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Line Art: Joe NgPaints: Roberto Campus
In the spirit of our older Shooters cover piece , Gamepro magazine asked us to illustrate a brand new cover image for their August 2007 issue.
This time it's a combination of Metroid, Assassin's Creed and Metal Gear Solid. Enjoy!
Characters copyright © Nintendo/UbiSoft/Konami
Gamepro Magazine ©2006 IDG Entertainment
Image copyright © UDON Entertainment
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I would have too agree with Valkyrie1981... now being totally professional and a huge fan of Udon art... this almost looks "last minute - slapped together".
Snake looks like a toy. His face is even plasticy. Assassin looks like a mix of realism/3D and the rest 1tint-1shade airbrush, and Samus is in an unproprtionate stance for a woman in a suit (although the pose rocks, but if it was just a robot). Then, they don't even fit well into the background. The whole thing is well done, but in separation. Almost like clipart.
You guys do great work and I KNOW that you are busy with all you have on your plate. But these things can make or break your fan base.
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Samus could be better. By the way, nice pic ^^
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this is the list of games that I must have 
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should have put MC instead of assassins creed guy so that you had one character from each console exclusive. =\
and something looks wrong with samus' hips.
none the less, better than anything ive done.
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Wow, that is impressive. Might have to pick up this issue.
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I dont mean to sound like a bitch, but Snakes body porportions look off
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true.. his right handz seemz need 2 be longer.. n the assasin right hand also .. kinda wierd.. but ye guyz r pro i know fer sure .. the detailz ye've put r awesome as alwayz..
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what a bad ass cover, amazing job
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Wow you guys have skills. Great work as always from Udon!
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While I like the concept, as these three came from very anticipated games, I think the cover could have been better.
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holy cow so it was u guys who did that cover?!?! i read it yesterday too!
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The anatomy's a little screwy (as others have said before: short arms, everyone is clenching their over-sized fists as tightly as possible for some reason) and the poses aren't as dynamic and engaging as they could be (some movement would have helped).
Samus and Snake practically melt into the background-it will only be worse when there's a bunch of text littering the cover. Also, the two light sources are confusing; it's outdoors, and they don't seem to stay too consistent between the characters (e.g. Snake seems closer to Altair's light source, but is instead using Samus'
Altair's blade is incorrect, something I'm sure the developers of the game will notice immediately (considering how hard they've been working on the project) and not appreciate, as it's incorrect information before the game is released, sort of like false advertising or something.
The only thing really spot on is the CG-ing. It's really awesome, and even the slightest details, like the texture of Altair's boots, are recognized. Overall, however, I'm afraid that, in professional standards, this really isn't up to par. Next time, I hope you do a bit more research in terms of reference material, and I hope you don't make correct anatomy take the back seat to pretty painting, because once it's all said and done, even inexperienced eyes will look at it and wonder why things look just a little bit off.
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Yeah I agree with UbiSoft kind of feeling insulted that one of the key things here with the Altair, is totally on the wrong spot. Art Director should pay a lot more attention to whats going on.
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i dont really like the character lineart but it still is amazing i really like it...cept for the lineart...i dunno it just doesn't look right to me. maybe its the poses.
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Super Sweet Cover!!!
O.k., i'm getting it now that the guy from Assassins Creed is its own character...but does it seem odd how it almost looks like The Prince from Prince of Persia???
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Excellent CG. Colours are very nice the painting's very detailed. Only thing I can I'd like to point out is the thief dude's hand, it looks like he has 4 fingers and Snake's hand makes his arm look too short. Other than that, great job!
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He actually purposefully removed his ring finger on that hand in order to become an Assassin. It's intentional and part of the video game's story.
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Oh ok, didn't know that. I'm having a hard time seeing where his finger was though lol.
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oh, and see the little blade poking out of his fist? That wouldn't be able to extend out of the mechanism attached to his forearm if he still had all of his fingers.
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The "thief dude" is supposed to have 4 fingers. One of them got chopped off during a sort of "initiation ritual" to enter the order of assassins, hence Assassin's Creed.
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The most unlikely yet coolest team ever, past, present... ish, future
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This is really awesome! But just to be a bit of a crit, they look a bit cartooned compared to the original artwork, especially Dark Samus, who is a bit more exaggerated than usual O.o. But it's still awesome.
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ZOMFGF
Assassin's Creed!!!
*HUGS YOU GUYS*
Awesome work done!!!
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once again your work amazes me, but being the gamer that I am, I must point out that Big Boss's eyepatch is on the wrong side.
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Very nice!! I've been watching E3 on G4 and all three of these games looks very promising!
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This is freaking amazing!!!! I love MGS and Metroid and Im so hyped about Assasins Creed. Wow you guys are so good.
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I've seen better stuff from you guys...
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I don't know if someone already said it but Aldair's blade is wrong, it's under his wrist not above it.... that's the whole reason assassins cut their ring finger off......there is no need to do that if the blade is up top.....or am I seeing it wrong and his arm is turned?
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No bro... you are correct. I left a statement about how they can lose fan base with so many errors in an image. It almost looks slapped together. They don't even fit well in the BG.
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Ha ha, you beat me to it. I noticed that right away, too.
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yeah.. arm are short.. and Dark Samus? she sorta bubly looking.. and i think regular samus wouldve been the better choice...
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assassins and snakes arms are too short, other than that awesome!
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I liked the other cover you made, but this cover is really lovely!
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