Super Mario Bros. 8-Bit Champions in Paris

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This is my tribute to the Super Mario Brothers for the 8 Bit Champion show in Paris, France at La Flaq Gallery. As always a special thanks to the Autumn Society and Chogrin for the invite.

Video Game Gore!

Here's my piece for Video Game Gore show!

At first I was leaning towards something based on Silent Hill since it was the first horror video game I ever played (and genuinely scared me when I was a kid,) but once I had the idea for a Luigi's Mansion piece I knew I had to go with it, if for no other reason than it seemed like a really unexpected choice. You don't really think of a Mario game when think of horror, and this game in particular was pretty offbeat and received little fanfare. I loved it, but then again I have a weird fondness for secondary characters.

There's some Super Mario World ghost house flavor thrown in as well, just because I liked the idea of using the P switch. The Princess was added to fill the role of obligatory horror movie heroine and give it more of a movie poster feel.

L is for Loser (last minute entry)

My CMYK frustration this morning led me to create this quick piece
and also I had to do a Luigi one, after all the game is called SuperMario Bros.

The Lode Runner character was kinda weird dont u think?
I couldnt really know if it was a kid or a man and what the outfit really was.
So this is just my version on him .
(or at least what my brain processed as his shape from the vague pixel info)

Some Marios

For the show. I'm still working on Bowser. Yeah he's in a different style, but i like him.
Oh, and if you think that Luigi is doing something dirty to that star, he isn't. get your mind out of the gutter.