THIS IS WHY THEY CALL IT CONCEPT ART

[sonnekinde]

OKAY OKAY OKAY. HAVE ANY OF YOU EVER SEEN THE CONCEPT WORK CHARLES ZEMBILLAS DID FOR THE PRECURSOR LEGACY? IT CAN BE FOUND HERE AND MAR ALMIGHTY IT IS ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS. THERE ARE MANY LULZ TO BE HAD.

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[chyroptera]

HUH THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING. I HADN'T SEEN THOSE BEFORE

I THOUGHT A GUY NAMED BOB DID THE ART FOR NAUGHTY DOG

REALLY COOL TO SEE THE EVOLUTION OF THOUGHT, AND HOW SOME OF THE ELEMENTS WERE LATER INCORPORATED INTO THE GAME

AND RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING, THEY WERE AIMING FOR 'SEXY' GIRLS. I NOTICED KEIRA WASN'T DEFINED BY ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT... PSSHT INTEREST IN MECHANICS. WHO NEEDS CHARACTERIZATION

ALSO WOW. MAIA STARTED OUT KINDA BADASS. I WISH THEY'D LEFT SOME OF THAT EXTRA CLOTH ON HER FOR THE FINAL VERSION

[sonnekinde]

THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT, THEY LET CHARLES ZEMBILLAS DO SKETCHES FIRST WITH LIMITED DIRECTION. WHEN THEY SAW SOMETHING THEY LIKED, THEY LET BOB RAFEI AND OTHER NAUGHTY DOGS LOOSE ON IT, AND THEN GAVE THAT BACK TO ZEMBILLAS AS FEEDBACK. WHEN THE DIRECTION WAS ESTABLISHED, RAFEI TOOK OVER COMPLETELY. SO IT WAS KIND OF A BACK-AND-FORTH THING BETWEEN MULTIPLE CONCEPT ARTISTS.

AS FOR KEIRA, I'M KIND OF AMUSED BY THE DESCRIPTION OF ONE OF THE SKETCHES: "THIS DESIGN GETS VERY CLOSE TO THE FINAL CHARACTER." UMMMMMMMMM MR. ZEMBILLAS HAVE YOU EVER ACTUALLY SEEN KEIRA?

[manawolf]

IKR, THAT SKETCH REALLY DIDN'T SHARE MUCH OF A STRONG DESIGN WITH KEIRA'S FINAL

[sonnekinde]

IT'S LIKE, I CAN SORT OF SEE THE HAIR, MAYBE, WITH THE TWO LOCKS IN THE FRONT? AND BOTH VERSIONS WEAR A SHORT, SLEEVELESS TOP. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I GOT NOTHING.

[blue_tiggy]

OOOOOH! CONCEPT ART IS LOVE! =3

I CRACKED UP SO HARD WHEN I SAW THE FIRST CONCEPT FOR GOL, OH GOD, THE POOR GUY. XD
AND THE FIRST ON KEIRA A.K.A "JAK'S GIRLFRIEND". THE FIRST THAT CROSSED MY MIND WAS "THAT'S JAK'S MOM!"... SERIOUSLY I COULD TOTALLY SEE THAT WOMAN BEING DAMAS WIFEY! SHE REALLY LOOKS LIKE MOMMY MATERIAL AND A STRONG CONFIDENT WOMAN THAT CAN KEEP DAMAS IN PLACE. *LOL*

I'M GONNA FAV THIS THIS PAGE! SO AWESOME THAT YOU FOUND IT! <3

[sonnekinde]

DUDE, I CAN TOTALLY SEE THAT NOW! WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY, LIKE PARENT, LIKE SPOUSE...

[blue_tiggy]

INDEED, SO TRUE SO TRUE. I MUST TRY AND DRAW THIS WOMAN WITH DAMAS NOW... OH DEAR LORD I HAVEN'T DRAWN DAMAS BEFORE! *DIES* X.X

[jimmuh]

OH MY GOODNESS THIS IS WONDERFUL
I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY OF THESE BEFORE
ALTHOUGH I HAVE SEEN THOSE THREE DAXTER SKETCHES YOU MANAGED TO SCOOP UP THAT ROB DID. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE I SAW THEM THOUGH, IT WAS SO LONG AGO

OH MAN WHEN I SAW THE FIRST DESIGNS FOR GOL I WAS ALL "HEY THAT TOTALLY LOOKS LIKE DAXTER" AND THEN IT WAS. GOL AS A NERD WOULD JUST BE
SO GLORIOUS
BUT I THINK I PREFER HIS CREEPY HIGH AS FUCK ATTITUDE AND SMOKER VOICE INSTEAD

SO YEAH THANKS BUNCHES FOR SHARING THIS 8D

[sonnekinde]

I HAD THE SAME REACTION UPON SEEING GOL. I JUST WENT, "HEY, THAT LOOKS LIKE AN AWFUL LOT LIKE DAXTER. OH, WAITAMINUTE..." DUDE, WE SHOULD BE, LIKE, DETECTIVES...

AND NOT A PROBLEM!

[jimmuh]

YES.
JAK DETECTIVES ARE GO

[otana]

THESE ARE AWESOME, I'VE NEVER SEEN THESE BEFORE! THANKS FOR SHARING!

[sonnekinde]

NO PROB! AND HERE I THOUGHT I WAS AMONG THE VERY LAST TO COME ACROSS THEM.

[tehsongsong]

OH MAN, TOTALLY ECHOING THE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE. THESE ARE FANTASTIC! IT'S REALLY AMAZING TO SEE THE PROCESS THAT WENT INTO JAK BEFORE RAFEI TOOK OVER... CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT FASCINATES ME, SO WHEN PEOPLE (LIKE BRYAN LEE O'MALLEY DERP) SAY THAT CHARACTER DESIGN DOESN'T MATTER, I JUST LAUGH IN THEIR FACE

[tehsongsong]

ALSO MY PERSONAL CANON NOW IS THAT THE FISHERMAN'S WIFE WAS KILLED WHEN THAT LURKER SHARK TOOK A BITE OUT OF HIS BOAT.

NO ONE IS CONVINCING ME OTHERWISE.

[jimmuh]

FFFFF THAT'S SO SAD D8
HE ALWAYS SEEMED LIKE A LONE RANGER TO ME
I WOULDA NEVER GUESSED HE HAD A WIFE BEFORE THIS

[tehsongsong]

NEITHER WOULD I; THOUGH IT COULD BE POSSIBLE THAT HE BECAME ALL LONE RANGER-ISH BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS WIFE, BECAUSE HE MISSED HER AND MOURNED FOR HER SO MUCH.

(I THINK WAY TOO MUCH ABOUT THESE THINGS SOB)