I have one of those laptops with the swivelly screen and the part the allows the swivelly action is completely broken. It's been very loose for a while but a couple of days ago I damn near broke the screen off when I tried to flip the screen over to get some drawing done. So I've sent it in for repairs and it's gonna be a week they say and I hope it's returned to me like I sent it.

It's a real bummer because I have pending commissions and a bunch of personal pieces I want to work on. So apologies to those who are waiting.

It's gonna be pencil and paper for a while, I guess.

But yeah, that's my update for this week.

I have a bunch of these Mario fights now and they usually drive the most traffic and get the most faves so a friend suggested that I sell a high res download of them (on the cheap side, of course) or maybe even a book version. The legality of it is a concern of mine of course but, for now, I'm curious to see what the interest in something like that would be.

I've set up a poll here (it's where I have the most followers relative to other social sites) that will run indefinitely so please vote and leave a comment here with thoughts or suggestions about this idea.

Keep in mind that this won't stop me from posting them here as usual. I have no plans to withhold any of them from you guys/gals. I'm just trying to make a couple of bucks out of all this work and hey, maybe you'll get something nice to put on your shelf too!

Thanks in advance!

This is an unnecessarily early announcement but I've decided that the 50th piece in my Mario Versus Series will be Mario vs. Luigi. I've stayed away from Nintendo characters (and will probably continue to do so post-50) but 50 is a nice round number that's worthy of something special so that'll be it. Mario vs. Kratos was only my 39th so it's still ways off (we might be looking at next year even) but hey, something to look forward to, I guess.

I've already thought about how it's gonna go down and here's a hint: it'll be the GC incarnations of the characters. Take that as you will.

As a sidenote, I was on vacation recently hence the lack of new goodies. Hoping to get back into things soon though.

Finally, to all my new watchers: Welcome aboard!

The poll went pretty much as I expected. Many of you will be happy to know that Kratos won easily (he'll come after Rayman gets colored) and then, though a close fight, Crono followed by Sub Zero. I already know how Kratos (tease: Titan) and Crono (tease: Epoch) will go down and, thankfully, I have plenty of time to think about the Sub-Zero match.

I have some commissions coming so I don't know when I'll get to these but, you know, they'll come and will hopefully be worth the wait.

Thanks for voting!

Rayman is penciled, inked and scanned so it'll roll out sometime in the future (after my upcoming Thor piece probably).

The next contestants will be Crono from Chrono Trigger (because I absolutely love the series), Kratos from God of War (very frequent request) or Sub-Zero from Mortal Kombat (it was either him or Scorpion and I've played enough with fire so I want to do one of these fights with ice).  

I'll probably sandwich these between my own choices as I did last time.  

Vote away!

Fine, fine, the Spy got an overwhelming victory over the rest of the classes so he'll be the next TF2 character to go up against Mario.

But let's take a look at other, far more important things going on in the arts.

It's not very often that I'll throw in a plug for other people's work. Heck, it's not often that I'll throw a plug for my own stuff. Nonetheless, this particular project is something that I've felt very passionately about for a few years now: It's a Kickstarter for a potential movie based on Eric Powell's The Goon (or a story reel of it rather) and it just NEEDS to happen.

Tired of animated movies being of nothing but talking animals? Want a feature animated film with foul language, great characters and beautiful animation? You'll find this in The Goon movie. Don't believe me? Just watch the animation test and turn yourself in to the awesomeness of what a Goon movie could be. (/vendor voice off)

I have only a little over 900 watchers but if only a small percentage of you pledge and/or spread the word then I feel I've done my part to make this happen. There's only 9 days to go and it's barely over the halfway mark and I'd be really bummed out if this doesn't make it. I mean, David Fincher wants to direct this for god's sake!

Tl;Dr: Go here [link], watch the Proof of Concept and, if you like what you see, throw some money down to make this happen.

With Lara done, I have two more poll winners and two of my picks to work on. Pretty sure I'll do the kid from Bastion next (with Mario in Hammer Bros. suit), then Doomguy (from poll) then ??? then Rayman (also from poll). The latest poll that'll be running shortly is in regards to the ??? on that list.

Eventually, I want to face Mario against each of the TF2 classes. I think it's time for the next one so I'm squeezing it in between Doomguy and Rayman. Since I really have no idea who to do next, I'm letting you guys relieve me of the hard choices once again. So the poll is to decide which TF2 character will be done next. I know this piece is still ways off but I like to start thinking about these with a good amount of time.

Keep in mind that The Heavy and The Pyro are already done.

dA member *MrPr1993 went out of his way for my birthday earlier this month and made this for me:



I just wanted to share it because it's a such lovely gesture (and because I look super buff and manly).

I tip my hat to him once again.

Just a heads-up to let you guys/gals know that I changed my username to my real name because it seems like the sensible thing to do. Even though my real name was always there in my profile, I feel this will cut the middle man so to speak. Hope it's not terribly confusing or off-putting.

And I'm still terribly busy but I hope to get some stuff finished as soon as I get a breather.

Also getting closer and closer to that 1000th watcher so thanks for the support.

I plan on doing another sexy piece to celebrate that.

Mario vs. Banjo and Kazooie it is.

Then we got Lara Croft, Doomguy and Rayman in that order.

First I'll finish up my current fight (line work is done but coloring will be tricky) and then I'll go ahead with B&K. I kinda like the idea of alternating (mostly because there's this character I remembered that I just HAVE to do) so it'll be a poll winner sandwiched between my personal choices. That way I can tackle the more recognizable characters from the polls but still do others that people might not even realize they want.

That should keep my Mario Versus schedule quite full for the next few months.

Hey, just a heads-up to let you know that I've started a blog on Tumblr. I guess that officially means I'm pretty much everywhere now. You can't escape me.

I'll be posting there most of what you see here plus whatever ramblings I write for my website. It's pretty lonely there right now so follow me and spread the love if you're into the whole Tumblr business.

[link]

Cheers!

I love to entrust hard decision-making to all of you so it's poll time once again. I've already decided the next character to go up against Mario (hint: it's a cute little robot from an indie title) but you guys and gals can decide the next one after that.

The choices this time are: Banjo and Kazooie (two-for-one!), Doomguy (the original design!), Lara Croft (boobies!) and Rayman (Origins is fantastic!).

And, once again, I still haven't decided if I'll make all of these in the order that they win or just the very first one. I'm thinking about alternating also so maybe I'll do the winner, then I'll pick a different character, then second place, then my pick and so on and so forth.

The poll will run until next Monday.

Happy voting!

A fair amount of my drawing time is spent on my sketchbook. It helps me loosen up and it quickly helps me get past any "artist block" I may have. Drawing whatever the hell without worrying about it being "complete" is almost therapeutic in a way.

I post a lot of scans from my sketchbook in my website (posts such as this: [link] and I was curious if you guys/gals would be interested  in me throwing some of those here. Like the many "sketchdumps" you see around here, I would grab about a dozen or so of my favorite bits from my sketchbook and edit them in a single vertical image.

I've created a poll for this because hey, it's easier than leaving a comment.

With so much Portal fan art out there, I was sure this was gonna go to Chell but never underestimate the SquareEnix fan. The order, as per your votes, will be Sora, Chell, Zero and Marcus Fenix. There weren't as many votes this time around but the poll didn't run as long as the previous ones either. Still, I think your choices were pretty clear.

I kinda regretted making this poll as soon I submitted it because I feel that making all these popular characters all at once feels a little like blowing my wad, if you'll pardon the expression. What's done is done though so these are definitely coming. Expect some minor characters afterwards though (been toying with the idea of doing Mushihimesama and too many people ask for Spyro) as well as one more fight before these that I hoped to have ready by today but one that, due to prior engagements, is not finished just yet.

It's a Mario fight that's a little different than the others.

I don't know who to do next so I'm letting you guys and gals decide once again.

I've noticed in my last polls that the less popular characters will (naturally) have less of a chance of coming out on top so I went with big names this time: Chell from Portal, Marcus Fenix from Gears of War, Sora from Kingdom Hearts and Zero from Megaman X who is a fan favorite despite not having had a starring role in quite a while.

I might also do another Mario fight before then and, after I get through this batch, I'll give another indie or smaller character some love.

This poll will run for the weekend only so by Monday I'll declare the winner.

I've had a bunch of new watchers over the last couple of days and I've just gone over the 500 mark so this is just a quick shout out to all you guys and gals. I know it's peanuts compared to the guys with thousands upon thousands of watchers but hey, it's a personal best for me.

I thank you all for your interest in my stuff and, hopefully, I'll continue to deliver the goods.

GODSPEED!

I've gotten a few print requests in my time here and I've toyed around with the idea of submitting some of my art as prints but I've finally done the research, understand the process and I've submitted an initial batch of 3 prints for everyone's print-buying pleasure. They are:

Headphones: [link]
Hot Nurse: [link]
XOXO: [link]

As you may or may not know, copyrighted work cannot be sold as prints here so, unfortunately, that takes at least half my gallery out of running. Eventually, I'll start to weigh my options regarding printing and shipping those manually but that's later down the road. Still, if you see something in my gallery that you'd like me to submit as a print, feel free to request them and, as long as I have the high res file in hand, I'll gladly do so.

Bioshock's Big Daddy!

Ryu and Mr. Bubbles seriously had it out in this poll. It went back and forth between those two with usually only a one vote difference. They were tied for a couple of days prior to the Sunday deadline but the Big Daddy took it from Ryu with 2 votes on the very last day. It kinda sucks actually because I expected a tie or Ryu to jump ahead and I finished the line art for Mario vs. Ryu because of that. But I did lay out Mario vs. Bioshock already so it's just a matter of putting pen on paper and then scanning and coloring.

And yes, the Little Sister is in it.

As for the Tetriminos (my vote) and the Pyro, well, I think I'll sandwich an (as of yet) undecided character after Ryu before I get to those.

There were nearly double the voters in this poll compared to my last so thank you all for taking the time to help me decide. With so many awesome characters still available, this is a great way for me to narrow it down.

I finally got a scanner and you know what that means...

More Mario Versus Series!

I've already scanned Mario vs. Dig Dug and I'm ready to dive into it but as to who'll be next, I'm once again letting you guys and gals decide. There is a poll now open in my profile page to decide who the next contestant will be. The choices this time around are: Big Daddy from Bioshock, The Pyro from Team Fortress 2, Ryu from Street Fighter, and the Tetriminos from Tetris.

I don't know yet if I'll do all of them in their respective win order (as I did last time) or just the one with the most votes yet but I'll be sure to keep you all posted.

I'll keep the poll open until Sunday the 4th of December so you have a week to make your voices heard.

Vote away!

I've done some tweaks to my Commissions page, adding a few extra details along with a helpful price guide.

I have a lot of extra time on my hands so if you want a sweet piece of art from me, there isn't a better time.

Here's the link to the Commissions page: [link]

Regards,

Sebastian