combustocrat

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Vandal Lee. pixel slinger. wannabe artist. possible werewolf?

CvS2 has few official examples of metal, so this ain't exactly accurate, but that's fine. got it out of my system
Remember when the boss of CFAS was just a silhouette on an arcade flyer and some vague descriptions from randos at loketests? samesies. appropriately next to Cody Death from Streetwise. and the Fatal Spike test, which i also assumed was lost forever!
trying to find a look for a character 1000% visually inspired by Blight from Batman Beyond
aside from the heavy shadows and rim lighting, not a lot has changed from the source image aside from his head. quick-o shenanigans
KoFXIII Andy, weird colors that clash on purpose for step 4, resize, forced palette via indexing, proper-ish colors, minal cleanup/color correction. passable, but far from perfect. which was the goal, i think? blend in with CvS2 sprites without being a slave to accuracy.
featuring both the simplified CFJ/SFA3M look and the slightly more intricate CFAS original
all of the unifinished things! some hi-res Shades of Manhattan, a pre-SFV Lucia, V from DMCV, and a quick conversion of a traceover of Juri from SSFIV! also, a planned Chrono Trigger visual overhaul that didn't go far.
Nuclear Throne, but double resolution!
ingrid and d.d., based on a blurry CFAS magazine scan screenshot