I was talking to a friend yesterday on discord and they gave me the idea to draw him, and so I did.
Also I don’t know that much about him (yet) but I still think he is very cool
(Edit: I completely forgot to tag @lethalhedgehogs bc this was inspired in their art and it looked like tracing but it wasn’t with that intention ;-; I’m so sorry)
I was rolling around this post in my brain, considering the manhole cover-shield scene and I had this...thought about a fun, semi-angsty off-screen scenario after the general hullabaloo from Bowser's incursion into Brooklyn has calmed down.
We know from the movie that Mario is injured during the final fight with Bowser, that he had a plethora of cuts and nasty bruises that would need attention. We also know from the movie that Luigi, our unhinged king, picked up a metal manhole cover to block fire.
Basic science would tell us that this manhole cover likely reached some excruciating temperatures rather quickly, and that Luigi's gloves/outfit (which, considering their junked-up van), were probably not the highest quality. Meaning, I have a feeling our green hero might have accumulated a few burn injuries and, given what we know about his character, might have neglected to say anything about this.
Anyway, cue Mario and Luigi getting ready for bed after the whole crazy day, and Luigi, who is so tired he isn't even thinking about what he's doing at this point, absently changing into his sleeping shirt. That's when Mario notices the burn marks. That's when Mario freaks out like the highly protective older brother he is.
As promised this was supposed to be for the anniversary with the short Dimentio animation but I kinda forgor and then I got busy whoopsie daisy. I'm a big fan of the og design so I didn't change much, just some personal quality of life tweaks here and there