These guys:
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This first DK control panel art may not be the same guy as the others, or his style may have just evolved.
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Neo or Frog, any idea or links?
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These guys:
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This first DK control panel art may not be the same guy as the others, or his style may have just evolved.
Click for full size
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Neo or Frog, any idea or links?
I was wondering this for ages and I think Miyamoto at least did some, if not all of them. In this "Iwata asks" they mention him doing the art for Punch-Out!! http://us.wii.com/iwata_asks/punchout/vol1_page1.jsp and I read somewhere else that he did some cabinet art in his early days. Donkey Kong characters were based on his sketches and use similar art styles (like the cross teeth).
I don't think these are Miyamoto. If this is an example of his drawing at the time he couldn't have done the cabinet art. He did the original drawings of the characters, sure, but this side art has to be someone else.
In that case it looks like he's trying to simplify to make it work with graphics limitations of the time. This sketch here of DK is more like the cabinet. http://www.miyamotoshrine.com/kong/hist/dk.shtml
That's true, but it's still not quite there for me. The Mario Bros art in particular is pretty mature, specific stuff. This dude must be found!
The more I look at these screens beside each other, the more it looks like multiple artists were involved but who knows. I'm also reminded at how much Nintendo loves to ignore its arcade history. It was the arcades and Game & Watch that made me such a big Nintendo fan before the NES came out.
Similarly, this has always been my favorite Mario Bros. artwork:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...Bros_front.jpg
Finding this kind of information definitively can be almost impossible. Even finding out, say, who programmed Donkey Kong is protected trade secret at this point.
I've always wanted to know who did the artwork for the original arcade Punch Out games, as the guy has a pretty distinctive style, but I could never find out for sure. I think it's Makoto Wada, but I'm not sure.
Huh, never knew that Miyamoto was responsible for Rare's Donkey Kong. I guess that explains why he is less retarded looking than all of Rare's other characters.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeoZeedeater