Artists will often display their concept art on their websites after a game is completed as part of their résumé, which can offer a glimpse into an alternate version of the game, or feature stuff that was never put to use for various reasons. In the latest example,
Daanish Syed, an artist at
NetherRealm Studios, has posted some unused concept designs from various Mortal Kombat projects
over on his website. The posts appear to be a few months old, but too good not to share with the community.
One of the most interesting concepts comes from the
PlayStation Vita port of
Mortal Kombat (2011), which demonstrates an impressive Interactive Main Menu using the touch-screen. Unfortunately, this didn't make the game, likely due to time constraints.
Here's an original proof of concept for
Mortal Kombat (2011)'s King of the Hill mode, complete with MK trivia and a humorous cell phone warning from everyone's favorite ninja specter.
Last but not least, here's some avatar themes from a would-be
Xbox 360 dashboard theme. While Xbox users got Mortal Kombat themed avatar costumes, no dashboard theme was ever offered. The theme sections appear to be styled after some of the arenas from the game.
Other concepts he has posted include some
title sequences for Mortal Kombat Legacy, the
Test Your Slice title animation for
Mortal Kombat (2011) on the
PlayStation Vita, and a variant of the
NetherRealm Studios logo animation used on Arkham City Lockdown.
