‘God of War’ art director reimagines ‘Super Smash Bros.’ characters in hyper-realistic form

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Samus Aran #SmashBrosRemastered #2020 ——- Here is the first one of a series of Smash Bros characters I’m working on! Let me know who is you favorite! Also, here is a sneak peek of the next one! Any guesses? #metroid #samus #smashbrosultimate #smashbros #nintendo #nintendoswitch #sculpting #conceptart #sculpting #characterdesign

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Link 🗡 . Second character of the #smashbrosremastered series! Swipe left for more and a sneak peek of the next one! I’m making it too easy to guess 🙂 Having a lot of fun with these quick ones! I have a long way to go still. . 🇧🇷 Segundo personagem da série de #smashbrosultimate . Arrasta pro lado para ver outros e um pouco do próximo! Qual seu personagem favorito ?? . #zelda #link #nintendo #supersmashbros #breathofthewild #nintenderoseninstagram #nintendoswitch #nintendomag #ninstagram

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🦊 #doabarrelroll #starfox One more to the Smash Bros Remastered series. Swipe left to the previous ones and a sneak peek of the next character! Getting a little harder to guess.. (not really) Hope you like it! I’m having a lot of fun! Let me know if you have any questions. I’ll post shots of the sculpts on another post soon 👌🏼 🇧🇷 Mais um pra série do smash! Arrasta pro lado pra ver os outros e um teaser do proximo personagem! Tá ficando mais difícil de adivinhar.. sqn

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"Bowser, King of the Koopas" 🍄 Adding one more to the Smash Bros lineup! Swipe left to see the sculpt and all the way to the left to guess who the next character will be! 🇧🇷Mais um personagem pra série! Arrasta pro lado pra ver a escultura e qual será o próximo personagem!

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Banana slamma! 🍌 #donkeykong #supersmashbrosultimate #nintendo

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🐒 Having some fun with the little guy! #diddyKong #donkeykong #nintendo #supersmashbrosultimate

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King K. Rool 🐊 This one really brings back memories to me. DK was one of the games that I remember playing with my bro non stop growing up. Swipe to the last image to see who the next character will be! #donkeykong #nintendo #supersmashbros #kingkrool

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Ridley 👿 We got to the mark of 10th character of the series. Thank you all very much for the support and everyone that shared the work with friends! I’ll probably do 10 more before I’m done, there are still so many characters that I always wanted to do, so stick with me 👍🏻 . 🇧🇷 Chegamos na marca de 10 personagens para a série. Obrigado a todos que compartilharam durante essas 2 semanas. Provavelmente irei fazer mais 10 antes de parar com a série, ainda tem muitos personagens que eu sempre quis fazer então espero que curtem 👍🏻 #Ridley #Metroid #smashbrosultimate #nintendo

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🍄 Yoshi 🦖 Swipe left for a video showing a bit more of the sculpting process. 10 minutes compressed into one ☝️ Visit my website to find tutorials on how to do this 👍🏻

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⚡️Pikachu ⚡️ I’ll give you something cute today because the next one is going to be a little bit more ugly 😏 #pikachu #pokemon #smashbrosultimate

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👑 Dedede ⭐️ . #kirby #dedede #kingdedede #supersmashbrosultimate #nintendo

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Dark Samus 🌑 . Swipe to see all the characters so far >> This the 18th character for the series! Still having lots of fun with it. For those who are new these are quick 3d sketches done in ZBrush that I turn into concept pieces in photoshop. . #metroid #supersmashbros #nintendoswitch #samus #darksamus #characterdesign #sketch #artprocess

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Ganon ⚔️ Link . #zelda #ganondorf #nintendo #nintendoswitch #supersmashbros #link #characterdesign #conceptart #sketchbook

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Wario 🗯 The troll master is here! Swipe left for all the characters I made for the series so far. Thanks for hanging in there if you were waiting for more Smash art, I’ll most likely be hitting the more famous ones this round of characters. Let me know if you have any favorites! . #smashbrosultimate #nintendo #wario #troll

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🍄 “Luigi Intensifies” . Thanks to every single one who is following the series and thanks for sharing with friends! I’m having a blast making it. You can probably guess who is coming tomorrow 😊 Let me know if you have a favorite! I have a list with 6 characters left for this round I want to make sure yours is in there. . #luigi #nintendo #mario #smashbrosultimate #wario #conceptart #videogame #nintendoswitch #nintendolife #characterdesign

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🍄 Adding Waluigi to the Smash family! ..One day 😭 #smashbrosultimate #nintendo #waluigi #mario #wario

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🐸 My homage to the hardest game ever made! Battletoads was one of the games I played the most growing up. I’ve always wanted to do my take on the games that really changed my childhood. Tell me your favorite retro game, what would you like to see next? . #battletoads #conceptart #characterdesign #sculpting #e3 #snes #xbox #zbrush #photoshop @kotakudotcom @igndotcom @comicbook

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23 down! Still have a lot to do 😊 . For those who haven’t been following this is a series of sketches I started early this year. I’ve been trying to do one a day to improve my skills, have some fun and give something back to the game community. These are quick zbrush sketches with photoshop painting. Let me know if you have any questions about the process. I’m having a lot of fun making these so thanks for all the support ❤️ . #smashbros #nintendo #conceptart

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