Bob Rafei

Bob Rafei
Born
Babak Rafei

1969 (age 56–57)
EducationBFA, Illustration
Alma materParsons School of Design '91[1]
Occupations
  • Art director
  • character animator
  • concept artist[1]
Years active1995–present
EmployerNaughty Dog (1995–2007)
Organization(s)Big Red Button Entertainment, Inc. (CEO)

Babak "Bob" Rafei (Persian: بابک رافعی) is an Iranian video game art director, character animator and concept artist.[1] He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Big Red Button Entertainment,[2] a video game development studio he co-founded with Jeff Lander in 2009.

Rafei is also an advisory board member for Game Developers Conference and Game Developers Choice Awards, as well as panel leader of Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences's achievement awards category on Art Direction and contributing writer of Animation Magazine and Animation World Network.

A graduate of Parsons School of Design, Rafei was an employee of Naughty Dog,[3] joining them in early 1995 to work on Crash Bandicoot (1996). Other notable works include the Jak and Daxter series, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (2007), and Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric (2014).[1]

Rafei previously worked on album cover arts for A&M Records, most notably Blues Traveler's Travelers and Thieves (1991).

Games

As art director
As concept artist
As game director

References

  1. ^ a b c d مصاحبه با هنرمندان: بابک رافعی [Interview with artists: Babak Rafei] (in Persian). cgart.ir. February 2012. Archived from the original on June 6, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
  2. ^ "Former Naughty Dogs Found Big Red Button", Edge, 26 October 2023, ASIN B00BH4U102
  3. ^ McFerran, Damien (7 February 2014). "Reveals Sonic Team is involved and explains THOSE new character designs". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 22 December 2021. The studio's creative director Bob Rafei — who once worked at Uncharted developer Naughty Dog — is keen to stress that although Sonic Boom looks different, it's actually inspired by some of Sonic's most beloved titles
  4. ^ Meston, Zach (1996). Crash Bandicoot: The Official Strategy Guide. Dimension Publishing. p. 10. ASIN B000OBI980. OCLC 809108080.
  5. ^ a b c Rafei, Bob. "Crash Bandicoot". Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  6. ^ Avard, Alex (March 12, 2021). ""We might have overachieved, to be honest": The making of Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy". GamesRadar+. Archived from the original on March 19, 2025. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
  7. ^ Rafei, Bob. "Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy". Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  8. ^ Rafei, Bob. "Jak 2". Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  9. ^ Rafei, Bob. "Jak 3". Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  10. ^ Rafei, Bob. "Jak X: Combat Racing". Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  11. ^ Rafei, Bob. "Uncharted: Drake's Fortune". Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  12. ^ Rafei, Bob. "J&D: Lost Frontier". Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  13. ^ Rafei, Bob. "Sonic Boom". Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  14. ^ Rafei, Bob. "Allegiant VR". Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  15. ^ Rafei, Bob. "John Wick VR". Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  16. ^ "John Wick Chronicles". Starbreeze Entertainment. Archived from the original on June 8, 2023. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  17. ^ Rafei, Bob. "Arcslinger". Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
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