God, they’re horrible pastels, aren’t they?” It wasn’t a piece assigned to anything particular, more as a tester as we got to grips with Painter. The initial idea was the Zen/Fury concept, but we didn’t quite nail it.” “This may have been for a poster, definitely around the Fury era though. “Showcasing one of the cooler moments that comes from anti-grav racing: you’d race up the side of that big ol’Feisar tower building.” We hadn’t highlighted the pilots and their ship interiors much in promotional material (or indeed in-game), so we thought it’d be fun to give a glimpse inside the ship, and whipped up this concept of an in-fiction promo shoot.” This moment captures those bikes roaring past a big-ass container wagon.” “At some point – maybe prior to WipEout 2048 – we had this idea of street racing on bikes through regular traffic. We were looking to give all our pilots cool backstories, and this was a potential explosive tale captured via a single, cover-style, image.” Again, this was a pencil sketch given color in Photoshop.” Not the first time we sketched the backend of a ship racing down a track. The basis was our resident WipEout pilot (ex-community manager) Ami, and the costume she’d crafted herself. It appeared on a billboard in WipEout 2048, as an ad titled ‘Real Replicant’.
“This was sketched with pencils, then colored in Photoshop. You’ll be able to see even more via the digital artbook that releases alongside WipEout Omega Collection next week, but for the moment let the artists behind those works walk us through the stories behind 25 pieces of previously unseen concept art… To celebrate the upcoming release, former artists from the franchise unearthed just a sampling of their visionary concept art that informed the final games from across the series’ entire span.
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Yet even at over two decades old, the racing series still exudes a futuristic sheen that is entirely unique, entirely its own. When WipEout Omega Collection launches next week, the iconic PlayStation franchise will be nearing its 21st anniversary.
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