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"Crash Sketch 1" Main Character Emotion Sketch Naughty Dog wanted Crash to be multi-dimensional in gameplay as well as character depth. Crash is not a character based around one attribute: "Fast," "Cute," or the like. He has feelings and emotions. (AE) (P&P) |
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"Crash Sketch 2" Main Character Emotion Sketch There is at least one place in the game where each of these emotions, as well as dozens more, are expressed. (AE) (P&P) |
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"Crash Sketch 3" Main Character Emotion Sketch The player should feel for the main character and understand his emotions, not simply guide him through a maze. (AE) (P&P) |
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"Crash Sketch 4" Main Character Emotion Sketch Crash tends to do this when you're not looking. (AE) (P&P) |
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"Early Crash" Main Character Exploration We call this one "El Macho Baron." Nobody remembers why. We do remember liking the attitude, and the snowboarders stance. You can really see the final Crash starting to take shape in this guy. (AE) (P&P) |
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"Early Crash" Main Character Exploration Who could have liked this overweight, chestheavy dork. We did! This pre-Crash sketch introducted the "big eyes and a mohawk" look that the final Crash kept. Naughty Dog called this dude "Sonic's fat squirrel cousin." (AE) (P&P) |
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"Early Crash" Main Character Exploration Now, for the first time, public display of what Crash -- LUCKILY -- didn't look like. Very early, and very ugly. Those are the only words we can think of to describe this little pre-Crash. We refered to him as "the one you want to hit." (AE) (P&P) |
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"Dr. Neo Cortex" Boss Character Sketch We envisioned Dr. N. Cortex as a madman...literally. (AE) (P&P) |
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"More Dr. Neo Cortex" Boss Character Sketch The doctor is in. (AE) (P&P) |
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"Dr. Nitrus Brio" Boss Character Sketch Dr. N. Brio is a foil for Dr. Cortex. Meek to Cortex's strength, logical to Cortex's emotional, successful (his inventions work) to Cortex's failure. (AE) (P&P) |
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"Brio Monster" Boss Character Sketch Proof of N. Brio's genius: a potion powerful enough to change the fretful doctor into this beast. (AE) (P&P) |
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"Ripper Roo" Boss Character Sketch The first of Dr. Cortex's subjects, Ripper Roo was also his least successful. Ripper Roo's character was created to show the dangers of the Cortex Vortex...in a humorous way. He also provided a great opportunity to use overlapping action in animation. (AE) (P&P) |
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"Pinstripe Potoroo" Boss Character Sketch Mr. Mafia...almost. More like the godfather crossed with a bologna sandwich: looks the part, but lacks real meat. Pinstripe was designed shortly after catching the Godfather on cable. (AE) (P&P) |
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"Koala Kong" Boss Character Sketch A tiny little cute, innocent, lovable koala...after 40 cycles of steroids taken at once. We couldn't resist. (AE) (P&P) |
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"Papu Papu" Boss Character Sketch Papu Papu is the chief of the local tribe of native islanders. He is totally unconcerned with the events surrounding his village. But don't wake him up. Papu Papu was designed so that we could animate jiggling fat, something that interested us on an intellectual, spiritual, and base humor level. (AE) (P&P) |
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"Tawna" Supporting Character Sketch This image of Tawna was later scaled back for...politically now...aesthetic reasons. The original idea: Pamela Anderson with a brain. Cool, huh? We thought so, too. (AE) (P&P) |
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"More Tawna" Supporting Character Sketch We thought you'd like another dose of the good stuff. (AE) (P&P) |
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"Monkey" Supporting Character Sketch Even supporting characters were designed on paper before they went to computer. (AE) (P&P) |
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"Warthog" Supporting Character Sketch Crash's friend the warthog is far less menacing than most of the other island denizens. (AE) (P&P) |
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"Lab Assistant" Supporting Character Sketch Ever wonder who those dudes are who sign on to staff the mad scientists' lairs in James Bond movies? Wanted: morally lost idiot who has no family to miss and aspires to serve megalomaniacal master bent on world domination. First to die in trouble. No escape pod provided. This guy applies for the job. (AE) (P&P) |
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(AE) American Exitus: Sketches done by Charles Zembillas and Joe Pearson, professional cartoon designers that worked with us to design the characters, backgrounds, and atmosphere of Crash. (UCS) Universal Cartoon Studios (Maya) Alias | Wavefront Maya on SGI or NT (PA) Alias | Wavefront PowerAnimator on SGI (Acr) Acrylics Paints (G) Gouache (PS) Photoshop on the Macintosh (NPS) Naughty Dog's Proprietary Renderer (SGI) game backgrounds grabbed from SGI version of Crash Bandicoot |
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