Super Mario Sidewalk Projection

August 29th, 2010

Check out this awesome Super Mario Bros. video by Andreas Heikaus, a recent motion design graduate of the Hannover University of Applied Sciences And Arts in Germany:

Check out a short video presentation on the making of the video above as well as more of his work here.


Violinist Accompanies Super Mario Playthrough With Music And Sound FX

August 2nd, 2010

Here’s a clip from YouTube featuring Japanese violinist Teppei Okada playing the Super Mario Bros. theme music on his violin, which by itself, is nothing extraordinary, but here’s the catch: he also plays the various sound effects – Mario jumping, collecting coins, powering up, and so forth, in time with a prerecorded playthrough of the game!

Check it out:

And here he is again, this time playing through the opening of Super Mario Bros. 3:

Pretty crazy, right?

If you search for him on YouTube you’ll find other videos like these, mostly playthroughs of Japanese 8-bit games.


Cookie Monster Pac-Man Tee

July 20th, 2010

Check out this awesome Pac-Man Cookie Monster T-Shirt design by Tang Yongfa from Threadless.com:

Cookie Monster Pac Man

"Cookies" By Tang Yongfa

You can buy the shirt here.


Super Mario Meets The Ninja Turtles

June 29th, 2010

Check out this cool piece of retro-inspired artwork by artist Vladimir Gerasimov (“FullPlateMail” on deviantART) called, simply, “A Tragedy,” depicting the unfortunate consequences of an encounter between Super Mario and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:

A Tragedy By Artist Vladimir Gerasimov

(A Terrible Mishap In Manhattan With Super Mario And The Ninja Turtles)

Fun stuff.

I love the expressions on their faces, especially Splinter, and the fact that Mario’s drawn with a bald spot up top the way he used to look back in his pre-Koopa stomping, Donkey Kong days.

And here’s another piece in a similar vein, although I can’t seem to recall who to credit for the piece.

Can anybody help me identify the artist?

Super Mario Ninja Turtles

(Mario's About To Get Stomped On)

Looks like Mario’s back to his villainous ways, a la Donkey Kong Jr.

It’s payback time for the Turtles apparently.

Love the nerdy Koopa with the spectacles!


Super Mario Post It Stop Motion

June 12th, 2010

Very cool:

Must’ve taken forever to make…