Masahiro ito artist biography

Masahiro is a personal hero of mine. Back in Secondary school I would watch the Silent Hill 2 Bonus DVD and be fixated on his work and fascinated by his vision.

His technical skill was something for me to aspire to but it was how he thought about his Art that really showed me something new – a new way of thinking. It’s a mode of thought that I have always carried with me as just a natural way of looking at things (not just Art, everything).

Masahiro ito artist biography

On the DVD, he spoke of his process when he was designing enemies for Silent Hill 2; he showed a fantastic drawing of a male torso with a hugely disfigured face. For 99% of video games this would be a totally acceptable design; it was creepy, weird and fine – but it wasn’t interesting.

“It was just a guy in a mask” he said.

And he was right. “Just” – it was just one thing. It was no more substantial than a dude in a mask and, most importantly, it didn̵