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So what we've got here is an envisioning of what it might be like if both of the Mario Bros., and not just Luigi, got stuck inside a seriously creepy mansion. It's meant to be sort of a follow-up to Luigi's Mansion, in a way.
I've always been a fan of old-school horror, and when I introduced myself to the Mario Bros. franchise, I had become even more of a fan. So Luigi's Mansion was right down my alley- I honestly think that it's one of the most beautiful games ever, with a deliciously tongue-in-cheek creepy atmosphere that became cozy and snug once you turned on the lights.

Although it's probably easy to tell that the foyer in Lugi's Mansion was the main inspiration, I was also inspired by Disneyland's Haunted Mansion, particularly the purple patterned wallpaper. The carpet actually was inspired by the carpets seen all over Pokémon TCG, which had always fascinated me. The wooden floor is inspired by floors in actual Victorian mansions, such as the Winchester Mystery House.
In many ways I felt that Luigi's Mansion could go one step further on the creepy scale, which is what I try to do here. Hopefully the darkness looming around them gives it that ominous and perhaps dangerous atmosphere I was going for. (Try and spot some of the references and hidden details I put into it!)

How this got colored is an odd story- see, this was actually drawn on lined notebook paper. We always felt it needed color, but the dreaded blue lines would get in the way.
It comes from the same notebooks that most of our Mario doodles have come from, the ones we used for our Japanese language classes (most of which we've forgotten). We actually have all of those scanned, but we don't get around to cleaning them up very often. I really could do better now, since there are some mistakes that I'd be able to avoid- such as the wallpaper pattern- but it was a nice effort that I felt could be enhanced.
There's actually a nifty trick you can do in Photoshop to get rid of the lines of note paper. Under Adjustments > Black & White, you can desaturate the image and adjust how bright a particular color will be. This way you can turn the blue and magenta way up and make the lines disappear- and get rid of stains/yellowing too- leaving the drawing intact.

So basically we printed the cleaned-up scan on some high-quality paper and I colored that instead. It was kind of like a coloring book.

I tried to use several colors I hadn't used before, which I think worked out nicely, although I still used some of my favorites. I'm always very careful about what colors I use, and it took some effort to get the dark, shadowy effect I wanted. Let me tell you, it took a lot of layers to get it this dark. I had to use colors that weren't close to one another in hue, which is the same strategy I used for the colored drawing of Bernardo Lovelock.
The cobwebs weren't actually in the original drawing- that's a detail I added after coloring everything, which I felt was needed to get that abandoned, decrepit look.

The drawing struck me as being rather cinematic, especially with the rectangular shape, so that's why I've got it letterboxed here to make it look sort of like a screenshot. It only took some minor adjustments to make it truly have an aspect ratio of 16:9.

Overall, I'm rather pleased with this one.

Has anyone else heard the story of a completely blue candle flame indicating the presence of a ghost? I think I heard that in a ghost documentary on TV.

~Fatal hilarity

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Description
So what we've got here is an envisioning of what it might be like if both of the Mario Bros., and not just Luigi, got stuck inside a seriously creepy mansion. It's meant to be sort of a follow-up to Luigi's Mansion, in a way.
I've always been a fan of old-school horror, and when I introduced myself to the Mario Bros. franchise, I had become even more of a fan. So Luigi's Mansion was right down my alley- I honestly think that it's one of the most beautiful games ever, with a deliciously tongue-in-cheek creepy atmosphere that became cozy and snug once you turned on the lights.

Although it's probably easy to tell that the foyer in Lugi's Mansion was the main inspiration, I was also inspired by Disneyland's Haunted Mansion, particularly the purple patterned wallpaper. The carpet actually was inspired by the carpets seen all over Pokémon TCG, which had always fascinated me. The wooden floor is inspired by floors in actual Victorian mansions, such as the Winchester Mystery House.
In many ways I felt that Luigi's Mansion could go one step further on the creepy scale, which is what I try to do here. Hopefully the darkness looming around them gives it that ominous and perhaps dangerous atmosphere I was going for. (Try and spot some of the references and hidden details I put into it!)

How this got colored is an odd story- see, this was actually drawn on lined notebook paper. We always felt it needed color, but the dreaded blue lines would get in the way.
It comes from the same notebooks that most of our Mario doodles have come from, the ones we used for our Japanese language classes (most of which we've forgotten). We actually have all of those scanned, but we don't get around to cleaning them up very often. I really could do better now, since there are some mistakes that I'd be able to avoid- such as the wallpaper pattern- but it was a nice effort that I felt could be enhanced.
There's actually a nifty trick you can do in Photoshop to get rid of the lines of note paper. Under Adjustments > Black & White, you can desaturate the image and adjust how bright a particular color will be. This way you can turn the blue and magenta way up and make the lines disappear- and get rid of stains/yellowing too- leaving the drawing intact.

So basically we printed the cleaned-up scan on some high-quality paper and I colored that instead. It was kind of like a coloring book.

I tried to use several colors I hadn't used before, which I think worked out nicely, although I still used some of my favorites. I'm always very careful about what colors I use, and it took some effort to get the dark, shadowy effect I wanted. Let me tell you, it took a lot of layers to get it this dark. I had to use colors that weren't close to one another in hue, which is the same strategy I used for the colored drawing of Bernardo Lovelock.
The cobwebs weren't actually in the original drawing- that's a detail I added after coloring everything, which I felt was needed to get that abandoned, decrepit look.

The drawing struck me as being rather cinematic, especially with the rectangular shape, so that's why I've got it letterboxed here to make it look sort of like a screenshot. It only took some minor adjustments to make it truly have an aspect ratio of 16:9.

Overall, I'm rather pleased with this one.

Has anyone else heard the story of a completely blue candle flame indicating the presence of a ghost? I think I heard that in a ghost documentary on TV.

~Fatal hilarity

tymime.deviantart.com/journal/…