Topic: I could swear I saw this before

[uzo]

I did a double take on this one.

[Ahasverus]

For me is just a coincidence....  :

[crisis]

Is that He-man or Conan?

[Alutwon]

Ummm I dont see a whip

[Aridale]

In Reply To #3

Neither yet both at the same time

[Profbeanburrito]

Kind of reminds me of something off a Magic: The Gathering card, or maybe from Heavy Metal...

[Ahasverus]

Please guys, Uzo is reffering to this:

Now you understand? 

[Profbeanburrito]

I was pretty certain everybody already knew that.

As far as my earlier comment goes, I just think it looks like something from one of those two.

[Ahasverus]

Oh, sorry 

[PFG9000]

Nice find, Uzo.  I was thinking it was just a coincidence, with all the Conan art out there.  But if you look closely at the ripples in the muscles and the shadowing on the back, it's just too similar.

And don't forget the Simon's Quest artwork's likeness to that Ravenloft novel (or whatever it was), or the Metal Gear/Kyle Reese and Contra/Schwartzenegger & Stallone ripoffs.  It's not like Konami never ripped off their artwork before.

[A n t r a x x]

I would say it's changed enough, and that Castlevania definitely got the better end result 

Both pics are cool, though.

[Blue Cheese]

That is Frank Frazetta's work. the man pretty much invented what epic, warriors are meant to look like so yeah. This homage almost borders on plagiarism!

God I love this guy's art...

[Super Waffle]

Castlevania didn't invent the "heroic pose with Big Bad's giant head imposed on the background" model.  You're really pulling this.