Moby Francke

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Moby Francke is Conceptual Artist for Valve originally from Saint Thomas, Caribbean. Character Designer for Half-Life 2 and Art Lead on Team Fortress 2, he brings to Valve academic fine art training with an emphasis in illustration. After graduating from the Academy of Art University of San Francisco, he worked at LucasArts as a conceptual designer, and taught figure painting at the Academy of Art University. He has won several awards, including two New York Society of Illustrators Competition Awards.^[1]

On Valve's official website, his function his described that way: "Moby is a character designer for Half Life 2 and the art lead on Team Fortress 2. He brings to Valve academic fine art training with an emphasis in illustration. After graduating from the Academy of Art San Francisco, he worked at Lucas Arts as a conceptual designer, and taught figure painting at the Academy of Art SF. He's won several prestigious awards, including 2 New York Society of Illustrators Competition Awards. He is originally from the small Caribbean island of St. Thomas, and enjoys the simple things of life."^[1]

Contents 1 Work for the Half-Life series 1.1 Half-Life 2 1.2 Gallery 1.3 Half-Life 2: Lost Coast 1.4 Gallery 1.5 Portal 1.6 Gallery 2 Work for the Counter-Strike series 2.1 Counter-Strike: Source 2.2 Gallery 3 Work for the Team Fortress series 3.1 Team Fortress 2 3.2 Gallery 3.2.1 Classes 3.2.1.1 Demoman 3.2.1.2 Engineer 3.2.1.3 Heavy 3.2.1.4 Medic 3.2.1.5 Pyro 3.2.1.6 Soldier 3.2.1.7 Spy 3.2.1.8 Other 3.2.2 Locations 3.2.3 Miscellaneous 4 Notes and references 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Work for the Half-Life series

[edit] Half-Life 2

• The Rebel/Citizen outfits (with Ted Backman)^[2]

[edit] Gallery

[edit] Half-Life 2: Lost Coast

• The Fisherman^[3]

[edit] Gallery

[edit] Portal

• The Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device^[4]

[edit] Gallery

[edit] Work for the Counter-Strike series

[edit] Counter-Strike: Source

• Navy Seal^[2]
• Phoenix Faction^[2]

[edit] Gallery

[edit] Work for the Team Fortress series

[edit] Team Fortress 2

• The Demoman^[3]
• The Engineer^[3]
• The Heavy^[3]
• The Medic^[3]
• The Pyro^[3]
• The Scout
• The Sniper
• The Spy^[3]
• The Soldier^[3]
• The cut Human and Alien class designs^[3]
• The base headquarters^[3]
• Most of the maps, such as:
  • Dustbowl^[3]
  • Hydro^[3]
  • Ravine and Lumberyard^[3]
  • Well^[3]

[edit] Gallery

[edit] Classes

[edit] Demoman

[edit] Engineer

[edit] Heavy

[edit] Medic

[edit] Pyro

[edit] Soldier

[edit] Spy

[edit] Other

[edit] Locations

[edit] Miscellaneous

[edit] Notes and references

[edit] See also

• Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Moby Francke at MobyGames

Real world subjects
Half-Life game series		Half-Life: Day One (demo) · Half-Life · Half-Life: Opposing Force · Half-Life: Blue Shift · Half-Life: Decay · Half-Life: Source Half-Life 2 · Half-Life 2: Episode One · Half-Life 2: Episode Two · Half-Life 2: Episode Three
Portal game series		Portal: First Slice (demo) · Portal · Portal: Still Alive (Xbox 360) · Portal 2
Cut games		Prospero · Half-Life: Uplink (demo) · Get Your Free TVs! (technology demo) · Half-Life 2 Beta (leaked content) · Half-Life 2: Lost Coast (technology demo)
Other related games		Codename: Gordon · Deathmatch Classic · Half-Life 2: Deathmatch · Half-Life 2: Survivor (arcade) · Mods · Narbacular Drop
Game soundtracks		Half-Life soundtrack · Half-Life: Opposing Force soundtrack · Half-Life: Blue Shift soundtrack · Half-Life 2 soundtrack · Half-Life 2: Episode One soundtrack · Portal soundtrack · Half-Life 2: Episode Two soundtrack
Game engines		GoldSrc · Source
Other softwares		Source SDK · Steam · Valve Hammer Editor
Game developer companies		Gearbox Software · Valve Corporation
Production staff (composers)		Stephen Bahl · Kelly Bailey · Jonathan Coulton · Chris Jensen
Production staff (conceptual artists)		Viktor Antonov · Ted Backman · Stephen Bahl · Kelly Bailey · Jeremy Bennett · Dhabih Eng · Moby Francke · Chuck Jones · Eric Kirchmer · Tri Nguyen
Production staff (writers)		Stephen Bahl · Chet Faliszek · Marc Laidlaw · Randy Pitchford · Erik Wolpaw
Production staff (other)		Mike Harrington · Doug Lombardi · Gabe Newell · Randy Pitchford
Voice actors		John Aylward · Adam Baldwin · Robert Culp · Merle Dandridge · Michelle Forbes · Jim French · Louis Gossett Jr. · Robert Guillaume · Mary Kae Irvin · Kathy Levin · John Patrick Lowrie · Ellen McLain · Lani Minella · Mike Patton · Harry S. Robins · Michael Shapiro · Jon St. John · Tony Todd
Character models		Ted Backman · Kelly Bailey · Alésia Glidewell · Eric Kirchmer · Jamil Mullen
Other		ApertureScience.com · Commentary notes · Development of Half-Life 2 · Half-Life High Definition Pack · Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar · Mr. Valve · The Orange Box · The Orange Box Achievements · "Still Alive"