Topic: Artwork Question concerning PoR

[Mach 7]

We all know that the anime design change in castlevania
affected many, including myself. I just wanted to ask if

Ayami Kojima(The character designer for AoS, and SotN) made any earlier design on PoR before it was changed into anime.

The only things that i found were on the website linking to this forum, and im not sure if thier were fan-made or early sketches. Here are the links:

Charlotte Aulin: http://castlevania.classicgaming.gamespy.com/Images/Scans/PoR/pic_02.jpg

Jonathan Morris:
http://castlevania.classicgaming.gamespy.com/Images/Scans/PoR/pic_01.jpg

can anyone confirm if these images are the actual art from Ayami Kojima? help will be appreciated!
 

[A n t r a x x]

In Reply To #1

wow those're way better than what we got in the end

I actually like the characters in THOSE pics.

Charlotte looks smart, and Jonathan looks tough. Would fit their skillsets better.

Instead we got two little annoying wonder twins 

[Mach 7]

In Reply To #2

Yeah i know  what a shame  , but the thing is, is the artwork shown on the links authentic?

If they were, I would be glad that's what they would originaly look like, and at the same time become extremely pissed by the fact that the artwork used to create those pics weren't even used! due to konami wanting "Younger audiences!!"

So again, are those pics authentic?

Here is link to the website, where i got the links to the pics:

http://castlevania.classicgaming.gamespy.com/Games/por.html

Note: there are other pics listed as well

[Long John Silver]

they're just contributed drawings after the game was released, so they're like fanart.

[CVfan13]

In Reply To #4

Really? Cause they look so official.

[Alexc2808]

They ARE NOT fan art.  They are official artwork done by artists contracted by konami.  There is a lot more here...
http://www.vgmuseum.com/mrp/multi/officialart3.htm#oos

[Long John Silver]

so? i didn't say that they *ARE* fanart. lrn2read nubcake :

they weren't done by the game's artist but were contributions by other people who weren't part of the team after the game was long out on the shelves

i was replying to #3 who thought that art was done before the game's release, but got replaced by the shit we got in the game

[le052383]

so? i didn't say that they *ARE* fanart. lrn2read nubcake :

they weren't done by the game's artist but were contributions by other people who weren't part of the team after the game was long out on the shelves

i was replying to #3 who thought that art was done before the game's release, but got replaced by the shit we got in the game

Serio is right. These were promotional art done by other konami artists around the time the game was released.

[Alexc2808]

They are no less official than any art from the box, or manual.

[Long John Silver]

which still doesn't change the fact that it wasn't made by the team, so it would never be used in the game in any way, which was what #3 asked and i replied to :

[Alexc2808]

In Reply To #10
They asked if it was authentic.

[Long John Silver]

I would be glad that's what they would originaly look like, and at the same time become extremely pissed by the fact that the artwork used to create those pics weren't even used! due to konami wanting "Younger audiences!!"

i meant this

[Alexc2808]

In Reply To #12
That is not asking a question.  The question was... "Are those pics authentic?"

[Long John Silver]

"oh man, if those are official, why didn't konami use them instead of that kiddy shit?"

is the question i answered

answer being "because they weren't made by the official artist of the game"

[Alexc2808]

In Reply To #14
Ahhh.... you were answering an un-asked question.  My B.