For nearly twenty years now, the Metal Gear Solid franchise has featured some of the most iconic characters and design in the business. As we say goodbye to Hideo Kojima’s involvement with the series—and maybe the series itself—I figured today was a good time to look back on the best of Metal Gear’s art.
Most of the plaudits are directed at Yoji Shinkawa, an artist who has worked on pretty much every Metal Gear game since the 90s.
From characters to uniforms to the Metal Gears themselves, Shinkawa is to thank for much of the series imagery, up to and including cover art. Below is a selection of some of his best Metal Gear work.
Joining him in this retrospective is Ashley Wood, who hasn’t worked on as many games, but has done stuff for the series in comic book form, and even has his own Metal Gear art book.
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