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Jak's Makeover for JakII: Why the Dramatic New Look for a Sequel?
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Jak's Makeover for JakII: Why the Dramatic New Look for a Sequel?,
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Visual Arts, Lecture

Bob Rafei
Art Director, Naughty Dog, Inc.
After finishing Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy for PS2, Naughty Dog decided to do something unorthodox for its highly anticipated sequel JakII; change the entire look of Jak’s universe. In an ever evolving era of game development where staff, budgets, and production cycles are increasing in size, it really makes more sense to put out more of the same for such sequels. But in some cases "safe" isn’t "sound." At the risk of alienating established fans of the original series AND venturing in new, unfamiliar and inexperienced directions of game play and art for the staff, the choice was to almost start new.

The lecture follows the evolution of Jak, the cast, and their universe to the new look in JakII through an in-depth look at the production designs that paved the way for this colossal makeover.

Understanding choices made in the pre-visualization and production periods of an ambitious sequel to a high profile predecessor.

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