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Ink Drawing Challenge 2021 Day 11: Desert Enemies
EPSON MFP image I couldn't decide if I wanted to draw the Angry Sun or the Fire Snake, so I drew both. And then I tossed in the Fire Bro,…
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Ink Drawing Challenge 2021 Day 10: Ludwig “Kooky” Von Koopa
Today is Koopaling Ludwig Von Koopa, also known as Kooky Von Koopa in the Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 cartoon. While the story goes that the animation team and…
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Ink Drawing Challenge 2021 Day 9: Koopa Troopas
Maybe the most prolific enemy in the Super Mario Bros. series? Arguably the most iconic. I always preferred when the Koopa Troopas would walk on all fours like in the…
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Ink Drawing Challenge 2021 Day 8: Bob-Omb
Who needs pencil sketches? This Bob-Omb was drawn directly in Sharpie, and then refined a bit with a roller ball pen. And he's about to blow you away.
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Ink Drawing Challenge 2021 Day 7: Larry “Cheatsy” Koopa
Larry Koopa is the Koopaling that Mario (or Luigi) will meet at the end of World 1 in Super Mario Bros. 3, and therefore he's kinda become the Koopaling I…
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Ink Drawing Challenge 2021 Day 6: Princess
It's the Princess! Whether you remember her as Princess Toadstool or just call her "Peach," either way, she's as important to the Super Mario mythos as the titular character himself…
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Ink Drawing Challenge 2021 Day 5: Luigi
“Could you draw Luigi?” My roommate asked. And so… I did.
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Ink Drawing Challenge 2021 Day 4: Flame Chomp
Also known as the Fire Chomp, these guys are one of very few video game enemies that I'm legitimately afraid of. They're floating black balls with SHARP TEETH, and they…
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Ink Drawing Challenge 2021 Day 3: Goombas
The Little Goomba is the first enemy that you see in the very first Super Mario Bros. game. In Mario 3, Nintendo introduced two new variations of Goomba: The Micro…
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Ink Drawing Challenge 2021 Day 2: Roy “Bully” Koopa
The Koopalings (or, Koopa Kids) actually weren’t named when they debuted in the Japanese version of Super Mario Bros. 3. But that wouldn’t stand in the US — So Nintendo…
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Ink Drawing Challenge 2021 Day 1
Welcome to to my 2021 Super Mario Bros. October Ink Drawing Challenge. Apparently, there’s maybe some legal issues around the word “Inktober”? I don’t know or care, so I’m just…
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Art Appreciation: The Street Fighter II Art of Mark McGinty
Continuing on from yesterday, here's more work by the recently-deceased Mark McGinty. First up, what might be his most iconic video game piece, the cover to Street Fighter II on…
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10 Games that Molded me as a Gamer
There was a thing going around Twitter asking for the 5 games that “molded” you as a gamer. Well, I’m too loquacious for 280 characters, and I’m bad at limiting…
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Dapper Squirtle
I have no idea why I drew this, but it still makes me laugh. So that's good enough. I'm not a huge Pokémon fan by any means. I've played a…
Atomic Monsoon #85: Making Movies with Alex George Pickering
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3soZCEkhPI6ML2cliNAeXq?si=79c55ad3b2744866 Award-winning screenwriter Alex George Pickering (Fig, Efrain, Balcony) -- who happens to be Andy's cousin -- joins Andy and Stephanie to talk about his film projects both past and…