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Lara Croft in Hero Wars

This year, a unique event took place — Lara Croft burst into the world of Hero Wars as one of the heroes! To celebrate this event, we developed a trailer about Lara's and Galahad's incredible journeys through the mystical world of Dominion.

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Lara Croft Design

Archaeologist with Guns

Ilya Buzinov, Director:

The theme of the trailer is “guns vs. fantasy” — hence the emphasis on Lara shooting monsters, and in one scene, she literally blocks a sword with her guns crossed.

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Galahad Design

Look Mom, I'm a Knight!

Ilya Buzinov, Director:

The contrast of characters was important in the scenes: Lara is always very serious and precise, while Gal provides comic moments and silly reactions.

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Orc Design

Physical Damage Dealers

Misha Petrick, Creative Director:

Along the way, the heroes encounter orcs, skeletons, and other undead creatures. But two guns and one sword easily deal with any pile of muscles or bones!

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The skeleton appears in the trailer for only a second, but we liked this design so much that we decided to show it off here in all its glory.

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Story and Animatic

A Trailer, But Not a Real One

Ilya Buzinov, Director:

We decided to create a fake trailer. This format allowed us to cover many different locations and emotions in a short time, without worrying about how the heroes get to each of them.

Environment Design

One Style to Rule Them All

Denis Pisarev, Art Director:

The main challenge was to unify different settings into a single style. To ensure everything was organic and consistent in the end, we had to spend a lot of time in RnD mode, but it all turned out great in the end!

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Credits

Client

Nexters

Creative and Production

Petrick Animation Studio

Nexters

Brand Art Director

Dmitry Filippov

Brand Creative Producer

Elizaveta Domoratskaya

Brand Lead

Julia Shilnikova

Petrick Animation Studio

Creative Director

Misha Petrick

Director

Ilya Buzinov

Art Director

Denis Pisarev

Creative Producer

Nadya Petrick

Executive Producer

Polina Fufarova

Character design

Denis Pisarev

Layout Artists

Denis Pisarev

Ilya Shekiladze

Color Script

Sofia Voevodskaya

Environment design

Egor Afonin

Roma Novak

Kirill Erashov

Lead Animation

Ilya Buzinov

2D Animatic

Alexey Bovkoun

Animation

Galina Pugach

Lena Volk

Tanya Bolotnova

Alexey Bovkoun

Tanya Strekalova

Vera Pozdeeva

Cleanup and Painting

Anya Perevozchikova

Galina Pugach

Lena Volk

Tanya Strekalova

Diana Mamsirova

Inga Shafeeva

Sophya Galatsan

Tatiana Oniushkina

Compositing

Oksana Volotovskaya

Zhenya Yankov

Ilya Buzinov

Denis Pisarev

3D Gun

Sergey Pronin

Music and sound design

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