tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23145486.post4428771984961104942..comments2024-02-21T15:58:33.841-08:00Comments on Charles Zembillas: Spyro love - Part 1Charles Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05167263458388832364noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23145486.post-70268070197221739152013-04-15T00:38:10.882-07:002013-04-15T00:38:10.882-07:00I liked working on them both. I'm hard pressed...I liked working on them both. I'm hard pressed to pick a favorite. As far as the design experience goes go I'm partial to Spyro since he was pure. I had him by the second day of work. It wasn't a situation with several people all jumping in and telling me what to do. It was much more free and I was able to deliver to Insomniac with a minimal amount of interference during the development process. They'd look at the drawings, discuss them, give me feedback and I'd go from there. <br /><br />Nobody else could say they had a hand in the design of Spyro. Crash was different since I was working in association with Joe Pearson and had to go along with ND's decisions. Insomniac was a more mature group and very easy to work with. I didn't get much longevity out of it unfortunately like I got with Crash but at the same time they never kept it a secret that I was the character designer for Spyro. I got credit on several versions of the game as I recall which I appreciate. Its different now but I the time they were good about it.<br /><br />Jak was the most ambitious of all the big 3 projects. In a league of its own since I created a vast amount of work for it over the course of a year. The other projects were short term gigs. Sometimes lasting only a few days. Jak was different. The most grand and the most disappointing of them all considering how ND behaved afterwards.<br /><br />Still the opportunity to create on all 3 projects is something I value highly and my memories are all good when I think about the creative process and how the characters emerged. Charles Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05167263458388832364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23145486.post-47706533955400336122013-04-14T10:54:18.475-07:002013-04-14T10:54:18.475-07:00Hey Charles, in your opinion, what was better fran...Hey Charles, in your opinion, what was better franchise to work on? Is it Spyro, Jak or Crash?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473670162633640929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23145486.post-69452440499369333552013-04-14T03:14:38.335-07:002013-04-14T03:14:38.335-07:00Spyro's concept arts! I was waiting for this! ...Spyro's concept arts! I was waiting for this! Thanks Charles. Can you describe your work with Spyro and Insomniac? I hope it was better than the ND one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com