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Russell G. Chong has been a production artist for 38 years and has worked in animation, feature animation, and live-action. Some of his notable accomplishments include Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2006-2013) as a general concept artist, Emmy Award winning, Batman: The Animated Series (1990-1995) as a background designer and painter, HBO’s Spawn (1997-1999) (Emmy Award) as a background artist and Dragons: The Nine Realms (2020-2023) (Emmy Nominated) as a development artist. He also worked as a pre-production illustrator with Brad Bird on Ray Gunn (1996) at Turner Feature Animation, production illustrator on the live-action Little Nicky (2000), preproduction illustrator and concept artist on the live-action reboot of Battlestar Galactica (2004). In 1997 he became a member of the Society of Illustrators and the Air Force Art Program which gave him the opportunity to do a painting for the United States Air Force which still hangs in the halls of the Pentagon to this day. He also designed and illustrated several book jackets including: The special edition of the Art of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Fighting on All Fronts: Profiles of Chinese Americans from the Golden State, Pyramid Power, and Power of Pyramids.

He worked at most of the major studios which include Warner Bros, 20th Century Fox, HBO, Disney, Dreamworks, Universal, Sony, Marvel, and Lucasfilm. Since he attended college before the digital era, he has garnered skills in traditional media and digital. His skills include, prop artist, background designer, background painter, art director, 3D vehicle design and 3D set design.

He attended San Francisco City College for 2 years as an art major, won a scholarship to the Academy of Art University in San Francisco studying illustration for 1 year. He then moved to Pasadena and attended Art Center College of Design where he studied as an illustration major for 2 years. His portfolio can be viewed at artrgcportfolio.com.