+ THE ARTIST: TSUCHIBAYASHI MAKOTO

Tsuchibayashi Makoto is mostly known for his work as a designer in videogames. In particular, he is famed for the designs for Devil May Cry and Shinobi, and the distinctiveness in his art and designs. Originally he worked for CAPCOM, but left after the making of Devil May Cry to become a freelance artist. He went on to design in the two Sega games, Shinobi and Kunoichi ("Nightshade" in English the English language release) upon returning to Capcom to work on the Sengoku BASARA ("Devil Kings" in the modified English language release) series.

   PAST CREDITED WORKS
The following is the Japanese titles of the games. The English titles are as followed:

Sengoku BASARA 2 (2006) - character designer
Sengoku BASARA / Devil Kings (2005) - character designer
Kunoichi / Nightshade (2003) - character designer
Shinobi (2002) - character designer
Devil May Cry (2001) - character designer
Rockman DASH / Rockman 64 / Rockman Legends (1997) - textures

 

   HOW WERE THE ILLUSTRATIONS "TRANSLATED" INTO CG?

One of the things I find interesting is how the character designs were interpreted into CG. Although Tsuchibayashi-san notes all the fine details in his designs seeing the images go from

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