#bob rafei

[ccattre]

The saddest tragedy of The Lost Frontier is how Jak could've been so hot . Like, wtf are you looking at me like that for.

[jak2gooberglub]

Excuse me Vin asked for no pickles - jak

[dookins]

I can’t remember the last time I drew Daxter.  Hot damn, Crash Bandicoot comes back, Ratchet and Clank are coming back...   ...  Jak and Daxter man...  used to eat sleep and breath this shit.  NO exaggeration, lol!  Bob Rafei, concept artist for Daxter, has influenced my style TO THIS DAY!  6th grade me would just keep a print out of his head expressions in my sketchbook and draw nothing but Daxter all the time!!  And uh, Jak too on occasion XP So here’s to the best series made for the PS2! 

[siryl]

“Travelers and Thieves” by Bob Rafei.

[waytray]

YALL I’M LOSING IT THIS IS TOO GOOD

[evanwhosjusthere]

Video Game Artist Spotlight: Bob Rafei

Bob Rafei is an Iranian-American artist and game director. He first entered the industry in 1994. He was also one of Naughty Dog’s first employee as Art and Animation Director for the Crash Bandicoot series, Jak & Daxter series, and Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune. Bob serves as an advisory board member for Game Developer’s Conference, The Game Developer Choice Awards, and One Big Game. In 2009, he left Naughty Dog and with programmer Jeff Lander co-founded Big Red Button Entertainment. The first game he ever directed was Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric.

He has an old website here.

Bio at Big Red Button here.

Games he’s worked on:

The Arcslinger (2016), Google

The Allegiant VR Experience (2016), Lionsgate

Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric (2014), Sega

Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune (2007), SCEA

Jak X: Combat Racing (2005), SCEA

Jak 3 (2004), SCEA

Jak II (2003), SCEA

Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (2001), SCEE

Crash Team Racing (1999), SCEA

Crash Bandicoot: Warped (1998), SCEE

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back (1997), SCEA

Crash Bandicoot (1996), SCEA

Star Trek: Generations – Beyond the Nexus (1994), Absolute Entertainment, Inc.

[siglindofhavencity]

Il m'a donné plus de temps que prévu (manque d'envie de dessiner en ce moment...), mais je suis contente du résultat final. Paradoxalement, il a été assez difficile de trouver des vêtements intéressants à Jak. Je me suis fortement inspirée de ce concept art: www.bobrafei.com/galleries/jak… (j'aurais préféré ces vêtements dans Jak II!) Et il a une barbe de trois jours! J'ai aussi rajouté une nouvelle arme, inspirée de Move Heroes vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/he…, parce que je trouve qu'il manque cruellement d'une arme de mêlée et de combat au corps à corps dans les jeux de Jak. * * * It took me more time than I expected (lack of desire to draw at the moment...), but I am happy with the final result! Paradoxically, it was quite difficult to find interesting clothes for Jak. I was strongly inspired by this concept art: www.bobrafei.com/galleries/jak… (I would have preferred these clothes in Jak II!) And he has a three-day beard! I also added a new weapon, inspired by Move Heroes vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/he…, because I find that there is a severe lack of a melee weapon and hand-to-hand combat in Jak's games.

[kantoexplores]

When I was 14 I had set a goal. I had a dream to be as good an artist as Bob Rafei, who to this day is still my art idol.

12 years later I feel I have finally reached a comparable level of skill where I can put my art beside his and nod, thinking it's pretty damn close. I have my own style so I could never trul match him, but I don't want to. I am very happy with how far I've come in art.

Mine is the left, Bob Rafei's is the right.