Everyone rests at the end.
Slam -O- Ween II
A big project for virtual environment.
Made for United Furry Wrestling (a virtual wrestling federation) for Halloween celebration. This project started on August from a little sketch of the concept. I based on some media like Left 4 Dead and other terror/horror movies that uses corn crops, and being honest those are creepier on night.
The 3D part.
I took advantages of the limitations of the parcel, so I needed to create this box surrounded with fake trees in layers, so that way I can emulate depth. This stage count on two parts, the surface meant to be use by spectators, that featured a simple pathway from the shed to the ring area.
The second part is under, a little cave system for wrestlers, made for be the backstage. and media control. And UFW Creative Team helped decorating the stage.
Lighning was the key for a better experience, in other words, the full stage (for spectators) was built based on this setting, also called "No Light".
And for the main event of the night, based on Ghost Busters movie, performers needed modifications on the stage and recreate the Gozer part, so I made the interdimensional portal on the barn, faking depth and adding details, in first place the terror dogs were 3d but a technical LOD issue obliged us to change to "card board" ones.
The Digital Part.
In first place, we need the official logo for the event, on one instance management wanted to reuse the logo from last year, is nice, but I propose another one, I checked posters of old movies, and the one that caught me was Dawn Of The Dead, kind of different on typography and interesting way to illustrate. Also gave me the idea of create the official poster parodying the movie poster.
And after polishing and decisions (of course asking feedback to management), finished with the official logo and variants, one in square aspect and the official with the text in one line. And added the grunge details for dramatic visuals.
Teasers and Promotion.
OK, official logo done, but now is time for share to the public, and the best way is starting with teasers, something simple. Checking references I saw this last trend on horror that personally like a lot, Analog Terror, I took this trend and give a little spin and add the unnerving touch from Donkey Kong 3 for DOS (The Aliens), but those need a text, and I redacted those lines in a weird and kind of macabre haiku about life and death.
"Sometime long sometimes short
embrace the inevitable
everyone rests at the end"
That last verse becomes the slogan event.
Last version of the poster, with Red Vixen (my personal brand).
Official Poster.
To be honest I always wanted to make a movie poster, with those ultra condensed text. And here it is!, the official poster, featuring some technical info. Parodying the Dawn of the dead poster and making some obvious changes I put the Barn as attention focus.
Other promotional material, meant to be used inworld on other places around Second Life.
Merchandising.
With the event almost done for play, the only thing that left was merchandising. The UFW Creative Team created some merch like props and clothes, but the posters was already too good for just using just for promo, and I got the idea of create more poster, but this time with the performers.
Reusing filters, and heavy ones, I made the full set of poster, including wrestlers, commentators and referee, but there's more, I modeled special meshes to include signatures interaction, so any fan could ask to their favorite character and autograph. Also I gave the option of download a .PDF file if anyone wants to print one of the posters, or maybe all of those.
The full set in test mode.
Before end this post, this project was a lot of fun, stress and satisfaction. It allowed me to work in aspects I like, 3D work, level design, and digital design.
And you can check the full event on YouTube.
