#deep blues

Here is the last Rift of the NecorDancer boss (bosses?) that I made a human design for: Deep Blues!

They’re art critics, but I chose to take them in a slightly different direction than a typical runway fashion/artsy-fartsy design. I thought it would be fun to make them so full of themselves that they think only a CERTAIN decade is the best, and have that pretty much limit their artistic tastes. So, I chose the 1970’s!

Queen & King went through the most iterations compared to other bosses. Initially I tried making them look more like their boss counterparts, but then direction changed to make them appear MUCH different in silhouette and design. Lots of different 70’s apparel was experimented with too, and it was so fun doing that research! Eventually we landed on a “1970’s meets old money” type of look.

Our Last Image of Iris By Jeff Stanford, 2025

I’ve been working on this one for about a week, and I’m very proud of it! I used the Atari bass instrument a lot on this one (it’s the lower pitched powerful one), and I think it turned out pretty good. My favorite part of the song is the part around the end where it switches to a swing and uses the same bass as the Deep Blues boss music. I made the Deep Blues section even more pronounced in my remix, with the actual melody for deep blues taking a more prominent role. I’ve also been experimenting putting more background noises to make the music more dynamic. If you listen closely, you’ll hear occasional arpeggios in the bass, some sliding notes, maracas, and a few bits with really high vibrato.