videogame things you think about a lot (Part 1)

dementia · October 26, 2021, 11:50am

this art style

Mikey · October 26, 2021, 4:22pm

Style is a generous way of saying it

vodselbt · October 26, 2021, 4:30pm

Always assumed this was the result of studying from those American books on How to Draw Anime you could find in your libraries.

alfred · October 26, 2021, 4:46pm

u_u · October 26, 2021, 8:36pm

i always assumed this particular hyper-specific style was just the same very busy artist? guess it could be a bunch of different people

there’s also stuff like this, a missing link?

rasterradio · October 26, 2021, 8:58pm

Nutshack-core

Broco · October 26, 2021, 8:59pm

That Samurai Spirits art is an actual, considered style, and it’s unironically good

The western GBA cover of River City Ransom is maybe trying to ape that sort of thing, but it winds up with an “aesthetic” more than a style. Specifically, early-2000s gamer webcomics. It’s ironically good

RT-55J · October 26, 2021, 9:33pm

Big fan of the Gunstar Heroes art. HAN (Tetsuhiko Kikuchi) has an impeccable grasp on those gangly, awkward forms, with every expression being distinct, precise, but not the least bit overwrought. Very deserving of the title COOL CHARACTER CREATOR

slime · October 27, 2021, 4:02am

games from the 80s should be public domain

boojiboy7 · October 27, 2021, 2:51pm

I always just view this “style” as a subset of early 00s webcomic.

daphaknee · October 27, 2021, 6:43pm

the famous stalker modder who tried to man who stole the sun in his own basement and died

https://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=155929

https://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=1118045

like i wonder what mad genius stuff hed be up to if he didnt die. also Cameron Sneed is an amazing name

Rudie · October 28, 2021, 12:21pm

This is actually the style I was asking about in quick questions. A Japanese or Asian version of this distinctly strange approximation of a style.

I just couldn’t think of where I’d seen it for reference.

ellaguro · October 29, 2021, 7:29pm

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this has become a personal meme for me. also i will not explain the context lol

daphaknee · October 30, 2021, 11:42pm

i jokingly described all mens media six months ago as 'men in suits with slicked back hair… somebody’s after someone… a man is important" because i was watching a lot of formulaic action movies, but then it started fitting all the games and movies and shit i was engaging with until finally the 25th ward just said it