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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Hamza Aziz, Destructoid's Community Director, has been here since day one. He was born when a tiger coughed up a hairball into a pool of ooze. He was one of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles before budget cuts. Hamza works as a previews editor and manages a team in San Francisco. To date he has given away tens of thousands of dollars in prizes to readers. What a dick. Actually, Hamza is as kind as he is hairy.
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Super Mario RPG, Halo, iPhone, Videogame cover bands, Super Nintendo
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2:21 PM on 04.25.2008
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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
This is Grade A art in my book, PLEASE keep them coming!
+ 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.