Francis Tsai Senior Concept Artist Francis Tsai has worked in the game industry since 1998 as a conceptual designer and art director. Previously, he worked with several architecture firms in Texas and California where he designed houses, corporate headquarters, streetscapes, and water conservation gardens. Some of his game credits include Myst III: Exile, Star Trek: Hidden Evil, Whacked, Spyhunter 2, and most recently Darkwatch. Francis also works as a freelance illustrator for clients such as Wizards of the Coast, Fantasy Flight Games, Mattel, and Dark Horse Comics. His work is regularly publicized in art annuals and art books such as Spectrum, Digital Painting: D’artiste, Machine Flesh, and Expose 2 for which he received an award of excellence. He received a masters degree in architecture and an undergraduate degree in physical chemistry from the University of Texas in Austin. Francis is responsible for many key designs in Darkwatch including Lazarus and ground zero, the final climactic boss environment.

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