{"id":5355,"date":"2011-01-13T10:37:01","date_gmt":"2011-01-13T18:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=5355"},"modified":"2011-01-13T10:37:01","modified_gmt":"2011-01-13T18:37:01","slug":"art-wonderful-concept-art-from-donkey-kong-country-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/art\/art-wonderful-concept-art-from-donkey-kong-country-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"Art | Wonderful concept art from Donkey Kong Country Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a sucker for great videogame concept art. Many of the best cover artists in the business (including <a href=\"http:\/\/kekai.weebly.com\/\">Kekai Kotaki<\/a>, who&#8217;s near the top of the heap these days) also spend their time concepting and defining the worlds we explore in our videogames. This concept art from <strong>Donkey Kong Country Returns<\/strong>, my <a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/articles\/article-my-favourite-videogames-of-2010\/\">favourite game of 2010<\/a>, is no exception:<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/donkey-kong-country-returns-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/donkey-kong-country-returns-1-500x248.jpg\" alt=\"Concept Art from Donkey Kong Country Returns\" title=\"Concept Art from Donkey Kong Country Returns\" width=\"500\" height=\"248\" class=\"center\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/donkey-kong-country-returns-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/donkey-kong-country-returns-2-500x231.jpg\" alt=\"Concept Art from Donkey Kong Country Returns\" title=\"Concept Art from Donkey Kong Country Returns\" width=\"500\" height=\"231\" class=\"center\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/donkey-kong-country-returns-3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/donkey-kong-country-returns-3-500x294.jpg\" alt=\"Concept Art from Donkey Kong Country Returns\" title=\"Concept Art from Donkey Kong Country Returns\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" class=\"center\" \/><\/a>\n<p>If you like what you see, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamesetwatch.com\/\">Game Set Watch<\/a> has several more pieces of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamesetwatch.com\/2011\/01\/amazing_donkey_kong_country_re.php\">concept art from <strong>Donkey Kong Country Returns<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a sucker for great videogame concept art. 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This concept art from Donkey Kong Country Returns, my favourite game of&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/art\/art-wonderful-concept-art-from-donkey-kong-country-returns\/\" title=\"ReadArt | Wonderful concept art from Donkey Kong Country Returns\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/art\/art-wonderful-concept-art-from-donkey-kong-country-returns\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Art | Wonderful concept art from Donkey Kong Country Returns - A Dribble of Ink\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I&#8217;m a sucker for great videogame concept art. 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