Masahiro Ito
Masahiro Ito (伊藤 暢達, Itō Masahiro) is a Japanese video game artist best known for his work with Team Silent.
Career
[edit]Ito worked as background and creature designer on the survival horror video game Silent Hill in 1999. He was art director for its sequel, Silent Hill 2 (2001), working on both the original game and its reissue Restless Dreams, as well as being the chief monster designer/modeler. Ito was the art director again in Silent Hill 3 (2003), as well as "drama camera designer".
The team disbanded with the release of the fourth game, Silent Hill 4: The Room in 2004 and for which Ito received a "Special Thanks" credit in the game. Ito and fellow Team Silent scriptwriter Hiroyuki Owaku went on to work together on Silent Hill: Cage of Cradle (2006), a digital manga published by Konami, downloadable for cell-phones and only available in Japan.[1]
He maintains a personal website, complete with an online gallery of his Silent Hill–oriented artwork.[2] Ito designed the cover art for the Japanese release of Silent Hill: Downpour (2012).[3]
In 2012, Masahiro Ito stated on his Twitter that he would be willing to work on another Silent Hill game with Hideo Kojima.[4] In 2014 he worked with Hifumi Kono and Takashi Shimizu on the video game NightCry featuring Kiyoishi Arai (Final Fantasy) for visuals, design and in image board team.[5]
Works
[edit]| Video game | Release date | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Hill | 1999 | Monster designer, background designer |
| Silent Hill 2 | 2001 | Art director, monster designer |
| Silent Hill 3 | 2003 | Art director, monster designer, CGI movie editors, modeling, drama camera |
| Silent Hill 4: The Room | 2004 | Special thanks |
| Silent Hill: Cage of Cradle | 2006 | Illustrator |
| Silent Hill: Origins | 2007 | Special thanks |
| Shadows of the Damned | 2011 | Monster designer (unused) |
| Silent Hill: Downpour | 2012 | Illustrator |
| Silent Hills | 2013 | Illustrator (unused) |
| P.T. | 2014 | Unknown |
| NightCry | 2016 | Monster designer |
| Metal Gear Survive | 2018 | Creature designer |
| World of Tanks | 2020 | Environment designer |
| Silent Hill: The Short Message | 2024 | Creature design/Otherworld design |
| Silent Hill 2 (remake) | 2024 | Creature designer |
References
[edit]- ^ "Konami Releases Masahiro Ito's Art for Japanese Silent Hill: Downpour Cover". My Silent Hill. Archived from the original on 2022-03-18. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ "Gallery of Masahiro Ito". Archived from the original on 2012-09-23. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
- ^ "'The Grudge' Director Made the 'NightCry' Teaser for Free". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ @adsk4 (November 28, 2012). "@IceTubesCoD Yes. If he were to demand it" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "'NightCry' Monster Art from Pyramid Head Creator Masahiro Ito". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
External links
[edit]- Masahiro Ito on Twitter
- Masahiro Ito at IMDb
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