Mario (For Reals)

JoshF

Ever wonder what Mario would look like if he was alive in real life... well I'm going to try and do it! first step the body. I'm using this base mesh for something else that's why I textured the whole thing. I made the model shorter (like Mario is) in Maya but this is the general idea.

JoshF

what a fatty!

adam

The Mario in my head is hung like a fucking horse!

FAIL.

bounchfx

It's-a me, Mar...uh..where-a are ma clothes-a!?

Ott

How about a "Gross ass-hair images inside!" disclaimer on this thread. Something you just can't unsee.

Jeremy Lindstrom

I thought it was going to be this image

http://pixeloo.blogspot.com/2008/03/super-real-mario-world.html

Cody

Legs seem a bit long. Cool though, in a gross sort of way.

JoshF

Eeew! I hadn't seen those picture before. Killer photoshop job. No worries about the legs He's shorter now.

JoshF

an update...

BrodyB

Now it's looking pretty sweet. Dark, but sweet. Maybe make the colors a bit brighter?

edwardE

Needs a little more poop smear on the butt.

Sa74n

hah nice interpretation he looks like you really wouldnt want to meet him in the streets

georgemancer

Looks good, I think a large monkey wrench would do a plumber more justice while remaining equally destructive if chosen to be used as a weapon.

WipEout

Your textures are really dark, but maybe bringing in more ambient light into the engine your viewing him in? He just looks like there's very little light shining on him, or maybe the lights in the scene aren't linked...

Otherwise, this is a great job! I still see Bob Hoskin's face when I think of a live-action Mario, though...

Agreed on the monkey wrench, BTW.

Mark Dygert

I like your take on it. Its a lot different then this one...
http://pixeloo.blogspot.com/2008/03/super-real-mario-world.html

kinikuR6

something about the hammer that makes him look really menacing.

I like your direction on such a classic character.

SHEPEIRO

haha dark
i think a better background would be a basement with rusty pipes and moody lighting.
needs a tool box with a mushroom sticker on the side.

JoshF

Time for another update haven't for a while... new characters!









and the goombas!!:

Keg

what's with the massive amounts of pixelization?

MoP

that looks really cool, but damn, yeah, why huge-resolution screenshots which seem to be up-scaled lowres shots?
Either post highres images or leave the lowres ones at their original size, making giant pixelated images accomplishes nothing.

SHEPEIRO

? ? ? and ?
but cool

Murdoc

That's messed up, awesome.

Maybe the pixelization is style choice of the old 8 bit era?

ScoobyDoofus

Loving it. Agree with the pixelization comments, although as Murdoc says, my first impression was this was a stylistic choice.

It would make more sense to me that Mario would have as wrench rather than a hammer, but... Looking neat!

adam

looks neat

Lord McMutton

But Mario always weilds a hammer. That's why he used to be called Hammerman.

leilei

Marshal Banana wrote: »

But Mario always weilds a hammer. That's why he used to be called Hammerman.

That's MC Hammer's horrible 1991 cartoon.
Mario had a load of sugar in him and he jumped alot that's why he used to be called jump man

Lord McMutton

Ah, I guess your right. Either way, Mario has used a hammer before, so it does make sense.

hawken

cool

Holi

Ok but the mushrooms?

Ruz

disturbingly cool

spacemonkey

its weird but I like it

dale22x

hahaha, ron jeremy is already what mario would look like in real life..

but that look really good...and weird...

i love the shots....it feels like redneck rampage graphics

imb3nt

Looks awesome! Keep it up.

arshlevon

this is rad!

steady

hahaha awesome

Toomas

Awsome and i actually like the huge pixelized shots.
High res makes stuff too clean.

JoshF

I've got it all rendered out in my new Demo reel!....

puruse my site my demo reel is right on the homepage with mario as the first project:

http://www.joshfulmore.com/

ThatDon

Lovely!

Geezus

Hammer makes sense, Scooby fails. :]
It might make sense that a plumber would wield a wrench in combat, but MARIO has always rocked the hammer:





Anyhoo, this is looking neat, very dark take. Me likes. What's the importance of the original genitalia, though?

rebel

cool stuff! Mario looks prettty creepy, i like that. The big flower is badass too

how did you like the VanArts program ?

Ferg

this is so full of win I can't even talk right now

only crit is it looks like his right arm is broken in the middle of his forearm, between the glove and the sleeve

JoshF

The Vanarts program was pretty great. It really depends on which teachers you get. One of the good ones left just this last year... but he comes in occasionally. I'm not so sure on the animation program... i would head straight for the game art groups. There is a really good staff of knowledgeable tech's who know maya and zbrush pretty good here at the school so their's no shortage of help in sticky situations. They really help you with a clean and efficient pipeline so your not taking months to produce a character. But really in the end it's about how much time you put into it. It's a 24 hour school and anyone who does well puts in a full day.

thanks for the mario crits you guys. The genitalia were just a joke. I had to send a render to my brother... so i sent him the gouche.