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Good stuff, SNK has always been excellent at making realistic depictions of their characters in their artwork.
wow this is really good. i was hoping i could find a better resolution of this picture of wolverine and ryu but its not even their
Ive seen his pics all over the place yet I didnt know they're all the same person. This guy's work is terrific. Can't believe one of his pics didnt make the cover of Mvc3
I'd have to say that the Tatsunoko piece is my favorite out of all of them.. But then again.. I do like Mai.. Oh, the choices to be my favorite.. Perhaps they can all be my favorite.. But then I feel like I'm cheating on one of them, Hahah. Great artwork from SNK.
I wish he finished the rest of the official MvC3 art.
Cool art, but the dudes he draws all look like George Clooney.
Hey Catalyst, do you play SSF IV on 360 or PS3? just wondering
On topic: nice pics. i always did like the anime style of artwork alot :)
BCR: BIONIC COMMANDO REARMED
The leads:
http://www.pixshock.net/pic_b/d282ce9...
Super Joe:
http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/i...
And Hitle....MASTER D!:
http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktu...
Capcom should not buy SNK... SNK needs to return to his former glory of KOF 98 and KOF 2002. Shinkiro is a great artist and SNK made a huge mistake by let him go.
Just look how horrible the art of KOF 13 is! that NONA do not even know how to draw and he thinks that his art is so cool when it is completely awful!.
The idea of a HD KOF was good but if you don't have a good artist it is useless and that is exactly what happened with KOF 12 and KOF 13.
I still dream with at less KOF 98 UM or KOF 2002 UM in HD or a new KOF with all the characters, HD graphics and the same fighting system that made KOF 2002 so good.
This dudes art work "SUCKS", yes you read that right. All his characters look the same, look at the eyes. Even the face can look the same on most characters. I'm sorry if your upset what i have said but this is my opinion. They have way better UDON artist then this guy, Capcom needs to stop using him.
UDON sucks. It's cool to see Japanese games that don't look like Saturday morning cartoons.
I'd say his best works are from SNK, though to be fair he's been there longer. They're all great, I really liked the BC rearmed. Spencer just looked funny.
I wouldn't mind if that happened as long as they kept some freedom in their works. SNK has done great things with such a smaller budget, they could use a financial hand.
@23,26,27
All the faces on characters don't look the same for all his art but a lot of it yeah. Also most japanese make most of there characters look the same by the face. Most western artist even make the majority of their female faces look the same, if you remove their hair most look the same.
I love Shinkiro art. I want to learn that kind of art style. Its so awesome.
@weaponx, doesn't all of jim lee's drawings look the same? doesn't all of john romita jr's drawings look the same? all of kinu nishimura (another one of capcom's illustrators who did artwork for SF3 2nd impact, cyberbots, and MVC1) art don't look the same? i can understand if you don't like his illustations, but every illustrator has a distinct style, and this is his. i will say that his early work shows influences of jack kirby tho.
#10, The writer of the article says the same thing:
"A common criticism about Shinkiro's mid career work is that all of his characters look the same. All of his male characters would seem to resemble certain hollywood stars, particularly George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Tom Cruise."
his style is very unique. you don't see anyone making illustrations like that. anyone who was ignorant of manga/anime would make the generalization of the whole medium that they don't like the art because they all look the same. even if you're not feelin' his art, you know it's his when you see it.
I like them all!