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= Gary Freeman = Gary Freeman is an American commercial artist working in publishing, advertising, and video games. He has been the recipient of numerous awards for his work in illustration and advertising, and was a lead concept designer for several iconic classic video games franchises. He currently lives with his wife in upstate New Hampshire.

Illustration
Gary Freeman's illustrated work is primarily in science fiction and fantasy.

Over 100 of his images were published in numerous science fiction magazines including Amazing Stories, Analog, Fantastic Stories, Heavy Metal, and Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, including 36 covers.

Gary also illustrated 21 science fiction novel covers, from publishers including Ace, Baen, ROC, and more, including the 1991 collection of Asimov stories entitled "Robots".

Video Games
Gary Freeman was a concept designer for Westwood and Electronic Arts, and created concepts and in-game artwork for games such as the Blade Runner, Command and Conquer, Dune, Empire Earth, and Transformers franchises.

Awards
His work has received numerous awards, including: 3 ADDYs, Bronze & "Judge's Choice" awards from the 2004 AIGA of Las Vegas, and 3 Readers Choice Awards and 18 Nominations from Issac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine for Best Cover Artist and Best Interior Artist. Gary was also nominated for the 1989 Chesley Award for "Best Magazine Cover Illustration".

His illustrations were selected for inclusion in the 35th annual exhibit of the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles, SPECTRUM 7, SPECTRUM 11 , and SPECTRUM 12 , Expose 3 , and Infected By Art Volumes 1-6 , where he received the Silver award for Volume 1's Sci-Fi category.

Other Activities
Gary has been credited for voice acting for video game characters.