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OMG! I just got born!

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"Mario Mural in My Kid’s Room Posted ..."

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:22:51 GMT

Mario Mural in My Kid’s Room

Posted on February 3, 2010, 9:47 am, by Wes, under: General.

Tired of everyone using World 1-1 of Super Mario Bros. for sweaters, murals, quilts, etc.? Me too. I understand it’s a very recognizable game. It is arguably the most recognizable game ever created except for maybe Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, Space Invaders (maybe), and perhaps a few other classics. But it is also ugly, the color palette is not pleasant, Super Mario Bros. 3 was a much more aesthetically appealing game and also much more fun in my opinion. I wanted to do a mural for my son’s room and I wanted it to reflect happy memories from my childhood that I could hopefully pass on to him. My childhood is filled with great memories of video games and Super Mario Bros. 3 represents a nice chunk of those.

A little bit of background story: just found out my wife is pregnant with our second kid (we were trying) and our two and a half year old son will soon need to be transitioned from the nursery to a big-boy room. I wanted to make his big-boy room special for him, make it a fun place in which he looks forward to spending lots of time. I started this process about 2 years ago, got about half-way through the process and then stalled for a year and a half or so. Once I found out our second kid was on the way, I wanted to get the mural done as soon as possible so that our son could get used to spending more time in his new room and be comfortable in there when we finally moved him out of the nursery.

Anyway, here is my process:

Step 1:

Design the mural. Because I had a limited frame to work with: 12 feet by 8 feet where 1 pixel is roughly equal to 1 square inch, the resolution of this wall comes down to 131 x 82 pixels.

In Super Mario Bros. 3 you can’t see much in such a small window, so I had to move elements around to make it look more appealing. All of these elements did come from World 1-1, just moved around slightly.

The design.

Step 2:

Prime the wall. Using yard stick and #2 pencil, draw a humongous grid.

Continue drawing lots of lines. Fill in the black outlines as a guide.

Step 3:

Once your pencil outlines are done. Procrastinate for about a year – year and a half dreading the thought of having to paint in all those tiny, tiny corners.

Step 4:

Using black acrylic paint, start painting in the black outlines.

Mixing water with the acrylic paint as described on the tube was a mistake. The question mark block lines bled all over the place.

Step 5:

Become frustrated with the acrylic paint, get some Behr wall paint samples and try adding some color to mix things up.

Behr fiery red looked orange when I was applying it, but it dried nicely.

Mario in full color! I won't notice a slight error on the question mark block until much later.

A splash of green...

A hint of blue...

Bushes are done.

Paint blue edges around everything to make rolling the background color on a little easier.

Ta da! Looks like I'm almost done, right?

The hills are located in a bad place for someone who is right-handed.

Ground: Done. Question mark block: Corrected.

Last step: Paint in the clouds to hide the grid lines…

WooHoo!

Other angles, and close-ups:

–GameDrunk » Mario Mural in My Kid’s Room

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I know. Doesn't change the fact that above dialog is a UI design failure.

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I know. Doesn't change the fact that above dialog is a UI design failure.

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Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:23:44 GMT

Candle Design Concept of the Day: “The Light Bulb Effect” by Helbert Ferreira and Remi Melander of System Design Studio is exactly what it looks like: A candle in the shape of a light bulb.

The interior cavity is designed to melt without affecting the outer wall, providing the user with hours of priceless light-bulb-shaped-candle fun.

–The Daily What

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V-Rally 2 Intro

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:10:18 GMT

V-Rally 2 Intro

Awesome intro, awesome game (10 years ago)

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"…and that in erotic terms is the catholic church in a nutshell"

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:33:09 GMT

The Intelligence² Debate - Stephen Fry (Unedited)

"…and that in erotic terms is the catholic church in a nutshell"

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Michael Pollan on Food Rules: An Eater's Manual

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:32:13 GMT

Michael Pollan on Food Rules: An Eater's Manual

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diese meme ist an mir vorbeigegangen

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