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Published: 2014-11-16 22:48:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 28986; Favourites: 505; Downloads: 0
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This is a Castlevania final boss created for the November Spriting Contest at the Castlevania Dungeon Forums. In fact, the contest only asked for the sprite, but I decided to create the whole scene and concept behind it.The scene depicts the final battle between Julius Belmont and Count Dracula in 1999, where Dracula finally perished once and for all. This event is spoken about through hints in enemy descriptions and is described in detail in Dawn of Sorrow's library. Konami, however, never developed the game for this event, leaving it up for fans' imaginations.
About the image itself, this is the first time I mix digital art and pixel art.
Julius, Dracula, the red zombies, the impaled people, the sea, the HUD and the castle are all pixel art made through the old fashioned way. The moon, the clouds and the mountains are digital art, treated with color reduction and palette management to feel just like Konami-made Castlevania backgrounds feel.
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It might come to life, if only Konami would just listen to us and give us that game of the Demon Castle War of 1999 alongside a Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater Remaster, not make a Pachinko Cash Grab. Konami will never do anything good anymore.
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Stuff like this gets me excited and disappointed at the same time.
Anyway, good stuff there. I'd imagine Dracula's finalest form would involve bats and a lot of dead bodies involved. The scenery and lack of Alucard and friends makes it look like a different Castlevania though.
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Now this fitting for the climatic battle of one of greatest blood feuds in all of gaming. Awesome work.Β
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I see what you did with making Dracula's final FINAL form a sort of mythology gag:Β Dracula in the original Stoker novel can turn into a bat, a wolf, or take the form of mist.Β I see that you incorporated the first two into him.
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Now there's a look worthy of Dracula's swansong.
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Wow, this is truly amazing.
Plus. I swear the last time I saw this there was a whole description of an awesome battle, but I could be mistaken.
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There was, but I removed it lol
It wasn't interesting to have the commentator scroll through such a gigantic block of text to leave a comment. It kinda escaped the focus of the gallery
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I liked it so much I was hoping to come back and bask in the infomation.
But thats an equally-okay outlook on text, I suppose.
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Wow, amazing, I especially like the bat body part.
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Absolutely stunning. 0_0 Keep up the great work!
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This is how imagine the final battle:
www.deviantart.com/art/Julius-β¦
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You do commissions?
How much for two backgrounds (1200x900) ?
It's a 2D fight game for a personal project.
Thanks in advance.
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I do, but I don't work with pixel artworks on this size, mostly due to time constraints. Sorry
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This is a beautiful composition of a piece with the scene telling a story visually. Impressive.
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Hey, I recently made a chiptune song and I was browsing the internet looking for a picture that might go well with it, and yours looks amazing! do you mind if I use it? I'll be sure to give you full credit. Here's the songΒ www.beepbox.co/#5sbk2l02e0ctbaβ¦
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Alright, here's the finished video!Β www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARAn0Pβ¦
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Now I'd love so much to play this =O Honestly I've always been wanting to have a game focused on that final battle against Dracula... It's kinda sad we never got that game and probably never will (although I hope they go back to the main serie now that the Lords of Shadow alternate universe is finished for good, instead of rebooting it again)
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The final battle between the Belmont clan and the count...awesome!
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I really like it, but the use of stock photos lessens the final product.
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...Because it's "stock photos", or because it's badly done?
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As itΒ΄s said in pixel joint, theyΒ΄re "npa" (non pixel art).
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I was not intending to create a purist piece, from the beginning. So it doesn't really help me very much as I know that the piece is not entirelly composed of pixel art and it was not my intention to make it so (and I make it clear in the description, so I'm not fooling people).
I don't really think that mixing two formats imediatelly detracts from the piece regardless if it's done well or not, so it comes down to how skillfully or seamlessly the artist does it in my eyes, which is why I asked you if it's bad because "it's not pixel" or because it's done badly. If it's bad because "it's not pixel", then there is nowhere for me to grow since blending both is preciselly the piece's intention.
In any case, thanks for the input. Criticism is always nice and welcome.
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There's a lot I love about this, the SotN/RoB glows & touches, the colors and how you made the characters stand out, the zombies coming up from the ground, the little background details, yesss!! I had to download it just to zoom in and pick through all the little things in PS. Every time I look at it I find a new thing or two that I like, fantastic job on this! <3
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Except for the moon, I made it myself.
For the moon I used a real photo, but I edited large portions from it and removed another large portions just so it could look like what I wanted.
For the clouds, I had shading references from real pictures, and also for the mountains.
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Looks great and, from the description, very well though out!
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As a great fan of 2D Castlevanias I'm left speachless. Just wishing I could kill that gorgous bastard you drew. 
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