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Here's my first TRUE piece of fan art!

As you guys may, or may not know, I am a HUGE fan of the Crash Bandicoot series. I love it. I love. I LOVE IT.

I'll admit the only games of the series I have not played, are the handheld ones. From what I've been told, they don't even matter, and I much preferably rather have Crash in a home console. Regardless, I'm not here to review/criticize the series (Yet.) I'm here just to show a little bit of my affinity to the series.

I know there are a lot of characters in the series and I did not include a lot of my personal favorites, but who I did include, are the main protagonists, or "The Bandi-Crew" as I like to call them.

Aside from them being drawn in my style, I also drew them with different styles themselves. Why? Because they were my favorite design interpretations of these characters.

Crash Bandicoot: Crash Twinsanity model. I thought if there could be a more perfect modern take on Crash's design while still making it feel like he just stepped out of the '90s, this is the one. I have always liked Crash's design, up until Crash of the Titans, mainly because it has stayed consistent.... most of the time. But Twinsanity's is my absolute favorite, with his Crash 2/3 design being a close 2nd. Plus, Twinsanity's a kick-ass game anyway... so, yeah. XP

...I'm probably going to get crucified for this next one...

Coco Bandicoot: Crash Mind Over Mutant model. I'll admit- I don't have the faintest memory of Mind Over Mutant- of all the Crash games, that's easily the one I played the least- save for the handheld games, which I never played. Not because Mind Over Mutant is "bad", but, by that point... Crash of the Titants left a bad taste in my mouth. So I only played it... like, twice? I don't know. I will say, I was not too big of a fan of the new designs for ANYBODY in either CoTT or MoM... except for Coco- in MoM.

I just absolutely love Coco. She was... my first cartoon crush. - DO NOT JUDGE ME!!

...anyway; my point is, I have always loved Coco. In terms of design, she's, um... she's aged well. I mean I do love her design from Crash Bandicoot 2/3... but I have ABSOLUTELY NO SHAME IN ADMITTING, Mind Over Mutant is probably the most mature design she's had to date, and God bless Sierra for that. If there is one thing Sierra did for the last two games that was, not only decent, but fantastic, is turn Coco Bandicoot into a woman. I want anybody who works/worked there to go out in the street, right now, so I could run up to you and give you a big ol' bear hug. You sir, did something great.

...

...any-wAAay....

Crunch Bandicoot: I don't even know what I did here XD Crash Nitro Kart (sorta...) model. Okay, so I took some SLIGHT liberties with his design. I mean, I kinda like Crunch's latter designs, but I really didn't take much interest with drawing him as such.

Okay, I should probably get THIS outta the way first...

...I am not a fan of Crunch. I'm not.

That's not to say I hate Crunch; I think he's a pretty cool-looking dude... he was the main antagonist of WoC and was a pretty cool character for the racing games...

...aside from that though, he's just always been there. I mean, a cyborg-Bandicoot? Make no mistake, that sounds cool, and he looks cool, but he's got to do something while he's being cool!

Crunch has kinda sunk into the background after, well, the game he debuted in! That has always bothered me, because, aside from being a creation of Cortex- and his bad-ass design- he's absolutely forgettable. I'm sorry for any Crunch fans out there (which there are a lot of, apperently XD) but I just... I just don't get it. I just don't get why he's still around.

He was also a PAIN to draw. I'm not too satisfied with the way he turned out, but I do hope I got him right in some level, if not, then... I suck. XP

Aku Aku: Crash Bandicoot 3 model. Aku Aku has been like a father figure to the Bandicoot family, so I've always thought he was a pretty cool dude. AND he's pretty damn useful in every game he shows up in- with Crash Twinsanity, ironically enough one of my favorite Crash games being a weird exception; he still protects you from damage... but not, entirely.

Like Crash, he's had a pretty consistent design throughout most of the series... I just wish I knew what happened here.

In that sense, why not like the design he's best had- which is basically the same it's always been. XP But I think the moment he could actually talk (in Crash Bandicoot 3.), I just - GAH! I loved it! It was the first time he wasn't just a plank of wood, and it was AWESOME!

Well, that's it.

Hope you guys enjoy! And I hope you don't come to murder me for my sacrilege of not loving Coco's original design enough.

Crash Bandicoot (series AND characters) © ...who owns them now? ._.
Artwork ©

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ARTIST'S COMMENTS

Here's my first TRUE piece of fan art!

As you guys may, or may not know, I am a HUGE fan of the Crash Bandicoot series. I love it. I love. I LOVE IT.

I'll admit the only games of the series I have not played, are the handheld ones. From what I've been told, they don't even matter, and I much preferably rather have Crash in a home console. Regardless, I'm not here to review/criticize the series (Yet.) I'm here just to show a little bit of my affinity to the series.

I know there are a lot of characters in the series and I did not include a lot of my personal favorites, but who I did include, are the main protagonists, or "The Bandi-Crew" as I like to call them.

Aside from them being drawn in my style, I also drew them with different styles themselves. Why? Because they were my favorite design interpretations of these characters.

Crash Bandicoot: Crash Twinsanity model. I thought if there could be a more perfect modern take on Crash's design while still making it feel like he just stepped out of the '90s, this is the one. I have always liked Crash's design, up until Crash of the Titans, mainly because it has stayed consistent.... most of the time. But Twinsanity's is my absolute favorite, with his Crash 2/3 design being a close 2nd. Plus, Twinsanity's a kick-ass game anyway... so, yeah. XP

...I'm probably going to get crucified for this next one...

Coco Bandicoot: Crash Mind Over Mutant model. I'll admit- I don't have the faintest memory of Mind Over Mutant- of all the Crash games, that's easily the one I played the least- save for the handheld games, which I never played. Not because Mind Over Mutant is "bad", but, by that point... Crash of the Titants left a bad taste in my mouth. So I only played it... like, twice? I don't know. I will say, I was not too big of a fan of the new designs for ANYBODY in either CoTT or MoM... except for Coco- in MoM.

I just absolutely love Coco. She was... my first cartoon crush. - DO NOT JUDGE ME!!

...anyway; my point is, I have always loved Coco. In terms of design, she's, um... she's aged well. I mean I do love her design from Crash Bandicoot 2/3... but I have ABSOLUTELY NO SHAME IN ADMITTING, Mind Over Mutant is probably the most mature design she's had to date, and God bless Sierra for that. If there is one thing Sierra did for the last two games that was, not only decent, but fantastic, is turn Coco Bandicoot into a woman. I want anybody who works/worked there to go out in the street, right now, so I could run up to you and give you a big ol' bear hug. You sir, did something great.

...

...any-wAAay....

Crunch Bandicoot: I don't even know what I did here XD Crash Nitro Kart (sorta...) model. Okay, so I took some SLIGHT liberties with his design. I mean, I kinda like Crunch's latter designs, but I really didn't take much interest with drawing him as such.

Okay, I should probably get THIS outta the way first...

...I am not a fan of Crunch. I'm not.

That's not to say I hate Crunch; I think he's a pretty cool-looking dude... he was the main antagonist of WoC and was a pretty cool character for the racing games...

...aside from that though, he's just always been there. I mean, a cyborg-Bandicoot? Make no mistake, that sounds cool, and he looks cool, but he's got to do something while he's being cool!

Crunch has kinda sunk into the background after, well, the game he debuted in! That has always bothered me, because, aside from being a creation of Cortex- and his bad-ass design- he's absolutely forgettable. I'm sorry for any Crunch fans out there (which there are a lot of, apperently XD) but I just... I just don't get it. I just don't get why he's still around.

He was also a PAIN to draw. I'm not too satisfied with the way he turned out, but I do hope I got him right in some level, if not, then... I suck. XP

Aku Aku: Crash Bandicoot 3 model. Aku Aku has been like a father figure to the Bandicoot family, so I've always thought he was a pretty cool dude. AND he's pretty damn useful in every game he shows up in- with Crash Twinsanity, ironically enough one of my favorite Crash games being a weird exception; he still protects you from damage... but not, entirely.

Like Crash, he's had a pretty consistent design throughout most of the series... I just wish I knew what happened here.

In that sense, why not like the design he's best had- which is basically the same it's always been. XP But I think the moment he could actually talk (in Crash Bandicoot 3.), I just - GAH! I loved it! It was the first time he wasn't just a plank of wood, and it was AWESOME!

Well, that's it.

Hope you guys enjoy! And I hope you don't come to murder me for my sacrilege of not loving Coco's original design enough.

Crash Bandicoot (series AND characters) © ...who owns them now? ._.
Artwork ©