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The running Sonic image is not the original art. Was just a high quality print that had been made from a transparency. Directly confirmed with Wray that he did each of those spot illustrations (4 total: standing Sonic, running Sonic, and two jumping sonics). Originals are all MIA and not with Wray

Shout out to whoever at Taito was a fan of Boris Vallejo I guess

Oh! I don't think I had seen this more crowded version of the poster before. I'm just used to the more simple poster which also got reused (maybe modified) for the NES game

I've always liked Michael Kaluta's art! It's a cool aesthetic, would have liked to see him do some video game work

I think you know it, but these two are Justin Sweet:

A man and a woman stand on a mound in the middle of ruined buildings, surrounded by ghouls.

A man shoots at a plane while running. In front of him, a dog runs. Behind him, silhouettes in a street.

Fallout 1 & 2 loading screens illustrated by Justin Sweet.
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Nice find! Justin Sweet is a great artist. I hadn't seen these before

Love getting to see some of your originals from the 90s! The SP cover art original looks great and has indeed held up well 😀

Recent images from a Capcom Exhibition in Tokyo have helped confirm that the European NES box arts for Mega Man 1 and 2 were by a Japanese artist (rather than someone in Europe); the artist's identity unfortunately continues to remain a mystery

Dev Madan (b. 1968) Dev Madan is an American illustrator with a career spanning over 35 years in the video game and comic book industries. Early career contributions included

OVGA has put together an extensive bio of Dev's game work, from in-game art for Taito out of art school, followed by a handful of roles with Humongous Entertainment, then his SNES box art for Square, and though his work on the Sly Cooper trilogy and onward originalvideogameart.com/index.php?/v...

If this FFIII image looks unfamiliar, that's because it was a “try out” study Dev executed to sell Square, who wanted FFIII to look visually different from Breath of Fire, on what he had in mind. While a “little too edgy” it showed Dev could deliver the kind of illustrated look Square wanted

Back in January, illustrator Dev Madan shared on Facebook that he had sold his original paintings for the Super Nintendo package and advertising art for Final Fantasy III (the U.S. release of Final Fantasy VI): www.facebook.com/share/p/1DQz...

Vs. Gumshoe clean artwork by Stephen Peringer for the Nintendo Vs. System flyers in North America. Image depicts a oversized man's foot stepping on chewing gum that's attached to a diamond next to other diamonds. Other elements can bee seen such as a car, a shark, a rhino, a flying insect, a plane crashing, and a detective in a yellow coat and some glasses running. The background features a gradient of blue turning to white.

Vs. Slalom clean artwork by Stephen Peringer for the Nintendo Vs. System flyers in North America. Image depicts a skier in red running down a snowy slope using an arcade machine as a ski with some red flags marking the course, and the finish line further on the background. A mountain range can be seen in the distance.

Two pieces of artwork by Stephen Peringer for the #Nintendo Vs. System flyers in North America with Vs. Gumshoe on the left and Vs. Slalom on the right. Usual upscale/clean/retouch process applied.

Of course, it's Fox's birthday, too! I've been lucky enough to do a few bits and bobs with Mr. McCloud over the years. The 1993 SP cel artwork is 33 years old, as well. It's still holding up with no yellowing or paint cracking.

Exciting stuff! Can't wait to dive it and see all you've uncovered. I've still got research I need to share so maybe I'll be able to add a few things alao 😀

That also sounds plausible! A little Easter egg that Michel could have asked to be included

I always assumed that the initials MA were for Michel Ancel, the game's creator

Rockman 1 Famicom art

Close-up of Wily Fortress

Rockman / Megaman original art at the Capcom Exhibition. Painted animation cels on art board (hard to capture!)

Rockman 2 / Megaman 2 original art at the Capcom Exhibition in Tokyo.

Rockman 2 / Megaman 2 original art close-up of Wily Castle

Rockman 2 / Megaman 2 original art close-up of robo-rabbit

Rockman 2 / Megaman 2 original art at the Capcom Exhibition in Tokyo. This was especially difficult to try to photograph without reflections, since it had at least 2 layers of animation cels on top of the background art board.

Black Tiger close-up

Black Tiger original art close-up

Black Tiger original art full piece. Sorry about the glass reflections!

Finally, for now, another close-up look at the texture of the acrylic on illustration board original artwork for Black Tiger/Black Dragon, at the Capcom expo/museum in Tokyo. Loving that glowing red brick work!

Interesting! Good catch on the credit on the back of the OST

I've also seen the box art credited to Peter Morawiec. Tony probably makes more sense, but how were you able to confirm this one?

@peachflavor3d.bsky.social, thanks to Dom's great research, it appears that Shinji Kubota is the artist for this Gunforce piece that we discussed a couple weeks back vgdensetsu.net/shinjikubota...

Box of the Japanese version of R-Type for Game Boy. In the foreground, the player's spaceship. In the background, one of the game's bosses.

R-Type for Game Boy illustrated by former Irem in-house artist Shinji Kubota / 窪田シンジ.
Note that this box art is actually made of 2 different illustrations.
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In case you were wondering: Kazuyuki Hoshino drew this Sonic held by the late David Rosen.
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Amano fans are a different breed!

This art appears on the back of the Atlas game Majin Tensei for the Super Famicom. While Kazuma Kaneko was the art director for the game, I'm not sure if he did the package illustration. The illo has also been credited to Yasuhiro Kagami but I understand that he may have only painted the horned head

Heh, gotta be NHL Stanley Cup, which was Nintendo published 😉

Ha, oh no! Now I'll always see that

Larry Jost is the artist for both of these images and luckily the paintings themselves haven't been lost and are collector owned. It's just the brochures that are so obscure! We are finalizing an OVGA bio for Larry Jost and are just working out a few last details like this