[VOTING] Drawing Competition #3: Warui-fication

[Cruise Elroy]

Time for a Mario history lesson! When Wario was initally being developed as a character, the first thing Nintendo settled on was his name. It wasn't just a simple flip of the "M," however, since the name actually is derived from the Japanese word "warui," which means "bad" in English (so Wario literally means "bad Mario"). The same case is for Waluigi and Boshi: Waluigi's name is a combination of "warui" and "Luigi," and Washi (which is what Boshi is called on the other side of the pond) comes from "warui" and "Yoshi."

So, what does this have to do with anything? It has to do with you, my good friend! You see, the theme of this next art competition is:

Warui-fication



Your goal is to design a new doppelganger of any already existing Mario character. You could make a Watoad, for all I care! You just can't make evil clones of Mario, Luigi, or Yoshi since they already exist.

If you need a bit of a boost, here's a few tips:

• Try exaggerating some of the qualities the character already has. For example, Mario is a little pudgy, so Wario is much more fat and stumpy. Luigi's a little taller than his brother, so Waluigi is much taller and skinnier by comparison.
  
• While it is entirely possible to do this with a bad guy, I think it'll probably be easier to warui-fy someone who is more on the good side of things (or at least not explicitly evil, such as an NPC Mario can talk to).
  
• No need to make these designs overly serious! After all, Wario and Waluigi are more silly as evil counterparts than they are as beings of pure evil.
  

As usual, the deadline is two weeks from now, so be sure to get your entries in by May 15th, 2018. Good luck, and I look forward to seeing what you make!

[OssieTheOstrich]

For a second i thought this competition was about drawing the Walrus from Mario's Wacky Worlds.

List of projects I eventually plan to finish after the indefinite hiatus is over, assuming I don't abruptly cancel them:

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Mario's Rather Unusual Trilogy (Mario's slightly unusual Boss Rush (Completed), Mario vs. Some Unusual Foes (In development), Mario's VERY Unusual Final Frontier (In development))
Sonic's Foray into Random/Unusual Zones (spin-off of Unusual Trilogy, in development)
Angry Birds Slingshot Frenzy (In development)
Super Mario Flashback: Really Good Edition (In development)
Super Hilda DX (In only conceptual phase)

Yes, I am aware that I have about 6 or so fangame projects currently in development at the same time. And yes, I am also aware that all of this is very ambitious.

+ List of projects I'm helping out with in some small capacity during my hiatus:

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Super Mario Bros Dimensions 2 (as a spriter, only for Mario's sprites)
MFGG Community Fangame Project 3 (as a spriter)
WordGirl ReWired (as a artist)

[SonicKade2048]

...not sure if this would be acceptable into the comp or not. I tried my best to make it different, yet it ended up being too similar to an actual Wiggler.

Does it meet the standards, Cruise?

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[Cruise Elroy]

I'd say that's fine, yeah.

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[Friendly Dictator]

oh yeah here's my entry

Punkta

DO NOT under estimate this lakitu to much or it will be the end of that life (note: do not over estimate him either).

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[GamerInGeorgia]

I'm currently working on something. I'll hopefully have it ready in time.

[Clobbah]

Here's mine.




The mushroom color is based off of this:

Beware the mighty Wariphant.

[Mariotroid]

Here's mine.




The mushroom color is based off of this:

Not bad dude.

[Mariotroid]

Wallow - Warui fixation of Mallow

[Gato]

Is it okay to submit a reimagination of the Wario Bros? Here's some sketches of them in SMGS style.

https://imgur.com/lHfr9vN

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[SonicKade2048]

Here's mine.

https://orig00.deviantart.net/1c24/f/201...cb6vjz.png


The mushroom color is based off of this: https://kenh14cdn.com/zoom/700_438/5oY5K...-0cf76.jpg

I don't know if I'm right on this or not, but last time I checked, pixel art doesn't count in drawing competitions.

Somebody please correct me, as I was going to say digital art in general, but now I'm unsure.

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[Mariotroid]

Here's mine.

https://orig00.deviantart.net/1c24/f/201...cb6vjz.png


The mushroom color is based off of this: https://kenh14cdn.com/zoom/700_438/5oY5K...-0cf76.jpg

I don't know if I'm right on this or not, but last time I checked, pixel art doesn't count in drawing competitions.

Somebody please correct me, as I was going to say digital art in general, but now I'm unsure.

That' not pixel art.

[SonicKade2048]

It technically is. Anything drawn on a digital surface that doesn't seem to have any anti-aliasing in it is pixel art in my eyes. Not to mention this is a drawing competition, and using digital surfaces shouldn't be allowed (unless there's some exceptions) in my opinion. The objective was to take a piece of paper and create something on it, not use an online tool and make something there instead.

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[Mariotroid]

It technically is. Anything drawn on a digital surface that doesn't seem to have any anti-aliasing in it is pixel art in my eyes. Not to mention this is a drawing competition, and using digital surfaces shouldn't be allowed (unless there's some exceptions) in my opinion. The objective was to take a piece of paper and create something on it, not use an online tool and make something there instead.

You can use digital art.

[Yoshin]

>It technically is. Anything drawn on a digital surface that doesn't seem to have any anti-aliasing in it is pixel art in my eyes.

Well you would be wrong there, like for example most vector programs can export aliased images, and gato was probably just using a zoomed out paint to make this, which I would not count as pixel art.

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[Shadow Administrator Drei]

Pixel art is explicitly art where the pixels are individually placed. That is just digital art.

[GamerInGeorgia]

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I decided to make a doppelganger for Professor E. Gadd since I couldn't think of anyone else to "warui-fy." His name, as you can see in the drawing, is Professor E. Vill (quite the pun, eh?). I had fun with this and can't wait for the next competition. This would be nice to see in an actual Luigi's Mansion game. Good luck to all contestants!

[Mariotroid]

Incredibly well done @GamerInGeorgia

[Cruise Elroy]

Is it okay to submit a reimagination of the Wario Bros? Here's some sketches of them in SMGS style.

https://imgur.com/lHfr9vN

Your goal is to design a new doppelganger of any already existing Mario character [...] You just can't make evil clones of Mario, Luigi, or Yoshi since they already exist.

@Gato While these are some cool redesigns, I'm afraid that they don't count. Sorry 'bout that.

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[Cruise Elroy]

(W)aaaaalright, now's the time to vote for your favorite entry! Here's who's entered in this contest:

KirbyLover2048 - Waggler
Friendly Dictator Booji Boy - Punkta
Revamped Spider - Watoad
Mariotroid - Wallow
GamerInGeorgia - Professor E. Vill

Since we've only got five entries, we'll skip to the top 5 voting -- one vote, and one vote only. Voting will end May 19th, so be sure to get your votes in!

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