mario gets real (weird)
filed under: digital imaging | strange and unusual | video games
posted: March 16th, 2008 4 comments by technabob
What if Mario weren’t a cartoony video game character? Artist Pixeloo set out to answer that question when creating this “realistic” rendering of Nintendo’s little Italian plumber.
While it’s some pretty amazing graphic work, “real” Mario isn’t quite as endearing as he’s been in previous incarnations. Created by compositing a variety of real facial details and textures in Photoshop CS2 on top of a 3D model from Nintendo, the guy is just plain creepy.
I can’t decide if it’s the scraggly facial hair or the bulbous, slightly bloodshot eyeballs that will keep me up tonight. This is definitely not the kind of Mario that you’d want your kids playing with.
[via TechEBlog]
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1. thescholar | March 16th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
i realize bob hoskins played him in the movie but the mario i know doesn’t look like he has been hitting the bottle and getting windburn from skiing for the last 20 years.
2. technabob | March 16th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Actually, he looks a little better than Bob Hoskins to me.
3. Wicket | March 17th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Looks like Einstein in a Mario cap with glass eyes and a fat shnoz.
4. Eskobar&hellip | March 19th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
New Eskobar Wallpapers…
Mario - not that guy, this guy - has created a new set of beautiful computer desktop wallpapers. You’ll find them in the Eskobar Wallpapers set at Flickr.
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