Hole Punch's design in Origami King is extremely simple, but it also works so, so well. Most of what it does and how it acts is so nicely intertwined, all stemming from the basic idea of a hole puncher.
We start with the hole punching. Look at how he moves while doing it. It's as if he's biting the floor... In that case, then he was also biting the faceless Toads... And he makes holes with two cylinders... They're like fangs! He's a vampire!
So if he's a vampire, what about he Toads whose faces he bit off? While the most popular interpretations of vampires has their victims turn into new vampires, it's not uncommon for them to turn into undead minions and do the vampire's bidding for eternity. And that's exactly what the faceless Toads are for: Hole Punch wanted an eternal disco dance party.
Speaking of the undead, look at the place where he decided to squat. It's an ancient king's tomb, and vampires really like sleeping in coffins deep inside their huge abandoned haunted castles.
And just look at this. He stole the sun and plunged the area into an eternal night. Look me in the eyes and tell me that doesn't sound like something an evil vampire would do.
And of course, endless night means endless partying, which ties into the disco theme. And as we know, disco is dead... Except he's dancing it right now, so it's UNdead, like a vampire! He never wants the night to end, he never wants disco to end. It all ties together so perfectly into what seems like a meaningless design at first glance.
Oh and also they managed to make his animations full of expression and charm, just look at him groove
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Gijinka Design of The Dual-Bladed Duelist from Origami King!
Around 2020, my favorite streamer played Paper Mario: Origami King, and I got hooked with the story
Along with the popularity of the game, there were also the gijinka trend, since y'know, the characters are all literally stationery items-
I actually followed along as well
But I grew self-conscious and never uploaded them anywhere but on Poipiku-
I still adore this series and the gijinka I have designed for the characters, so sometime I go back to them on random occasion
And that occasion is today!
This was supposed to be just a sketch, but I went and finished it-
Gosh-
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happy birthday origami king! and thank you for making me actually care about office supplies. how do i explain that to people
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did I ever show my legion of stationary designs?
Well, here they are!
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