{"id":9443,"date":"2012-06-28T19:22:33","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T03:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=9443"},"modified":"2012-06-28T19:22:33","modified_gmt":"2012-06-29T03:22:33","slug":"these-noir-portraits-of-mario-characters-freak-me-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/news\/these-noir-portraits-of-mario-characters-freak-me-out\/","title":{"rendered":"These noir portraits of Mario characters freak me out."},"content":{"rendered":"\"Noir\n\"Noir\n\"Noir\n

Anthony Jones, a concept artist and faculty member at Red Engine Studios<\/a>, is the man behind these creepy (awesome) noir-ish portraits of that classic Mario characters we all know and love (well, I dunno whether I love<\/em> Wario, but, yeah…)<\/p>\n

Jones explains the project:<\/p>\n

\nI’m developing a story for a spin off of Super Mario Bros! So far I’m calling it “Mario”<\/p>\n

Mario – Is a beat down Plumber and leads a lonely but modest life. He can barely pay his rent and is coming off a drug called “Star.” little does he know that he is destined for great things<\/p>\n

Peach – She is a successful actress\/model and is working her way to the top! unfortunately most of her fame has been due to the help of mob boss Bowser, which leads her into some trouble later on down the road.<\/p>\n

Luigi – Is the brother of Mario. They used to work together until something took a hold of Luigi. Although Mario was able to control his addiction to “Star” Luigi couldn’t. Now living in the streets lost and confused he has forgotten who he is and where he comes from! Always finding the next fix Luigi slowly deteriorates.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Mario\"Mario<\/div>\n

More of Jones’ artwork, including more Mario portraits<\/a> and a lot of tremendous concept art (some of which is inspired by John Harris<\/a>, one of my favourite Science Fiction painters), is available on Robot Pencil<\/a>, his official website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anthony Jones, a concept artist and faculty member at Red Engine Studios, is the man behind these creepy (awesome) noir-ish portraits of that classic Mario characters we all know and love (well, I dunno whether I love Wario, but, yeah…) Jones explains the project: I’m developing a story for a spin off of Super Mario… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[279,1285,277,80,278,1284],"class_list":["post-9443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-anthony-jones","tag-art","tag-mario","tag-nintendo","tag-portraits","tag-videogames"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n