September 22, 2011

Christopher Burdett

What am I doing here, grouped among so many other talented artists? Just look at that list of names to the right, WOW! Well, whatever the reason, I owe Craig Spearing a huge thanks for putting all this together and for choosing me to be a part of this really cool endeavor! Since this whole thing is just getting off the group I thought I best introduce myself...

My name is Christopher Burdett and I draw monsters, RAWR! No really, if anyone has seen me draw at some point I have to make the drawing say 'RAWR!'. I live in north Florida where I create online instructional content for state and local governmental organizations during the day and by night I design and illustrate monsters for the gaming industry.

I got my start as a professional artist in 1999 as a concept designer for a makeup effects house in LA working on TV and movie projects. The first movie I worked on will most likely never see the light of day, especially since it has been 12 years since it was filmed. The second movie, the Doorway is a marvelous little opus (not really) in which I got to be the demon! While in LA I worked on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Firefly as well as numerous monster and horror movies. I had the chance to puppeteer on some of them and got to be a zombie in others. Fun times, but all good things end in their own time.

In 2005 I moved to Florida and transitioned from the entertainment to gaming industry. My first job was designing miniatures for Wizards of the Coast's game, Dreamblade. In the years since I have done work for Fantasy Flight Games, Paizo Publishing, Privateer Press and many others. I have been working very hard to make sure folks know I am the guy that just wants monsters and so far that has been working out well. Why monster, you ask? Well, the monsters are way cooler then the heroes and they often have tentacles!

If you are interested in seeing more of my work, keep coming back here, I will be posting it! You can also click my name of the right which will take you to my website or you can visit my blog.

Haggling
© 2011 Christopher Burdett

Hunter and Prey
© 2011 Christopher Burdett

Great Old One
© 2010 Christopher Burdett

Drogon
© 2011 Fantasy Flight Games
Posted by Christopher Burdett at 5:05 AM
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8 comments:

  1. UnknownSeptember 22, 2011 at 6:04 AM

    I should take a leaf out of your book, Chris. Monster drawing/painting is what I love best too. :)

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  2. EvaSeptember 22, 2011 at 8:05 AM

    You just delivered plenty of reasons to be part of this blog, Chris! =) Impressive skills and monsters ftw!

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  3. Eric BraddockSeptember 22, 2011 at 11:46 AM

    Glad to see you posting, Chris! You did that Haggling piece at the IMC, yea? Man that piece looks killer.

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  4. Craig J SpearingSeptember 22, 2011 at 2:15 PM

    Thanks again for posting Chris! Though we've all done our fair share of critters, you're our official expert on monsters :)

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  5. ChuckSeptember 22, 2011 at 6:17 PM

    Wicked work, Chris !! The Great Old One is especially nice.. =)

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  6. Christopher BurdettSeptember 23, 2011 at 5:36 AM

    Thanks everybody! :D It is a real honor to be listed with such talented artist. Glad to hear my monsters are meeting with such praise! :D RAWR!

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  7. Anna ChristensonSeptember 23, 2011 at 7:46 AM

    I just LOVE your Great Old One piece..so good!

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  8. Adam Danger CookSeptember 24, 2011 at 3:26 PM

    Love the monsters - I'm a big fan of them myself :) Awesome stuff, Chris!

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