Sometimes a picture’s worth a thousand words, but motion graphics are worth ten thousand.

Before we began work on Tony Hawk Pro Skater #8 (later named Tony Hawk’s Project 8), we explored numerous art and user interface style approaches. The video game was going to be open-world, with a number of contrasting areas. Art direction indicated there might be a strong suburban element, but with a subversive, darker underbelly. I tried out bright, fun, graphic visuals with rotten elements.