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CookBeck · Jun 26, 2015

Preview of the upcoming Shenmue print. This first Shenmue print is made by John Sweeney - lead concept artist on The Last of Us and Uncharted 4 - who took a super cinematic approach. He is also a massive Shenmue fan

We hope to release the print for purchase early next week as we want part of the proceeds to go to the Shenmue Kickstarter.

gunstarhero · Jun 26, 2015

CookBeck said:
Preview of the upcoming Shenmue print. This first Shenmue print is made by John Sweeney - lead concept artist on The Last of Us and Uncharted 4 - who took a super cinematic approach. He is also a massive Shenmue fan We hope to release the print for purchase early next week as we want part of the proceeds to go to the Shenmue Kickstarter.

Pretty awesome - is this going to be horizontal format like SoR was?

CookBeck · Jun 26, 2015

gunstarhero said:
Pretty awesome - is this going to be horizontal format like SoR was?

Thanks, I'm interested to see what the first reactions are

This will be a cinemascope orientation print. So long horizontal.

Ghost_Messiah · Jun 26, 2015

CookBeck said:
Preview of the upcoming Shenmue print. This first Shenmue print is made by John Sweeney - lead concept artist on The Last of Us and Uncharted 4 - who took a super cinematic approach. He is also a massive Shenmue fan We hope to release the print for purchase early next week as we want part of the proceeds to go to the Shenmue Kickstarter.

Beyond awesome of you guys to being doing this! Posted your update in the dedicated Shenmue 3 Kickstarter thread to give everyone the good news.

HORRORSHØW · Jun 26, 2015

CookBeck said:
Preview of the upcoming Shenmue print. This first Shenmue print is made by John Sweeney - lead concept artist on The Last of Us and Uncharted 4 - who took a super cinematic approach. He is also a massive Shenmue fan We hope to release the print for purchase early next week as we want part of the proceeds to go to the Shenmue Kickstarter.

oh wow. my gf went to school with this dude. awesome print.

oneida · Jun 26, 2015

shmoo lookin good. can't wait for its older brother.

Iceman · Jun 26, 2015

This Shenmue one is pretty great. And I am in love with the Phantasy Star print.

Booya_base · Jun 26, 2015

I just got my PS one framed and it looks utterly incredible - couldn't be happier. I'll post a photo up later.

indigo-cyclops · Jun 26, 2015

CookBeck said:
Preview of the upcoming Shenmue print. This first Shenmue print is made by John Sweeney - lead concept artist on The Last of Us and Uncharted 4 - who took a super cinematic approach. He is also a massive Shenmue fan We hope to release the print for purchase early next week as we want part of the proceeds to go to the Shenmue Kickstarter.

Don't take this the wrong way, but is that a photo? Or just hyperrealism? Looks legit tho.

Maligna · Jun 26, 2015

CookBeck said:
Preview of the upcoming Shenmue print. This first Shenmue print is made by John Sweeney - lead concept artist on The Last of Us and Uncharted 4 - who took a super cinematic approach. He is also a massive Shenmue fan We hope to release the print for purchase early next week as we want part of the proceeds to go to the Shenmue Kickstarter.

This is amazing of you.

IrishNinja · Jun 26, 2015

CookBeck said:
Preview of the upcoming Shenmue print. This first Shenmue print is made by John Sweeney - lead concept artist on The Last of Us and Uncharted 4 - who took a super cinematic approach. He is also a massive Shenmue fan We hope to release the print for purchase early next week as we want part of the proceeds to go to the Shenmue Kickstarter.

this is fucking gorgeous, how much

flozuki · Jun 26, 2015

IrishNinja said:
this is fucking gorgeous, how much

Where can I buy this???

CookBeck · Jun 26, 2015

Goes up next week at http://www.candb.com

I don't even know the final pricing and edition yet!

But I will confirm this over the weekend.

Jachaos · Jun 26, 2015

CookBeck said:
Preview of the upcoming Shenmue print. This first Shenmue print is made by John Sweeney - lead concept artist on The Last of Us and Uncharted 4 - who took a super cinematic approach. He is also a massive Shenmue fan We hope to release the print for purchase early next week as we want part of the proceeds to go to the Shenmue Kickstarter.

Wow, looks great. Thanks!

Elfforkusu · Jun 27, 2015

CookBeck said:
Preview of the upcoming Shenmue print. This first Shenmue print is made by John Sweeney - lead concept artist on The Last of Us and Uncharted 4 - who took a super cinematic approach. He is also a massive Shenmue fan We hope to release the print for purchase early next week as we want part of the proceeds to go to the Shenmue Kickstarter.

Yo, this is great.

Secret Fawful · Jun 27, 2015

CookBeck said:
Preview of the upcoming Shenmue print. This first Shenmue print is made by John Sweeney - lead concept artist on The Last of Us and Uncharted 4 - who took a super cinematic approach. He is also a massive Shenmue fan We hope to release the print for purchase early next week as we want part of the proceeds to go to the Shenmue Kickstarter.

This is stunning. Kinda inspiring too.

Tricky I Shadow · Jun 27, 2015

CookBeck said:
Preview of the upcoming Shenmue print. This first Shenmue print is made by John Sweeney - lead concept artist on The Last of Us and Uncharted 4 - who took a super cinematic approach. He is also a massive Shenmue fan We hope to release the print for purchase early next week as we want part of the proceeds to go to the Shenmue Kickstarter.

Fantastic!

zeopower6 · Jun 27, 2015

CookBeck said:
Preview of the upcoming Shenmue print. This first Shenmue print is made by John Sweeney - lead concept artist on The Last of Us and Uncharted 4 - who took a super cinematic approach. He is also a massive Shenmue fan We hope to release the print for purchase early next week as we want part of the proceeds to go to the Shenmue Kickstarter.

Woahhh, amazing! O_O

Is this modeled in 3D like the Jet Set Radio print? Looking at some of his work on his blog though, I'd guess that may not be the case, lol. So gorgeous.

Codiox · Jun 27, 2015

Jesus Christ, these looks awesome! Do they ship to germany too??

Edit: they ship from the netherlands?

Sogood.gif

CookBeck · Jun 27, 2015

The composition was made based on a photo shoot. And yes, we ship anywhere in the world

ShenmueDojo · Jun 28, 2015

CookBeck said:
The composition was made based on a photo shoot. And yes, we ship anywhere in the world

https://twitter.com/yu_suzuki_jp

Bar81 · Jun 28, 2015

That looks pretty amazing but not a Shenmue fan so going to pass. Where's Panzer Dragoon?

Tricky I Shadow · Jul 4, 2015

So....that Shenmue print...is it nearly ready to go? It could be the next big boost for the kick-starter.

Tricky I Shadow · Jul 6, 2015

Ryo Hazuki said:
Official SEGA Licensed / Shenmue Art Print by John Sweeney now available - All purchase proceeds before July 17th will go towards the Shenmue 3 Kickstarter!

GOGOGOGOGO!

Sanctuary · Jul 6, 2015

Other than Jet Set Radio and Streets of Rage, I'm not seeing how this is specifically "modern" art. Art like this existed in the 80s and 90s too.

CookBeck · Jul 6, 2015

One other picture to show that is print is made on an archival photographic paper. The other SEGA prints were on a matte paper but the photo paper just suits this image better.

CookBeck · Jul 6, 2015

Officially, it would be 'contemporary' art as modern art usually describes the post WOII movements

oneida · Jul 6, 2015

shmoo print looks great!

But I'm holding out for somethin' else~

sixteen-bit · Jul 6, 2015

oneida said:
shmoo print looks great!

But I'm holding out for somethin' else~

VF?

jay · Jul 6, 2015

No logo on this one so I think I am obligated to buy it.

oneida · Jul 6, 2015

sixteen-bit said:
VF?

:]

may also get Golden Axe

CookBeck · Jul 6, 2015

jay said:
No logo on this one so I think I am obligated to buy it.

Haha, yes. It was a coincidence though. The logo just would have detonated too much with the dark print. It is on the certificate though.

jay · Jul 6, 2015

CookBeck said:
Haha, yes. It was a coincidence though. The logo just would have detonated too much with the dark print. It is on the certificate though.

I am pretending it was for me. Print number 99 is now mine.

CookBeck · Jul 6, 2015

jay said:
I am pretending it was for me. Print number 99 is now mine.

Congrats, and thanks!

CookBeck · Jul 7, 2015

Fun new thing we did for those of you that are interested: We asked John if he would video capture the making of his Shenmue artwork. He shot a ton of photos on a trip to Japan recently and used all that (plus his friend as a model for Ryo) to create his Shenmue image. Anyway, his full process can be watched here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqcj4XIIkhs

sourc3d · Jul 8, 2015

I love the pure 80's ness of this digital painting inspired by Outrun from UK Artist 'Bones'. Details such as the license plates and checkpoint sign are nice touches, although the image would benefit from either the removal of the outrun text, or the inclusion of the official Outrun title logo.

http://artbybones.com/gallery.htm

There's a few other game related art works in his gallery so take a look.

McBradders · Jul 8, 2015

CookBeck said:
Glad you like 'em.

We are going to do project with other classic (SEGA) games as well. What game do we really need to tackle would you say? And if you know artists we should engage, let me know. Here is the whole set by the way. More at www.candb.com

Outrun and Gunstar Heroes. Would get both in a heartbeat.

Shaanyboi · Jul 8, 2015

I thought when people talk about 'modern art', it's supposed to be shitty and random abstractions that people defend by going "BUT HOW DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL?!"

These are neither. They're just fucking rad.

CookBeck · Jul 8, 2015

Outrun is impossible unfortunately because of the Ferrari's. You need to license the image rights for those separately. Or not include the Ferrari's

Tom_Cody · Jul 8, 2015

So beautiful.

sixteen-bit · Jul 8, 2015

sourc3d said:
I love the pure 80's ness of this digital painting inspired by Outrun from UK Artist 'Bones'. Details such as the license plates and checkpoint sign are nice touches, although the image would benefit from either the removal of the outrun text, or the inclusion of the official Outrun title logo.

http://artbybones.com/gallery.htm

There's a few other game related art works in his gallery so take a look.

I like this better.

http://arkotype.co/Project-Red-Head-Out-Run

CookBeck · Jul 8, 2015

Cool print, love the framing too but I would be nervous about Ferrari getting wind of this.

But I guess that is the case with a lot of tribute projects. Most of these things are small enough commercially for licencors not to take notice or make too much of a fuss about it. Or your design should be 'parody' in that case I think your always covered under creative law I believe.

CookBeck · Jul 8, 2015

I love this one by the same guy. Super Mario World 25th Anniversary. Really well done done.

sourc3d · Jul 9, 2015

CookBeck said:
Cool print, love the framing too but I would be nervous about Ferrari getting wind of this.

But I guess that is the case with a lot of tribute projects. Most of these things are small enough commercially for licencors not to take notice or make too much of a fuss about it. Or your design should be 'parody' in that case I think your always covered under creative law I believe.

Yeah with these stylised images as far as Ferrari licensing is concerned, there is no use of the prancing horse logo or Ferrari name, so basically its just a graphic that happens to look like a testarossa. No legal infringement there on any front.

Much like how Sega themselves removed Ferrari branding and changed the prancing horse on the car to a bird style logo on the recent 3DS Outrun remake, to get around the licensing issue.

Very difficult for them to legally restrict any of the visual design elements that make up the look of the car itself. Its how companies get away with selling body panels which can make an MR2 look like a 355 etc.

CookBeck · Jul 9, 2015

OK, for anyone who's been following this thread, I have some answers back from SEGA:

Panzer Dragoon is not an intellectual property (IP) that is fully owned by SEGA. There are multiple rights holders involved. I don't know who (could be Moebius even maybe?) so getting the license to do a print is tough unfortunately.

oneida · Jul 9, 2015

CookBeck said:
OK, for anyone who's been following this thread, I have some answers back from SEGA:

Panzer Dragoon is not an intellectual property (IP) that is fully owned by SEGA. There are multiple rights holders involved. I don't know who (could be Moebius even maybe?) so getting the license to do a print is tough unfortunately.

That explains a lot actually

Ampsicora · Jul 9, 2015

CookBeck said:
OK, for anyone who's been following this thread, I have some answers back from SEGA:

Panzer Dragoon is not an intellectual property (IP) that is fully owned by SEGA. There are multiple rights holders involved. I don't know who (could be Moebius even maybe?) so getting the license to do a print is tough unfortunately.

What?
Panzer Dragoon was made by Team Andromeda, which was a SEGA internal studio. How is possible? Also Moebius did only some art for the japanese box art, nothing more, PD is only inspired to Moebius. Is really, really, really strange.

CookBeck · Jul 9, 2015

I don't know. Was it maybe inspired by an existing story or comic book or other? Maybe the creators negotiated co-ownership at the time. The only thing SEGA could tell me was that there are many third-party owners.

Re: Moebius. French copyright law by the way makes it impossible for a visual artist to waive ownership of work created even in a work-for-hire situation. They have a very pro-artist system there.

sixteen-bit · Jul 9, 2015

CookBeck said:
I love this one by the same guy. Super Mario World 25th Anniversary. Really well done done.

kinda sexual imo

Ampsicora · Jul 9, 2015

CookBeck said:
I don't know. Was it maybe inspired by an existing story or comic book or other? Maybe the creators negotiated co-ownership at the time. The only thing SEGA could tell me was that there are many third-party owners.

Re: Moebius. French copyright law by the way makes it impossible for a visual artist to waive ownership of work created even in a work-for-hire situation. They have a very pro-artist system there.

Panzer Dragoon was heavily inspired by Arzak (or Arzach, Arzack etc... lol) made by Moebius in the 70's and we know that. We also know Moebius did some art for the box art, but the artist for the game was Manabu Kusunoki, at least for the first one.
Pretty interesting the SEGA response.

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