T-Pac | 7,532 Graphics Team · Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 There's a common "challenge" among online art communities to make an ink-drawing for every day in the month of October. This year I will be creating my own interpretations of 8-bit character sprites. For the 31 days of October, I'll take a character sprite from an 8-bit video game and re-imagine it as a cartoon. Here's an example based on the NES Lode Runner sprite: Feel free to share your own ink-drawing character interpretations, or post a sprite you'd like to see me tackle. Happy October, VGS! -CasualCart 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,401 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Post an image of that dude for those uncultured swine who don't know what NES Lode Runner looks like. I sure can't imagine being one of the people who don't know what NES Lode Runner looks like. I sure didn't have to look it up, but just in case we have some NES newbies here I guess I can post it. So that's what he looks like, huh. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,401 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 I knew I'd seen this somewhere before. OK I'll stop ruining your amazing art thread now. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 I am definitely gonna be keeping up with this thread, super excited to see some more of your drawings! As far as sprites I'd like to see you tackle, you can obviously draw whatever your heart desires, but here's a couple that would be awesome to see you do: Legend of Zelda Link Legend of Zelda Ganon Castlevania Simon Belmont Seeing your interpretation of Shadow Link/Link's Shadow from Zelda II would also be pretty nifty While it looks like you're sticking with 8-bit sprites for Inktober, seeing your interpretations of 16-bit sprites sometime down the line would be pretty awesome as well. Richter Belmont from Castlevania: Dracula X and Rondo of Blood in particular would be awesome, since he's my childhood Belmont, and the one that introduced me to the series. Don't have to draw all (or any) of these if ya' don't want to, just trying to give you some ideas Either way, looking forward to it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptOut | 8,883 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 **High pitched whirring sound of MS paint cranking into operation** Bring it on. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glazball | 168 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Very cool, love your drawings @CasualCart! I think it would be fun to see these - not for any particular reason but they just seem like they would fun to draw: Chubby Cherub Kid Niki (or Little Ninja Brothers) Milon Athena Princess Tomato Kuros (Wizards & Warriors) Duke Togo (Golgo 13) Arthur (in his tighty whities) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makar | 1,946 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 This is cool! Do one of shovel knight! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart010 | 1,706 Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 20 hours ago, ZeldaFreak said: LOL.. It’s as if his legs are a stationary prop like in a magicians illusion show. His real legs are inside of there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,096 Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Little Samson! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhleo | 2,184 Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Gotta see what Wrecking Crew's Mario would like like drawn up nicely. That shlong-nose of his needs to be drawn in hi-fidelity damn it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptOut | 8,883 Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Well, seeing as I live in the future and it is OFFICIALLY Inktober 1st here in Taiwan, I figured I'd kick things off with my dramatic rendition of @CasualCart's origin story!!! Ever wonder how he got so good at art? Yeah, well, you're welcome world, my finest student! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,532 Graphics Team · Posted October 1, 2020 Author Share Posted October 1, 2020 Haha of course - @OptOut's mastery of color theory and photo-bashing is an inspiration to artists everywhere. -CasualCart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,532 Graphics Team · Posted October 1, 2020 Author Share Posted October 1, 2020 01 - Link [The Legend of Zelda] @ZeldaFreak - thanks for the suggestion. At first I wasn't going to do well-established characters since they're so iconic and they've been reimagined by so many people already, but I figured it would be a good challenge to try recreating Link as if I'd never seen anything but the NES sprite before. -CasualCart 11 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 55 minutes ago, CasualCart said: 01 - Link [The Legend of Zelda] @ZeldaFreak - thanks for the suggestion. At first I wasn't going to do well-established characters since they're so iconic and they've been reimagined by so many people already, but I figured it would be a good challenge to try recreating Link as if I'd never seen anything but the NES sprite before. -CasualCart Man, it'll always blow my mind that you can throw together drawings like this in a single day or less. I'm glad you came to that decision about well-known characters, you always add your own spin on characters in your drawings. I like those little aviator goggles he has, haha. Probably would be a good piece of kit for Link to have in his adventures honestly, eye protection is important 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostLevel83 | 85 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Goggles... purely style choice or call out to a future Link? Digging it either way. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeevan | 8,910 Events Helper · Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 2 hours ago, LostLevel83 said: Goggles... purely style choice or call out to a future Link? Digging it either way. Probably uses them when flying with the chicken/duck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray | 2,447 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Party hat Murray sez 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptOut | 8,883 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 No huge plans for Inktober 2nd... Me and @Jeevan jus gonna have a nice cosy evening in, couple bottles of red, tip dogs, Netflix and chill! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,532 Graphics Team · Posted October 2, 2020 Author Share Posted October 2, 2020 Haha I basically turned Link into a glorified garden-gnome and all you guys care about is the goggles? @Murray who is that character? It's so cool - did you make it? -CasualCart 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,532 Graphics Team · Posted October 2, 2020 Author Share Posted October 2, 2020 02 - Milon [Milon's Secret Castle] This was my favorite suggestion so far, @glazball. Milon's Secret Castle always draws me in with its neat graphics, but I usually give up playing after a few minutes because I have no idea what's going on... -CasualCart 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray | 2,447 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 53 minutes ago, CasualCart said: Haha I basically turned Link into a glorified garden-gnome and all you guys care about is the goggles? @Murray who is that character? It's so cool - did you make it? -CasualCart Si! He dejado en libertad los prisioneros y ahora vengo por ti! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray | 2,447 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 (edited) Haha can’t take credit for that one. It’s a sprite of the undead pirate captain LeChuck. One of the greatest video game villains of all time. Edited October 2, 2020 by Murray 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkTone | 984 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Would like to see from Devils world, Mr gimmick or Ufouria. Keep up the great art. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptOut | 8,883 Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 It's Inktober 3rd here in Taiwan, and in light of current events it's time to get politically relevant with a bit of biting, intelligent, and entirely non-derivative satire. So, here's a little picture I took during my summer internship at the penis pump factory in Wuhan. I was mainly there to goof around and crack wise, but they DID let me play with the penis pumps after hours, so that was fun! "Get well" soon, Mr. President! 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,532 Graphics Team · Posted October 3, 2020 Author Share Posted October 3, 2020 03 - Shovel Knight [Shovel Knight] Thanks for the suggestion, @Makar! I've never played Shovel Knight, but the sprite-work in that game looks killer. My rendition ended up being a bit too similar to the official design than I would have hoped, so I decided to mix things up with a more 'realistic' take as well. -CasualCart 12 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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