Ghost and Pacific Rim

Look what my friends at Ghost have been playing with for the last year. Just another proof that they are among the greatest and it bodes well for our coming Hero Factory special.

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Dream assignment with dream team

Here you see part of the reason why I havn't been posting so much lately. I'm concept developing and art directing the new 22 minutes film for Hero Factory 2014 together with the coolest team. It is a dream come true to get this assignment and teaming up with our good friends from Ghost for the 3D is just making it even sweeter. It has been a long time coming to make a longer format with this setup and finally we are here:) This is something you will hear much more about when possible so stay tuned.

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2005 teaser poster

This year the Toa would get caught by the Visorak, cocooned and morphed into twisted versions of the former heroes. So I did this poster to hint at the sinister fate that was awaiting the heroes in Metru Nui.

Visorak design

Quite a few thoughts  went into the design of the visorak wire. This is the design sheet I used to brief Ghost before the animation started back in 2004.

The Ignition poem

To amp up the epic journey that the Toa set out on in 2006 to save the future of Mata Nui I tried to create a poem that held the coming 3 years of action in a few lines. Not giving away the plot but predicting the events that had to take place for the Toa to succeed. Below you see the lines and their translation.

Evil knows, that hope is afloat.

In translation: The Piraka knows that the MOL is on Voya Nui.

Where life is enslaved, all can be saved.

In translation: MOL and the Matoran are enslaved by the Piraka but the mask can change all that.

Light will unite, what now darkness divides.

In translation: The mask will show the way to the captured Matoran in the pit of Mahri Nui

Spark the flame of the heart, for the future to start.

In translation: Matoro wearing the Mask of life would dive into the core to restart the heart of Mata Nui.

Listen to Gravity Hurts from Cryoshell

Finally the remake of the song is ready for you to listen to and it will be on itunes very soon, enjoy.

The new Cryoshell tune Breakout is available in iTunes

Finally one of the new tunes from Cryoshell is available in itunes