As anyone whos unfortunate enough to have known me as a child can vouch for, Paper Mario TTYD is my favorite game of all time. and its not even close. This game means more to me than i can even put into words, Every major life struggle ive been through, this is the game I can always rely on to bring me that sense of inner childlike joy that can be so hard to find these days.
Anyway. Ive always wanted to do a painting for this game, yet always struggled on subject and finding the right "time' i guess.
This is the biggest painting ive ever done, with 6 months of work, and around 60 characters, it was a massive endevor and im glad i managed to finish it.
Please play the remake when it come out, if you can. do yourself the favor of experiencing this magical game.
This scene was so autism of Mario I just felt like pointing it out
Despite getting actively mocked, he does not respond to any of Rawks heckling and instead instantly looks at the belt (implying that he was too focused on it to either notice what he was saying, or just avoiding any eye contact in general) He straight up ignores him just to tell Yoshi about it because it’s more important to him, (also note the fact that, despite him being in ear range, Rawk didn’t hear Mario saying it’s fake, implying he didn’t say it, and considering the motion, he might’ve actually signed it. Non verbal moment)
And then after everything, he gets asked "i guess he’s pretty mad huh?”just to be like "idk not sure".
He's so immediately and obviously antagonistic at a time when there's clearly something sinister going on behind the scenes. Mystery-savvy players may immediately see him as a red herring, but it isn't obvious until later that there are not just two or three secret conflicting parties, but more like half a dozen! Despite all the intrigue and motives, Rawk Hawk still manages to take center stage and simultaneously be completely oblivious. He plays dirty, but in a "wrestling heel", showman kind of way. He's simultaneously the most and least important player in a very intriguing mystery.
Noctowl
Just gonna submit a lot of birds that I like now, I'm sorry
no worries man, i like noctowl too. I wish it was a Psychic type, but Johto was a mess. Anyway, Noctowl cool and chunky and the ideal owl pokemon (not stat wise)
Sparrowmint
The second piñata you’ll ever get. The first is worms.
Private comission for somebody who wanted my big paper mario painting to be remixed into a possible tattoo! Ended up just doing it all from scratch again so i could do somthing closer to the official artstyle!