Celebrating the debut of Marvel’s new Luke Cage series on Netflix by adding new sprites of Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Misty Knight, and…
Dammit, it ain’t about you today, Johnny! Anyway, all sprites are in the Marvel and Midway Custom Sprite sections, new minilogos and all of that has been added to the the fighter-size GFX Generator!
The first anniversary update was all gaming characters, but now it’s time give a few comic and toy license characters some love!
All sprites were added to the aforementioned GFX Generators (the old GroupShot and Vs generators). Wasp’s new sprite has slightly different colors than her 2011-2012 sprites, but I remade all her old palettes, because Jan’s gotta switch things up. Snake-Eyes’ new sprite also has multiple palettes.
Also: that Chun-Li pic I drew last month is now in the prints section of the site’s Shop page!
So we saw video game heroes yesterday and 80s nostalgia today, but things take a turn for the sinister tomorrow with an all-villain update!
Thanks the SDCC exclusive NECA figure sets for Konami-style Ninja Turtles, the new TMNT game developed by Platinum and the X-Men getting a new movie, it’s a pretty good time to be a mutant. That’s why this update is happening!
Custom Sprites:
TMNT – new sprites of all four turtles, an improved version of the Foot Soldier sprite from a few weeks ago and a new pose.
Marvel – improved versions of the Storm and Dazzler from the FCBD update and plus a new outfit for each in that same pose.
All new pixel art has been added to the GFX Generators. The Foot Soldier’s palette has been reworked so that the ’80s toy palette fits in, so it’s all one sprite now. You’ll also find a nice new screenstyle in the Group Maker generator.
Saturday is Free Comic Book Day and it’ll be a good time to support your local comic book shop! Remember: they have to pay for the free books you get, so please consider buying a few comics, too! I’ll be spending my FCBD at the Warren, Ohio location of All-American Comics (Facebook, GoogleMaps) selling prints, giving out free coloring pages and, really, just hanging out. This site is celebrating FCBD by throwing a lot of comic book sprites at you (and this site is free, too)!
Custom Sprites
Marvel Comics: Dazzler, Iron Man (Silver Centurion), She-Hulk and Storm
DC Comics: Aquaman, Bizarro (Silver Age), GL John Stewart, Plastic Man (celebrating his 75th anniversary this week), and Ultraman. Additions were made to the Superman Battle Hover (a.k.a. the Taito pose) gallery.
TMNT: Foot Soldier (Konami/cartoon and toy variants)
Mini-Logos
– DC Comics: Crime Syndicate, Plastic Man
– Marvel Comics: Dazzler
the new items were added to the V.1 Vs. and Group GFX Generators.
Story time: Ssomeone on Twitter posts a link to a Comics Alliance story about the five best Lex Luthor stories and I read it, partially because I’ll be making new Lex Luthor sprites this year. It was a good article, so I figured I’d check the sidebar for other recent stories. So imagine my surprise when I saw a link to this:
Comics Alliance’s Chris Sims posted a story about the Superman Taito pose sprites I’ve been making. Including a short story about the first time he saw the arcade game and how fans (myself included) kept wondering about a certain palette swap from the game. That game was special for a lot of comic book and video game fans of the 1980s, especially when we heard that John Williams Superman theme cut through the other sounds bouncing off the walls of the arcade. Thanks, Mr. Sims!
I’m still working on a commission, but I had time here and there to get some pixel work done. Check it out!
Custom Sprites: DC (Amanda Waller), Marvel (new scratch-made Black Panther, in a pose similar to the old sprite edit), Video System Co. (Glen from Karate Blazers)
Logos: Karate Blazers (ripped from tiles for accuracy with the black pixels)
Mini-Logos: DC (Amanda Waller), Marvel (Jean Grey), Video System Co. (Video System, Karate Blazers)
All applicable newness has been added to the GFX Generators.
I always feel like I’ve done a good job on a sprite if WizzyWhipitWonderful picks it to display during those CPS-2-style music tracks and this is no exception. Check out this new hype track done by WizzyWhipitWonderful (composed by Antoine Pickens of LiveWire Productions):
Be sure to subscribe to WWW’s YouTube channel for continued exposure to that sweet, sweet CPS-2 audio flavor!
My commission work should be finished some time in March (at the latest), so expect the next batch of newness then.
Here’s everything from the Avengers Assemble updates:
Custom Sprites
– Marvel: Absorbing Man (normal and iron), Ant-Man, Black Widow (two poses), the Falcon, the Hulk (classic savage), Iron Man (1st armor, 2nd armor and Hulkbuster v.1), Moonstone, Ms. Marvel (Danvers), Nebula, the Red Skull, Scarlet Witch, Thor, Titania, Ultron, the Wizard, Wonder Man (two outfits)
– Capcom: Black Widow (from Slam Masters)
– Superman Battle Hover pose: Wonderman (TV Funhouse)
Mini-Logos
– Marvel: Absorbing Man, Moonstone, Nebula, Titania, Ultron, Wonder Man, Wonder Man (TV Funhouse). Added today: Iron Man (ToS 39), Wizard
– Capcom: Black Widow – Ring of Destruction signature (added today)
– Television (new page): Wonderman (TV Funhouse)
Those custom sprites and mini-logos were added to the GFX Generators that use fighting game sprites.
Sprites – also added a few in-game items to the Captain America and the Avengers page.
That’s all the Avengers-related stuff I’ve posted in the past week to celebrate the new movie… that I still haven’t seen yet. There will be a small Mother’s Day update this weekend as the site goes back to doing game-related content!
Anyone in the mood for some 2-D avenging should check out the Avengers: United Battle Force game built on the OpenBoR engine. O Ilusionista crafted this mod with more Marvel goodness than you’d think was possible in a fan game.
Believe it or not, I had a brief cameo on local TV during the Free Comic Book Day event at All American Comics in Warren, Ohio and I was working on the line art for Absorbing Man, Titania and a few other sprites. Just look for the guy in the gray hat squinting at a piece of paper at around the :35 mark (though I show up a bit earlier than that).
I honestly didn’t know they were filming me until I looked up as the cameraman was about to leave. TOTAL CONCENTRATION.
This week-long thing wraps up today with two of the biggest sprites of this whole Avengers celebration and I hope they’re worth the wait.
All-new scratch-made sprites of the Incredible Hulk (classic) and Iron Man’s original Hulkbuster armor have been added to the Marvel custom sprites gallery and the GFX Generators.
5.) the Absorbing Man and Titania
4.) Black Widow, Black Widow, Wonder Man and Wonderman
3.) Nebula
2.) Iron Man Mk.1 and 2, Moonstone
1.) Ultron, Thor, Black Widow, Scarlet Witch, Wonder Man and many more
That wraps up this (almost) week-long Avengers celebration and I hope you comic fans enjoy the sprites, especially in the image generators. The whole Captain America and the Avengers beat ’em up cast is finally complete, though I know I’ll resprite some of those characters in the future. There will be more comic updates in the future, but it’s time for me to get back to the game-related content. In fact, you’ll see that in a small update this weekend. So soon? Yes. That soon.
He’s a magically-transforming career criminal who never changes his pants. She’s a former 98-pound weakling turned super-strong brickhouse with an outfit that’ll poke your eyes out. TOGETHER, THEY MAKE CRIMES.
Custom Sprites – Absorbing Man and Titania were added to the Marvel custom sprite gallery
Mini-Logos – Absorbing Man and Titania’s logos from comic covers have been added were added to the Marvel mini-logo page along wiht Thor’s original logo.
As always, the new items were added to the GFX Generators.
Here’s the earlier updates from the 2015 Avengers Assemble updates:
4.) Black Widow, Black Widow, Wonder Man and Wonderman
3.) Nebula
2.) Iron Man Mk.1 and 2, Moonstone
1.) Ultron, Thor, Black Widow, Scarlet Witch, Wonder Man and many more
One last mini-update drops tomorrow!
3.) Nebula
2.) Iron Man Mk.1 and 2, Moonstone
1.) Ultron, Thor, Scarlet Witch, Wonder Man and many more
Look, I know it’s May 4th (May the Fourth be with You and all that), but I’m in the middle of an Avengers-themed series of updates, so I’ll meet you half-way with a sprite (and mini-logo) for Nebula, the space pirate. That pose is based on her stance from Marvel Super Heroes: War of the Gems. I even made a mirrored version of her asymmetrical badness so she’ll look correct in both directions. As with the earlier updates, you’ll find her in the Marvel custom sprite gallery and the GFX Generators.
Previous Avengers Assemble 2015 updates:
2.) Iron Man Mk.1 and 2, Moonstone
1.) Ultron, Thor, Scarlet Witch, Wonder Man and many more