"We'll get somebody good to model it, to draw it properly when the time comes. But the drawings are just concepts." ...

Kevin Bayliss was art director in Rareware's golden era of the 1990s, designing several of the characters that would become more funky alternative mascots to Super Mario and others from the Mushroom ...

The long-awaited Switch 2 reveal generated a lot of buzz, not the least of which had to do with Donkey Kong’s new look in the ...

Former Rare artist Kevin Bayliss has responded to Donkey Kong's redesign seen in the Mario Kart segment of the Switch ...

This new look of Donkey Kong is very different from the one that has been used in most games since his redesign by Rare in ...

Donkey Kong Country's lead character artist weights in on the Switch 2 version of DK after 30 years of his design being the ...

Perhaps the highlight is Donkey Kong's new look, which has been labelled a "redesign" by some. It's been a bit of a talking ...

Kevin Bayliss, art director at Rare and an art designer on Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Battletoads, and more, shows us that "you don't have to be an amazing artist to get a career." He shows off ...

Former Rare artist Kevin Bayliss has responded to Donkey Kong's redesign seen in the Mario Kart segment of the Switch 2 announcement. As fans quickly spotted, the gorilla has received a bit of a ...

When Donkey Kong was first created all the way back in 1981, his depictions tended to vary wildly. After all, at the time the ...

Donkey Kong has undergone three major transformations since his introduction to the world in 1981, and esteemed character designer Kevin Bayliss is now weighing in on the latest change.