Kirkland artist designs poster for annual National Space Symposium

Kirkland artist Richard Green has designed the poster art for the 28th National Space Symposium.

Kirkland artist Richard Green has designed the poster art for the 28th National Space Symposium.

One of the most treasured keepsakes from the Space Foundation’s annual symposium, the commemorative space art poster was co-sponsored in 2012 by International Space University (ISU).

The symposium will offer presentations and panels covering all aspects of space, plus special events and presentation of several prestigious space-related awards. The event runs from April 16-19, 2012 at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo.

The poster will be distributed to symposium attendees from the Space Foundation booth at the Ball Aerospace Exhibit Center.

Green is a senior environment/cinematics/concept artist in the video game industry for more than 18 years.

He is best known for his space, 3D and interactive game designs.

Among the 15 interactive game titles to his credit are: Rebel Assault; Rebel Assault 2; Star Wars: Rebellion; Full Throttle; Star Wars X-Wing: Alliance; Star Trek Bridge Commander; Secret Weapons over Normandy; Supreme Commander; DC Universe Online.

Green’s design company, Artbot, produces games and 3D designs for LucasArts Entertainment Company, Maxval Drawings, Enterprise Productivity Systems, Paccar, Totally Games, Design Annex, Lucas Learning, Ltd., Soo Hoo Design and, now, the Space Foundation.

He has also held design positions with LucasArts Entertainment Company, Mondo Media/Mechadeus and Argyle Design.

Green won the Neutrino Prize in CERN/ATLAS multimedia competition, 2009, for animation depicting the life of a proton as it exists in the Large Hadron Collider’s “ATLAS” module.

His artwork has been published in the Ballistic Publishing books, Elemental and Expose 1, as well as multiple educational and how-to digital art books.

Green earned a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial design from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, Calif.For more information, visit www.artbot.com.

In addition to the artwork for the upcoming National Space Symposium, Green also designed the commemorative 25th anniversary National Space Symposium artwork for the Space Foundation in 2009.

For more information about the symposium, visit www.NationalSpaceSymposium.org.