The Royal Rumble, reimagined and rebranded to reflect the epic spectacle of fight night. A retelling of the storied past and grand moments from events past and those yet to be written.
Art Direction and Conceptualized from the ground up as a complete rethink of one of the big four events that WWE produces throughout the year.
Labored on over the course of a year, hyperrealistic statuettes of wrestling talent were hand sculpted and then later shaded to look like marble in Maya. An enormous and detailed tableau provides the backdrop for the reimagining, referencing structures from ancient kings on the left and progressing to more modern structures that nod towards the robber barons of the industrial revolution. A leitmotif of ornamental detailing weaves itself throughout the piece creating a cohesion that culminates with the apex, a ring that all the competitors aspire to conquer.
CREDITS
VP Production & Graphics | Chris Siciliano
Senior Managing Director | Kevin Callahan
Art Director | Jacques Broquard
Set Supervisor & Designer | Gib Patterson
Modeler | Jeff Lee
Lead Character Sculptor | Hossein Diba
Character Sculptor | Ebrahim Diba
Character Sculptor | Daniel Peteuil
Character Supervisor | Sean Thorpe
Animation TD | Matthew Thurber
Character Animator | Cilian Tung
Motion Graphics Animator | David Durand
Rigger | Hayden McGowan
Lighting TD | Matthew Gleason
Lighter & Compositor | Paul Wei
Lighter & Compositor | Jason Garrison
SPECIAL THANKS
Hossein Diba
