Skate Series Concept Art

[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.