The Lost Records Journal co-hosts Adnan Riaz and Adam Evalt meet Don’t Nod Montreal art director Sam Bradley for the second — and final — part of a two-part exclusive interview podcast episode of ⁠Player 1 vs The World⁠'s show!

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Timestamps:

00:00 -- PSA: introduction

01:48 -- Introduction

02:05 -- Sam on one key Lost Records art

05:48 -- Did Sam have any involvement in *that* main menu screen moment with Kat?

07:14 -- Sam on how he manages his workload

11:58 -- Sam talks hidden details and Easter eggs in Lost Records (Kevin Kestis/Patreon)

14:48 -- Are Michel and’s cats hidden in Lost Records?

15:34 -- Sam breaks down Swann’s arm tattoo, including the dragon design

21:00 -- Sam on Swann’s other tattoo

22:32 -- Sam’s physical moth brooch from Swann’s outfit, The Silence of the Lambs and other 1990s influences

24:32 -- Kat’s tattoo drawing from the Bloom & Rage concert in Tape 1: Bloom

26:29 -- Sam on the most creatively fulfilling moment from Lost Records (Kevin Lackner/Patreon)

30:50 -- Sam on baking

33:18 -- Sam on books and the reference to Mark Z Danielewski’s House of Leaves on a Lost Records licence plate

36:06 -- The baking talk continues with Sam

36:55 -- Sam on the concept art that he did for Lost Records: Bloom & Rage’s log walk.

40:12 -- The inspiration behind The Abyss design (Kevin Kestis/Patreon)

43:26 -- What role does symbolism and/or visual metaphor play in Sam’s art direction? (Kevin Lackner/Patreon)

46:21 -- Did Sam pet Gertie?

46:39 -- Is Sam a Twin Peaks fan ahead of/amid working on Lost Records?

48:21 -- Has Sam ever made anything without a metaphor, only for someone else to think that he has?

50:47 -- What’s one visual idea that Sam would like to expand on in Lost Records if he had unlimited time and budget? (Kevin Kestis/Patreon)

55:04 -- Is there a particular colour scheme that Sam likes to work with? (Kevin Lackner/Patreon)

56:53 -- What would Sam put in the Bloom & Rage box?

58:11 -- We need a Sam x Lost Records artbook! Plus, Sam Bradley on Don’t Nod Entertainment’s Jusant

59:15 -- Sam on seeing other people in their art and their skillsets as artists

01:02:45 -- Sam’s final thoughts and message to Lost Records players

01:04:30 -- Outro

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