“You kept me in your glass; I was a pointless grain of sand being flipped over and over in your time.” ~Sakura, a letter to Al [cohol] #selfportraitist #kittyshouse #audrey
It’s the 31st Kaneko’s Crib Notes! And today is the 31st of October! That could only mean…
HAPPY, HAPPY HALLOWEEN, HALLOWEEN, HALLOWEEN!
HAPPY, HAPPY HALLOWEEN, KANEKO’S CRIB NOTES!
It’s time! It’s time! Time for the BIG GIVEAWAY! HALLOWEEN has come! All you lucky kids with Shin Megami Tensei games, gather ‘round your internet device and WATCH the big HALLOWEEN FOUR. That’s right, FOUR horrific Kaneko Cribs to choose from. They’re fun, they’re frightening, and they GLOW IN THE DARK*! WATCH the MAGIC CRIB. WATCH!
VAMPIRE:Might as well kick things off with a tried-and-true classic! Vampire, as he appears in SMTII, takes quite a few cues from Max Schreck’s legendary portrayal of Count Orlok in the 1922 classic Nosferatu,albeit adding a more exaggerated aspect to the costume and boasting a pose that one might label as “indescribably sassy”. Meanwhile, his original design attempts to capture some of the disconcerting charm of Schreck’s iconic performance.
WEREWOLF:Though he hasn’t seen much action since the heyday of the SNES, this erstwhile lycanthrope, apparently caught mid-transformation, has nevertheless left an indelible mark on the greater compendium. Kaneko’s spin is more The Monster SquadthanThe Wolf Man, ferociously bursting through his jacket but with mind enough to leave his jeans in immaculate condition.
AUDREY:Shin Megami Tensei IIhas a bevy of pop-culture references, but not only that, it makes very littleor no effort to mask their origins (see: the Betelgeuse link below). SMTII’s Audrey is one such obvious pull from the pop culture milieu of the late 80s/early 90s with Little Shop of Horrors’ giant, crooning, perpetually hungry man-eating plant Audrey II.
FRIDAY:This obscure design of chainsaw maniac Friday, from Megami Tensei II, couldn’t be anything but inspired by Jason Voorhees of Friday the 13th fame (particularly Part III, where he first dons the hockey mask) and maybe a little Leatherface thrown in for good measure. However, it may also be an oblique reference to the fact that Atlus developed the infamous LJN Friday the 13th NES game released in 1989, a year prior to Megami Tensei II. Truly horrifying!
Hits them with my DnDfication beam!! Here’s the character sheets for a huge illustration. Design notes and process for this as well as that big drawing are on my patreon! Changed their names a bit too lol
I needed to make a historical hero party for my dnd world so I stole my modern-setting human OCs and made them a dnd party! This was so much fun and I got to do really neat stuff with their subclasses! Keep an eye out for the final piece :>
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