VIDEO GAME IDEAS

Above, a Theory Corner exclusive. It's an idea sketch for a Spumco laxative commercial, never made. 

Although this was done on another studio's paper, I think this (above) was part of a test for a freelance storyboard spot on a Warners show. I didn't get the job; maybe because I worked too rough. Anyway it shows Bugs playing baseball in drag, stealing a base from Elmer.

That's an arm pinch, not a nipple pinch!

Maybe I ran afoul of the paperless office concept. I should have used a Cintiq. I was just daunted by the $2,000 price tag. I figured I'd get the job first then buy the hardware, but things don't work that way. Yikes! An expensive lesson.

More trees for the video game. I love drawing trees.

Above, for the video game, a dude throws his gang sign.

How did finger signs ever get popular? Who was the first one to do that?

STILL MORE VIDEO GAME SKETCHES

Above, a wacky Mount Rushmore-type background for the Western Level. I hate to say it, but it probably didn't work very well. A vivid border graphic like this brings too much attention to the level's edge, which should appear limitless.

Here's a Chief's Hut for the Jungle Level.

Haw! Here's another version of the Chief's Hut. I thought about crowning it with a big bone but some might have found that offensive. Geez, I can think of a bunch of ideas for this that weren't apparent at the time. I wish I could take another shot at this.  

This one (above) was for the Haunted House Level. The skater peels off the wall onto a trap door which takes him to another corridor. 

Yes, guns make every game better. 

Here (above) the skater skates around the walls, avoiding the mouth that tries to eat him.

The mouth widens to include the entire floor (above, bottom left) and the big tongue snags the skater. I was asked to modify this and the changed version appears on the upper left. I'm ashamed to say that I can't remember who cleaned this up. 

This sketch (above) wasn't done for the video game...it was for an insurance company...but I include it here because I wish I'd thought of it when I did the game. If there had been an American city level I could have had the skater run into zealous Boy Scouts who walk pedestrians across the street, whether they like it or not.

   

Above, the edge of a Western town. The boardwalk leads to a mine and an Indian village.

Geez, there's more I could post but maybe that wouldn't be fair to Atlus, who I believe is the copyright holder.