A crafter going by the nom-de-Etsy cyberhadji has created some incredible original Mario character art, and printed it onto (scans of) thematically appropriate vintage book pages. The effect is convincing enough, but by using photo paper instead of actual book pages, he is able to create non-fading images. The print-over-book-page technique elevates what would be lovely fan art to art, we think.
In addition to the Bloober pictured above, cyberhadji has created a Frog Mario, a Baby Mario, a Lakitu, and a Cheep Cheep. There's also a wonderful series of Katamari Damacy prints that, regrettably, aren't appropriate for display on a DS blog (what with there not being a Katamari game and all.) These are perfect for the "vaguely classy but still totally nerdy" look we're all trying to pull off in our homes.
[Via Wonderland]
Take that, books
Posted Jan 25th 2008 10:30AM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Fan stuff
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1-25-2008 @ 11:59AM
Zack W. said...
This one was cool too!
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8350210
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1-25-2008 @ 12:37PM
Phil said...
I think the Cooking Mama one is kind of cute: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=9143543
And while there's no Pikmin game for the DS, you probably still could've posted the Pikmin print and been apropos: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8891905
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1-25-2008 @ 12:39PM
manaman said...
Wow,
Those are all freakin' sweet! Really beautiful stuff. I might have to do some print ordering!
Thanks for pointing this out,
manaman
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1-27-2008 @ 8:52AM
fergmonkey said...
i love these! So much so that i ordered the parappa the rapper print and the pikmin print as well!
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