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got lucky enough to draw a tribute piece to the very first Crash Bandicoot game. You may have not know how much of a Crash fan I was back in the day. 1996 was his debut. Wow…eighteen years ago the marsupial that provided me with hours of fun on the original PlayStation meant something. Crash was fairly relevant before the millennium hit as I enjoyed Crash 1, Crash 2, Crash 3 and CTR A LOT!
This pic is a tribute to the first Crash Bandicoot game. So let’s make it perfectly clear that it is a tribute to Crash Bandicoot 1 and 1 ONLY!! So characters introduced in later Crash sequels (like Coco, Tiny, N. Gin, Dingodile, N. Tropy, etc. etc….) are NOT in this pic for that very particular reason.
The following characters appeared in the first Crash Bandicoot game and are thus in this pic:
This pic is a tribute to the first Crash Bandicoot game. So let’s make it perfectly clear that it is a tribute to Crash Bandicoot 1 and 1 ONLY!! So characters introduced in later Crash sequels (like Coco, Tiny, N. Gin, Dingodile, N. Tropy, etc. etc….) are NOT in this pic for that very particular reason.
The following characters appeared in the first Crash Bandicoot game and are thus in this pic:
- Crash Bandicoot himself
- Tawna
- Aku Aku
- Dr. Neo Cortex
- Dr. N. Brio
- Papu Papu
- Ripper Roo
- Koala Kong
- Pinstripe Potoroo
- The Warthog
Yes; I threw in the warthog as the animal Crash rode in the first game. Had I made a Crash 2 tribute (which I MAY do sometime) then the Polar Bear would be in it too.
This tribute piece basically embraces Crash’s trek through the first game involving three islands. From left to right; this picture loosely follows his progress. Like how the very far left has the jungles and the native fortress; the middle section has the waterfall and a few of the temples scattered around, and the far right has both Cortex Castle and the cortex Power station.
Some of the obstacles can be seen too; like the boulder that tried to squash Crash can be seen hidden amongst the trees if you look hard enough. ;)
There is technically a fourth section; the middle where Crash and Tawna are standing. This is Cortex’s airship.
Each section also has the bosses Crash faced.
In the far left on top of the native fortress is the obese Native chief Papu Pau; who looks irate as hell for having been woken up. (How exactly did he get up there anyway? XD)
Near the fortress is the giant waterfall with the temple mouth. Out of it hops the psychotic, yet brilliant Ripper Roo.
Below the waterfall and near the rocks with crystals, as well as railroad tracks is the gigantic Koala Kong. He looks ready to heave a boulder at the Airship to try and knock Crash and Tawna off of it. Duck n’ cover bandicoots!! O.o
Following to the right we see one of my favorite of Cortex’s minions; Pinstripe Potoroo. Standing over his industrial waste, tommy gun in hand with that absolutely shit eating grin. His cheesy Brooklyn accent and gangster mentality is why he’s one of my favorites; such a stereotype. XD But he is an enjoyable one; and to many Crash Bandicoot fan girls…a sexy one apparently. XD
N Brio can be seen standing near the temple ruins a loft one of the rocks with crystals sticking out of it. I know you fight him inside Cortex Castle, but we can only see Cortex Castle from the outside. So I decided to include the scenario where you collect three N. Brio tokens and it transports you to that Bonus stage…..which was one of the ways to save your game back then. I dunno; the first Crash game had a pretty jacked saving system. They fortunately improved it greatly by Crash 2.
And finally hovering above is the nefarious Dr. Neo Cortex. Being a typical mad scientist; he shakes his fist at Crash while holding his zapper aloft as he glides nearby on his hoverboard.
Let’s talk about Crash and Tawna here for a minute. The two seem to have been reunited; or perhaps this could actually be the beginning of the game. XD Looks like they don’t wanna be taken in by the “good” Doctor….so they stick close.
Crash looks pretty peeved. Almost like he’s looking at Dr. Cortex saying: “Look! I beat the game! I just wanna go home and spend some time with my girl. Leave me alone. >:I”
Aku Aku hovers over Crash looking equally peeved at Cortex too.
Tawna looks a bit concerned, but not in a “Frightened” sort of way. Guess with Crash nearby she feels more secure.
Then…why after all that trouble did you leave him you slut!!? XD
I can imagine a later scenario where Tawna returns; Crash’s sis Coco chews her out and really gives her the business for leaving him. (Especially with Pinstripe. XD) Tawna tries to explain that it wasn’t personal; it was all just “Politics.” (And in her defense…it was.) Also, she breaks the fourth wall by telling Coco if she hadn’t left; Coco wouldn’t be in the games. (Later Crash games did these in-jokes a lot. Many of them didn’t work; but I do admit there were SOME genuinely humorous situations even in the lamest of ways.)
This pic took forever to make. It took me the entire week to plan out, sketch, render and adjust.
This is another one of those scenarios where I made the background first and added the characters last. I spaced them out through various layering techniques. Some appear tinier than others while some really stick out.
The whole background was supposed to have a sunset feel; and while the left side appears peaceful and serene; the right gets more darker as we visit the Cortex Power factory sending pollution into the sky. (And in the water too thanks to the green toxic waste and the toxic waste barrels.)
I listened to A LOT of Crash Bandicoot music while doing this. It helped get an overall feel for it.
So this is one of my biggest projects I worked on to date. And since it dealt with Crash Bandicoot from the original PSX1 trilogy; I took careful steps to make sure it came out looking good. After all, this is back when Crash was developed by Naughty Dog; before they would come out with the critically acclaimed Uncharted and The Last of Us games. Yes before dealing with dangerous treasure hunts and post-apocalyptic survival; Naughty Dog gave us the original Crash Bandicoot. And frankly; the original Crash trilogy along with Crash Team Racing are STILL the best in the series.
Hope this little tribute reaches out to all the original Crash lovers in us. It’s what I was going for.
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