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Adon

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"C heck out this weird looking Darkstalker art" , posted Fri 25 Oct 12:57

This was the Marquee from the arcade. I never saw it before its pretty strange looking

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Fuchikoma

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"Re(1):C heck out this weird looking Darkstalk" , posted Fri 25 Oct 13:02

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This was the Marquee from the arcade. I never saw it before its pretty strange looking

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Oh my God! Anita has always looked weird... but that looks like something from the Exorsist! I've never seen this particular marquee, but the artist is familiar... he's done other USA artwork for older Capcom games that look nothing like the characters... Strider is the one that really comes to mind. Bionic Commando too.

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OmegaDog
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"Re(2):C heck out this weird looking Darkstalk" , posted Fri 25 Oct 13:16:

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Oh my God! Anita has always looked weird... but that looks like something from the Exorsist! I've never seen this particular marquee, but the artist is familiar... he's done other USA artwork for older Capcom games that look nothing like the characters... Strider is the one that really comes to mind. Bionic Commando too.

Yeah, the first thing that comes to mind is the cover art to Ghosts 'N Goblins for the NES. Though, not having it close by, I can't really compare it...

Either way, as deviant as the art may be... if the US arcade machine is rare, this marquee is perhaps even more rare. Good luck to the bidder! (I'm even considering putting in a bid for it also.)

(Back to work -- gotta prepare the costume contest for tonight's anime club showing! ... it'll be interesting running a show in full costume...)

[Edit: Heh -- looking at it again... is it me, or does the rendition of Jon Talbain seem inspired by X-Men's Beast?]

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[this message was edited by OmegaDog on Fri 25 Oct 13:18]

CrazyMike

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"Re(3):C heck out this weird looking Darkstalk" , posted Fri 25 Oct 13:35

Hmm as usual this guy's art doesn't look like the characters at all but I rather like it for some twisted reason, nice use of colors and shading.

kaepora
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"It finally happened..." , posted Fri 25 Oct 15:30

Regarding a series with demons of the night and other monstrous creations, this is the first thing related to it that has actually scared me.

talbaineric

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"Re(1):It finally happened..." , posted Fri 25 Oct 15:57

Interesting. Looks like something Shinkrou would've done back in the day!

I don't like the way the made my Talbain look! Grrrr!!

I long for Capcom to one day get back to what made them great and make a new Darkstalkers! It's what us fans have been waiting for for a long while!

Gojira

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"Re(1):C heck out this weird looking Darkstalk" , posted Fri 25 Oct 16:01

LOL! Anita and Pyron made me fall out of my chair! Pyron with a nose is just... wow.

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"Re(1):C heck out this weird looking Darkstalk" , posted Fri 25 Oct 17:33

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This was the Marquee from the arcade. I never saw it before its pretty strange looking

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Truely a work of art to go down into the ages!

Notice how the artist has decided to say "I am a rebel! You say punch, I say kick!" by coloring Morigan red instead of her "tradtional" colors people know her by!

Notice the striking commentary at how out of hand Capcom's sprite cloning has gotten, using what is either a Blue Blanka or Leo to represent Talbain!

Look at the bold statement that "size doesn't matter" as Donovan holds a 1/8th replica of his sword!

Again we see the artist is a non-comformist, where he ignores storyline to show emotion (of scared piglet?) on Anita's face, a daring move!

and finally, glaze upon the religious propaganda that is Pyron... he chooses to depicted a "devil" character as an ugly pig showing how stupid he is not be God.

Brilliant! Breathe-Taking! and yet no one has bid on it!!!!

suge
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"Re(1):It finally happened..." , posted Fri 25 Oct 17:51

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Regarding a series with demons of the night and other monstrous creations, this is the first thing related to it that has actually scared me.

Same here!

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"Re(2):It finally happened..." , posted Fri 25 Oct 18:06

Hummm... for much that I love to defend personal styles (like the GGXX cover or the KOF 2k1/2k2 art)... This is really, really ugly.

Darn, I wish I hadn't seen it.

HazZan

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"Re(1):C heck out this weird looking Darkstalk" , posted Sun 27 Oct 07:48

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This was the Marquee from the arcade. I never saw it before its pretty strange looking

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What the hell is that?

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"Re(1):C heck out this weird looking Darkstalk" , posted Sun 27 Oct 17:04

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This was the Marquee from the arcade. I never saw it before its pretty strange looking

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That is officially the ugliest POS I've ever seen. I hope no one bids on the auction. (;

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Lunatic
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"Re(3):It finally happened..." , posted Sun 27 Oct 17:05

yo.. that's some hideous american art...
i bet it's some dumb fanboy who think they did a good job at it and put it up

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Just a Person

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"Re(1):C heck out this weird looking Darkstalk" , posted Sun 27 Oct 17:17

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This was the Marquee from the arcade. I never saw it before its pretty strange looking

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OmegaDog
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"Re(4):It finally happened..." , posted Sun 27 Oct 17:18

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That is officially the ugliest POS I've ever seen. I hope no one bids on the auction. (;

yo.. that's some hideous american art...
i bet it's some dumb fanboy who think they did a good job at it and put it up

Hideous though it may be, it's still a rare piece of Capcom history. Recognize that bidders wouldn't necessarily be saying, "Hey, that's a cool piece of art!" (actually, I could imagine very few folks saying that...) but would instead be saying "Hey! That's a pretty ****ing rare marquee!"

(But, yeah... they could've used a better artist, most definitely... what possessed Capcom to not use one of the artists for in-game graphics?)

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Satoshi_Miwa

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"Re(5):It finally happened..." , posted Sun 27 Oct 18:05

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Hideous though it may be, it's still a rare piece of Capcom history. Recognize that bidders wouldn't necessarily be saying, "Hey, that's a cool piece of art!" (actually, I could imagine very few folks saying that...) but would instead be saying "Hey! That's a pretty ****ing rare marquee!"

(But, yeah... they could've used a better artist, most definitely... what possessed Capcom to not use one of the artists for in-game graphics?)

Because the first Darkstalkers game was released before Anime/Manga style art really started to gain steam in NA. They probably thought, rightly or wrongly ( I lean towards wrongly), that US style art would sell the game more than manga style.

(I mean even Kendo Rage and Ranma 1/2, pure anime games, got bad US style cover art...)

OmegaDog
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"Re(6):It finally happened..." , posted Sun 27 Oct 18:58

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Because the first Darkstalkers game was released before Anime/Manga style art really started to gain steam in NA. They probably thought, rightly or wrongly ( I lean towards wrongly), that US style art would sell the game more than manga style.

(I mean even Kendo Rage and Ranma 1/2, pure anime games, got bad US style cover art...)

Well, either way -- better late the never. It's good that now marketers realize the appeal of the general anime style (that being broad in itself -- we know Studio Ghibli has a much-different style than CLAMP). I would imagine that using the Japanese artwork, as opposed to commissioning original artwork, saves on domestic production costs too.

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CrazyMike

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"Re(7):It finally happened..." , posted Sun 27 Oct 20:15:

I don't really consider this "US style Art", its got a look of its own. If Capcom really wanted some new art and didn't want to cut and paste the Japanese art, they could of hired a comic book artist and I think that would of kicked ass.

On a sidenote, at least Capcom USA back then hired artists, instead of photoshop-ing/pasting their game covers like they do now.

[this message was edited by CrazyMike on Sun 27 Oct 20:16]

coinop duck
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"Re(8):It finally happened..." , posted Sun 27 Oct 20:21

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On a sidenote, at least Capcom USA back then hired artists, instead of photoshop-ing/pasting their game covers like they do now.

Using the term "artists" pretty loosely, might I add.

CrazyMike

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"Re(9):It finally happened..." , posted Sun 27 Oct 20:26

As somebody who is a decent artist himself (not to sound boastful, I actually hate praise) this guy is not that bad, the only problem is with the faces look, not his ability. If there had been no "official" artwork of DS made before this piece, people wouldn't look at it so negatively. Besides, Japanese artists take American comic characters and change their look around, why can't American artists do the same to anime/manga characters?

coinop duck
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"Re(10):It finally happened..." , posted Sun 27 Oct 20:52

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As somebody who is a decent artist himself (not to sound boastful, I actually hate praise) this guy is not that bad, the only problem is with the faces look, not his ability. If there had been no "official" artwork of DS made before this piece, people wouldn't look at it so negatively. Besides, Japanese artists take American comic characters and change their look around, why can't American artists do the same to anime/manga characters?

I have absolutely no problem with American artists taking Japanese characters and redoing them. Heck, I would even encourage quite a few of them to do it (I'd love to see Chris Bachalo or Darick Robertson do something like that). But having grown up in a family of artists, I do draw a line somewhere. There's something to be said for anatomy and dynamic posing, and to me, this guy just doesn't hear it. I can only see this picture as a testament to taking a life drawing course. Then maybe a composition course.