Jenni Chasteen

Fanart Friday: Don’t Give Up Little Mac!

Friday, June 26th, 2009

If you haven’t picked up Punch Out for the Wii and relived your childhood, you should. You should also check out this awesome piece of fanart by a gentleman called Scrotumnose. Little Mac may be a small fry, but don’t…

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Fanart Friday: Hooded Heros and Infected Foes

Friday, June 19th, 2009

Prototype is a brand new game, but already we can enjoy kick ass fanart by Keisukegumby. His depiction of the game’s anti-hero, Alex Mercer is loaded with style. It has a cell-shaded quality but still manages to be gritty with clever use of texture. Check out his gallery for awesome Left for Dead and Assasin’s Creed art as well.

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Fanart Friday: Sonic Drama

Friday, June 12th, 2009

A weekly comic by Pedro Arizpe called Port Sherry often features funny gaming comics as well as some other great stuff. Check out the Sonic Drama comic, one of his earlier works… it really makes you feel bad for the little blue guy… no wonder he stopped running!

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Banned for being Christian?

Friday, June 12th, 2009

It seems that the “better safe than sorry” style of suspension going on at Microsoft has reached a ridiculous level. I’ve already discussed at length the discriminatory behavior going on in terms of gamertags and profile content on Xbox Live. But I…

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Fanart Friday: Custom Xbox 360 Faceplates!

Friday, June 5th, 2009

Yes, self promotion is disgusting, so let’s pretend that someone else painted these custom Xbox 360 faceplates… If you frequent the faceplate art scene (is that a thing?) then you may have already seen these but I bring them up for a couple of reasons… 1, there are some relevant sequels coming out soon and 2, there may possibly be more faceplates from this particular artist coming soon…

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Fanart Friday: Ladies of Street Fighter

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Some of the best video game fanart has been Street Fighter fanart… with such a wide range of character designs, colors, crazy outfits and personalities fans have plenty to work with. In particular the girls of Street Fighter seem to inspire truly beautiful work. We found some of the most beautiful images of Street Fighter girls. Check it out!

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E3 Staff Predictions

Friday, May 29th, 2009

With another year comes the renewed fervor caused by the Electronic Entertainment Expo. With surprises and disappointments often associated with the industry show, the Check Your Hud staff decided to make a few predictions about what they want, think, wish for the show to feature, as well as a longshot just for kicks.

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Fanart Friday: Now With 30% More Grittyness!

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

It’s rare, but everyone once in a while you come across fan art that satisfies more than the official game art. Patrick Brown delivers plenty of it in his gallery. His gritty comic book style works very well for the types of games he chooses to create artwork for, and he manages to make that desaturated-everything-is-grey-and-brown look work in his favor.

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Fanart Friday: Zelda Comics!

Saturday, May 16th, 2009

Fanart Friday is a day late, but trust me it was worth the wait. (Ew, did I just rhyme? Whatever)

Katie Tiedrich has a gallery full of funny video game comics, mostly Zelda, but there are a few other favorites. Her style is fun and refreshing and with bright colors, fantastic expressions and powerful dynamic poses.

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Fanart Friday: Left For Dead!

Friday, May 8th, 2009

Anyone who knows me knows how much I love L4D and they ask what I love about it so much… and well I guess it’s kind of like why kids like Apple Jacks. I just do. But luckily I’m not alone because there are tons of L4d fans out there which has lead to some of the coolest video game fan projects ever made. Here are some of our favorites.

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