Tom Payne collection

Collection

Identifier: PAYNE-STI

Staff Only

Tom Payne artwork and papers

Tom Payne artwork and papers, Internet Archive mirror

Abstract

Tom Payne is a game artist who worked at the Sega Technical Institute from 1991–1993, and LucasArts from 1993–1997.

This collection of Payne's artwork and notes comes primarily from his work at the Sega Technical Institute and particularly from his work on Sega's 1992 game Sonic the Hedgehog 2. This collection includes much of Payne's original art for his Sonic 2 zones, Metropolis Zone and Cyber City (also labeled Genocide City).

Dates

1991–1995

Creator

Tom Payne (Artist, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Raw uncompressed scans of Tom Payne's material may be available upon request. The raw materials have also been mirrored on the Internet Archive (see "Existence and Location of Copies").

Conditions Governing Use

The Video Game History Foundation has been given permission by Tom Payne to reproduce material in this collection, but VGHF does not control the intellectual property rights for these materials. Materials in this collection may be reproduced by researchers for publication (both print and digital) with attribution to Tom Payne and the Video Game History Foundation.

Extent

1.26 Gigabytes

Language of Materials

English

Japanese

Additional Description

Arrangement

Materials in this collection are arranged based on how the papers were originally organized by Tom Payne. eg., papers originally kept together with a binder clip have been cataloged as a single unit. With the exception of personal items that were not digitized, original order was maintained whenever possible.

Appraisal

A small number of personal documents from Tom Payne's collection, unrelated to his career, were not digitized or accessioned.

Existence and Location of Originals

Tom Payne has retained ownership of the original materials in this collection but has allowed the Video Game History Foundation to reproduce digital copies.