SNES Shadowrun art day
Arrived today in the mail.
YES !
Free art book from the illustrator !
Book is signed plus bunch of freebies. Postcards and stickers.
Here is the entire haul.
Shadowrun painting by John Zeleznik.
Image as seen in a Shadowrun magazine advertisement.
Image as seen in the PAL Shadowrun pack in poster.
Image as seen on the artist's website.
YES !
Free art book from the illustrator !
Book is signed plus bunch of freebies. Postcards and stickers.
Here is the entire haul.
Shadowrun painting by John Zeleznik.
Image as seen in a Shadowrun magazine advertisement.
Image as seen in the PAL Shadowrun pack in poster.
Image as seen on the artist's website.
Comments
What a shame they covered up that great cleavage!
Ha !
I wondered who would be the first to notice that.
Bronty must be slipping in his old age.
Congrats Adam you sneaky bugger! You must have paid a decent amount for that one... I remember asking him about prices on shadowrun rpg paintings, didn't realize there were any snes ones left. He quoted around 6-7k I think (?) on each of the rpg ones.
John was a great guy to deal with. However, I had to show him the image and ask him if he had it. He didn't immediately recognize it as one related to a videogame. On top of the freebies he did work with me a little bit on the price.
-- EDIT --- here is how John recognized the image as the cover to the RPG book Neo-Anarchists' Guide to Real Life
I can only imagine how much some of the more popular game paintings go for like the iconic Mega Man cover.
What a great feeling it must be to own the original painting of a video game cover. Knowing that for every cartridge out there, you have the original art in your hands from which that label was copied from. I often wonder though if it's worth the $5k-$10k that they go for?
I can only imagine how much some of the more popular game paintings go for like the iconic Mega Man cover.
On one hand it is videogame memorabilia. You can appreciate it in the same way as you might a home run baseball hit during the World Series. These works are one of a kind videogame artifacts. This is the aspect that initially attracted me to these works.
However, once I had them in my hands it just clicked in a whole new way. The colors are brighter and many small details in the painting don't transfer in photographic images. With the right piece you really can lose yourself in the work. At these shows when I have displayed several pieces side by side I find it almost overwhelming to look at. The more I look at them the more I enjoy them.
Art is like nothing else I've ever collected. People will sometimes gasp out loud when I show them the right work in person. Sometimes it is because they have a personal connection to the game but not always. STG for SNES has some of the deepest brightest colors of any videogame illustration that I've ever seen. When I brought it to a Digital Press gathering a few years back everyone stopped at once. There was a collective gasp for air that I've never experienced in all my years of gaming. You just don't see that sort of reaction with prototype systems , a sealed Stadium Events or even an NWC cart.
I do enjoy many aspects of videogame collecting but if I had to give it all up to pick only one area of collecting it wouldn't be a hard choice.
very nice,congrats!:-)
but:
you wrote that this artwork was used on the snes PAL pack in poster.
this is not the case,the PAL version never had a poster.
the large poster with the 3 boxed games is the official american snes promotional poster which was never available for sale.
@austin532
he doesnt own the original cover artwork because this art was never used for the snes cover.
these are the 3 offical snes cover arts:
http://playingwithsuperpower.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/c4bd3-shadrun-scaled10001.jpg
@Buyatari
very nice,congrats!:-)
but:
you wrote that this artwork was used on the snes PAL pack in poster.
this is not the case,the PAL version never had a poster.
the large poster with the 3 boxed games is the official american snes promotional poster which was never available for sale.
@austin532
he doesnt own the original cover artwork because this art was never used for the snes cover.
these are the 3 offical snes cover arts:
http://playingwithsuperpower.com/...
Ahh ok thanks for the tip on the poster.
Seeing it in your photos it what set me of looking for it. I had not seen the poster prior to your post.
It was easy to recognize that t was illustrated by John Zeleznik. I had purchased videogame illustrations from him in the past and he said they were all gone. Just to be sure I showed him your picture and asked if he still had it. He did and from there you know the rest.
Is this a hard poster to track down? It would be nice to have the set.
What a great feeling it must be to own the original painting of a video game cover. Knowing that for every cartridge out there, you have the original art in your hands from which that label was copied from. I often wonder though if it's worth the $5k-$10k that they go for?
I can only imagine how much some of the more popular game paintings go for like the iconic Mega Man cover.
On one hand it is videogame memorabilia. You can appreciate it in the same way as you might a home run baseball hit during the World Series. These works are one of a kind videogame artifacts. This is the aspect that initially attracted me to these works.
However, once I had them in my hands it just clicked in a whole new way. The colors are brighter and many small details in the painting don't transfer in photographic images. With the right piece you really can lose yourself in the work. At these shows when I have displayed several pieces side by side I find it almost overwhelming to look at. The more I look at them the more I enjoy them.
Art is like nothing else I've ever collected. People will sometimes gasp out loud when I show them the right work in person. Sometimes it is because they have a personal connection to the game but not always. STG for SNES has some of the deepest brightest colors of any videogame illustration that I've ever seen. When I brought it to a Digital Press gathering a few years back everyone stopped at once. There was a collective gasp for air that I've never experienced in all my years of gaming. You just don't see that sort of reaction with prototype systems , a sealed Stadium Events or even an NWC cart.
I do enjoy many aspects of videogame collecting but if I had to give it all up to pick only one area of collecting it wouldn't be a hard choice.
That's well written. It was the same for me. I remember that first purchase of three pieces from you ten years ago and sitting there waiting for the package, thinking about how much I'd spent and what a colossal mistake it all was, and then I opened the package and literally one second into looking at the first piece (ten and stimpy time warp) I had a little inside voice go 'uh oh' because I knew I'd be going broke buying as many as I could. It's just not the same over the computer.
as far as I know,this artwork was used for the source book you already mentioned("Neo Anarchist Guide") in 1992 first and it was later (re)used by Data East for the large snes promo poster and for several advertisments.
so this art was NOT made for the snes version,it was just used again for it(with the censorship of course).
Zeleznik maybe knows the details.
by the way,the Sega Genesis cover art is also a "recycled" art.
the game was released in 1994 but the box-cover art was already used in 1990.
Sega cover art(1994):
https://r.mprd.se/media/images/39058-Shadowrun_(USA)-1456380080.jpg
original art(1990):
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51XPV1EJH-L._SX369_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
to be honest,I think this is a very rare poster,at least here in Europe.
Shadowrun for the snes is my favorite videogame ever since it was released in 1993 and since then,I am always looking for shadowrun snes stuff.
I have never seen another one in the past 24 years...
@Buyatari
as far as I know,this artwork was used for the source book you already mentioned("Neo Anarchist Guide") in 1992 first and it was later (re)used by Data East for the large snes promo poster and for several advertisments.
so this art was NOT made for the snes version,it was just used again for it
yeah that happened regularly. At least 5 - 10% of vintage game art didn't start out as game art but was used on a movie poster or whatever first.
At the end of the day, if its on the box/poster/ad, from my POV that's all that matters, although multiple use stuff can be more expensive if another pool of collectors are into it. For example, the art* to NES Robocop sold for $49,000 (it was right above or below 50k, can't recall) or something? at public auction because it was also used on the movie poster.
*I use the term "art" here loosely as it was a photograph with painted accents... like a photo that was lightly painted over kind of thing. You can kind of see below how it doesn't quite look like a photo and doesn't quite look like a painting.
@Intangir Of course I know that. I was just saying in general. Even if it's not the boxart it's still nice to have something that was used in multiple magazines or a poster.
Basically what Photoshop is today. Taking a picture and cleaning up the rough parts.
@Intangir Of course I know that. I was just saying in general. Even if it's not the boxart it's still nice to have something that was used in multiple magazines or a poster.
I've never seen the Robocop piece in person so I can't comment. This is a Gargoyles ad where the artist (Greg Winters) painted on top of a photographic image.
Here is a close up showing more detail.
From what I remember of the auction description on the robocop, photoshop is a good analogy. I'll see if I can dig it up
back to Shadowrun:
I really like the japanese comic-style artwork.it was made especially for the japanese version of the game(box and manual) and for japanese promo stuff.
I uploaded some pics here a few weeks ago:
http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=174671
and more detailed pics here:
https://assemblergames.com/threads/sporefrog08-chaos-collection-a-little-bit-of-everything.56629/page-5
the Robocop pic looks very cool but the Gargoyles Quest one is a masterpiece imo.
back to Shadowrun:
I really like the japanese comic-style artwork.it was made especially for the japanese version of the game(box and manual) and for japanese promo stuff.
I uploaded some pics here a few weeks ago:
http://nintendoage.com/forum/mess...
and more detailed pics here:
https://assemblergames.com/threads
I'll pass on all of them and take the Pac man in the same pic.
If you want printed copies of the poster you could email Reg Sulipa, he just sold one for thirty bucks and they stock a ton offbeat stuff so I'm sure he will get more from time to time if he doesn't have more right now. His dad is Doug Sulipa whom I've ordered comics from before and recommend highly. They are in Manitoba where land is super cheap so they can hoard all kinds of stuff at a low cost of storage. I suppose by the time you pay shipping it's 50 bucks which is a lot for a poster, but still.
http://vi.raptor.ebaydesc.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemDescV4&item=192203578909&category=82498&pm=1&ds=0&t=1503109591501&cspheader=1
What a great feeling it must be to own the original painting of a video game cover. Knowing that for every cartridge out there, you have the original art in your hands from which that label was copied from. I often wonder though if it's worth the $5k-$10k that they go for?
I can only imagine how much some of the more popular game paintings go for like the iconic Mega Man cover.
On one hand it is videogame memorabilia. You can appreciate it in the same way as you might a home run baseball hit during the World Series. These works are one of a kind videogame artifacts. This is the aspect that initially attracted me to these works.
However, once I had them in my hands it just clicked in a whole new way. The colors are brighter and many small details in the painting don't transfer in photographic images. With the right piece you really can lose yourself in the work. At these shows when I have displayed several pieces side by side I find it almost overwhelming to look at. The more I look at them the more I enjoy them.
Art is like nothing else I've ever collected. People will sometimes gasp out loud when I show them the right work in person. Sometimes it is because they have a personal connection to the game but not always. STG for SNES has some of the deepest brightest colors of any videogame illustration that I've ever seen. When I brought it to a Digital Press gathering a few years back everyone stopped at once. There was a collective gasp for air that I've never experienced in all my years of gaming. You just don't see that sort of reaction with prototype systems , a sealed Stadium Events or even an NWC cart.
I do enjoy many aspects of videogame collecting but if I had to give it all up to pick only one area of collecting it wouldn't be a hard choice.
That's well written. It was the same for me. I remember that first purchase of three pieces from you ten years ago and sitting there waiting for the package, thinking about how much I'd spent and what a colossal mistake it all was, and then I opened the package and literally one second into looking at the first piece (ten and stimpy time warp) I had a little inside voice go 'uh oh' because I knew I'd be going broke buying as many as I could. It's just not the same over the computer.
"Colossal mistake". I laughed at this because that's what my brother had me thinking. Then after seeing mine, he goes and buys three lol.
Basically what Photoshop is today. Taking a picture and cleaning up the rough parts.
@Intangir Of course I know that. I was just saying in general. Even if it's not the boxart it's still nice to have something that was used in multiple magazines or a poster.
I've never seen the Robocop piece in person so I can't comment. This is a Gargoyles ad where the artist (Greg Winters) painted on top of a photographic image.
Here is a close up showing more detail.
Yeah, I like this one! But yeah, like Dan said, the Pacman off to the side is much better.
Originally posted by: mydogsrule
Originally posted by: Buyatari
I've never seen the Robocop piece in person so I can't comment. This is a Gargoyles ad where the artist (Greg Winters) painted on top of a photographic image.
Here is a close up showing more detail.
Yeah, I like this one! But yeah, like Dan said, the Pacman off to the side is much better.
It is all your fault you know. Pacman is there on top because you wanted to see it !
Well ok not all your fault. I welcome the excuse to pull it out and look at it every now and then.
Time now to put it back in storage,
Originally posted by: mydogsrule
"Colossal mistake". I laughed at this because that's what my brother had me thinking. Then after seeing mine, he goes and buys three lol.
You better catch up.
Can't have your brother beat you at your own game !
Originally posted by: mydogsrule
Originally posted by: Buyatari
I've never seen the Robocop piece in person so I can't comment. This is a Gargoyles ad where the artist (Greg Winters) painted on top of a photographic image.
Here is a close up showing more detail.
Yeah, I like this one! But yeah, like Dan said, the Pacman off to the side is much better.
It is all your fault you know. Pacman is there on top because you wanted to see it !
Well ok not all your fault. I welcome the excuse to pull it out and look at it every now and then.
Time now to put it back in storage,
For a piece I will never own, I enjoyed seeing it very much!! Now if only I had a ton of original art that it required a piece like Pacman to be put in storage haha.