About
Scott Campbell (Scott C.) is an author, illustrator and video game art director living in Los Angeles, California. He is the author and illustrator of Hug Machine (Atheneum, 2014), Adventures In Drawing: A Guided Sketchbook (Insight Kids, 2018), and the forthcoming young readers graphic novel series Cabin Head and Tree Head (Tundra, September 2025). He has additionally illustrated numerous children’s books including SKULLS! (Atheneum, 2019), Sleepy the Goodnight Buddy (Little, Brown, 2018), the Zombie In Love series (Atheneum, 2011 and 2014), XO OX: A Love Story (Roaring Brook, 2017), and If Dogs Run Free (Atheneum, 2013). He was author/illustrator of the much loved Hug Machine and Adventures In Drawing: A Guided Sketchbook . The first book in his upcoming young readers graphic novel series called Cabin Head and Tree Head will be released this Sept 2025. HeHe has enjoyed a long career in video games where he art directed the critically acclaimed video games Psychonauts and Brutal Legend for Double Fine Productions as well as providing concept designs for many others.His ongoing web series Great Showdowns, and his Double Fine Action Comics have both been collected into publications. A San Jose, California, native, Scott has a degree in Illustration from the San Francisco Art Academy, and has exhibited internationally here.
Solo Exhibitions
Rise of the Great Showdowns, Gallery 1988, Los Angeles 2024
Legend of the Great Showdowns, Gallery 1988, Los Angeles 2020
Adventures In Drawing/ Sleepy the Goodnight Buddy, Gallery Nucleus, Los Angeles 2018
Wonderful Days, Gurú Galería, Mexico City 2016
Tender Times, Cotton Candy Machine, Brooklyn 2015
XO OX, A Love Story, Gallery Nucleus, Los Angeles 2015
Zombie In Love 2 + 1, Gallery Nucleus, Los Angeles 2015
Hug Machine, Gallery Nucleus, Los Angeles 2014
If Dogs Run Free, Gallery Nucleus, Los Angeles 2013
East Dragon, West Dragon, Gallery Nucleus, Los Angeles 2012
Exposition Scott C., Galerie Arludik, Paris 2011
Zombie in Love, Gallery Nucleus, Los Angeles 2011
Everybody All the Time, London Miles, London 2010
Homeslice, Gallery Nucleus, Los Angeles 2009
Battles and Relaxing, Cowboys and Angels, San Francisco 2007
Press
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