Gearbox Software Borderlands 4 Art Blast
Bringing this world of Kairos to life was a monumental effort from an incredible team of artists whose hard work, talent, and passion can be seen and felt in every frame. Translating our iconic, hand-crafted art style into a seamless world came with a host of new challenges, but this team rose to meet them all with an incredible level of creativity and determination.
Achieving high-fidelity visuals from surface detail, hand crafted inks, expressive animation, gorgeous visual effects, and dynamic lighting. There’s no cel-shading here! The result is a world that feels bold, iconic, and more alive than any previous Borderlands ever has. From vast, lush landscapes to grime-caked alleyways, from high-tech weapons to kit-bashed scenes, every environment and prop reflects the soul of the Borderlands universe; equal parts beauty, grit, and personality. Artists rarely ask for recognition, but this team truly deserves it. There’s never enough time for any work of art feel truly “finished,” but every member of this team poured everything they had into it. I’m humbled by their immense talent and endlessly proud of what we’ve created, and I hope you take as much joy in exploring this world as the team did bringing it to life.
Adam May
Borderlands 4 Art Director
ANIMATION
Gearbox Animation – Animation Team – Gearbox Entertainment
CHARACTERS
William A. Gallo – Character Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Damian Kim – Expert Character Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Scott Kletzka – Senior Character Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Matt Link – Principal Character Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Austin Schut – Senior Character Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
LeRoy Strauss – Principal Character Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Jake Williams – Senior 3D Character Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Mike Bisson – Character Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Madeleine Herold – Senior Character Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Boris Miszczak – Senior Character Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Lucas Bischoff – Senior Character Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Luis Servin – 3D Character Artist
Maxime Ponslet – Concept Artist – Gfactory
Adrien Simon – 3D Character Artist – Gfactory
Christophe Pallut – 3D Character Artist – Gfactory
Pierrick Le Texier – 3D Character Artist – Gfactory
Victor Bassieux – 3D Character Artist – Gfactory
Adrien Debos – 3D Character Artist
CINEMATICS
Christian Garcia – Cinematic Layout Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Erik Doescher – Storyboard Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Julia Donaldson – Associate Layout Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Michael Cosner – Motion Graphic Designer – Gearbox Entertainment
CONCEPT
Caleb Arredondo – Concept Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Cameron Witt – Concept Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Egil Thompson – Concept Artist – Liquid Development
Elizabeth Cope – Concept Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Guillaume Menuel – Expert Concept Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Jean-Gabriel Nadeau Fortin – Senior Concept Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Max Davenport – Associate Art Director – Gearbox Entertainment
Natalya Glushenkova – Concept Artist
Poji Chow – Senior Concept Artist
Rutger van de Steeg – Concept Artist
Sergi Brosa – Principal Concept Artist
Tris Baybayan – Environment Art Director – Gearbox Entertainment
Will Burns – Lead Concept Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Will Domeyer – Senior Concept Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Mauro Belfiore – Concept Artist
Lucas Helmintoller – Environment Concept Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
CONTENT ART
Chris Peacock – Senior Content Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Dan Kinnear – Senior Content Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Dany Boudreault – 3D Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Evan Gill – Senior Content Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Frederick Page – 3D Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Jason Neal – Expert Content Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Julian Green – Associate Content Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Lauren Dube – Art Coordinator – Gearbox Entertainment
Mace Mulleady – Lead Content Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Matt Cerasoli – Content Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Matthew Perry – Content Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Maxime Lariviere – Expert 3D Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Philippe Faucher – 3D Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Taylor Becknauld – Associate Content Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Taylor McCart – Lead Interactive Content Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Thomas Datoussaid – Senior Content Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Andres Munar – Lead Artist – Mighty Canvas
Arthur Guillot – Content Artist – Mighty Canvas
Chunck Trafagander – Biome Artist – Mighty Canvas
Josiah Cuffley-Thorne – Content Artist – Mighty Canvas
Leon Levacic – Content Artist – Mighty Canvas
Marcello DeSousa – Biome Artist – Mighty Canvas
Noah Mingram – Biome Artist – Mighty Canvas
Patrick Ziegler – Content Artist – Mighty Canvas
Robert McCall – Biome Artist – Mighty Canvas
Sergey Isaev – Content Artist – Mighty Canvas
Shil Bose – Lead Artist – Mighty Canvas
Tristan Mills – Content Artist – Mighty Canvas
Yurii Lobus – Content Artist – Mighty Canvas
Andrii Levchenko – 3D Artist – Ulysses Graphics
Bohdan Lvov – 3D Artist – Ulysses Graphics
Viacheslav Kadysh – 3D Artist – Ulysses Graphics
Vitalii Semeniuk – 3D Artist – Ulysses Graphics
Vitalii Sushko – 3D Artist – Ulysses Graphics
Yevhen Kozlovskyi – 3D Artist – Ulysses Graphics
VFX
Ashley Lyons – Lead VFX Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Gabriel Simon – Expert VFX Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Min Li – VFX Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Quentin Gendre – VFX Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Samantha Spray – Senior VFX Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Weili Huang – Expert VFX Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
LEVEL ART
Alex Rodriguez – Level Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Brandon Johnson – Level Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Brandon Wilson – Lead Level Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Caleb Kennedy – Lead Level Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Corentin Sibret – Expert Level Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
David Avery – Principal Level Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Eric Metzler – Associate Level Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Joe Swinbank – Principal Level Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Jonathan Hernandez – Expert Level Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Jules Gagnon – Expert Level Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Nate Overman – Senior Level Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Nathaniel Hinton – Level Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Nick Pappas – Senior Level Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Pascal Isabelle-Lebrun – Expert Level Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Stephanie Malenfant – Senior Level Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Tristan Michel – Senior Level Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Antonio Bravo Arribas – Lead Artist – Mighty Canvas
Jesus Blasco Casamayor – Senior Environment Artist – Mighty Canvas
Vladislav Terebov – Lead Level Artist – Sperasoft
Andrey Vysotskiy – Level Artist – Sperasoft
Bartosz Danielak – Level Artist – Sperasoft
Daniel Biriykov – Level Artist – Sperasoft
Ekaterina Batashova – Level Artist – Sperasoft
Maksim Zasimuk – Level Artist – Sperasoft
Mikhail Plyasunov – Level Artist – Sperasoft
Tatiana Gorbunova – Level Artist – Sperasoft
Valeria Kalinina – Level Artist – Sperasoft
LEVEL DESIGN
Aleksei Novorodonov – Level Designer – Sperasoft
Alexandra Soboleva – Level Designer – Sperasoft
Evgeny Kirillov – Level Designer – Sperasoft
Olga Bushmileva – Level Designer – Sperasoft
Tommy Turner – Level Designer – Sperasoft
LIGHTING
Anne Lynch – Senior Lighting Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Brandon Tieh – Lighting Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Jean Pierre Arias – Senior Lighting Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Olha Vasylchenko – Lighting Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Samuel Boyer – Lead Lighting Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Samuel Fradette – Expert Lighting Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Valérie Pic – Lighting Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Wonchon Song – Senior Lighting Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Yannick Belleau Roy – Senior Lighting Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Alessandro Palagano – Senior Lighting Artist – Sperasoft
Djordje Vuckovic – Senior Lighting Artist – Sperasoft
TECH ART
Alina Lukina – Technical Artist
Brian McNett – Associate Technical Art Director – Gearbox Entertainment
Alan Hiscott – Technical Artist – Disbelief
Michael Van Diest – Technical Designer – Disbelief
Sasha Mills – Expert Technical Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
UI
Alondra Martinez – CTR – CGB UI Skinning – CGbot
Darey Hernandez – CTR – CGB UI Skinning – CGbot
Dylan Javier – CTR – CGB UI Skinning – CGbot
Esteban Cerda – CTR – CGB UI Skinning – CGbot
Luis Baron – CTR – CGB UI Skinning – CGbot
Sofia Montes – CTR – CGB UI Skinning – CGbot
Skye Leung – CTR – SSD UI Artist
Kade O’ Casey – UI Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Ray Peña – UI Art Lead – Gearbox Entertainment
Thomas Weiser – UI Motion Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Ali Martin – UX Designer – Gearbox Entertainment
Ben Serra – UX Designer – Gearbox Entertainment
Christina Bonet – Lead UX Designer – Gearbox Entertainment
WEAPONS
Jimmy Barnett – Art Director – Gearbox Entertainment
Mark von Borstel – Principal Weapons Artist / Vehicle Lead – Gearbox Entertainment
Travis Everett – Principal Weapons Artist – Gearbox Entertainment
Yaniv Dekel – Lead 3D Artist – Liquid Development
Grayson Hughbanks – Lead 3D Artist – Liquid Development
Alexis Fenn – Lead Concept Artist – Liquid Development
Reilly Cisco – 3D Artist – Liquid Development
David Oroian – Senior Weapons Artist – Liquid Development
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