5:19 PM EST: Sorry for the mess. Site’s currently going through some issues due to trying to add SSL, mainly with preview images in the GFX Generators. Weirdly enough the image generator itself seems to still make shots correctly.
update 7:21 PM EST: cooked up a workaround for image generator preview problems that I know about. Please leave a reply if you spot any other problems!
Offline issues kept me from being able to add more to the pre-April update from a few days ago like I planned, but I did manage to finish one more thing…
Marvel Super Heroes Vs. portraits: Iceman’s portrait based on the same Jim Lee card art as his X-Men CotA portrait, but redone from a scan I had from the magazine reprinting that art.
Of course added to the GFX Generators where I made the pic at the top of this post.
Illmosis.net got updated today with new black-and-white artwork of my character Nutroll, and it may get turned into a pixel art portrait here later!
It was just barely still April Fool’s day in the EST time zone when I finally got this uploaded, but I got it in under the wire! There will be multiple small updates through April, so stay tuned!
Pre-April Foolishness 2026
March 27th, 2026 by PrimeOp
This small update brings a few new things for the image generators ahead of April Fools’ Day and some newness to the toy section.
X-Men – Children of the Atom Vs. portraits: Beast and Cable (Jim Lee and Scott Williams). Beast’s was 100% redone even though it uses the same JL & SW art I used to make his custom MSH portrait.
GFX Generators: the new portraits were added to the generators.
Toyboss: Added quite a few shots of Jada Toys Akuma (that action figure was worth the wait), one of Vega and 3/4ths SFII Shadaloo group shot, and a few surprise pics. A “Sega (Jakks) gallery was finally added as I do more to sort these pics out before I start redoing how the section works. A specific pre-order I was hoping to work into this update didn’t happen yet, so I’ll have to wait on that one.
There’ll be a bit more added soon, either to this update or the all-new one for April 1st.
This year’s first update added my remake of the SMB2 Player Select stage as its own screenstyle to the main image generator, but I wanted to add something special today that’d work as background choices in the usual screenstyles (Group, Vs., MvC ending, etc.), and this tribute to Super Mario Bros. World 1-1 seems like the perfect choice. It’s a work-in-progress piece you may have seen earlier versions of in things I’ve posted before (like the Mar10 graphic I’d post on social media), but now there’s dithering in the sky shading, the ground was redone (drew one ground tile, made a flat repeating version, warped it with PSP X5, did additional work), drew a cloud and used that as a base for the bush in the pic, and finally drew the ?blocks. I have more plans for that background, so don’t be surprised if it’s updated later.
The game is being led by Mr. Din, beat-em-up community legend whose game brawling knowledge and skills have been proven time and time again, and you don’t get a special thanks in Streets of Rage 4 for nothing. He’s done a lot for the community and I hope other fans come through for his project. My pledge is already in there!
Arcade Quartermaster’s new shrines of the month are Guilty Gear XX Reload, Ninja Gaiden III (Playchoice-10), and The Crystal of Kings
Stay turned, there’ll be another small update in March, including another toy section update! Meanwhile, here’s one of those vague teasers I like to do to prove that I’m working on other things.
February 2026 wrap-up
February 27th, 2026 by PrimeOp
Consider this an add-on to the small update from a few weeks ago!
Custom Sprites – DC Comics: all-new sprite of classic Cyborg. I tried to get it as close to the original design of the late, great George Pérez, but there are parts that’ll probably cause issues when I try to animate it. If you like it, save it now, because I might cut down on some of those segment bands later.
His sprite was added to the main image generator, where I also added his “Thrusting Arms” word balloon to the Super Powers 176×192 screen option.
ToyBoss: I got the Marvel Legends Sentinels (Variant) two-pack of repaints, based on Konami’s X-Men coin-op game, and took a few pictures, including some specifically showing new paint details in the pack that aren’t in the original fast-selling release. This exclusive repaint two-pack is still available on Hasbro Pulse. If you’re trying to get free shipping in the U.S., a $17.49 item will get it just over the $75.
Hilariously, as I was wrapping up work on this post, I got my BigBadToyStore order with two sale-price Stormtrooper/Rebel Trooper packs and the long-awaited Akuma by Jada Toys, so it’s too late for me to get any pic other than this for today’s update.
I’ve also been working on the 2D and 3D versions of the toy aisle background, adding some MASK and Marvel Legends Gamerverse boxes, along with some surprises I’m saving for the next time you see the place on video.
Konami’s X-Men game, Data East’s arcade and NES versions of Captain America and the Avengers, and more will be part of the “Marvel MaXimum Collection”
Even for the games that I’m not a fan of, I’m looking forward to the extras in their galleries. Maybe we can get some more insight about the making of all these games.
The world has also been blessed with a new trailer for “He-Man & the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction,” filled with more Eternian pixels:
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