Spyro the Dragon in-engine character color treatments and animation samples ("Rainbow Spyro") [VHS], est. 1997
Scope and Contents
This collection includes artwork, level designs, and game design concepts from the career of Craig Stitt, artist and designer at the Sega Technical Institute and Insomniac Games. This collection also includes original artwork by Stitt, created before and after his tenures at Sega and Insomniac.
Dates
- est. 1997
Creator
- Craig Stitt (Colorist, Person)
Historical Note
According to Craig Stitt, the animation tests at the beginning and end of this video were recorded onto the VHS tape after the Spyro color test footage had been recorded. Stitt believes that a segment showing Spyro's original colors (see "Spyro character color treatment") was overwritten in the process.
Extent
From the Collection: approx. 1 Linear Feet : including thickness of original binders and sketchbook
From the Collection: 9.04 Gigabytes (4 video files (.mp4))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This video (labeled "Rainbow Spyro") was produced at Insomniac while deciding the colors for the character Spyro. See "Spyro character color treatment" for Stitt's first attempt at this process.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
This video was digitized using the Domesday Duplicator to retrieve low-level data from the original VHS tape. Noise and damage in the video reflects the original condition of the tape.
This tape was significantly damaged. Some portions of the video appear to run too quickly or out of order; this reflects the original quality of the tape when it was received by the Video Game History Foundation.
There was no audio on this videotape. Rather than including the static noise that was digitized, this video was processed with no audio track.
Creator
- Craig Stitt (Colorist, Person)
- Insomniac Games (Production company, Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Video Game History Foundation Library Repository