From the Film Maker...

Be careful what you wish for: (Latin - Cave desideratum)

I chose the 'Madonna of the Rocks' as I love the painting and although I know it is supposed to be a bit of a religious experience I can't help but find the characters within the painting slightly demonic in appearance, especially the adult faces of the children which I find quite disconcerting. I used this as my mood setting.

I came up with a vision of Lucifer sitting on a pile of skulls on a column of rock at the gates of hell. The real inspiration comes from all of the political, religious paintings throughout the gallery. This includes Botticelli and his apocalyptic visions which he created at the later stages of his life such as the 'Mystic Nativity'. Apparently at that time in Florence they believed that the apocalypse was already underway.

I have always been shocked at the way people have used and still use religion as an excuse for their deeds, especially politicians.

So the basic idea is that Satan, the guardian of the gates of hell, is preening himself (erosion of all life) sitting on a pile of skulls (representing death) and then there is a clang from a till (accountancy) which rings up the seven sins. Satan goes and picks up the receipt and waits. A skull falls into his hand with only its eyes (window to the soul) and brain (to allow it to contemplate it's actions in darkness for the rest of eternity). The skull mutters "But, God is supposed to judge me!" Satan replies "He already has", laughs and flings the skull into a bottomless pit of eternal darkness.

A special thanks to these people:
Original model created by Model by Rahul Mehta
Rig by Harshad Bari
I created all the blendshapes for the facial expressions etc and modified the body somewhat...
Claudia Walde - Who made my background sky
Philip Gordon