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Illustrator Lawrence Fletcher passed away last month according to his sister. He did many game illustrations from the late 80s to the mid 90s, especially for the US branch of Vic Tokai, starting with Clash at Demonhead.
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Some of the cover illustrations painted by comics artist Glenn Fabry (thread ⬇️)
Marvel Super Heroes War of the Gems
Captain America & the Avengers
The Incredible Hulk
Concept art / illustrations created by Makoto Tsuchibayashi / 土林誠 for the PS2 episode of Shinobi. Tsuchibayashi also worked as a character designer on Shinobi and its sequel - Nightshade - as well as on Devil May Cry, Vanquish and the Basara series.
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Note that Keigo Chimoto also served as a model for the basketball player in the background of this bonus stage from Street Fighter III: Third Strike.
Akira Yokoyama / 横山明 also illustrated a few PC-98 games in the 90s, some of which were later adapted for the PS1.
Senran
Sengoku Nobunagaden - Ge・Ten
Taikai Nobunagaden - Ge・Ten II
Hokkaidō Rensa Satsujin: Okhotsk ni Kiyu 98 (Login Disk & Book series)
Street Fighter V - Champion Edition illustration by Rockin' Jelly Bean:
Some of the manual illustrations created by Ryō Nakamura / 中村亮 for the Japanese version of Actraiser.
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2 Laserdisc games for MSX illustrated by Kunio Ando, with a "virtual reality grid" aesthetic typical of the mid-80s:
Nihonkai Daikaisen Umi Yukaba
Strike Mission
The temporary title screen for Sonic 2 was made in half a day for a game show. The final version (which was animated) was made in collaboration with the programmer who was responsible for entering the image coordinates.
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