Naughty Dog Artist Working on “Ico-Inspired” Side-Project

Naughty Dog Concept Artist Eytan Zana has posted on his blog some beautiful images of a project he’s working on with thatgamecompany Art Director Matt Nava. Described as “Ico-inspired”, we’re not entirely sure what this might actually be, but consider our interest piqued nonetheless. Zana has only just started working at Naughty Dog so this may be something that was in the works before his appointment.

Of course, both studios are closely linked with Sony so it’s not a big leap to think that one artist can work on more than one game with different development houses. Whatever it is, we’re intrigued. Here’s one shot from the collection that Eytan describes as:

“For the Ico project. Wanted to capture some outskirts, an establishing shot, and some platforming areas.”

Anything Ico-inspired is good in our books – especially if stellar studios such as Naughty Dog and thatgamecompany are involved. We’ll keep our eyes on Mr. Zana’s blog for more updates about this very interesting side-project. We recommend you might also want to keep it on your radar.

Update: As mentioned in the comments below, Zana has confirmed that this is just a side-project himself and Matt are working on “for fun.” If anything comes of it is unlikely, but it’s still beautiful work regardless.

Source: Gameguru.in