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Art Attack: Themrock

6:22 PM on 12.22.2007 | Hamza CTZ Aziz

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Something about Themrock's art style just wants to make me smile. The way he has some of the characters such as Rachtet, Earthworm Jim, the various Mario look extremely happy should make you want to smile from the pure joy of their expressions. Dirk "Themrock" Schulz main art style takes well-known characters and turns them into extremely cartoony versions of their former selves. It reminds me a lot of Ren & Stimpy's art style actually.

Themrock also takes characters and makes them extremely tiny. That concept sounds a little weird, but the results are pretty damn adorable. Themrock also has a little flash animation worth checking out making fun of the whole concept of the Mario Bros. series.

What do you all think about Themrock's art style? It's really hard for me to pick just one of his pieces as my favorite. I think I have to go with the ones where Mario and Luigi are getting brutally murdered.

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33 comments | showing # 1 to 33

Hamza CTZ Aziz

Also, sorry for being a day late on this guys and gals. I ingested too much cow blood the other night ... don't ask.

corneliuscack

cow blood? dinuguan? lawl

..oh wait, that's pork blood.

Excel-2011

I remember a long time ago I saw a shop of Luigi falling on a Spiny at the bottom of a end-level flagpole and falling out of the screen in a spray of projectile blood. Does anyone else know what I'm talking about?

Tragic Hero

Just when I was done having nightmares...

Cheeburga

This guy could draw cartoons.

GuitarAtomik

Themrock's style is crazy. He definitely should be working in animation.

Neonie

I actully really dislike this and the Ren & Stimpy art style (as I never really liked Ren & Stimpy's humor either).

I guess it's just not my taste though.

grrza

These are really good. I love the one of mario stomping the koopa out of its shell, and the eggplant wizard!

Dynamic Sheep

Is that an earthworm orgy?

Eschatos

Who's the fourth and fifth ones? Also, awesome.

Jonathan Kerr

My facourite is the Baby Mario and Ratchet and Clank =)

Rawheed

nice artwork, i forsee a future for this guy...though Im not exactly sure what that future is, but nice artwork none-the-less.

Churchhills Dog

I see some definite influence of Robert Williams here....great stuff.

Thornnn

I Like funny drawings they are funny.

Aaron Mxy Yost

I think that stuff just kicked in.

NyghtcrawleR

I think he needs to stay away from the drugs lol...

The wizard and the thwomp ones do catch my eyes though. :)

SchickOuttaShape

I reallllly love this art. The Klonoa, Princess What's-her-face, and the Thousand Year Door ones are just AMAZING to me!!! Loves it!

but...wasn't Vivian a boy??? ^_^

EternalDeathSlayer

Very cool shit here, trippy as hell. Right up my alley, I'll be sure to keep an eye out for more of his work in the future.

Samit Sarkar

These are awesome! Ratchet looks kinda like Ren from The Ren and Stimpy Show.

droobies

Looks like John K. with a gaming influence.

Hamza CTZ Aziz

SchickOuttaShape: Nope, Vivian was a girl. She was a part of her 3 ghost sister team. Then she joined up with Mario.

Drift64

That mida one is cool!

Bob Muir

Wow, er...really crazy?

vandamguy

looking at this makes me think that goomba one would make a good tf2 spray

maybe i play too much tf2

xdaytime

Looks ren and stimpyesque.

Batthink

That is cool. The ones I liked were the Felicia, Fran and Midna ones. :o)

Teta

Xdaytime you are so right, those drawings have that ren and stimpy reference printed on their style. That Paper Mario drawing is too neat!

Rockvillian

Great stuff.

Cyberxion

@Neonie

I agree with you. While definitely well-drawn, his art has a definite John K thing going on for it. None of it's to my liking, but it is all well done just the same.

DFS Vegas

I could have done with out the picture of a Bullet bill sodomizing Mario...

trunxkam45

The style is great but I'm kind of sick of the whole "mario in real life" type art.

Fading Star

Excellent art style, but I seem to say things like that every week :D. Great job Themcock. Thanks Hamza.

Anyway, I really liked Mario and Luigi being murdered as well as the Cutman piece. I liked them all. Awesome.

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