpg|''Three early splicers.''
+Yam Hand.png|''An early Splicer concept called the 'Yam Hand'.''
 Clittlesister.png|''The [[Little Sister]].''
 Slowmopro 001.jpg|''The [[Slow-Pro]] [[Big Daddy]].''
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 Masquerade poster.jpg
 Welcomemural.png
-Plasmids Telekinesis 1.jpg
+Telekinesis Poster (Dandy Dental).png
 Teleportation Advertisement.png
 Plasmid Poster.png
 All good girls gather.png
-Cover1.jpg|''[[The 'I' in Team]].''
+B1 Lighthouse Icon.jpeg|''Icon for [[the Lighthouse]].''
-Cover2.jpg|''[[A Shocking Turn of Events]].''
+The I in the Team.jpg|''[[The 'I' in Team]].''
-Cover3.jpg|''[[Worlds of Hurt]].''
+Shocking Turn of Events Cover.jpg|''[[A Shocking Turn of Events]].''
+Worlds of Hurt Cover.jpg|''[[Worlds of Hurt]].''
 </gallery>
 ===''BioShock Infinite''===
-<gallery widths="194">
+<gallery widths="194" position="center">
 Elizabeth66.jpg|''[[Elizabeth]].''
+Elizabeth Exam Table concept art.jpg
-Tumblr n1mykzmchd1qdqlkxo6 1280.jpg
-Tumblr COMSTOCK 1280.jpg|''[[Zachary Hale Comstock]].''
+Comstock war.jpg|''[[Zachary Hale Comstock]].''
 BoardwalkMaleCA.jpg|''[[Columbia Citizen]]''.
 EmporiumFemaleCA.jpg
-!tumblr n1mykzmchd1qdqlkxo4 1280.jpg|''The [[Songbird]].''
+Songbird Concept Art by Robb Waters.jpg|''The [[Songbird]].''
 !siren7.jpg|''The [[Siren]].''
 !george wings.jpg|''The [[Motorized Patriot]].''
 !bos.jpg|''The [[Boy of Silence]].''
 !handyman concept.jpg|''The [[Handyman (Enemy)|Handyman]].''
-Tumblr n2emg2vRju1s64fqdo1 1280.jpg|The [[Frosty Splicer]].
+Jockey Splicer concept art.jpg|''The [[Jockey Splicer]].''
-Tumblr n2emg2vRju1s64fqdo2 1280.jpg|''The Female [[Early Splicers|Early Splicer]].''
+BaS Female Splicers Concept Art.jpg|''The Female [[Early Splicers|Early Splicer]].''
-!tumblr n1mykzmchd1qdqlkxo8 1280.jpg|''The [[Sky-Hook]].''
+Skyhook concept art by Robb Waters.jpg|''The [[Sky-Hook]].''
+Skyhook concept art 2 by Robb Waters.jpg
-Tumblr n1mykzmchd1qdqlkxo9 1280.jpg|''[[Vigors]].''
+Vigor Bottles concept art by Robb Waters.jpg|''[[Vigor]]s.''
+Early Infinite.jpg|''A very early concept for the Electro Gloves enemy.''
 </gallery>

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