A while back I ordered my own "Nate" corpse costume by SplatterFX.net whom I shared booth space with at Transworld. So today I received my costume plus 2 clown masks that I'll be using in an upcoming video shoot I'm doing for a haunt.

The Nate Costume is amazing and I can't wait to get the chance to use it! The clown masks have that psychotic ghoul clown look and the quality is fantastic! Big thanks to Kyle at Splatter FX!

I love viral marketing campaigns! Last year Nine Inch Nails did an amazing job promoting their album "Year_Zero" by using viral videos, emails, and websites set 15 years in the future. I've done viral campaigns for my own clients as well.

So today in the mail I recieved a vial of blood that says TRU BLOOD : Synthetic Blood (See photo). The label says: "Tru Blood is pure, a substitute for the real thing. It will forever alter the way we liove and interact with the human world. You are on eof the first to receive a sample and become a pioneer fo this eminent change. We invite you to become willing participants on this journey and tell other of our kind what you think of the product. IT HAS BEGUN"

The vial of blood itself says the blood is essentially sugar water. THere's a web address on the label as well http://chishio.jp/ which has several panels or photos on it written in some ancient "Rune-like" language that some are saying is sumarian.

I've done some research on Tru Blood and have discovered that this is a Japanese product designed to eliminate the need for vampires to feed on humans. Its all a campaign to promote Alan Ball's New HBO Series called "True Blood" about a world where Vampires have made their existence known after the introduction by a Japanese Company of Synthetic blood.

This is a great ad campaign so I can't wait to see what they do next for it!

Labels: synthetic blood, tru blood, viral marketing

I just added a bunch of new sites that have been completed recently. I'll have a few more to add next week and I have tons of new art to show off if I get the time to get it on the site next week. I'm really proud of our output right now so check out our new sites and let us know what you think! visit our portfolio now

Some more cool stuff is coming up including some new experiments in video.

AS you may have expected Rogues Hollow Productions will be at the Midwest Haunters Convention in Columbus Ohio, downtown at the convention center, This Saturday and Sunday. The show is free so even if your not a haunt owner or vendor you can still check out all the spooky goodness. Be sure to stop by an say hi:)

Since I'll be at the convention this weekend I may be a bit slow to respond to emails till next week.

I don't normally like to brag about my work but some of my clients certainly do. I just got this great email from Chris Ainsworth of www.thornhillwoodshauntedhouse.com a website that I just finished for him last week. Here's what he had to say:

You can check out Thornhill Woods here. As you can probably imagine I'm very busy with sites and art right now and I'm working feverishly to get a lot done. Thanks for everyones patients as we get through this busy time:) BTW: Lots of cool art and sites are coming online very soon!

I'm back from Vegas and all I can say is its great to be back in the rather moist climes of Ohio after drying out in the desert the last few days. I mean literally my skin was screaming for some water! That said I did have a good time in Vegas but I think I'll be happy to see the show return to Chicago in 2009. There's so much going on at Transworld that it can be frustrating to deal with Vegas in addition to working at a trade show. Oh and did I mention the walking? You have to walk a mile to go anywhere in vegas. Every day I had to walk what felt like a mile to and from the show through ringing casinos and dank parking structures! But even with all that the show was fun and I did get to meet with friends and clients and show off our new Spooksperson product. Didn't get to see the new Spooksperson product at the show? Hang in there I'll be launching a new site, www.Spooksperson.com very soon to really show it off.

Big thanks to SplatterFX / Midnight Studios for sharing booth space with me this year. I'll be talking more about them in a future blog. I highly recommend you check out their product line of awesome masks at www.splatterfx.net. Their new Zombie suit is simply awesome and very reasonably priced. See the image below:

I'm happy to announce That Rogues Hollow Productions will be at Transworld in booth #90003! Be sure to stop by and say hello! We're sharing our booth with a new mask company and together we're offering a joint product that I think will be very exciting! This new product is going to be a great sales tool for haunted attractions. Its something you can use on your website as well as at your location and its going to be a must see! On top of that we'll be offering our 2008 website marketing packages and showing off some of our latest work. See you in Vegas!