Part 106: Bonus Material: Concept Art Bonanza
What an art dump I'll of shit I'd been sitting on but keep forgetting to add? 'course you do!Serge:
Serge Concept Art - Actually used in-game in the Game Over screen. I ought to post that one of these days.
"My thumbs down was a twofold response-a sign of derision at being called a silent hero and a signal of my complete understanding of the mission orders."
Pictured above: Serge stoned out of his gord. Pictured below: Serge - angry drunk.
A few early Serge character sketches.
Kid:
Kid's Portrait Artwork - She's one of the few characters that doesn't just use their main character art as a portrait too.
Kid with a bad sunburn art.
Near final Kid sketch - All that is left is to make that skirt about five inches shorter.
Alternate color scheme for Kid - Before she decided bright red was definitely the way to go for being a thief.
Alternate Kid design - In some bizarro dimension where she was 95% less slutty dressed.
Early Kid sketches - Slightly more in-line with her Radical Dreamers' design.
Slightly more hoboish Kid design. She appears to be wearing plastic bags for shoes.
Lynx:
Drafts of Lynx striking a pose and coping a feel.
Lynx just loves hugs with old friends.
Early, significantly less (and more) cat-like designs for Lynx.
Miscellaneous characters:
The late Pierre.
NeoFio rocking a mean wedgie. Practicing vile tentacle techniques.
Draggy's dead eyes stalk its prey.
Sneff: Still hoboing it up a notch.
Pip the Pokémon.
Some alternate Guile designs from back when he actually mattered worth a damn to the plot.
A rather ugly ass early Harle design.
Korcha: Now featuring a loin cloth. Hey...it's a step up from a Speedo.
Early Fargo rockin' a beard and Cloud Strife's hairdo.
Leena:
Norris: Actually wearing a jacket which fits him.
Alternate, far more samurai looking early Radius designs.
Sneff: Ugly as sin even in early development.
Proto-Van featuring an even stupider looking hat.
Unused Enemies:
Harpy-like creature.
A cousin of the weird, ugly later evolved Metroids.
Oh, Japan...
Unused Characters:
Yes, despite having a clusterfuck final total of 45 characters, the original designs included 65 in total. Here's some left on the cutting room floor:
Apparently, this was some robotic puppet type guy that you could swap-out parts to change his weapons and stats. Couldn't have any crazy unique traits like that. Axe.
A baker's daughter fighting with the mighty baguette of legend.
Goddamn ninjas are in everything. They're as bad as zombies.
A few more mermaid type folk. Umlauts optional.
Generic von Animegirl
And the winner for worst haircut goes to...