#harumaru

Illustration by Harumaru

their duet off Bunta's character album is so cute, and uh, youtube allows you to use it so I did. For the speedpaint also.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BfZx5whDQ1W/

Setsuo Yamamoto x Etsuko Yoneda Destroy The Terrorists In The Occupied City ストライダー飛竜２(STRIDER 2)

"Harumaru is a female artist who worked at Capcom from 1998-2000. She is famed for being the lead artist of the hit 2D action side-scrolling title, Strider 2. Since she was 15 years old, Harumaru sent fan artwork to various video game and anime magazines — which eventually lead to her being hired by Capcom as the lead artist for Strider 2. [...] Harumaru also created a variety of promotional character illustrations and poster artwork for a variety of hit Capcom fighting games, including: Street Fighter Alpha 3, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, Project Justice, and Capcom Vs. SNK." -- https://www.fightersgeneration.com/features/artistprofiles-p10.html

Strider 2 illustration by Harumaru

"Harumaru is a female artist who worked at Capcom from 1998-2000. She is famed for being the lead artist of the hit 2D action side-scrolling title, Strider 2. Since she was 15 years old, Harumaru sent fan artwork to various video game and anime magazines — which eventually lead to her being hired by Capcom as the lead artist for Strider 2. For Hiryu's design in Strider 2, Harumaru took advice from fellow Capcom artist, Shoei, who described Hiryu as a "crazy-style" protagonist who would fulfill any assigned mission. Harumaru was not only responsible for Strider Hiryu's character design and concept artwork in Strider 2, but she also illustrated the beautiful story mode cutscenes (above), ending sequences, and helped design many other characters who appear in the game. Harumaru also created a variety of promotional character illustrations and poster artwork for a variety of hit Capcom fighting games, including: Street Fighter Alpha 3, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, Project Justice, and Capcom Vs. SNK."

This illustration was used on the disc label for the Japanese Dreamcast version of the game--see https://smbhax.tumblr.com/741905745001496576