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| [[File:Marcus Lehto.jpg|thumb|350px|Lehto in the ViDoc [[O Brave New World]].]]
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| '''Marcus Lehto''' ({{IPA|/ˈleɪ.toʊ/}}) was the Creative Art Director at [[Bungie Studios]].<ref name="Art">'''[[The Art of Halo 3]]''', ''Contributing Artists''</ref> He worked at Bungie since 1997 and left on October 4, [[2012]].<ref name="out2">[https://twitter.com/game_fabricator/status/254059875167002624 '''Twitter''': ''Marcus Lehto (@game_fabricator)''] ("''First week away from Bungie - again. 15 great years and many good friends will be missed.''")</ref>
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| == Background ==
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| Lehto worked at Bungie from 1997 to 2012, having worked on titles such as ''Myth: The Fallen Lords'', ''Halo: Combat Evolved'', ''Halo 2'', ''Halo 3'', ''Halo 3: ODST'' and ''Halo: Reach''. Following the success of ''Halo: Reach'', Lehto took a leave from Bungie on September 1, 2011, to pursue an independent video game developer career.<ref name="out1">[https://twitter.com/game_fabricator/status/109416819370115072 '''Twitter''': ''Marcus Lehto (@game_fabricator)''] ("''Today officially marks my first day apart from Bungie. To Bungie and fans, the last decade has been amazing. Thank you for everything.''")</ref> He returned to Bungie on January 21, 2012 to work on a project with [[Joe Tung]].<ref name="personalsite">[http://blog.marcuslehto.com/?p=33 '''MettleShop''': ''Back at Bungie'']</ref> He left Bungie on October 4, 2012 to, once again, pursue an independent video game developer career.<ref name="indie">[http://blog.marcuslehto.com/?p=122 '''MettleShop''': ''The new journey?'']</ref> | | [[Image:Marcus Lehto.jpg|thumb|Lehto in the [[Halo 3 Announcement Trailer|''Halo 3'' Announcement Trailer]] documentary.]]'''Marcus Lehto''' is a senior employee at [[Bungie Studios]]. He is Halo's Art Director and the man who created the models for many of the objects seen in the ''[[Halo universe]]'', including the [[Master Chief]], [[Captain Keyes]], and [[Scorpion Tank|Scorpion]] models in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]].'' He has attached several [[easter eggs]] to his models, including [[Birthdate on Tank|his birthday on the Scorpion tank]] and [[Initials on MC's Boot|his initials on the boot of the Master Chief]]. Also, the faces of the [[Cavemen]] of [[Sierra 117]] are probably inspired by his face. |
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| == Trivia ==
| | He returned to help produce ''[[Halo 2]]'' and redesigned many of the models for new characters, including the new Master Chief and [[Elite]] [[armor]]. |
| *Lehto attached several [[easter eggs]] to in-game models, including [[Birthdate on Tank|his birthday on the Scorpion tank]] and [[MRL|his initials on the boot of the Master Chief]].
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| *Lehto was not involved in the making of ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', but later played it and provided his thoughts on it on his Twitter.<ref>{{Plain|[http://i.imgur.com/ZvtYVVx.png '''Imgur.com''', ''Marcus Lehto Halo 5'']}}</ref>
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| ==Gallery==
| | He is currently working as the Art Director of [[Halo: Reach]]. |
| <gallery>
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| File:Marcus Lehto2.jpg|Lehto in the [[Halo 3 Announcement Trailer|''Halo 3'' Announcement Trailer]] documentary.
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| File:Marcus_Lehta_BW.jpg|Lehto during the development of ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.
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| </gallery>
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| ==Sources==
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| | *[http://www.bungie.net/Inside/MeetTheTeam.aspx?Person=lehto Marcus Lehto at Bungie.net] |
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| *{{Plain|[http://blog.marcuslehto.com/ '''MettleShop''', ''Marcus Lehto's blog site'']}} | |
| *{{Plain|[https://twitter.com/game_fabricator '''Marcus Lehto'''<nowiki />'s ''Twitter account'']}}
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