KOF13 Shermie sprite?

[JennyCage]

So while looking around for a new Shermie avatar, I found a couple of interesting pictures.

The first is this:



This might have originated on a DeviantArt account by a non-SNK associated pixel artist at http://armentis.deviantart.com/ but his page is in Spanish so I can't read the info.

The second is more promising:



This was posted on DreamCancel's Facebook in May but there wasn't much discussion of it.  I did a search on the forums and didn't see any discussion either.  To me this looks like a legit sprite and very much in line with 13's presentation/art.  I can't find out where the image came from but I remember someone posting a link from SNK that detailed their sprite creation process and I have to admit this looks like a finalized version of that process.

As a Shermie lover this has got me pretty excited.  I'm hoping it's real and maybe in the future we'll see her as a DLC or in KOF 14!

[Sharnt]

Wasn't it something related to her Cameo in the game?

[JennyCage]

It could be, the sprites do seem very similar.  It seems unsual that they'd bother to make a 3D render + pixel rotoscope + shading and neutral stand pose for only a few frames of animation in a cameo.

Either way I hope they use the resources they seem to have available.  

[Saitsuofleaves]

I wouldn't read too much into it considering someone made a couple of SF characters in XIII's sprite style, and I don't expect Guile and Blanka to pop up in KOFXIII any time soon.

[JennyCage]

Yeah Saitsu, you could be right.  I used Google's drag'n'drop image search to find some more info and came across this site:

http://www.snk-neofighters.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=62830&st=5

It has a lot of KOF12/13 style pixel art including some of Leona and characters already in the game.  There's classic Iori which is a legit 13 sprite, but the Leona is definitely not the same as ingame.  Would be very interested in knowing who created the Shermie one.  I'll keep my fingers crossed that it's legit.

Edit:  Another site has a mishmash of characters including legit and nonlegit sprites.  Maybe these were old resources canned by SNK?

http://www.vgbr.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=83145#

[Rex Dart]

It's just fan art. Technically a fan sprite.

If you'd like to discuss these, please take it to the Fan Art thread.