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The following is a gallery of artwork created by Steve Mayles to pay homage to the ''[[Donkey Kong (franchise)|Donkey Kong]]'' franchise. Most of the artwork originates from his Twitter profile, WinkySteve. | The following is a gallery of artwork created by Steve Mayles to pay homage to the ''[[Donkey Kong (franchise)|Donkey Kong]]'' franchise. Most of the artwork originates from his Twitter profile, WinkySteve. | ||
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Steve Mayles King K Rool Gruntilda artwork.jpg|King K. Rool and {{wp|Banjo-Kazooie|Gruntilda}} on a pile of bananas | |||
Steve Mayles SoT artwork.jpg|Kaptain K. Rool and {{wp|Banjo-Kazooie|Captain Blackeye}} saddened by their exclusion from the Rare-developed ''{{wp|Sea of Thieves}}'' | |||
Dixie Kong SSB artwork Steve Mayles.jpg|Artwork made in anticipation of [[Dixie Kong]]'s debut as a fighter in the ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' series after [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]] made it in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' | Dixie Kong SSB artwork Steve Mayles.jpg|Artwork made in anticipation of [[Dixie Kong]]'s debut as a fighter in the ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' series after [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]] made it in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' | ||
DKC 25th anniversary artwork Steve Mayles.jpg|Artwork made in celebration of ''Donkey Kong Country''{{'}}s 25th anniversary | DKC 25th anniversary artwork Steve Mayles.jpg|Artwork made in celebration of ''Donkey Kong Country''{{'}}s 25th anniversary | ||
Revision as of 12:43, December 10, 2020
Steve Mayles is a British game artist and animator formerly employed by Rareware, and the brother of Gregg Mayles. He was a character designer and sprite artist for the first two installments of the Donkey Kong Country series, where he created King K. Rool and Dixie Kong, among other characters.[1] He also worked on several other games by Rare, including the Banjo-Kazooie series, for which he designed, modeled, and animated the titular characters. For Donkey Kong 64, he only designed a few characters, such as Mad Jack and Puftoss.[2]
Mayles, along with several other Rare alumni, left Rare in September 2014[3] to found Playtonic Games, which successfully crowdfunded Yooka-Laylee on May 1, 2015.
List of credits
- Donkey Kong Country - Characters
- Donkey Kong Land - Sprite Graphics
- Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest - Characters/Animation
- Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! - Special Thanks
- Donkey Kong 64 - Support Team
The following is a gallery of artwork created by Steve Mayles to pay homage to the Donkey Kong franchise. Most of the artwork originates from his Twitter profile, WinkySteve.
King K. Rool and Gruntilda on a pile of bananas
Kaptain K. Rool and Captain Blackeye saddened by their exclusion from the Rare-developed Sea of Thieves
Artwork made in anticipation of Dixie Kong's debut as a fighter in the Super Smash Bros. series after Banjo and Kazooie made it in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Artwork made in celebration of Donkey Kong Country's 25th anniversary
Artwork of Dixie Kong posted by Playtonic on Twitter
Artwork made to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
References
- ^ Template:Media link (captured 27 October, 2016)
- ^ Mayles, Steve (June 3, 2019). Tweet by Steve Mayles. Twitter. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
- ^ Kirkhope, Grant (September 30, 2014). Tweet by Grant Kirkhope about Steve Mayles' departure. Twitter. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
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