SNES DKC design sketches

[cm2]

Saw the video tweet of one of the artists of the game:

Some of my early character design sketches of DK for #DonkeyKongCountry. He looks a lot more polished now than he looked when we re-launched him with the game in the 90's! But this shows that you don't have to be the greatest artist in the world to get a concept across, so keep… pic.twitter.com/SVtqaKF9r2

— Creator of Donkey Kong (1994-2025) (@Kev_Bayliss) April 7, 2023

 

[Artisan Vistra]

Saw the video tweet of one of the artists of the game:

Some of my early character design sketches of DK for #DonkeyKongCountry. He looks a lot more polished now than he looked when we re-launched him with the game in the 90's! But this shows that you don't have to be the greatest artist in the world to get a concept across, so keep… pic.twitter.com/SVtqaKF9r2

— Creator of Donkey Kong (1994-2025) (@Kev_Bayliss) April 7, 2023

He looks like he's primed to be a sprite because of how he fits inside a box, to begin with.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

Got to like those early concepts.