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Isaac Hannaford

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Isaac Hannaford in Halo 3 ViDoc Et Tu, Brute?

Isaac Hannaford, aka Rhizus, is an art director at Endeavor One, a Seattle-based game development studio.[1] Previously, he was a lead concept artist at Bungie and a freelance illustrator. He was responsible in particular for creating a significant number of environmental, equipment and character designs for Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST and Halo: Reach; examples include Reach's revamped MJOLNIR Mark V armor, the look of UNSC Army troopers and the Sabre fighter craft.[2] He has also worked on some of the cover illustrations of the Halo novels and comics, including those of Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, Halo: Contact Harvest, Halo: The Cole Protocol, Halo: New Blood,[3] and Halo: Bad Blood, as well as Halo: Escalation Issues #20, #21, and #22 alongside Library Edition #2.[4] He also contributed several pages of artwork for Halo Mythos, namely those covering the first years of the post-Human-Covenant War era,[5] as well as Halo: Warfleet.[6] In addition, he has created the theme illustrations for several of the Halo Legendary Crates. He is also responsible for the cover art of Halo: The Complete Video Collection.[7] More recently, he has worked on Halo: Outpost Discovery, Halo Infinite,[8] and the Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition).[9]

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  • Isaac Hannaford's first piece of concept art made for Bungie.[11]
    Isaac Hannaford's first piece of concept art made for Bungie.[11]
  • Page 107 of the Halo Graphic Novel.
    Page 107 of the Halo Graphic Novel.
  • The cover of Halo: Ghosts of Onyx.
    The cover of Halo: Ghosts of Onyx.
  • A rejected magazine cover sketch.
    A rejected magazine cover sketch.
  • A sketch of an unspecified Halo 3-related cover.
    A sketch of an unspecified Halo 3-related cover.
  • Another unspecified cover sketch.
    Another unspecified cover sketch.
  • Yet another cover sketch.
    Yet another cover sketch.
  • Exploratory design of a Forerunner combat skin.
    Exploratory design of a Forerunner combat skin.
  • The cover of Halo: Contact Harvest.
    The cover of Halo: Contact Harvest.
  • The cover of Halo: The Cole Protocol.
    The cover of Halo: The Cole Protocol.
  • Early designs of UNSC Army troopers.
    Early designs of UNSC Army troopers.