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Title: Any backstory intention with this Alucard artwork?
Post by: VampirehunterB on March 29, 2012, 04:44:34 PM: Does anyone know if this art was supposed to belong to any game but remained unreleased? maybe CoD?

(http://i40.tinypic.com/33ol5vr.jpg)
Title: Re: Any backstory intention with this Alucard artwork?
Post by: BullockDS on March 29, 2012, 05:32:30 PM: My info's probably wrong, but from what I've heard, this was an early Kojima design for Symphony of the Night Alucard.
Title: Re: Any backstory intention with this Alucard artwork?
Post by: uzo on March 29, 2012, 05:36:35 PM: If I'm not mistaken its a prototype sketch for SotN.
Title: Re: Any backstory intention with this Alucard artwork?
Post by: darkmanx_429 on March 29, 2012, 08:09:12 PM: Quote from: vampiroldurusucu on March 29, 2012, 04:44:34 PM
Does anyone know if this art was supposed to belong to any game but remained unreleased? maybe CoD?

(http://i40.tinypic.com/33ol5vr.jpg)
where did you even find that..?
Title: Re: Any backstory intention with this Alucard artwork?
Post by: KaZudra on March 29, 2012, 09:12:35 PM: That should be Cv3 era Alucard, that is a badass looking Alucard
Title: Re: Any backstory intention with this Alucard artwork?
Post by: Mystic Myotis on March 29, 2012, 09:51:33 PM: That sketch was included in an art book of Ayami Kojima's work.
Title: Re: Any backstory intention with this Alucard artwork?
Post by: VampirehunterB on March 30, 2012, 09:22:44 AM: Quote from: Kamui Zero on March 29, 2012, 09:12:35 PM
That should be Cv3 era Alucard, that is a badass looking Alucard

agree on that!
Title: Re: Any backstory intention with this Alucard artwork?
Post by: darkmanx_429 on March 31, 2012, 07:15:33 PM: Quote from: Gaawa-chan on March 29, 2012, 09:51:33 PM
That sketch was included in an art book of Ayami Kojima's work.
Hell of a "Sketch!"
Title: Re: Any backstory intention with this Alucard artwork?
Post by: Mystic Myotis on April 02, 2012, 06:17:11 PM: Quote from: darkmanx_429 on March 31, 2012, 07:15:33 PM
Hell of a "Sketch!"

I tend to call works that don't have backgrounds sketches... not sure why. Just a weird habit of mine.
Title: Re: Any backstory intention with this Alucard artwork?
Post by: Lumi Kløvstad on April 04, 2012, 12:48:26 AM: Needs officialness status upgrade.
Title: Re: Any backstory intention with this Alucard artwork?
Post by: X on April 04, 2012, 10:02:58 AM: To me it looks like Alucard isn't wearing any pants behind those tall boots and longcoat... That's just so wrong on so many levels :P I'm glade the Alucard in SotN was the final decision.
Title: Re: Any backstory intention with this Alucard artwork?
Post by: Crimson_Curse on April 04, 2012, 03:14:15 PM: His boots actually look alike the ones in the official:
(http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/27900000/Alucard-metallica1147-27913614-467-599.jpg)
Title: Re: Any backstory intention with this Alucard artwork?
Post by: VampirehunterB on April 04, 2012, 05:12:30 PM: Yeah, I love that she added the lapels on the boots, makes him even more aristocratic.
Title: Re: Any backstory intention with this Alucard artwork?
Post by: beingthehero on April 04, 2012, 05:30:45 PM: Pretty sure he's just wearing white types in the concept art.

But yeah, Kojima's artbooks tend to showcase her CV concept art.

(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee35/beingthehero/Rough_05.jpg?t=1322842407)

(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee35/beingthehero/simon-concept.jpg?t=1322842327)

Prototype sketches for Simon.

(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee35/beingthehero/justeconcept.jpg)

Juste with reddish hair.

I totally dig her blonde-haired Simon. I can only speculate, but i imagine she was told to go with a more radical design to differentiate between the original X68k sprite and an Arranged version.