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[[File:Paulrussel.jpg|thumb|300px|Paul Russel, father of the name "Halo", commenting on the naming process.]]
[[File:Paulrussel.jpg|thumb|300px|Paul Russel, father of the name "Halo", commenting on the naming process.]]
'''Paul Russel''' was an employee of [[Bungie]] who served as an Environmental Artist for ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', ''[[Halo 2]]'', ''[[Halo 3]]'', ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' and ''[[Halo: Reach]]''. He was born in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois, [[United States of America|USA]]. He lived there until moving to Washington state. Russel came up with the series title "''Halo''",<ref>'''[[The Art of Halo]]''', ''page 73''</ref> and has been said to be "The father of ''Halo''". He is largely responsible for the [[Forerunner]] and [[human]] military architectural styles and decoration in the ''Halo'' series,<ref name="Paul">'''[[User:Doctor abominable|Paul Russel]]'s personal account on Halopedia (defunct)'''</ref> including what is now known as the [[Forerunner symbols#Eld|Eld]] symbol.<ref>[https://twitter.com/Dr_Abominable/status/463074150232248320 '''Twitter''': ''@Dr_Abominable: "Is that what they're calling it? It was just a texture I painted for the entrance of 'the silent cartographer'"'']</ref> This has led to him being nicknamed "the Forerunner guy", although he dislikes this epithet.{{Ref/Reuse|Paul}}
'''Paul Russel''' was born in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois, [[United States of America|USA]]. He lived there until moving to Washington state. He served as an Environmental Artist for ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', ''[[Halo 2]]'' and ''[[Halo 3]]''. As of August [[2010]], Paul Russel has left [[Bungie|Bungie studios]].
 
Russel left Bungie in August [[2010]] after working there for 11 years and joined [[Certain Affinity]] in May [[2011]], where he worked as Senior Environment Artist. Russel left Certain Affinity in May [[2012]] and in November of 2012 became owner and CEO of Spazdesign.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/paulr '''LinkedIn''': ''Paul Russel'']</ref>


==Gameography==
==Gameography==
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*''Tempest X3'' (1996), Interplay Entertainment Corp.
*''Tempest X3'' (1996), Interplay Entertainment Corp.
*''Halo: Combat Evolved'' (2001), Microsoft Game Studios.
*''Halo: Combat Evolved'' (2001), Microsoft Game Studios.
*''Halo 2'' ([[2004 (real world)|2004]]), Microsoft Game Studios.
*''Halo 2'' ([[2004]]), Microsoft Game Studios.
*''[[Halo 2: Multiplayer Map Pack]]'' (2005), Microsoft Game Studios.
*''[[Halo 2: Multiplayer Map Pack]]'' (2005), Microsoft Game Studios.
*''Halo 3'' ([[2007 (real world)|2007]]), Microsoft Game Studios.
*''Halo 3'' ([[2007]]), Microsoft Game Studios.
*''Halo 3: ODST'' ([[2009]]), Microsoft Game Studios.
*''Halo: Reach'' ([[2010]]), Microsoft Game Studios.


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The [[Earth]] [[Secretary of Defense]] during the [[Battle of Earth]] was named [[Paul Huphy Russel]], likely in reference to Paul Russel.
*He came up with the title "''Halo''".<ref>[[The Art of Halo]], page 73</ref>
*One of the [[Fireteam (gameplay mechanic)|randomly generated names]] for human soldiers in ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' is P. Russel, with the callsign PAUL.
*Is largely responsible for the Forerunner and Human military architectural styles in the ''Halo'' series.<ref name="Paul">[[User:Doctor abominable|Paul Russel]]'s personal account</ref>
*He does not like being called 'The [[Forerunner]] guy'.<ref name="Paul"/>
*He has been said to be "The father of Halo".
*The [[Earth]] [[Secretary of Defense]] during the [[Battle of Earth]] was named [[Paul Murphy Russel]].
*One of the randomly generated names for human soldiers in ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' is P. Russel, with the callsign PAUL.


==Sources==
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}
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==External links==
==External Links==
*[http://halo.bungie.net/Inside/MeetTheTeam.aspx?Person=russel Paul Russel at Bungie.net]
*[http://www.bungie.net/Inside/MeetTheTeam.aspx?Person=russel Paul Russel at Bungie.net]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1035974/ Paul Russel at the Internet Movie Database]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1035974/ Paul Russel at the Internet Movie Database]
*[https://picasaweb.google.com/114253662089061571624 Paul Russel's Picasa image gallery]
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