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| | [[File:Steve Mayles photo.jpeg|300px|thumb|right|Photo of '''Steve Mayles''', taken from Playtonic Games's official website.]] |
| |image=[[File:Rareware Steve Mayles.jpg|250px]]<br>Photo of Steve Mayles, taken from Playtonic Games' official website
| | '''Steve Mayles''' is a British game artist and animator formerly employed by [[Rareware]], 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. He also worked on several other games by Rare, including the ''[[wikipedia:Banjo-Kazooie (series)|Banjo]]'' series for which he designed, modeled, and animated the title character. |
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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> | |
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| 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.
| | Sutherland, 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 [[wikipedia:Playtonic Games|Playtonic Games]], which successfully crowdfunded ''[[wikipedia:Yooka-Laylee|Yooka-Laylee]]'' on May 1, 2015. |
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| ==List of credits== | | ==List of credits== |
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| *''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! ]]'' - Special Thanks | | *''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! ]]'' - Special Thanks |
| *''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' - Support Team | | *''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' - Support Team |
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| ==Works==
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| ===''Donkey Kong'' franchise===
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| K Rool artwork DKC1.jpg|[[King K. Rool]]
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| DKC-King K. Rool Alt Artwork.png|King K. Rool
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| KroolDKC.png|King K. Rool
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| Kritter DKC.png|[[Kritter]]
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| Kritter pose.png|Kritter
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| BlueKritterDKC.png|Kritter
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| Klump DKC art.png|[[Klump]]
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| Klump DKC art 2.png|Klump
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| Klump DKC.png|Klump
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| Klaptrap.png|[[Klaptrap]]
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| Krusha DKC art.png|[[Krusha]]
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| KrushaGBA.jpg|Krusha
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| Krusha DKC.png|Krusha
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| Krusha DKC art 2.png|Krusha (with gold wrist cuffs)
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| Krusha fists DKC.png|Krusha
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| Krusha showing muscle.jpeg|Krusha
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| Rockkroc DKC.png|[[Rock Kroc]]
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| Rockkroc DKC alt artwork.jpg|Rock Kroc
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| Rock krock3.jpg|Rock Kroc
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| Kloak.png|[[Kloak]]
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| Krook.jpg|[[Krook]]
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| Krook art.png|Krook
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| Mad Jack DK64.png|[[Mad Jack]]
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| DK64 Puftoss.png|[[Puftoss]]
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| Flying_Zinger.png|[[Zinger]]
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| Zinger.png|Zinger
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| Zinger DKC2.png|Zinger
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| </gallery>
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| ===''Donkey Kong'' tribute artwork===
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| 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.
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| Steve Mayles King K Rool Gruntilda artwork.jpg|King K. Rool and [[jiggywikki:Gruntilda|Gruntilda]] on a pile of bananas
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| 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}}''
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| 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]]''
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| DKC 25th anniversary artwork Steve Mayles.jpg|Artwork made in celebration of ''Donkey Kong Country''{{'}}s 25th anniversary
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| Dixie Kong artwork Steve Mayles.jpg|Dixie Kong
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| DKC2 25th anniversary artwork Steve Mayles.jpg|Artwork made in celebration of the 25th anniversary of ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
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| Steve Mayles artwork DK 40th anniversary.jpg|Artwork made in celebration of [[Donkey Kong]]'s 40th anniversary
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| </gallery>
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
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| ==External links== | | ==External links== |
| *[https://twitter.com/winkysteve X account] | | *[https://twitter.com/winkysteve Twitter account] |
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| {{People}} | | {{People}} |
| [[Category:People]] | | [[Category:People]] |
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