Microsoft Store video wall advertisements for Halo: The Master Chief Collection
These videos played in the Microsoft Stores around the country in 2015.
I worked on this project with a team while at Synect Media in Redmond Washington. My role was primarily focused on the background paintings. I also did some modeling, rigging, and animation blocking. The initial concept was developed by Grace Galarosa and myself.
The images below are very long (80:3) and were intended to wrap around the Microsoft Store video walls.
I used the original box art (Not sure of the artist/artists) for Halo 1, Halo 2, Halo 3, and Halo 4 and extended it to provide a background for the animations. Painted in Photoshop.
Halo 1 Backgrounds - Use arrows to see full image
Halo 2 Backgrounds - Use arrows to see full image
Halo 3 Backgrounds - Use arrows to see full image
Halo 3 backdrop
Halo 4 Backgrounds - Use arrows to see full image
Early background concept, extended version of a game screenshot. Photoshop.
Thankfully we didn’t have to use my version of Master Chief, and we got the actual files for him but this was still a great learning opportunity for me since it was my first time doing hard surface in ZBrush. Unfortunately I never got to finish him but maybe one day…
