Another Super Mario 64 painting I did for my fiancé a few months ago! It's his favorite game.
This was the most difficult one I've done so far and took me the longest, but it was fun to figure out how to do the bubbles, as well as using my finger and watered-down paint for a blur effect.
In-progress pics after the cut.
I've been looking forward to this one for a long time!
It's just been one of those days, huh?
There's also a nice juicy update to the Fan Art page!!
OMG, look behind you!!! It's a comic update!!
MACHINE MADE
Maybe this is a piece about feeling increasingly replaceable and interchangeable and forgettable as an artist, worker, or person in general, something which is has only become more pertinent in the years since this game originally released. Or maybe it's just silly Mario fan art!
"Well, this star fell into MY SEA, so it's MINE!"
Golden Boys of Anor Londo ✨⚡️
Und wenn du lange in einen Abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein.
And if you look too long into the Abyss, the Abyss looks back into you.
[Actual Dark Souls art from me? What a year 2024 is already!
I wanted to embody the theme of "losing oneself" by going crazy on my formerly clean-ish lineart with like ten different brushes. This was fun because it reminds me of the kind of art I used to make in late high school/early college; mostly monochrome and tons of different textures. I guess that style has still lived within me after all this time... except it's a lot better now.]
Castle Devourer NEOSQUID
When the Smithy Gang has accomplished its goals and a base in this world is no longer needed, the beast will pluck apart the stronghold brick by brick with its tentacles and feed it to its maw-portal; more materials for the Weapon Factory.
Exor's already pretty cool looking (if also a little goofy) so I figured I should do something with everyone's favorite inexplicable translation.
This is probably the last of these I do, at least for a while. Tried a few other characters and they just weren't hitting the same, plus I have to get back to other work. I hope you've enjoyed this little diversion of a project, though!
The Smithy Gang but fancy! Prior entries: Bowyer | Mack | Yaridovich
As the only member of the Smithy Gang made primarily of wood instead of metal, Bowyer uses his literally sinewy body to his advantage on the hunt. He can and does stand upright if the shot requires it.
The game gave me the cat theme for free on this one. Nya!
The Smithy Gang but fancy! Prior entries: Mack | Yaridovich
Second in this series! Fancy Smithy Gang redesigns for pure fun/creativity's sake (because they're already perfect as they are).
I find it easiest to start with animal or plant motifs on these. Mack is an ant, specifically a fire ant. As with my normal headcanons for him, the sword and body are all part of the same being (despite the ability to detach) and he can only see through the sword's eyes.
OOPS I played Dark Souls while still obsessed with SMRPG and it reawakened my love of fancy and elegantly-designed weapons… so like… what if Smithy was a little more into ornate elaboration?
Since Yarid is my favorite, I bequeath him with one of my favorite motifs (thorns) 🌹
#Yes he would be Yari in this AU because it's a fancier sounding name for a fancier design#or at least it still sounds better to my mind#smrpg#fan art#mario rpgs#super mario rpg#nintendo#possibly too doodly for the main account but I want to err on the side of using this gallery more#since it'll be the main thing I link people to as I'm no longer active on my side blog#yaridovich#speardovich
Bombette partner image recreation as a Christmas gift for my fiancé, whose favorite Paper Mario is the first one! I used pastels, supplemented with some colored pencils. I haven't worked with pastels since I was much younger, and they are a little difficult to get the hang of- and, in my experience, easy to make unfixable mistakes with. Still, I did my best!!
In-process images (I should have taken more but I kinda forgot):
Some more SMRPG icons I've done recently! I'll call this the B Team (though that was totally on accident).
Hey, if you want to use any of these in the whole set as your avatar on discord or whatever, feel free! Just credit me somewhere. I started off making these as interchangeable icons for myself, but got carried away and I'm never going to use them all personally.
SQUAWKS (and Valentina)
The face I picture when hearing that constant laugh in the song...