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'Realistically painted' Bowser isn't realistic, but sure is painted and cool
'Realistically painted' Bowser isn't realistic, but sure is painted and cool screenshot
Nick Chester
\\ 04.27.2008
37 comments

If you're fragile like I am, chances are you're not quite over Photoshop artist Pixeloo's creepy digital representation of the "real life" Mario. I'm talking nightmares, people. 

As if inspired by Pixeloo's pedophile-esque rendition of Mario, German student and artist Marcus Blättermann has decided to work up a "realistic" rendition of the Nintendo universe's "big bad dinosaur," Bowser. Created in Photoshop, Marcus decided to take a different approach, changing some of Bowser's proportions in order to give him a more "animal" look.

The end result is a dinosaur wearing bondage gear, which quite frankly makes me burst into laughter each time I look at it. Odd that a "realistic" Mario -- the hero of the Nintendo universe -- makes me feel completely uncomfortable, but a more realistic dragon-dinosaur thing makes me giggle. Either I'm twisted or Nintendo needs to get its priorities straight.



37 COMMENTS, LATEST BY CrocBox
HAHAHAHA oh... that is very disturbing... -    view discussion




There are 37 comments about this post:
odintal's Avatar
i'd like to teach it to fetch
Xbudz's Avatar
Wow! I like it.
Awesome.
infinity's Avatar
grotesque, yet kind of cool.
Necros's Avatar
It actually looks like bad concept are for that fan game people were working on a while back, "I, Mario." Its goal was a realistic version of the Mario universe, which inevitably turned out to be pretty dark once you accounted for all of Mario's whimsical ideas in a real world setting.
Nick Chester's Avatar
@ Necros:

Links, please. Our Google is broken.
Clockwork's Avatar
"Realistic"

Lulz.
Sam Spectre's Avatar
Puny arms are puny.
Xbudz's Avatar
@ odintal:

Chaoticwolf's Avatar
Looks pretty cool to me.
Xbudz's Avatar
GuitarAtomik's Avatar
That is.....AAMAAAAAAAAAAZZIIIIINNGGG!
Sharpless's Avatar
@Nick
I, Mario has a wiki here. Their forum has a thread of Bowser character art. Looks like the project is dead, for the moment.
IceMax's Avatar
I think it looks like garbage. he has no necks, and looks disproportioned and stumpy, none of which a king of all koopas would have.
RedRabbit's Avatar


I gotz mad Paint skillz
TheToiletDuck's Avatar
Needs moar Dennis Hopper
Necros's Avatar
@ Nick

Here's the Wiki for the project, and these are the forums. I first saw it on Digg almost two years ago, so I'm not sure how well the project is going, but the idea intrigued me.
Necros's Avatar
Damn, I had that page open and got distracted, and Sharpless took care of the links for me.
PaperBowser0's Avatar
I think I'm going to have nightmares.
jamesesdad's Avatar
This looks awesome, saved with all my deviant art from fridays!
NWKopf's Avatar
Even if it's not realistic, it sure looks cool.
Magesx's Avatar
Bowser is a turtle, not a dinosaur.
MechaMonkey's Avatar
Seanus's Avatar
Real life Peach next. kthx.

<.<
Trevor McGee's Avatar
RAB's Avatar
needs moar badass



that's from that imario forum

would make a hell of an awesome GRAPHIC NOVEL
RAB's Avatar
maybe even a bedtime storybook
RskimB's Avatar
bowzer tis even more badass
Teta's Avatar
Realistic or not, I CAME!
Sharpless's Avatar
@Necros
Sorry, didn't mean to answer for you. Just wasn't sure if you would come back to this post anytime soon. :)
Hiltz's Avatar
That's pretty cool.

Bowser = dragon + alligator snapping turtle
mistic's Avatar
I think he looks pretty evil-looking, so quite fitting for his type of guy :-)
Rainbowblack's Avatar
oh man I thought the subject said BROWSER...like some awesome painted gaming-related firefox skin
SWE3tMadness's Avatar
RAB, I think I prefer your version. >.>

This is still pretty neat though.
TrailerParkJesus's Avatar
@Trevor McGee Brianna Banks? I gotta lay off the stuff
lAboMbA's Avatar
i've got a big head...and little arms. i'm just not sure...how well this plan was thought through.

Holyetheline's Avatar
That is very creepy. omfg
CrocBox's Avatar
HAHAHAHA oh... that is very disturbing...

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