After countless fan illustrations of over-sexed game
heroines and perversive portrayals of beloved game
plumbers, I find myself thoroughly enjoying cartoonist Coelasquid's work because of her matter-of-fact understanding that sometimes serious games really aren't all that cereal. Through pieces that shine effortlessly with personality, Coelasquid has an impressive gallery of work which tickles the funny bone in a wide range of nerd humor.
If there is one thing to take away from her drawings, it would be her uncanny ability to render some of the most obscure (and frankly overlooked) game character expressions ever conceived. Take the mid-punch slack jaw pose between Captain Falcon and Ganondorf in the above scene or the large collection of hilariously depicted and corporeally awkward '
Pokeymens'. Why even the infamous
Pyramid Head is exposed in an unforeseen intimate moment as he snacks on a banana alone on the side of the street.
Check out the gallery and observe as Coelasquid flexes her gamer cred and her artistic wit along with an undeniably saucesome
Chain Chomp hat. Not enough for you? Additional illustrations of
Megabyte and
Duke of Zill pin-ups can be conveniently seen on her
DeviantArt page or on her
personal blog.
Oh and hai! Since I happen to know a thing or two about
the arts,
the farts, and
the crafts, from now on I'll be giving CTZ a helping hand on Art Attack Fridays. Which means that Art Attack Friday will now be a weekly feature again! Hope you enjoyed the post!
It's my first time.
Contest:
3:10 PM on 08.17.2007 | 
Good find Tiff!
M. Bison one's kinda funny too. But not funny ha-ha.
epic win?
My goal is to one day have my secret art project featured as an honorable mention in your column. Once I make my big splash at I am 8 bit next year, I'll give you a call. And the begging and flattery will commence.
Win! Double Win! Triple Win! AP Bonus!