#27 - Mari-O-Lantern!

Happy Halloween, you guys.

#26 - The Unspeakable Recesses of Subcon

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Tonight's spooktacular entry is based on Yume Nikki, one of my favorite games and certainly an appropriate one for the season.

I wonder if the perspective of this one makes any sense if you haven't played the game.

#25 - Night of the Dry Bones

#24/128 - M-m-mario...?

Luigi's Mansion! Remember that game?

#23/128 - Boo Mario

This week's Marios will all be (vaguely) Halloween-themed! You know, on account of it being the week of Halloween, and all.

#22/128 - Underwater!

Mario diver
You've been down too long in the Mushroom sea
Oh what's becoming of thee

#21/128 - She's in another WHAT?

Sort of a thematic sequel to Invincible Mario.

#20/128 - Raccoon Mario

Now somewhere in the black mushroom hills of the Mushroom Kingdom
There lived a young boy named Raccoo~oon Mario
One day his princess ran off with another guy...

...what? What do you mean you don't get it? ASK YOUR PARENTS ABOUT IT OKAY

#19/128 - Super Mario RPG - Cast Photo

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This is actually another inked piece, but I photoshopped a bit of color on there as well.

#18/128 - Yoshi Trainer MARIO

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Today's submission is a pale mockery of the brilliant character design work of Ken Sugimori. Apologies, Ken!

#17/128 - Invincible Mario

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#16 - Mario MS Paint (ft. liberal use of the spraypaint tool)

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I crack myself up!

#15/128 - (Baby) Mario Tennis!

This will be messy!

Also if you find this disturbing, recall that Baby Mario has also been featured in the Mario Kart titles of late. It only gets worse.

#14/128 - Mario the Plumber

Mario the Plumber converses with Sonibama the Hedgidential Candidate. Ha-ha! Topical. (Based on this photograph.)

#13/128 - SO LONG EH BOWSER

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Finally got around to using Bowser up in this ma.

#12/128 - Tron.Mario

In true Tron tradition, I took an existing picture of Mario (promo art from Super Mario Sunshine), made it greyscale, and drew some glowy lines over it. ART!

#11/128 - Cape Mario

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Powerup #2/Many.

Also my second pen & ink Mario. Composition's not so great, and I kind of botched a few of the details, but overall I think it turned out okay. Especially considering I had literally never drawn the Princess before!

As an aside, I've started marking my personal favorite posts with the label "Top Marios". I'll try to make it easier to access them from the front page in the future.

#10/128 - Fire Mario

Powerup #1/Many.

#9/128 - October

October is my favorite month. I thought I'd give Mario a day to enjoy it, too.

#8/128 - IT'S A PHONE, LUIGI

I DIDN'T MAKE IT! The phone, I mean. I got that from Google image search. Thanks, Google!

If you don't "get" today's entry, well... I don't know what to tell you.

#7/128 - The Doctor is in

Don't worry, folks! He is operating on a tomato, is all. An anthropomorphic tomato. With cancer.

#6/128 - 23 Skidoo and Mario, Too - !

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Ho ho-! There's our good friend Jump-man Mario, batting a thousand against "Donkey" Kong. Don't let his papist blood sour you, this gent is the "bee's knees"!

#5/128 - Mario Man

What? I'm allowed to like games besides Mario, aren't I?

Significantly more awesome Mario tomorrow!

#4/128 - Boiling Lava!

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Please remind me never to draw a background more complex than a sloping hill ever again!

Incidentally, the palette used for today's Mario is taken straight out of Super Mario World. So you know, don't blame me.

#3/128 - One Of Those Days

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I love Mario's crouching animation in Super Mario Bros. 3. He seems like he's trying to get away from it all, you know? Maybe there's a little Mario in us all...

So I did this one using traditional media (i.e. pen & paper). I vastly prefer drawing this way, but it's much more time-consuming. Maybe I will try for one in this style per week.

#2/128 - Playing with 'Power'

Based on... something, probably!

#1/128 - Super Mario 128x128

Welcome, paisanos, to 128 Marios. The goal here is simple - I plan to draw a Mario per day, every day, for the next 128 days. This is first and foremost a personal creative challenge, but you're invited to follow along as I plumb the plumber's depths. In art, I mean.

So! About the first image. I'm starting off small, literally and figuratively. It's all uphill from here... (this time I am being purely figurative, by the way).