Stumbled onto this interesting, manga/anime-inspired Super Mario Bros. piece by artist Saejin Oh while researching my previous post:
A preview of the entire "Super F-ed Up Bros. World 1-1" piece.
It seems that the original Super Mario Bros. World 1-1 continues to be a source of inspiration for artists everywhere (in this case, South Korea).
Just to warn you, the entire piece is a bit graphic in terms of it’s depictions of highly stylized, over the top violence; to view the entire piece, violent bits and all, click here to go to the artist’s page on deviantART.
(I love the way he incorporates the title screen and card and the cool Starman effect midway through.)
You can check out more of his stuff at his work blog here.
Artist Travis Pitts came up with this fun T-Shirt design (“We’ve Got Some Work To Do Now”) featuring Velma Dinkley of Scooby-Doo fame and the titular Great Dane chewing on what appears to be some vanquished monster’s (Frankenstein’s Monster?) hand:
I love the older, battle-hardened, post-apocalyptic version of Velma shown above.
The Mystery Machine (now Misery Machine, apparently) has been refitted with side-mounted chainsaws for hacking away at undead armies.
(Wonder what the giant wooden stake up top is for?)
Also, Shaggy, Fred, and Daphne are no more it seems.
What a great concept!
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Here’s what the artist himself had to say about the design:
Sticking with my favorite theme of heroic girls … and injecting realism or plausibilty [sic] to silly pop culture icons …, I knew I wanted to make a certain teen detective [and] her canine companion into the sole survivors of a Monsterpocalypse for the threadless loves Horror contest.
Everyone knows that it’s always the timid, quiet, second-string female character that gets the dramatic arc and has the wits and skill to survive most horror movies. I struggled for days trying to come up with a semi-realistic interpretation of this toughened, nerdy survivor-type gal- until I remembered I was dating one, and asked her to model for it.
Fun stuff!
Click here to buy the shirt over at Threadless.com and to check out more of the artist’s designs!
Alright, I admit it: I bought this Totoro plush for myself the other day…
He’s even got a little bag of acorns slung over his shoulder…
Too cute.
If you haven’t already guessed, I’m a big fan of Hayao Miyazaki’s work; My Neighbor Totoro happens to be my all-time favorite, with Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind and Spirited Away rounding out my top three Miyazaki films.
In an earlier post, I mentioned how I’m looking forward to the new A Boy And His Blob for Nintendo Wii (Click here for pics of the original NES A Boy And His Blob and the sequel, along with some gorgeous screenshots of the soon-to-be-released update).
A new trailer for the game, in stores October 13, has shown up online.
Here it is, but be warned, the following clip contains scenes of graphic cuteness:
I love the look of the little boy, his little blob buddy, the evil blob emperor and his blob henchmen.
The backgrounds are amazing - gorgeous with an immense amount of vibrant detail.
And, well, there’s so much to love really: the jelly bean-shaped blob homeworld; the shot of the little boy sleeping in his bedroom, all cozy-like (aw); the animation of the Blob gobbling up a treasure chest; the heretofore unseen mech transformation which is ridiculously awesome.
The bit near the end with the blob family…
The hugging… mustn’t forget the hugging! (The game even has a dedicated hug button used to calm the blob down when he’s feeling scared!)
Check out this uber-cool trailer for Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, a new, as-yet-unreleased, independent third-person shooter by Fuelcell Games (in collaboration with artist and animator Michel Gagne):
