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Art Attack Friday: GaryStorkamp photo

Welcome to our weekly look at a talented artist that you will love to admire yet secretly hate because of your own lack of artistic skills. This week, we take a look at GaryStorkamp on the Attack of Arts on Fridays.

The first thing you might notice right off the bat with GaryStorkamp's art work is that it's like nothing that has been featured yet on AAF. I just love the very unique take Gary has on some of these classic characters. The Koopa Kids don't get much attention anymore. Who knows if they'll ever make a comeback again, but these pieces on Wendy and Ludwig von Koopa are simply amazing.

Checking out Gary's deviantART account and his own site, you may notice that a lot of the pieces are filled with anger at first glance. But dig deeper and you'll come across a few lighthearted pieces, such as Cloud as a cloud. Best of all is what Kirby would look like if he were to take Snoop Dogg's powers. Or, what Snoop Dogg and Kirby's love child would look like. Either way, Snoop Kirby drops it like it's hot.

Oh, and you just know I had to include the shark picture. SHARKS IN SPACE!!! What did you think of this week's Attack of Arts on Friday's artist?


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Grenator Bole's Avatar
Grenator Bole at 04/25/2008 14:19
Wow. Gangster Crip Kirby. That person has a very interesting gritty style to their work.
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STUVNING at 04/25/2008 14:23
Cloud cloud is a cloud. That was awesome!
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liquidninja at 04/25/2008 14:32
Oh yeah! You just gotta love SMB3 art. The wendy koopa one and the sun chasing mario one are genius.
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Cheeburga at 04/25/2008 14:34
Awesome.
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MechaMonkey at 04/25/2008 14:51
Tanooki suit = hilarium
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Hoss at 04/25/2008 15:06
hahahah its all so awesome!

im particularly stoked on the SotC artwork and he really captured the beethoven influence of ludwig koopa

and making game characters realistic is always a hilarious concept to me
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Solidus323 at 04/25/2008 15:07
The one with mario running for his life from the sun brought back awesome memories of tripping out the first time I saw that happen: "dum dee dumm dumm....stupid turtles...is that sun moving? OMG! RUN!

This is Grade A art in my book, PLEASE keep them coming!
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MPHtails at 04/25/2008 15:19
Great stuff.
+ 3 points for Lamy and Sparkster, and besides tha already mentioned Sharks in space, Hilarious tanooki suit, and the nice Koopa Kids pics, I really enjoy that SotC one.
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Justice at 04/25/2008 15:30
Any guy who creates art with Shoma from Rival Schools is a winner in my books.
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king3vbo at 04/25/2008 15:31
Awesome, but frightening
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mistic at 04/25/2008 15:34
awesome art allthough that mario from the first picture looks like his a drunk with that nose :-)
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Violet Son at 04/25/2008 15:59
He gave Lamy huge tits...I'm glad we only see Tanooki Mario above the waist.
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Holyetheline at 04/25/2008 16:23
This is some pretty stunning artwork. Very nice!
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charliesuh at 04/25/2008 16:54
Sparrrrkster!
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mrdurden4 at 04/25/2008 16:59
Rival Schools!!!
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Teta at 04/25/2008 19:20
Really good art, but i donīt like the style.
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Eschatos at 04/25/2008 23:01
This is the best AAF I've seen in a looong time.
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Mustin at 04/26/2008 00:35
So love it. Thanks for sharing - I'm gonna call this guy!
TrailerParkJesus's Avatar
TrailerParkJesus at 04/26/2008 01:40
Shoma yeah!
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