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Date: 07/08/08 Size: 1300x757, 249kb Rating: 4.50 (2 votes) Hardware: Tablet Software: Photoshop
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Lightning Coronatus digital artwork by Marley Mcleay - Game Art
 
Artist's Comment
A tribute to one of my top 2 video game franchises "DARIUS"

by TAITO CORPORATION

for the un initiated this is a side scrolling shoot em up, video game..(ala R-Type, Thunder Force)


where as usual you fend off a horde of an entire army of nasty aliens


the difference being the creatures are all marine based..

I.E sharks, octopuses, sunfish and.... Seahorses :D

which is what i have depicted here. this is representative of the end of stage boss battles contained within, i love em.

There are many a Darius video game and some species such as this "Coronatus"..make regular re appearances in slightly different fashion.

Dark Coronatus- Darius Twin (snes)
Vermillion Coronatus- Darius Gaiden (saturn/arcade)
Lightning Coronatus- G-Darius (sony playstation/arcade)


a bit of a mix of all species here in this shot :).

MUSICALLY through out my time playing these games, i have never been disapointed, always so strange and beautiful and other worldy

which is why i am an official fan of the group "Zuntata"

TAITO's in house band.

references used for the "SilverHawk" and Coronatus

Marley
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Elisa Mayer
JPEG Jedi
5.00 Rating 11/24/08 - 03:00 PM (CST) [ Report Abuse ]
very cool.... you are very talented. Keep up the hard work!
Marley Mcleay
JPEG Jedi
07/20/08 - 02:13 AM (CDT) [ Report Abuse ]
Eeeh Dreaz :)..Thanks for the fab comment mate. yea tis a good crit about the detailing and such..I felt there was too much empty space in the end also and possibly could have had the addition of various fire power being flung around. in anycase the seahorse was the star of the show and i am happy with it..Seeing coronatus on the big screen would be bonza :D..it would be freaky...

cheers

Marley
Dreaz
4.00 Rating 07/15/08 - 12:09 AM (CDT) [ Report Abuse ]
looks cool. i love this over the top color sci fi art. I think the seahorse needs a bit more volume to get it to work a hundred percent. some more defined surface lines would have done the job. or if the head was turned a notch more to the right. but these are minor details... looks great man. keep it up. hope to see more of this. i think i'll try the style out as well some day.
a couple of years ago i would have hated this kind of sci fi art, but i have grown to love it. it would be sweet if a film was made with this kind of designs.

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