Topic: New Castlevania character designs by G.I.Joe artist Robert Atkins

[Jago]

Leon's up now. Just Dracula to go I think??

NO!!!!  You still have plenty to go:

John Morris
Eric Lecarde
Juste Belmont
Nathan Graves
Sonia Belmont
Soma Cruz
Shanoa
Christopher Belmont
Julius Belmont
Maria Renard
Hector
Other characters like Axe Armor, Succubus, Medusa, Mathias, etc.
etc

Would like to see lots more art from you, there are so many awesome characters in the CV universe.  Leon looks great BTW, like everything about him.

[rqatkins]

Hey all, thanks for swinging by my blog this last week. I hope you check out the last few Castlevania sketches in the next few days. Here is what I have so far, but check the blog for our descriptions of the characters and comments on the art process!
Death:

Sypha:

Grant:

Trevor

Simon and Skeleton Warriors

Richter

Leon

Cornell

Alucard from Dracula's Curse


Dracula!



I will have colored versions up shortly as well!

Here is the blog for updates
Robert Atkins Art
Thanks again

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

I like all of them but my least favorite is Grant.
There's something about the arm placement that bothers me quite a bit about it.
Perhaps after there is some coloring done to give the arms some depth I will like it more, but right now it just weirds me out.

Style-wise I am no longer accustomed to Alucard having such a hardened look.  I guess I've been conditioned too much by the later face designs.

Thanks for visiting the Forum!  I know Quinn for a while what with the Elders of the Runestone Facebook mailing list, so it's good to see an influx of new people, especially when they come and enrich the Castlevania world with art, music, etc.  Welcome!

[uzo]

Leon is really awesome, but he lost his naive look and identifiable facial structure.

[Chernabogue]

I really like the dynamism of the Leon one. The ink work on others is phenomenal! Great job, sir, keep on making great stuff!

[Dark Nemesis]

I do really love all of your stuff and i would rather have your sketches for official art, than the original, like Alucard or Leon for example!!!

[Chernabogue]

I love Dracula. AWESOME. Nothing more to say!

[Kingshango]

Im loving that Simon, hope to see more rendtitions of other Castlevania characters soon.

[Esco]

Wow, I am loving that Leon and Dracula sketch, Robert!  I wish artists with your skill level and an interest in Castlevania were more common, then maybe finding more sprite artists wouldn't be next to impossible. 

Hell, I consider myself extremely lucky that I actually have one very good sprite artist. Most people can't even find that. 

[quinnmjohnson]

I agree, I love the way he handled Dracula. Can't wait to see these all colored up by comic colorist Simon Gough!

[Draculas Curse]

These look great

[Las]

Wow dude that is impressive as hell. Especially lovin' the Sypha,Cornell and dracula ones. They are dead on to what i'd imagine they'd look portrait wise. Hell yeah man keep up the great work!

[rqatkins]

I will post these colors as they get done. Thanks for the kind words, and critiques as well. I know Im not the best artist out there, but this was a lot of fun and I try my best. There's always something more to work on to get better for next time.

Thanks again all!

[uzo]

That colored version really brings it all to a new life. Very impressive.

It invokes a dark and powerful image the series seems to be losing lately.

[Dark Nemesis]

That color image, reminds me Super Castlevania iv!!! I get wait to see the color versions of the rest!!!