Smash Bros Used Surf

Here are the Smash Bros, but not all of of them, so we could call this 'Some Bros', which is less exciting, so let's not.


I didn't draw this 'cos I like Smash, I drew this 'cos I like Lapras, but I also like Smash, so I drew some bros surfing on her back. I think Lapras could work as a battleground in the new game, or at least as an element of a battleground, so Nintendo, if you're reading this, I give you permission to use your own characters to do that.

I haven't posted since April but in my defence I was evicted from my home, so I've been moving between hospitals, mini hotels, the homes of friends and strangers. I became friends with the most recent stranger, who helped me retrieve my computer equipment from my previous landlord so that I could draw this. Writing that last sentence has reminded me how astoundingly lucky I am, which is good, as it helps me me forget how unlucky the first one was.

Now that I'm relatively safe I bought Pokémon, Donky Kong, Animal Crossing, Mario, all with discount I received from my new job at gaming store... I've thrown myself into it pretty hard. I guess I need the comfort. Now I'm trying to put myself back into 'making things', not only with this illustration but with new episodes of my show.

It's a gaming show, obviously.

Smash Bros Assemble

I like The Avengers. I like Super Smash Bros. So I drew the Smash characters posing as the Avengers did in their movie poster. I should add, I don't mix every two things I like. I enjoy bacon and showers, but I would never- hmm, actually...

Sadly, I'm not the first to have this idea. As I often find with my ideas, the internet got there first. However, those versions were different to what I imagined. The internet may have gotten there first, but they hadn't tasted my particular brand just yet. I wonder where that metaphor took your mind.

Despite my enthusiasm, this took a while. When I started this, Avengers Assemble may still have been in the cinema. Pokémon Trainer isn't even in Smash Bros anymore. I wanted to get the costumes and composition just right. I know the composition was already laid out for me in the poster but I was inserting different people into it. Mario's giant cartoon head, for example, doesn't quite match Chris Hemsworth's chisled jaw. A 3 year long process began of working on it, setting it aside, doing other things, working on it, setting it aside again.... when it was finally close to finish, my computer broke. My external hard drive had broken the same month. This drawing, including every other drawing I posted and was planning on posting on this website, was in danger.

"You've probably lost everything." I was bluntly told. But I decided not to listen to the disinterested shop worker who hadn't even seen the computer yet, someone who had to be cajoled into doing most of her job. Instead, I took it elsewhere to get fixed and my data recovered. That's a long story, but all you need to know is that it took time. It took money. And I'm very happy I finally got this assembled.

Texture courtesy of bstocked.