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[[File:Rareware Steve Mayles.jpg|300px|thumb|Photo of Steve Mayles, taken from Playtonic Games' official website]]
[[File:Rareware Steve Mayles.jpg|300px|thumb|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.<ref>[[Media: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>
'''Steve Mayles''' is a British game artist and animator formerly employed by [[Rare Ltd.]], 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>{{media 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 [[wikipedia:Playtonic Games|Playtonic Games]], which successfully crowdfunded ''[[wikipedia:Yooka-Laylee|Yooka-Laylee]]'' on May 1, 2015.  
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==
==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
==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
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 in celebration of the 25th anniversary of ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
Steve Mayles artwork DK 40th anniversary.jpg|Artwork made in celebration of [[Donkey Kong]]'s 40th anniversary
</gallery>


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


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Photo of Steve Mayles, from Playtonic's official website.
Photo of Steve Mayles, taken from Playtonic Games' official website

Steve Mayles is a British game artist and animator formerly employed by Rare Ltd., 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, where he created King K. Rool and Dixie Kong, among other characters.[1] He also worked on several other games by Rare, including the 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.[2]

Mayles, along with several other Rare alumni, left Rare in September 2014[3] to found Playtonic Games, which successfully crowdfunded Yooka-Laylee on May 1, 2015.

List of credits[edit]

Works[edit]

Donkey Kong franchise[edit]

Donkey Kong tribute artwork[edit]

The following is a gallery of artwork created by Steve Mayles in which he pays homage to the Donkey Kong franchise. Most of the artwork originates from his Twitter profile, WinkySteve.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Steve Mayles's description on his Twitter accountMedia:Steve Mayles Twitter Description.png (captured 27 October, 2016)
  2. ^ Mayles, Steve (June 3, 2019). Tweet by Steve Mayles. Twitter. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  3. ^ Kirkhope, Grant (September 30, 2014). Tweet by Grant Kirkhope about Steve Mayles' departure. Twitter. Retrieved November 24, 2015.

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