We've already looked at the concept art for Dr Dobbs, and now we take a look at the Defy All Challenges crew. Originally fully designed for Microsoft's Visual Studio 2008 web campaign, concept artist Mac Ko was tasked with reconceptualising the crew for The Dobbs Challenge.

The Defy All Challenges crew in The Dobbs Challenge consists of the Drunken Pirate, Zombie, Cowboy, and the Salamander.

Sister website Gamasutra recently talked with interactive executive producer Kim Zaninovich, broadcast executive producer Jason O'Leary and producer Alison Cole from creative studio Exopolis to learn about the Defy All Challenges campaign.

The original concept was centred around Fable and Halo inspired machinima, but for The Dobbs Challenge the concept evolved from the hard-edged, "realistic" look of those titles to a softer, "super-deformed" 2D look for the characters.

 You can see the machinima at the Defy All Challenges YouTube channel, including a hilarious video with the whole crew together taking a conference call.

And below you can see the final concept designs for the human characters, the Drunken Pirate and the Cowboy:

And here the final concept designs for the Salamander and the Zombie:

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