A 7mins prologue/intro animation to the world of CODEHUNTERS, an on-going MTV/BLINKINK project launched around the MTV Asia Awards 2006 in Bangkok.
Codehunters is Directed as well as Illustrated by Ben Hibon of stateless films . The digital short was originally created for MTV Awards Asia 2006. The palette is de-saturated, the action is graceful.
The story: Vigilantes in a failed Pacific Rim state search for the indestructible but hidden remains of Krai, a superbeing who can manipulate DNA and, hopefully, return order to the ruined port city of Lhek.
"Codehunters", winner in the category "Best Design" of Webcuts.07. More about this movie can be found at a CGSociety Special or on the Codehunters website.
Ben Hibon Biography
www.statelessfilms.com
Ben Hibon was born in Geneva, Switzerland where he completed studies in Fine Art. He moved to London in 1996 to study Graphic Design at the Central Saint Matins College of Art and Design, followed by a Masters Degree at the same school. In 2004, after working for 4 years as a Creative Director in a prominent London based design company, he joined Blink Productions to move into directing. He made his commercial debut with a highly successful Kwik Fit campaign for DDB London, a very unconventional mixture of live action performance and graphic 3D animation. A busy 2005 saw Ben working for MTV Europe and Asia (an action intro sequence for MTV Screen) and he designed characters and animated in-game sequences for Killer7, Capcom's highly acclaimed video game. Ben also created a sequence for “Tokyo Zombie”, a Japanese horror film written and directed by the infamousSakichi Sato. Ben's short film Codehunters premiered at the MTV Asia Awards 2006 held in Bangkok, Thailand. Since it's release, Codehunters has been shown in more than 50 festivals all around the world, and received nominations at the Raindance Film Festival and the Rushes Shorts Festival. It won a gold award for Best Animation at the Promax/BDA Asia awards in 2006, the Imagina Award 07 for best short film, a D&AD Nomination for Animation, and most recently the highly coveted Golden Nica award at the Prix Ars Electronica 2007.
In early 2007, Sony Playstation commissioned Ben to create and direct an animated series inspired by their flagship PS3 game "Heavenly Sword". The episodes, made available weekly as a lead-up to the game's release, are also featured on the game disc as extras. Ben's work has been recognized by Promax, British Animation Awards, Creative Circle, D&AD, OFFF, Flash Forward Festival/NY and shown at festivals such as Raindance, Rushes Soho Short, onedotzero, Resfest, Art Futura, the Berlin Interfilm Festival, the Edinburgh and Stockhom International Film Festivals. His commercial work includes clients such as SONY Playstation, Electronic Arts, Renault, MTV Europe, MTV Asia, Sega, Puma, Capcom, Channel4, Namco, Nissan and Kwik Fit.
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ILLUSTRATIONS BY BEN HIBON
WORDS FROM THE HEROhaha, I have like 82 thousands Links in A "To be Blogged" Folder. I found this Video of this Show CodeHunters I bookmarked a while back but never really followed up.
The Preview looks pretty dope and Ben Hibbon has A pretty Diverse Style when it comes to Illustration. Aiiiight well.... It is now 8:53am and I haven't been to sleep yet. I Played this joint for the Xbox360 w/ my brother called "ARMYofTWO" then Made 2 Beats before I started this post, so its time for me to call it a night....or....morning......whatever...... ZZzzzZZZZzzzZzz
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