Post your game related artwork (probably not 56k friendly, you've been warned)

[Joe Redifer]

I posted some of these over at Sega-16, and I figured I'd start a similar thread here to share all of the game-related artwork I have done and to see what other people have (hopefully) done.

Here are some drawings I did of Sonic shortly after he first came out.  These Sonic drawings are all a bit water damaged and also very large.  I had to scan them in 4 passes each and then reassemble them which is harder than it sounds since the drawings can't lay perfectly flat on the scanner as a result of their size.  All drawings were inked and then finished with thick colored pencils. 


This is basically just the box cover for Sonic the Hedgehog.  I like my style better, though.



I did a variation on the cover for a game store called Power Play Games.  This hung on their front door for well over a year.  They were where I rented all of my Japanese Mega Drive games loooong before they came out in the US.



Here's one I drew when I was anticipating the release of Sonic CD.  The Sega CD logo at the bottom sucks because I do not draw the Copperplate Gothic Bold font very well.  Why I made it green, grey and orange is beyond my current comprehension.


Here's the non-Sonic stuff:



Ghouls 'n Ghosts - This one bothers me since it is a cutout placed on a black board.  I guess it looks alright, though.



Thunder Force 3 - Based on the Japanese box (which is nearly identical to the US box) at the time of its release.



Thunder Force 4 - This one is alright, but it bothers me because it isn't symmetrical.


And now for the black and white stuff, all done with a mechanical pencil:



Shinobi - I like ninjas.



Revenge of Shinobi - Yeah.



Shadow Dancer - I really like this one a lot... except for the hands.


https://www.instagram.com/p/BakJNVjll61/
Ys Book 1 & 2 - The face bothers me quite a bit.  I was not very adept at drawing the female form at the time.



Dracula X - Here is a gigantic drawing of Dracula X that I never finished.  4 passes with the scanner weren't enough... I'd probably need 9 passes to get it all.  I'll likely never finish this drawing, but here it is anyway.

[nat]

The only game-related stuff I've ever drawn was a piece of paper I did in 1988 shortly after I got Super Mario Bros 2. I drew all the characters and made up my own names for them. I'm a really lousy drawer.

I'll scan it and post it up later.

[Turbo D]

Nice art Joe 

[Keranu]

Great thread and great artwork!

Me and my bro used to redraw Sonic covers all the time back in the early 90's! One time when my bro beat the game (the first one), he paused it on the screen during the ending where Sonic jumps at the screen and placed wax paper over the TV so he could sketch it .

Unfortunately I don't think I have any old video game artwork laying around still, so maybe I'll draw some new stuff. I did send Aaron a money order once and I drew Air Zonk on the envelope! (I wonder if he kept it .

CrackTiger has showed me his video game artwork before, so he'll probably post them here soon .

[Turbo D]

BlackTiger prefers his art permanently inked into his skin 

[Kitsunexus]

Joe, I don't think any other words than "Holy shit!" would describe what I'm thinking right now. Awesome AWESOME work. You are very talented! ^_^

[PCEngineHell]

No game art here,so a quick 20 min TMNT doodle with a Bic pen will have to do.
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[Turbo D]

Go for it man, Ninja Turtles kick ass! 

[PCEngineHell]

I had to rescan it. Its up on my first post,enjoy!

[Turbo D]

Great job 

[CrackTiger]

I've got a bunch of old game related art on this page-

wayback.superpcenginegrafx.com/superpcengineart1.html

I actually recently found some more old game art that I've been meaning to add, but still haven't gotten around to scanning.

Here's some of the old old art-

[Keranu]

Gotta love those fleshy scars on Setzer (was this his name?). ;)

[Turbo D]

I always liked that Magus that he has on his page 

[NecroPhile]

Nice artwork y'all! 

One question for Joe: how did Michael Jackson sneak into your Ys drawing. 

[PCEngineFX]

Unfortunately I don't think I have any old video game artwork laying around still, so maybe I'll draw some new stuff. I did send Aaron a money order once and I drew Air Zonk on the envelope! (I wonder if he kept it .

I did notice that Zonk you drew on the envelope!  Was a nice surprise....I probably still have it around here somewhere....

[Joe Redifer]

Nice artwork y'all! 

One question for Joe: how did Michael Jackson sneak into your Ys drawing. 

LOL!  I was trying to predict what he would look like in teh future!  That one really bugs me, but I had to post it... it's Ys!

[Ceti Alpha]

Yeah, nice artwork Joe!  Nicely done.

Same for black_tiger.  By the way B_T, is the third picture down a drawing of the boss from the second level of Aero Blasters? 

[Keranu]

By the way B_T, is the third picture down a drawing of the boss from the second level of Aero Blasters? 

Yep!

[esteban]

I wish I still had this one. My brother sent it to a magazine for a contest. I'd frame it and display it proudly in my home if I could. Unfortunately, the only surviving picture (on the left) really doesn't do it justice:

home.comcast .net/~michael_krawczuk/mikeim/megas.jpg
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Emperor Megas (1992) Dried Pasta, Glue & Acrylic on Paper. My brother was 13 at the time. Screenshot on right.

Yes, there were thousands of pieces of pasta glued on the page, then he painted the pasta.

If you look closely, you can see the unpainted spaghetti and macaroni.

[Keranu]

Ahh, I remember when you posted that before. A classic! Didn't you make a Space Harrier art piece as well with cut out layers?

[nat]

Didn't you make a Space Harrier art piece as well with cut out layers?

I require that this be posted up promptly.

[Turbo D]

Mmmm, pasta art 

[Digi.k]

I saw some of the art work here and the ones that have been removed well they were pretty impressive and the ones still up are pretty impressive.. again due to having some personal problems I wasn't able to reply back then when this thread was fresh but I guess better late than never..I gonna add my 2 cents..

Early sonic pic in 1992 mostly in felt tip pens and pencils
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early 1992 pic
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I actually drew a few characters on seperate sheets and then cutting them up and pasting them together to make this pic..
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Coronya on the NES.. someone I knew had a fetish for this character and it was one of the first pics where I came to grips with photoshop and layering
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My TaruTaru back then when I was really addicted to FFXI... wow wasted 4 months on that crap game..
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The 2nd Darkstalkers pic I've done.
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This pic is pretty recent took about 5 mins to sketch.. If i got the time I might touch up on the outlining and maybe do some pshop to it but I'm pretty busy with legal shit right now.. >.>
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[CrackTiger]

Nice stuff Digi.

[nat]

wow, digi.k has some serious hand talent

[NecroPhile]

Good looking work there, Digi.k. 

wow, digi.k has some serious hand talent

Why is my mind always in the gutter? 

[esteban]

Wow, you guys rock! Great stuff

[roflmao]

Necro-post time!  I thought I had seen a thread similar to this not too long ago, but I couldn't find it in search, so there.

I recently picked up a Gocco Printing system and after some noodling, I managed to come up with my first print.



I actually made this a month or two back, but just got around to taking picures of it.  It's still a little out of focus, but I don't feel like digging out any additional lighting right now.

[munchiaz]

^ thats awesome

[esteban]

^ thats awesome

"AGREED! I love the final result. F*ckin' nice!"

[roflmao]

Thanks!  I have a vision of creating a series of famous mascots from the 8 and 16 bit days (throwing in some Nintendo and Sega love as well), but I'm facing an impending move so I don't know if I'll tackle any of it before it all gets packed up.