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Title: Dave Rapoza is beast
Post by: TheouAegis on December 11, 2011, 02:02:21 AM
If you haven't heard of Dave Rapoza, let today be as good a day as any to hear of him for the first time, then. This guy's artistic skills are beast! Check out his site. Dig through all his artwork.

And check out this CV-inspired sprite (http://www.blogger.com/captcha?token=AM2hDkAiHAVap/Z6/v25oURK26zfynamt3LzYrb1rU/CvV3ctn4LQYSl2/ZUrGp8xmqvJ8Df0ShD110uebj7/CJUgOzZqkAXFHvydEPlHsnpqMPgPoB/MIEZfe38E0SHzK9L9NQ75CUS) he drew up just for shits and giggles.
Title: Re: Dave Rapoza is beast
Post by: VladCT on December 11, 2011, 05:45:50 AM
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Title: Re: Dave Rapoza is beast
Post by: TheouAegis on December 11, 2011, 01:51:42 PM
Aw, I wanted to link to a certain post on his blog. :(

His blogs take up all my virtual memory  :-\

His old WordPress blog: http://daverapoza.wordpress.com/ (http://daverapoza.wordpress.com/)
His new Blogger blog: http://daverapoza.blogspot.com/ (http://daverapoza.blogspot.com/)
His DeviantArt page: http://davidrapozaart.deviantart.com/gallery/ (http://davidrapozaart.deviantart.com/gallery/)

On the Blogger blog, I think it's about page 3, maybe page 5, he decided to try his hand at spriting using Castlevania as a reference.
Title: Re: Dave Rapoza is beast
Post by: Aridale on December 11, 2011, 03:19:31 PM
damn he is a beast. Damn amazing artist.
Title: Re: Dave Rapoza is beast
Post by: Dark Nemesis on December 11, 2011, 07:16:56 PM
Oh man.......this is so awesome!!!!
Title: Re: Dave Rapoza is beast
Post by: Esco on December 11, 2011, 10:40:13 PM
Are you referring to this: http://daverapoza.blogspot.com/2010/11/trying-new-stuff.html (http://daverapoza.blogspot.com/2010/11/trying-new-stuff.html)

It looks good for something WIP! I would love to see a hi-res castlevania!
Title: Re: Dave Rapoza is beast
Post by: X on December 12, 2011, 12:01:24 AM
His artistic interpretation of TMNT is quite stunning! I also liked the HE-Man villains too!
Title: Re: Dave Rapoza is beast
Post by: TheouAegis on December 12, 2011, 02:43:00 AM
Yeah it was his Trying New Stuff thread. For some reason I got a bad link out of it.

It was the TMNT stuff that led me to him. If you look through all his work, look at his training and stuff. Like, look at the Africans he drew. They freaking look like photographs!
Title: Re: Dave Rapoza is beast
Post by: Chernabogue on December 12, 2011, 05:28:40 AM
The TMNT stuff is amazingly good.
Title: Re: Dave Rapoza is beast
Post by: Donvermicelli on December 13, 2011, 12:53:58 AM
indeed this guy is a beast when it comes to art.
Title: Re: Dave Rapoza is beast
Post by: darkmanx_429 on December 14, 2011, 01:53:04 PM
Considering he drew his Castlevania inspired character sprite from scratch, that is amazing!
Title: Re: Dave Rapoza is beast
Post by: X on December 16, 2011, 03:45:50 PM
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Considering he drew his Castlevania inspired character sprite from scratch, that is amazing!

He's doing his like the other game companies would handle their high-res sprites: Sketch, pixelate, cleanup, color and done. I had always wondered how they did high-res spriting until I crossed a website that showed me how to do it. It was quite interesting to say the least.
Title: Re: Dave Rapoza is beast
Post by: Gunlord on December 17, 2011, 08:20:20 PM
Holy crap...I see he has some Dark Souls stuff on there. He...he wasn't an official artist for that, was he? O_O