Post by Buyatari on 12. Jun 2007 at 00:28
original paintings used for nes covers
or try this gallery
http://videogamecollectors.com/gallery/album274
or try this gallery
http://videogamecollectors.com/gallery/album274
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Title: Original artwork Post by Buyatari on 12. Jun 2007 at 00:28
original paintings used for nes covers
or try this gallery http://videogamecollectors.com/gallery/album274 |
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Title: Re: Original artwork Post by NationalGameDepot on 12. Jun 2007 at 00:40
Very cool. I liked the Heavy Barrel one the best. Did you paint them yourself?
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Title: Re: Original artwork Post by burnambill333 on 12. Jun 2007 at 00:56
I think these are original paintings used long ago to produce the NES covers, somehow acquired by buyatari. If he painted them himself, I'd expect some games a little cooler than Little League Baseball.
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Title: Re: Original artwork Post by NationalGameDepot on 12. Jun 2007 at 01:11
ahhh....makes more since Nick. Very cool items for sure though, I really love that Heavy Barrel one.
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Title: Re: Original artwork Post by Buyatari on 12. Jun 2007 at 01:14
Yes these are the originals. I can't paint like that.
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Title: Re: Original artwork Post by burnambill333 on 12. Jun 2007 at 01:15
where did you get them? well, I guess you probably can't answer that question. how long have you had them?
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Title: Re: Original artwork Post by Buyatari on 12. Jun 2007 at 01:16 |
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Title: Re: Original artwork Post by Buyatari on 13. Jun 2007 at 02:27
Ok here are some gameboy. Everyone who hated the old pictures should thank PhantasyStar over at Assemblergames for the new presentation.
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Title: Re: Original artwork Post by NESaholic on 13. Jun 2007 at 07:41
Very nice stuff man, i think i might be able to forge some, hehe. ;D
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Title: Re: Original artwork Post by Jedi QuestMaster on 13. Jun 2007 at 08:49
Do you have the original color penciled picture of Mega Man? :P
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Title: Re: Original artwork Post by Buyatari on 13. Jun 2007 at 12:33 Quote:
Sorry I don't have that one. Rumor is the artist who designed it left it on the playground after a kickball game. Following a long summer break he returned as a new man in 4th grade but the famed portrait was no where to be found. They sure had some bad art didn't they ! |
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Title: Re: Original artwork Post by Jedi QuestMaster on 13. Jun 2007 at 21:58
On a side note, the Trojan artwork (although the same medium, & possibly done by the same artist) is actually pretty cool.
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Title: Re: Original artwork Post by Stan Stepanic on 13. Jun 2007 at 23:31
Always love the Kid Niki art, that would be a nice one to own.
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Title: Re: Original artwork Post by Buyatari on 14. Jun 2007 at 03:35
Here is a better shot of both Kid Niki and Heavy Barrel. I like Kid Niki quite a bit myself.
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Title: Re: Original artwork Post by NationalGameDepot on 14. Jun 2007 at 04:04
Oh how you love to tease me Buyatari. I will send you my addy and you can just ship that Heavy Barrel one to me ;) :P How big are these things exactly anyway?
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Title: Re: Original artwork Post by Buyatari on 14. Jun 2007 at 04:21
They vary in size.
I have hundreds of sketches and most of those are 8x10 sheets of paper or larger. I don't think I have a final cover any smaller than say 10x14 inches but my largest is too big for any wall in my house. Its for a PC game called the 11hour (sequel to the game 7th guest) and its roughly 5ft wide by 9ft long. I had to have it crated and shipped to a wherehouse and then picked it up there. I think heavy barrel is one of the larger ones I'd have to dig it back out to get the exact measurements. |
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Title: Re: Original artwork Post by Buyatari on 14. Jun 2007 at 05:02 Here is the Heavy Barrel with a SMB/DH for size. The painted area is about 17X22 inches but there is a boarder all the way around. Its also attached to a thicker sheet which is larger all the way around. A plastic sheet has been taped to the top to the non-painted area as protection (from the artist not me) but this can be removed with no damage. |
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Title: Re: Original artwork Post by Limbofunk on 15. Jun 2007 at 04:10
These are some of the most interesting items I have seen videogame-wise. Thank you so much for sharing...I really appreciate it, as I am sure many others do!
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Title: Re: Original artwork Post by Buyatari on 15. Jun 2007 at 18:37
Its hard to tell sometimes if people are 'into' what you present. Glad to hear you enjoy looking at them. If there are any from the slide show you would like to see better shots of let me know.
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Title: Re: Original artwork Post by Limbofunk on 16. Jun 2007 at 01:04
I would certainly love to see a better picture of the Zombies Ate My Neighbors one...do you have the drawings for the other box or just this variant?
I was curious to know you opinion on something: do you think that Princess Tomato had any concept drawings for cover art, or do you think they just snapped a picture of clay models? I know it's a bit off topic, and somewhat random, but it just seems interesting that they didn't go the same route via a drawing. It would be neat if I knew someone that sculped well...that is one of my favorite games and I would love to have little replicas made of the characters on the box. |
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Title: Re: Original artwork Post by Buyatari on 16. Jun 2007 at 01:28
Here is a better Zombies picture sorry I don't have the other Zombies. I prefer this one but yeah it would nice to have them both.
I would guess that they used models for the PT box. Not every box was from a painting. Having the actual models would be very cool and I'm sure it wouldn't be difficult for a gifted artist to reproduce a set for you. |
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Title: Re: Original artwork Post by Buyatari on 16. Jun 2007 at 03:03
2 more for the NES
Crystalis and Castlequest Crap thats didn't work well. Have to try retaking these. |
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Title: Re: Original artwork Post by dangevin on 16. Jun 2007 at 04:30 Limbofunk wrote on 16. Jun 2007 at 01:04:
Hear hear :) I love this game too, but feel embarrassed to admit it! There's really no difficulty to it, but at least it's beatable without some sort of walkthrough/hint book unlike the kemco/seika first-person adventures of the same kind. Sure, throw that spider at the ghost, that will get rid of it... I'm assuming some of the cartoon art included within the game and manual was probably passed along as a concept for the cover, but deemed two "2-dimensional." At this point in the NES's lifespan (1991) production was at a fever pitch and NES's market share was immense, in order to stand out the developers probably felt they needed to go out on a limb and make something very different for the art. So they went all "gumby" on it. Certainly appealed to the target market as well, the same age group. "He's here...and he will be sure to stay...Gumby!" |
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Title: Re: Original artwork Post by Buyatari on 18. Jul 2007 at 03:30
some concept arts
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Title: Re: Original artwork Post by albailey on 18. Jul 2007 at 18:35
Its cool to see the differences between the artist concept and the final result.
I have a question about the concept art. In some cases it looks less crisp than the final box art (look at the Double Dragon writing). Is this because there was some additional involvement in setting up the printing dies, etc.. or is because this concept was simply that, a concept, which the video game company themselves modified/recreated/adapted into whatever final output format and look they wanted. I guess the reason I am asking is because I dont know the level of technology they had in the late 80s as far as layout and printing are concerned. I know that for Sudoku, my wife painted the initial artwork on some sort of material (I dont think its called a canvas when its a watercolor painting) that would fit in our flatbed scanner, and then I used photoshop to add the fonts, etc... But since my results involved a printer instead of a printing press, I'm sure there's differences. Al |
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Title: Re: Original artwork Post by Buyatari on 18. Jul 2007 at 19:41
It has to do with it being part of the thinking process. They put it on paper to get an idea what it will look like but yeah they are very rough compared to the finals.
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Title: Re: Original artwork Post by Widar on 19. Jul 2007 at 09:20
This is soo cool! I'm amazed over the quantity of these you get your hands on!
I'd love to see a bigger picture of the Crystalis art work! Good going! :) |
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Title: Re: Original artwork Post by Buyatari on 20. Jul 2007 at 17:28
Magician characters
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Title: Re: Original artwork Post by Widar on 21. Jul 2007 at 15:11
Ok, this is wierd. I dreamt about your stuff last night. You had them all up for show like artist do with their new work. THey looked amazing. I remember the Crystalis one especially casue it really was a LOT smaller than the other ones, just like on your pictures. ;D
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Title: Re: Original artwork Post by Buyatari on 21. Jul 2007 at 17:17
LOL thats funny.
Ok I dug these out just for you. M14 in the middle. You can get an idea of there size next to the NES system. |
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Title: Re: Original artwork Post by Widar on 23. Jul 2007 at 09:02
Wow! They're bigger than in thought! I'd love to have tha crystalis artwork on my wall. So cool!
Thanks for the pics. :) |
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Title: Re: Original artwork Post by NESaholic on 23. Jul 2007 at 23:18
Very nice stuff Adam, it amazes everytime again how much stuff you got.
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