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Well you all voted for a Castlevania art piece from me and here it is.

I wanted to keep it as close to the original NES game as possible but also flesh everything out so it would be more realistic. Because of that I used the NECA action figures as well as the original NES game sprites and levels as references and sort of mashed them up into what you see here.

With Simon I used his action figure and statue as the main references but based all the colors on the yellow and brown game sprite of Simon from the NES. The only thing I changed was I made him sort of a dirty strawberry blonde instead of straight up brown like the game sprite because all the original game booklets and box art for the games and his action figures are blonde.

With Dracula I combined his Symphony of the Night look with the original NES game sprite. I made him clean shaven since the first two or three NES games always had him clean shaven with grayish white or black hair. I went with grayish white since the game sprite has gray hair but added length to it since the original sprite looks like his hair is flowing off the side of his giant purple/pink head.

For the setting I did my take on the final level’s Castle Keep using screen caps of the original game level as well as some castle interiors from a Google Image search. Since the entire room is essentially all black I kept it as dark as possible but also tried to add some creepy elements to it. I wanted it to look more three dimensional, spacious and elongated like most every level in the game seems.

Finally I drew the action based one of the best strategies used in the actual game to defeat Dracula.

Thanks to everyone for voting.

Castlevania, Simon Belmont copyright Konami

Description

Well you all voted for a Castlevania art piece from me and here it is.

I wanted to keep it as close to the original NES game as possible but also flesh everything out so it would be more realistic. Because of that I used the NECA action figures as well as the original NES game sprites and levels as references and sort of mashed them up into what you see here.

With Simon I used his action figure and statue as the main references but based all the colors on the yellow and brown game sprite of Simon from the NES. The only thing I changed was I made him sort of a dirty strawberry blonde instead of straight up brown like the game sprite because all the original game booklets and box art for the games and his action figures are blonde.

With Dracula I combined his Symphony of the Night look with the original NES game sprite. I made him clean shaven since the first two or three NES games always had him clean shaven with grayish white or black hair. I went with grayish white since the game sprite has gray hair but added length to it since the original sprite looks like his hair is flowing off the side of his giant purple/pink head.

For the setting I did my take on the final level’s Castle Keep using screen caps of the original game level as well as some castle interiors from a Google Image search. Since the entire room is essentially all black I kept it as dark as possible but also tried to add some creepy elements to it. I wanted it to look more three dimensional, spacious and elongated like most every level in the game seems.

Finally I drew the action based one of the best strategies used in the actual game to defeat Dracula.

Thanks to everyone for voting.

Castlevania, Simon Belmont copyright Konami