Unique Timesplitters 2 Artwork

http://www.gamespydaily.com/news/scr...ts.asp?id=4020

Gamespy has some interesting artwork from the artists working on Timesplitters 2. It's very wacky and not at all what I would expect from the game, guess they're just havin' some fun with the character designs.

http://www.gamespydaily.com/screenshots/4020/5.jpg

http://www.gamespydaily.com/screenshots/4020/4.jpg

http://www.gamespydaily.com/screenshots/4020/3s.jpg

http://www.gamespydaily.com/screenshots/4020/2.jpg

http://www.gamespydaily.com/screenshots/4020/1.jpg

I dig it.

Very stylish.

Game Spy has some great artists.

I've been visiting them for a bit over 2 and a half years now. :D

Good stuff. I approve. :)

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Originally posted by Captain Vegetable
Game Spy has some great artists.

I've been visiting them for a bit over 2 and a half years now. :D

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They do, but these are Eidos' artists. :)

Pretty kewl :p

What I wouldn't give to see cel-shaded representations of these character designs replace the current TS character designs in game...

*DROOLS*

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Originally posted by Black Arts Viper
What I wouldn't give to see cel-shaded representations of these character designs replace the current TS character designs in game...

*DROOLS*

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That's a new one... a cel-shaded FPS game would certainly be interesting. And I agree, the current TS2 models are "meh" to me...

I'm glad to see I'm not alone in my dislike of TS's character designs. They all looked like rather drab, uninspired and anorexic entities to me...TS is a decent game, but it's a bit of a let down artistically.

I'd been wondering about what could be done to inject originality into the FPS genre one day, and I came upon the idea of a cel-shaded FPS. It could be interesting artistically and atmospherically, especially if based on appropriate licensed material.(Punisher or Frank Miller material, any one?)

Yep, the TS models look very anorexic, their necks are abnormally long and arms and legs are long too. It's a very strange style because I'm used to the id software "muscle-bound" character designs.

A comic-themed FPS cel-shaded shooter would kick a lot of ass!

And how. ^_^ I hope someone in the game development community is listening in on this conversation...heheheh.

Some French (or maybe German) company is working on a cell shaded FPS I believe.

It's based off of a comic if I remember correctly.

I thought the character designs in Time Splitters were kinda cool. I haven't played the game, but I almost want to just to see how they look in game.

This looks very much like Carlos Meglia's work. He's not an Eidos house artist, he's a very popular Mexican comic book artist who started working in US comics about 2 or 3 years ago. Looks like he was comissioned for the project.

His best-known work in the US... he created the comic "Cybersix" whose animated series had a short-lived run on Fox Kids, he did a Crimson one-shot, teamed up with Scott Lobdell for the miniseries "Monster World", and pencilled Dark Horse's Superman/Tarzan miniseries in addition to some monthly Superman work.

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A comic-themed FPS cel-shaded shooter would kick a lot of ass!

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XIII is on it's way, based on a very popular French comic series. Hopefully the game'll do well over here so as to prompt the comic it's based on make it across the pond.

Very interesting news...thanks, Kidnemo. ;)

Oh, I forgot to add... if you think this looks "very Danger Girl-ish", check your freakin' eyesight. That's about as close as calling the color red "green-ish".

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Originally posted by Bacon McShig
Oh, I forgot to add... if you think this looks "very Danger Girl-ish", check your freakin' eyesight. That's about as close as calling the color red "green-ish".

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Hey give me a break, I no longer give a damn about the comic industry and to me, the colors look very similar to what J. Scott Campbell's artwork in PSM looked like. I know the character designs themselves do not remotely look like Danger Girl. Whatever...