Mick McGinty, legendary videogame artist, has died

Mick McGinty, an artist who produced covers for video games such as street Fighter II and Calles of rabies 2 , has died. While it is possible that many players do not know McGinty by the name of him, those who grew up in the 1990s will immediately recognize him. The artist contributed some of the most iconic images of all the games, telling stories that immediately captivated the players. McGinty died of cancer and the death of him was announced through a publication at the Caringbridge website of his son, Jobey McGinty. In the publication, the young McGinty spoke very well about his father and the passion of him for the art of him.

My dad was an incredible artist, as everyone knows. And in the true fashion of artist, he was never satisfied with the final work of him. Just a couple of weeks ago, he said he needed just an hour more in some pieces for really ending them . However, we all knew that this was not true. Dad always came to visit our house, I saw some of the paintings he did for us over the years, put his nose in an inch of them and said: You know, Jobe, I would like to have done those blue a little deeper , or you know that I would love to splash a little more shadows in that tree or that really needs a new varnish layer . «

Interestingly, Jobey also has a connection with the videogame industry: it was the model for the front of an infantile camaleon, a game launched in Sega Genesis in 1992. The largest McGinty provided promotional art and game cover, while the young man McGinty posed.

Mick McGinty recorded an interview before the death of him for the next documentary aquí comes a new challenger , residence in street Fighter II . In an advance of the documentary, McGinty analyzes the artwork of street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting and how he tried to transmit the movement of the hundred slaps of E. Honda. McGinty clearly fulfilled with that goal, since the cover has become indisputably iconic. Of course, you can also say the same thing from the rest of your art of Street Fighter. Readers interested in seeing that clip can get more information about the documentary. right here.

McGinty died on September 18 surrounded by family.