Wednesday, May 4, 2011
My tribute to Sega's Shinobi
Ninjas have always been some of my favorite characters since childhood, Sega's Shinobi being my all time favorite. I have always wanted to design one but was never satisfied with my results. A while back I actually got serious and went through several iterations and finally got something I am happy with. I toyed with weapons other then swords (I still gave him one, but my ninjas main weapons are bombs) and designed my ninja around the idea of flinging sticky bombs. I really like the idea of moving swiftly and planting bombs on various things, living or not O_O. In the the end what makes my ninja mine, is his helmet and bomb approach. I know bombs have been used by ninjas in previous media before, but sticky bombs or attached bombs is the main kick my assassin has. I would love to design a game after this guy.
I did the final in one shot with ink pen and painted it digitally.
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Shinobi inspired indeed, but i really like how it turned out!
ReplyDeleteNice work Vic! Makes me want to play Shinobi again. Your description of sticky bomb throwing reminds me of Silent Bomber on the Playstation.
ReplyDeleteHey Jeremy,
ReplyDeleteYeah, I would be lying if I said that Silent bomber didn't play a role in inspiring me and I do give credit where credit is due. Let me know if you need anything.