Adventure Island and Fantasy Zone

Sweet awesomeness, who else remembers Adventure Island? I especially remember seeing it in the arcade when I was little, then repeatedly renting Adventure Island II for the NES. Really hard game if you ask me. I haven't finished it before (without save states), but then again, i really haven't tried in years...

So out of the blue I feel like drawing some Master Higgins. Rockin! He came out rather nicely... and just yesterday they release a new Adventure Island game for WiiWare... how cool could that be?

I'm thinkin of adding some dinosaurs in the pic, cuz they were always a favorite part for me...

Since i'm feelin' retro, just last night I sat down and doodled out some Fantasy Zone action!

NOTE: WITHOUT REFERENCE...

I think I like how it's turning out so far, but going back to the internet today to look for references, I came across this picture...

Now, if I had finished it like it was, the resemblance would have been pretty close... Even the posing of the little Opa-Opa is very similar, with the jet trails curving back.

The similarity is almost creepy... maybe i'm channeling 1980's japanese game artists?

Undercity

Prot Warrior Slaybelle and Shadow Priest Lindblum rest for a bit in one of the Undercity's many alcoves.

This was drawn and inked by my girlfriend/fiancee, and I got to do the colors for it. Fun times, and I like how it turned out. :)

Ice Man (No, not Top Gun)

Ice Man! Tried to make him look cold while still going for the bright Capcom official colors. :D

Even Mega-er Monday Night

Okay, so from start to finish Mega Man took around 2 hours once I got him into photoshop. Prep time was probably 10-15 minutes tightening the sketch and pre-shading it.

I was recording the whole process at the time, and would probably have been faster if I hadn't been recording and if i'd used any of my Photoshop Actions, but i'm extremely pleased with the way it turned out.  Dedicated to my special someone. <3

Mega Monday

Hey hey, got to really workin on some Mega Man bosses last night.
Kinda sorta planning how I want the effects/shading/lighting to go as i'm laying all the flats. FUN

As with all the Bomber Blueprints, there will be no outlines in the finished pieces.

Gemini Man! Now this dude's gonna be AAAAWWesome when i'm done. SHINY SHINY. Always liked this guy. Mega Man 3 = love.

Little ol' Ice Man is a chilly parka-bot. Don't sit too close to Elec Man or he'll melt your face off...

Ring Man in da houze. He'll have quite a bit of shine to those rings, but the rest of him will have a slightly matte finish to the metal so the rings seem even shinier.

Gawd, his color scheme is even more schizo than Napalm Man's... Still working on it. You can see where I haven't gotten his neck or collar thing done yet.

I'll post more when I get them flatted/finished. :)

Update Tiemz!!

Been kinda slow on the art lately, but here's an update.


Working on another one of Dapper Dan's Bomber Blueprints pics. This one's obviously Bomb Man. I'm thinking I may do several bosses up to the flats before I start shading them, giving me a chunk to work on instead of starting fresh with each one. We'll see. I'm liking how he's coming out.


This is coming along nicely as well. Still needs more.


Also, little Olimar.

Posting

Attempting to post some art tonight. Mainly sketches and pencils, but I'll post a teaser for the Pikmin piece i'm doing.