Editing Steve Mayles

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|image=[[File:Rareware Steve Mayles.jpg|250px]]<br>Photo of Steve Mayles, taken from Playtonic Games' official website
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'''Steve Mayles''' is a British game artist and animator formerly employed by [[Rare]], and the brother of [[Gregg Mayles]]. He was a character designer and sprite artist for the first two installments of the ''[[Donkey Kong Country (series)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' series, where he created [[King K. Rool]] and [[Dixie Kong]], among other characters.<ref>{{file link|Steve Mayles Twitter Description.png|Steve Mayles's description on his Twitter account}} (captured 27 October, 2016)</ref> He also worked on several other games by Rare, including the ''[[wikipedia:Banjo-Kazooie (series)|Banjo-Kazooie]]'' series, for which he designed, modeled, and animated the titular characters. For ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'', he only designed a few characters, such as [[Mad Jack]] and [[Puftoss]].<ref>Mayles, Steve (June 3, 2019). [https://twitter.com/WinkySteve/status/1135487282222440449 Tweet by Steve Mayles.] ''Twitter''. Retrieved June 4, 2019.</ref>

Mayles, along with several other Rare alumni, left Rare in September 2014<ref>Kirkhope, Grant (September 30, 2014). [https://twitter.com/grantkirkhope/status/516988990935662592 Tweet by Grant Kirkhope about Steve Mayles' departure.] ''Twitter''. Retrieved November 24, 2015.</ref> to found {{wp|Playtonic Games}}, which successfully crowdfunded ''{{wp|Yooka-Laylee}}'' on May 1, 2015. 

==List of credits==
*''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' - Characters
*''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'' - Sprite Graphics
*''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' - Characters/Animation
*''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! ]]'' - Special Thanks
*''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' - Support Team

==Works==
===''Donkey Kong'' franchise===
<gallery>
K Rool artwork DKC1.jpg|[[King K. Rool]]
DKC-King K. Rool Alt Artwork.png|King K. Rool
KroolDKC.png|King K. Rool
Kritter DKC.png|[[Kritter]]
Kritter pose.png|Kritter
BlueKritterDKC.png|Kritter
Klump DKC art.png|[[Klump]]
Klump DKC art 2.png|Klump
Klump DKC.png|Klump
Klaptrap.png|[[Klaptrap]]
Krusha DKC art.png|[[Krusha]]
KrushaGBA.jpg|Krusha
Krusha DKC.png|Krusha
Krusha DKC art 2.png|Krusha (with gold wrist cuffs)
Krusha fists DKC.png|Krusha
Krusha showing muscle.jpeg|Krusha
Rockkroc DKC.png|[[Rock Kroc]]
Rockkroc DKC alt artwork.jpg|Rock Kroc
Rock krock3.jpg|Rock Kroc
Kloak.png|[[Kloak]]
Krook.jpg|[[Krook]]
Krook art.png|Krook
DK64 Kasplat.png|Kasplat
DK64 Klump.png|Klump
Mad Jack DK64.png|[[Mad Jack]]
DK64 Puftoss.png|[[Puftoss]]
Flying_Zinger.png|[[Zinger]]
Zinger.png|Zinger
Zinger DKC2.png|Zinger
</gallery>

===''Donkey Kong'' tribute artwork===
The following is a gallery of artwork created by Steve Mayles in which he pays homage to the ''[[Donkey Kong (franchise)|Donkey Kong]]'' franchise. Most of the artwork originates from his Twitter profile, WinkySteve.
<gallery>
Steve Mayles King K Rool Gruntilda artwork.jpg|King K. Rool and [[jiggywikki:Gruntilda|Gruntilda]] on a pile of bananas
Steve Mayles SoT artwork.jpg|Kaptain K. Rool and [[jiggywikki:Captain Blackeye|Captain Blackeye]] saddened by their exclusion from the Rare-developed ''{{wp|Sea of Thieves}}''
Dixie Kong SSB artwork Steve Mayles.jpg|Artwork made in anticipation of Dixie Kong's debut as a fighter in the ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' series after the addition of [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''
DKC 25th anniversary artwork Steve Mayles.jpg|Artwork made in celebration of ''Donkey Kong Country''{{'}}s 25th anniversary
Dixie Kong artwork Steve Mayles.jpg|Dixie Kong
DKC2 25th anniversary artwork Steve Mayles.jpg|Artwork made to celebrate the 25th anniversary of ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/winkysteve X account]

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