OK, that's not actually the name of the piece. It doesn't really have one so I thought I would make it something goofy and intriguing. Reader dusk_b4_dawn sends in this rather saucy rendition of everyones favorite Ice Climbers. Po Po and Nana have apparently grown up and been spending a fair amount of time at the gym. And is it just me or does Po Po look like Zac Effron? Thanks, dusk_b4_dawn!
A reddit user rocked our world today with pictures of his friend's
hand made Koopa Troopa guitar. File this under excellent ideas and excellent execution. At first I was a little turned off by the sheer boringness of Koopa Troopa compared to all the other Mario characters they could've chosen--but then I realized the ho-hum expression on the Koopa's face is sort of what makes it so awesome. I love this guitar.
Artist and gamer Glen Brogan created the picture above, a submission to Split Reason that may eventually become a t-shirt if it gets the votes. As you can see, after starring and guest starring in hundreds of games, Mario's wardrobe is getting a little stuffed. Maybe he should consider donating to the Brown Elephant? I hear they're always on the lookout for extra Tanooki suits. Now before you get all bent out of sorts because your favorite Mario costume is missing, Glen probably considered it, but had a few rules he decided to follow:
When my designs go up for voting I always get the inevitable complaints (you just can't make everybody happy) but I sort of feel like I'm throwing myself to the wolves with this one. The reason being that I had to come up with rules for what I should and shouldn't include as part of Mario's wardrobe. I wanted to include as many of his power-ups as possible, but the main rule I had to follow was that I couldn't include things that actually transform Mario himself rather that just changing his wardrobe, like the Boo mushroom from Mario Galaxy that turns him into a ghost. So I've mentally prepared myself for the barage of "OMG WHY DIDNT U INCLUDE THIS 1 ON THERE U R DUM." I don't mind constructive critisicm, but sometimes it feels like people complain just to do it. If only they knew how much thought I actually put into these!
What's all this about people complaining on the internet? The design is pretty awesome, and I would love it on a shirt, but really I want to know where I can get a pair of Mario's tighty-whities. Adorable! If you want to vote for the shirt, visit this link, and be sure to sign up to be notified when they actually start printing it. The link below takes you to Mr. Brogen's webpage/blog, where you can check out the rest of his work. Thanks to thepickupbear for the heads up.
Mario's Closet [Albino Raven]
[via: Tiny Cartridge]
I ran across this gorgeous piece of fan-art on one of my many perusals through DeviantArt. The artist is Evanatt and she has a terrific gallery of work available in her gallery. The colors and style in this piece are absolutely stunning and it's a pleasure to be able to display it here. A tip of the hat to Evanatt, your talent is astounding!
This week's Fan Art Friday was submitted by the actual artist (gasp)! Dolphinwing has a great gallery of fan art up on her DeviantArt page as well as some great cosplay photos. She's very talented and absolutely a-dorable! A fine addition to our ever expanding Fan Art Gallery.
We would love to see MORE artist submitted pieces for our Fan Art Gallery and I know there are lots of talented artists out there who read the site! So please submit your awesome art to info@gaygamer.net with the subject Fan Art Friday.
This week's Fan Art Friday comes to us from reader Chris B. via the BearsImJealousOf website. Clearly the artist, Fujimoto, is not only a fan of bears but an Okami fan as well. I can think of a few of those on the GayGamer staff as well come to think of it... Fujimoto runs a bear-centric art website caled JapanamationBears. It's all in Japanese but you can still enjoy the great art if you can't read the text.
A great gay themed piece of video game art and a terrific addition to our ever growing Fan Art Gallery!
Got some fan art of your own to show of or found a piece on the interwebs you think is great? Send it to us at info@gaygamer.net.
Sometimes the simple things are the best. I absolutely love this week's Fan Art Friday entry, Video Game ABCs by artist Keith Erickson. His Deviant Art Gallery is full of some terrific video game related art but this one is my favorite. Now if someone would just make this for me in needlepoint so I can hang it in my office, I would be happy.
Can you name all 26 characters? Tell us in the comments!
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This week's Fan Art Friday is a creepy cool redesign of everyone's favorite (or at least second favorite) Mario enemy, the Shy Guy. I think Nintendo should try doing a mario game where all the enemies looked like this. I know I'd be the first in line ot buy it, that's for sure.
This piece come to us courtesy DeviantArt from Artist ~MaroBot. You can check out the rest of his amazing art his DeviantArt Gallery.
Here's another great piece from The Autumn Society's "8-Bit and Beyond" Art Show. This particular piece was done by Kasey, a disabled artist who has been paralyzed for nine years. This is one in a series of "One Eyed Girl" paintings the artist has been working on for a while. I always enjoy seeing interesting artistic twists on familiar characters and this one certainly fits the bill.
Be sure to head over to the Autumn Society's website where they have tons of images up from the show and each one is incredible!
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File this one under Things That Make You Go Awwwwww! #23. UpKnitCreek from the Crafster forums posted these photos of a hand made knitted Link costume for her friend's newborn. It comes complete with shoulder strap "quiver" for holding the bottle and little leather bottomed booties. Too cute for words. When I see things like this it almost makes me want to have a baby. Almost being the key word here.
[Thanks, Brian!]
Link is a popular subject of fan art and this week's Fan Art Friday is one of the best I've seen. I always wondered how that little guy could carry so much stuff. We're Gonna Need A Bigger Rucksack is by artist Kim Herbst and is part of The Autumn Society's "8-bit & Beyond" show in Philadelphia. The show will take place at Brave New Worlds comic shop starting August 7th.
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Over on her personal blog, Destructoid associate editor Ashley Davis posted a few of her latest work, and as usual, it's tooth-achingly adorable. I think I have a theme going this weekend.
The first image shows Resident Evil's Jill Valentine having a little bit of slashy trouble with fellow Capcom femme Morrigan, the succubus from Darkstalkers. The other image is a teaser from an in-progress Metroid-themed fairy tale, showing Samus as a young urchin meeting a Chozo. She also hinted a bit at the story:
Once upon a time,
there was an orphan
girl named Samus.
She lived all alone
until one day, when a
giant bird found her
and took her home.
From that point forward,
the bird people raised
Samus as if she were
a bird person too.
Check out both images in the gallery below, and be sure to visit her blog for more.
Lastly, after the break, watch the "Once Upon A Pixel" episode of Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'?, where Ms. Davis has illustrated the story of Metal Gear Solid in a similar style.
This Week In Ashley Art... [Destructoid]
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