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Hi there guys!

So I was sitting in front of my computer last night, trying to think up something to draw, and I looked to my left and saw on my art desk a printout of the original seven kids of Bowser, the Koopalings. Then an idea sprung into my mind.

See, for as long as I can remember, I've loved these guys, and my favorite of the bunch is Roy. Problem is, they're hardly relevant in Nintendo's current agenda; they were set to make an appearance in both Super Princess Peach and New Super Mario Bros. (even having sprites buried in the assets of the cartridge for the former), but perhaps through some unholy, demonic misfortune, they were denied their amazing, well-deserved comeback. This bugs me, so I'd like to be able to show some support for one of my favorite gaming characters, Roy Koopa, in the form of a T-shirt.

My favorite of the few images of Roy is the official artwork of Super Mario World (an image you can see here: [link] ), and after looking closely at it, I realized I could very easily recreate the image in Adobe Illustrator for infinite resizeability and awesomeness. So I did just that. Think of it as restoring a classic painting like the Mona Lisa, only the outcome is much cooler.

Whenever I have some money to spare, I'd like to see about having him printed out on a T-shirt all nice and crispy-like. Having a vector image makes that a very easy goal to achieve.

Make no mistake, this is traced and I am not trying to pass it off as anything but a traced image. But I figured since I actually put some effort into it, I would put it in my scraps and let the rest of you see it. Plus, for all of you Koopalings fans out there, it's really nice to see the best image of one of our favorite villains in better quality than we've been able to find on the internet.

The recreation isn't 100% exact, by the way. I changed the color of the lines from black to dark brown, and there are a couple of tiny-barely noticeable hiccups. But I was working over a very small image that was blown up to a much bigger size, making the transition difficult.

Anyway, I'm rambling. It is 3AM, after all.

Adobe Illustrator CS, about an hour and a half of work.

Enjoy!

Original image is the property of Nintendo, this version of the image was created by me, Andrew Green, and is not for use by others in any way, shape, or form. So don't steal it or I'll turn your king into an animal using my stolen magic wand.

Description
Hi there guys!

So I was sitting in front of my computer last night, trying to think up something to draw, and I looked to my left and saw on my art desk a printout of the original seven kids of Bowser, the Koopalings. Then an idea sprung into my mind.

See, for as long as I can remember, I've loved these guys, and my favorite of the bunch is Roy. Problem is, they're hardly relevant in Nintendo's current agenda; they were set to make an appearance in both Super Princess Peach and New Super Mario Bros. (even having sprites buried in the assets of the cartridge for the former), but perhaps through some unholy, demonic misfortune, they were denied their amazing, well-deserved comeback. This bugs me, so I'd like to be able to show some support for one of my favorite gaming characters, Roy Koopa, in the form of a T-shirt.

My favorite of the few images of Roy is the official artwork of Super Mario World (an image you can see here: [link] ), and after looking closely at it, I realized I could very easily recreate the image in Adobe Illustrator for infinite resizeability and awesomeness. So I did just that. Think of it as restoring a classic painting like the Mona Lisa, only the outcome is much cooler.

Whenever I have some money to spare, I'd like to see about having him printed out on a T-shirt all nice and crispy-like. Having a vector image makes that a very easy goal to achieve.

Make no mistake, this is traced and I am not trying to pass it off as anything but a traced image. But I figured since I actually put some effort into it, I would put it in my scraps and let the rest of you see it. Plus, for all of you Koopalings fans out there, it's really nice to see the best image of one of our favorite villains in better quality than we've been able to find on the internet.

The recreation isn't 100% exact, by the way. I changed the color of the lines from black to dark brown, and there are a couple of tiny-barely noticeable hiccups. But I was working over a very small image that was blown up to a much bigger size, making the transition difficult.

Anyway, I'm rambling. It is 3AM, after all.

Adobe Illustrator CS, about an hour and a half of work.

Enjoy!

Original image is the property of Nintendo, this version of the image was created by me, Andrew Green, and is not for use by others in any way, shape, or form. So don't steal it or I'll turn your king into an animal using my stolen magic wand.