Steve Mayles

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 and several other games by Rare, including the Banjo series for which he designed, modeled, and animated the title character.

Sutherland, along with several other Rare alumni, left Rare in September 2014 to found Playtonic Games, which successfully crowdfunded 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