Anyone know who the artist was for Konami's US Box Arts in the early 90's?

austin532austin532
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Just curious if anyone knows the name of the person who did most of the US Konami box arts from like 89-94. All of these have an epic look to them and are some of the best looking box arts ever. Games like:



Castlevania III

Super Castlevania IV

Castlevania Bloodlines

Castlevania II Belmont's Revenge

Super C

Operation C

Contra III

Contra Force

Contra Hard Corps

Rollergames

TMNT IV

TMNT Tournament Fighters

Monster in my Pocket

Sunset Riders

Mission Impossible



They all have the same art style and would like to know who did these. I can't seem to find anything about it.

Comments

  • pegboypegboy
    I'm sure Bronty will know, he has a bunch of that artwork.
  • KAMIKAWAKAMIKAWA
    Originally posted by: pegboy



    I'm sure Bronty will know, he has a bunch of that artwork.



    Yup.  Paging Bronty!

     
  • CMRCMR
    Bronty is a lie! This is the most unknown thing ever. Seriously though, if someone can answer this it would make my day. I've been trying forever to find out who this artist was. I even emailed Konami's HR department once (or twice).
  • austin532austin532
    Seriously, I can't believe there is absolutely nothing out there about this person. Someone must know.
  • QuazeQuaze
    I thought Bob Wakelin and Ayami Kojima did a lot of this box art?
  • CMRCMR
    They both did several Konami covers. I think Wakelin even did the original Contra box art, but the artist for the box art mentioned above has a different style. It's more painterly with heavy brush strokes. I don't think it would be Wakelin unless he suddenly completely changed his style. It's possible but not really plausible. Most artists tend to stick with the same style, varying it only slightly as they get better and develop more skills on top of what they already know.
  • austin532austin532
    Anyone have any luck yet?
  • AirVillainAirVillain
    http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=7&threadid=154507



    Should be in this movie right here (whenever it comes out)...
  • PyreUSAPyreUSA
    Originally posted by: austin532



    Anyone have any luck yet?



    We'll cover it in "Box Art - A Gaming Documentary." You'll have to wait just a little bit longer to find out. We'll be listing our participants in the new year as we march towards our Kickstarter in May.



    Cheers!

     
  • AaronEAaronE
    Several sources say Michael Dooney did the artwork for TMNT III

    He also did the artwork for TMNT 1 which was the cover art from the comic TMNT Volume 1 #4 2nd printing.
  • CMRCMR
    Originally posted by: PyreUSA

     
    Originally posted by: austin532



    Anyone have any luck yet?



    We'll cover it in "Box Art - A Gaming Documentary." You'll have to wait just a little bit longer to find out. We'll be listing our participants in the new year as we march towards our Kickstarter in May.



    Cheers!

     

    Awesome, that is definitely a must see..  While we're on this subject, does anyone know any artist that did artwork for the broderbund nes games?



     
  • austin532austin532
    Originally posted by: AaronE



    Several sources say Michael Dooney did the artwork for TMNT III

    He also did the artwork for TMNT 1 which was the cover art from the comic TMNT Volume 1 #4 2nd printing.



    I think that's right. The other box arts are definately the other unknown artist.

     
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