Reinbach
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Patreon Pin Up 4/12/21
🕑 Added 2021-04-12 14:31:35 +0000 UTCI haven't been able to do much retro game collecting lately, but this month I splurged on Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, and I've been having a blast going through it again after all these years. This here is my take on Charlotte Aulin, one of two main characters from that particular entry.
I wouldn't be surprised if many of my readers know the name Castlevania largely from the badass Netflix series. But that show wasn't the first time the franchise crossed paths with the anime style.
Originally Castlevania's artistic style was like a mashup of Conan the Barbarian comics and and the classic Universal monsters. The official artwork had a very painterly and western dark fantasy look overall. But more than once over the years, a new entry would be injected with a heavy dose of weeb. Portrait of Ruin was the first game where I felt like they really cranked the anime dial up to eleven, and this was after Rhondo of Blood, where you could play as a little girl in a pink dress who defeats Dracula by throwing doves and cats at him.
But in a weird way, it kind of worked? I don't blame purists for crying foul, as abandoning the gorgeous portraits designed by legendary artist Ayami Kojima in favor of a cheap-looking cartoon style is a tough sell on paper. But to me, the anime infused entries were the ones where your heroes had the most personality. In many Castlevania games, your character's entire profile can be summed up as "Fuckin' hates vampires. Whip owner." And that's fine, but by the time we were getting up to the ninth and tenth games in the series, I was ready for some variety.
In any case I hope you guys like the pin up. I'm trying to level up my light and shadows so l'd be happy to hear any feedback you have. Meanwhile have a good Monday!
Comments
Reinbach
I'd say the sisters may be pushing it even for me when it comes to obscurity lol, but you never know. And yeah I'm loving the game, it's harder than I remembered but it doesn't feel cheap. :)
Reinbach
She is admittedly pretty obscure! XD
Reinbach
Thanks!
Nikuthulhu
Oh man! I loved Portrait of Ruin. It was my favorite of the DS Castlevania games. Amazing gameplay, great story, and the team up mechanics were great! Any chance we can get some art of the two sisters from that game? Also, i like your use of shadow and shading. Great job!
Bob Fink
She's very sexy, even though I don't know who she is as I don't game anymore.
Jariah Synn
Monster be like "Why you in my water?!" Good piece.
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