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| 3 | Paul Faris is an illustrator and art director with twenty years of experience working with [[PhysicalPinballTables arcade pinball]] and [[UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame video games]]. |
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| 5 | Faris was originally a high school coach and teacher who created fine art pieces in his spare time. In 1975, at the age of 26, he was contacted by Creator/{{Bally}} to join their new in-house art department. After turning them down twice, he eventually agreed; Paul quickly established himself with a clean, attractive style and balanced composition, and was soon promoted to Art Director in 1977. At Bally, his artwork appeared on many of their popular games, including ''Pinball/EvelKnievel, Pinball/EightBall, Pinball/PlayboyBally, Pinball/{{Paragon}}, Pinball/{{Xenon}},'' and ''Pinball/{{Centaur}}.'' |
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| 7 | In 1985, he left Bally and started Paragon Studios, Inc., a small art gallery and studio in Wheaton, Illinois. He remained active in arcade gaming, however, developing pinball and video game artwork for Game Plan, Creator/DataEast, Creator/{{Taito}}, and Creator/SegaPinball. |
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| 9 | In 2006, Paul Faris was inducted into the Pinball Expo Hall of Fame. Today he lives with his family in Illinois. |
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| 12 | !!Paul Faris' artwork has appeared on the following games: |
| 13 | [[index]] |
| 14 | * ''Night Rider'' (Bally, 1976) |
| 15 | * ''Pinball/EvelKnievel'' (Bally, 1977) |
| 16 | * ''Lost World'' (Bally, 1978) |
| 17 | * ''Pinball/{{Playboy|Bally}}'' (Bally, 1978) |
| 18 | * ''Pinball/{{Paragon}}'' (Bally, 1979) |
| 19 | * ''Pinball/FutureSpa'' (Bally, 1979) |
| 20 | * ''Pinball/SpaceInvaders'' (Bally, 1980) |
| 21 | * ''Pinball/{{Xenon}}'' (Bally, 1980) |
| 22 | * ''Pinball/{{Centaur}}'' (Bally, 1981) |
| 23 | * ''Andromeda'' (Game Plan, 1985) |
| 24 | * ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' (Taito, 1987) |
| 25 | * ''Pyros'' (Taito, 1987) |
| 26 | * ''Chase H.Q.'' (Taito, 1988) |
| 27 | * ''Operation Thunderbolt'' (Taito, 1989) |
| 28 | * ''Pinball/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' (Data East, 1990) |
| 29 | * ''Thunder Fox'' (Taito, 1990) |
| 30 | * ''Pinball/BackToTheFuture'' (Data East, 1990) |
| 31 | * ''Pinball/{{Batman|DataEast}}'' (Data East, 1991) |
| 32 | * ''Pinball/{{Checkpoint}}'' (Data East, 1991) |
| 33 | * ''Pinball/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|DataEast}}'' (Data East, 1991) |
| 34 | * ''Pinball/{{Hook}}'' (Data East, 1992) |
| 35 | * ''VideoGame/SonicBlastMan'' (Taito, 1993) |
| 36 | * ''Pinball/WWFRoyalRumble'' (Data East, 1994) |
| 37 | * ''VideoGame/TattooAssassins'' (Data East, 1995) |
| 38 | * ''Zombie Raid'' (American Sammy, 1995) |
| 39 | * ''Pinball/MaryShelleysFrankenstein'' (Sega, 1995) |
| 40 | * ''Pinball/GoldenEye'' (Sega, 1996) |
| 41 | * ''Pinball/VacationAmerica'' (Chicago Gaming, 2003) |
| 42 | [[/index]] |
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| 44 | !!Paul Faris' life and work demonstrate the following tropes: |
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| 46 | * CreatorCameo[=/=]TheCameo: Paul Faris sometimes inserts himself and/or his family members into his artwork. |
| 47 | ** Both ''Lost World'' and ''Paragon'' depict Faris as the barbarian warrior and his wife as the accompanying maiden. |
| 48 | ** In ''Pinball/BackToTheFuture'', Faris' son was the model for Marty [=McFly=], as Creator/MichaelJFox wouldn't allow his likeliness to be used. |
| 49 | ** Paul's daughter served as the model for Christine in ''Pinball/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' |
| 50 | ** In an indirect example, Bally artist Creator/DaveChristensen drew Faris in the crowd for ''Pinball/CaptainFantastic''. |
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