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Title: 紅の巨人 - Crimson Giant
Subtitle: "Kappa no senaka ni tobidasuno kinoko motteiru kyojin" - "The Mushroom Wielding Giant who Jumps on the Kappa's Back"

A.K.A: Yamato Mario.

I made this mostly because I was getting upset with my inability to make aesthetic strokes on my tablet. The temporary solution, therefore, was to draw something grotesque where if the lines were slightly off it would work well with the picture.

The inspiration behind this was probably Osamu Tezuka's Saruta (You gotta love that nose). Plus, I wanted to picture what kind of character Mario would have been if his modern incarnation had roots in Japan of old (though strangely not Italy). Yet he looks more like a djinn than anything else, doesn't he?



Hooray for brown nipples!

Made in Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0
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~Victorian-Lover May 14, 2013  New member Hobbyist General Artist
MAN BOOBS!!!!!!!!!!! Haha! Poor Kappa.
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~Ego-Kronos Aug 18, 2012
who else thought of mario when they saw this? they have da mushroom, they have the red clothes (partially missing), the turtle. although i must say mario does look pretty disturbing 0.0
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~0choe Apr 9, 2012
DIE KAPPA!
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Mood: Joy ~kausv Feb 16, 2012  Hobbyist Interface Designer
Awesome Art!! Super Mario + Old ink japanes paintings = This!!

Hey dude, I have some questions...
-Why his A.K.A. is "Yamato Mario, what means "Yamato? I don't know japanesse, but it's interesting! :D
-And another question... How do you say (or write) "dwarf and giant" in Japanese (romaji)?
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`JohnSu Feb 26, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Yamato (倭) can be translated as:
1: Yamato; ancient province corresponding to modern-day Nara Prefecture;
2: (ancient) Japan; (Noun or verb acting prenominally)
3: Japanese

dwarf and giant = kobito to kyojin
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Mood: Joy ~kausv Feb 27, 2012  Hobbyist Interface Designer
oh thanks! :D
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!werepantherwarroir Nov 17, 2011
chesticles
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~AmrasFelagund Jul 1, 2011
That would be an... interesting character to have seen in Okami!
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~VACANAL May 31, 2011
Nice work remind me some old ink japanes paintings.
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Mood: Wow! ~Kazoyi May 19, 2011
Why can't he actually look like that? *sigh*
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