Skate Series Concept Art

[Deacon]

I was looking through old book marks on my PC at work and found a link to a Blog by Tom Johnson who worked on the Ea Skate series, providing concept art. Not sure if anyone has posted these before, I did a quick search but couldn't find them.

Thought I would post the pics I found on it. Some are really cool IMO. It cool to see some areas how the artist originally envisioned them to look.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-F1rZyrJdZY/SvU3Kt3KW8I/AAAAAAAAAHI/TbYnqERsoEc/s1600/EarlyScate_concept.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-F1rZyrJdZY/SvZU21mp1HI/AAAAAAAAAHY/6fCiuiv2PL8/s1600/Skate_concept2.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-F1rZyrJdZY/SwSqcy9YMjI/AAAAAAAAAHw/kQre2GjsjII/s1600/projectSmallnicestores_finalBLOG.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-F1rZyrJdZY/S8V_OYx5o_I/AAAAAAAAAKw/UJO_HWHxskw/s1600/mallskate2.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-F1rZyrJdZY/S_yDjlv7poI/AAAAAAAAANg/cLpuE2MND28/s1600/mall1.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-F1rZyrJdZY/S_yEN3QsKXI/AAAAAAAAAN4/42_vVeaqiNw/s1600/mall6.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-F1rZyrJdZY/S8V1Bm0J6yI/AAAAAAAAAKI/RWwMbqCLYZQ/s1600/createApark2.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-F1rZyrJdZY/TA3M1vuwyvI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/oijvu8qpUNw/s1600/Spillway5.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-F1rZyrJdZY/S_R4v-o_RxI/AAAAAAAAALo/IZ7uvMUVcBE/s1600/Skate3UrbanSpill.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-F1rZyrJdZY/S_mTkik7hzI/AAAAAAAAAMo/ttj8GkqfXZ4/s1600/CentalPlaza.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-F1rZyrJdZY/TFGMwNdBiUI/AAAAAAAAAO4/_pOPbytZTic/s1600/HighLevelcitylayout8.1.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-F1rZyrJdZY/TFGMndjn9kI/AAAAAAAAAOw/ECsBJIdOaBA/s1600/capetownTricities6.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-F1rZyrJdZY/TFGNAVqFb9I/AAAAAAAAAPA/tr9EDDx43yY/s1600/capetownTricities4.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-F1rZyrJdZY/TFGOSOgzIUI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/z_fGXkslACA/s1600/ResidentialDistrict.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-F1rZyrJdZY/TFGOibsLmnI/AAAAAAAAAPY/DOkEvgkMXG8/s1600/docks1.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-F1rZyrJdZY/TFGOstmpMmI/AAAAAAAAAPg/XVDtDqDU-xk/s1600/drydocks1.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-F1rZyrJdZY/SqW0U6Nm0nI/AAAAAAAAACg/45JH06dGzwU/s1600/DyrdeksSkatePark.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-F1rZyrJdZY/S5hMetvZNmI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/2tX5blBqgQE/s1600/Dyrdekgameplay.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-F1rZyrJdZY/SqWuyFHHTBI/AAAAAAAAABg/mNS0Kg2TbAY/s1600/newzen12.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-F1rZyrJdZY/S7UWuCoUV_I/AAAAAAAAAIw/t9tLmba4XeI/s1600/skate2prepro.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-F1rZyrJdZY/SqWrZrY7wYI/AAAAAAAAABQ/mBljB5m5oLU/s1600/artgalleryStep3back.jpg

[mattyman512]

wow these spots looks so much better than the in game ones!

[SK8ERatWAR]

holy crap! how the hell did they fuck the s3 map up? some of these spots look so freaking good

[mattyman512]

picture 4 looks sweet! I'm gonna have to try and make tht some day!

[comador puddles]

wow the concept artist was a GENIUS!

it's like they didn't pay any attention to his designs at all.

:( we were so close to having AWESOMENESS!

"dude... you're sketches look good, but they look too detailed. we are just gonna copy/paste a bunch of giant stairs and rails."

*ALSO*
i really wish they would have made PC one giant level instead of 3 individual ones. it seamed in SV and NSV, the best spots were often where different areas merged.

[Demzilla]

ive been on that overpass...

pic 10 will be in cap form by the end of the day...

[Goon_Panda]

Pic #13 ... A FUCKING HUGE ARSE CRATER!?!?!?! bitch!
Pic #3 ... A dead spot under an overpass? Hella tight
Pic #18 ... Fuck that! CAPer PLEASE! (skooler?)
Pic #19 ... See above

[unplannedman]

So I've been thinking, is it possible that some these spots may somehow be hidden in the disc code? I was wondering if it was possible to bring it out with a hack? Lol I sound so naive.


And it might just be me but it seems the spot in that vid was never put into the full game

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0hzuOPKnNg

[llamasrock]

how insanely dope would it be to have pic number 3 framed above a mantel?

[XImortalDEATHX]

EA are idiots for not letting this stuff in, lets hope the reason they fired everyone is so they can hire the C.A.P makers from skate 3 and let them work on Skate 4. Let's hope.

[MrSnomtn]

http://multimedia.cx/eggs/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/snap-en.png
nice find. Did you find any for a skate 4?:confused:

id pay $60 for this...

[Boxerman08]

these pictures look sooo sick! bummed that they haven't been used, but this is definitely some inspiring material for future CAPs!

[Beansickle]

Such a nice find, deacon

worst part about these is the fact they have individual ambiances to them, where the designs that made the final game don't carry much of a difference to one another. Like OG, each of the the sections captured you in a unique way, where as in skate three, certain spots could be put somewhere else and only need a different style of rail to make it fit.

Edit Went looking at the blog deacon found, and i find this quote a little troubling
"I had about 10 days max to design each lot, it was a lot of quick sketches and on the fly meetings with producers & designers. Many of the lots in Skate 3 had specific modeling schedules, a modeler may have seven days or less to model gameplay for each lot. If the design was too elaborate it could get cut and if not elaborate enough would be a boring location so was a tight target to hit each time."

[Mage505]

World Layout 1c image would've been one heck of a city. These are so cool and now it's disappointing they didn't keep the city as one.

[agusbmxarg]

Wow, that dude did a really nice work.

[Antwan]

Why does everyone keep talking about Skate 4
If the whole blackbox team disbanded it seems unlikely they would get back together
that means it would be a completely different team of artists and whatnot.
Even then I won't believe anything about it until it's on IGN or some kind of actual gaming website.
If skate did make a reentry, why wouldn't they hype that shit? I think they would..
It would be on all kinds of official websites. The way that Skate 3 was Vibing off of the Community From the start, had a website that still does work a bit (from what I've heard) It seems unlikely they would tell us about something as tragic as EA not supporting skate anymore, just to bring it back to life.

[duotone]

Some really impressive artwork/design there, have you got a link to the blog?

EDIT * Found it, http://tomjsart.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/ea-skate-3-concept-art-for-urban.html

[Ayreon]

holy shit

[zGinger]

Woow, very impressive

[DRDIRKS]

ive always wanted to find out what number 8 would look like complete

[darius-dj]

Wow this is so dope

[Hobbs]

9 looks soo nice i wish i could skate that handrail, ALL DAY!

[Hitmanx123]

im fucking pissed off now.

[wunq]

I would've killed to skate some of these spots, what happened EA? .__.

[lolwithtim]

Never seen these before, some of the areas look so good. Tempted to try and make one or two parts of them in CAP or in a game engine.

[Valley]

Nice find, dammm the concepts looked dope as hell.

[replicant]

very awesome find.

[saunders420]

this kinda stuff get me all giddy inside. Sweet lookin/

[TonyTwoTone]

I would've killed to skate some of these spots, what happened EA? .__.

I love the spots. That planter down the stairs in pic 9 looks sweet.

Overall though, I think the general aesthetic of city looks too futuristic. I don't really look how Port Carverton looks anyway.


Went looking at the blog deacon found, and i find this quote a little troubling
"I had about 10 days max to design each lot, it was a lot of quick sketches and on the fly meetings with producers & designers. Many of the lots in Skate 3 had specific modeling schedules, a modeler may have seven days or less to model gameplay for each lot. If the design was too elaborate it could get cut and if not elaborate enough would be a boring location so was a tight target to hit each time."

Unfortunately, that's how the games industry works a lot of the time. People who have no concept of how long good work takes get to dictate how long you have to do it in order to meet marketing deadlines.

[badklea]

great!!!!

[tomjohnson]

Hey I stumbled across this thread and was very touched thanks for posting those...I have boxes of art like that from all three games.

those are my drawings and designed for all three skate games with another concept artist Shaun Hayes Holgate we divided up the lots to design. He had a lot of
great concepts.. all three were a lot of fun to work on. Lots of those early concepts were too complicated to be fully flushed out in the time frame.
game testing takes time in the design phase so keeping it simple is going to be more fun as well for players. In early concept phase you aim high and know
you may only get a small thing in sketch, but some of the ideas we had for skate one made it into the later versions. All projects have to have deadlines, with tech and art coming together
adds another layer of complexity that eats a big chunk out of deadlines. But overall....the games are a lot of fun..so think it worked out. Thanks for looking at the drawings we did a lot of
brainstorming sketches with markers and pens later got more digital, drawing on paper is still great. from Tom

[Nelson]

im fucking pissed off now.

this

fucking ballbags wasted this mans vision

[D1zE]

Hey I found this a while ago ...its kinda like alpha screenshots ...the park building ones are quite interesting :)

http://www.coroflot.com/jamiecurrie/ui-art-for-console-games?school_name=University+of+the+Arts&

[davidGreen]

thats awesome, I remember when I was browsing through the eye of art website I found a masterpiece work by M F Hussain (https://eyeforartpk.com/m-f-hussain/) who is the world-famous Indian Painter and has produced number of masterpieces.