Guide to the *MARIO* Art Style
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- Wanna learn the art style of Mario?
Learn the 2D Mario style, the Super Mario Strikers style, and the style of the Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga: Only on Art Stylist.
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Table of Contents
0:00 - Intro
0:37 - First Art Style
1:08 - Lines
2:06 - Color
2:37 - Shading
3:41 - Second Art Style
4:14 - Lines
4:42 - Shading
5:19 - Third Art Style
6:08 - Lines
6:34 - Shading
7:24 - Texture
7:46 - Final Result
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Is there an art style you wanna see a video on? Let me know in the comments!
id love to see some of the sonic art styles explained
Doc Shoddy you are the best person i have ever seen in addition it is thanks to this Reddit post that I discovered your drawing on a Shy Guy and a Bandit Gf !
@@ddylan436 I’d love to see a video where you draw a character in real time
i would love to see someone break down eiichiro oda's artstyle (one piece) since one piece is really important to me but i could never mimic the style
The Persona/SMT art styles, specifically, the art styles of Shigenori Soejima and Kazuma Kaneko
This video has the greatest form of art references from not only just how to do it but breaking down the yes' and the no-no's of the different art styles.
Ikr? it always happens especially in tutorials for beginners and kids
Absolutely. Normally, when you want to recreate a style you have to trial and error until you figure this all out yourself. This is one of my favorite new channels
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As someone who regularly takes commissions to draw characters in these iconic Mario art styles, I found it really insightful to hear your take on them. There were even some tips that I’ve never even noticed, like at 3:28 where male and female characters have different highlights in their eyes.
Now whenever someone asks me how I draw in these styles, I’ll simply link them to this video. This is incredibly helpful and it’s surprising to see not that many videos covering it.
I had a feeling I’d see you here bro lol
7:36 I never would have thought to make a “texture ball” to use as a reference. That’s really helpful.
I think the one crucial thing you forgot to mention about the Mario strikers artstyle is the posing. Even if we just compare the official art with yours at 4:12, the mario looks way more dynamic, his whole body in the shape of a triangle, the posing of the arms and head both pointing the eye in the direction of the ball. It also uses a bit of forced perspective (notice how his left leg is bigger than the right one) which really makes the whole image pop.
I define art style as line, color, shading, textures, and effects.
Topics such as anatomy and perspective are complex and better fit for a channel focusing on character design.
Not to say I won’t address them in future videos, but I want to make my videos as accessible as possible to newcomers.
If you ever cover Mario again, I think some good ideas would be Paper Mario, Super Show/DiC cartoons, and Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach.
one of the cleanest art style tutorials I’ve seen! this is definitely going to help me a lot once I mature enough when it comes to drawing Mario decently
Sonic! I recommend u cover Yuji Uekawa, Naoto Ohshima, and the Sonic Battle art styles
I've often thought about making videos like this, being a bit of a style chameleon myself, but I never did get around to it, and these days I don't think I have the interest anymore. Glad somebody is taking it on! Looking forward to seeing where this channel goes.
I'd be interested in seeing what insights you might have to not only rendering a character in a style, but making adjustments to character design to better fit a certain game's design paradigm, since style does encompass not only the linework, lighting, shading, etc, but also the mindset of how anatomy is handled, how elements are simplified or abstracted, etc.
The topic of Art Style vs Character design is something I do wanna address at some point.
Whether it’s a full video or not, I haven’t decided.
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We have Yoichi Kotabe to thank for the "Mario art style." He also made the 80s anime-style illustrations for the old Zelda games, and art for games like "Mole Mania."
Idk how I found this channel but I enjoy seeing your art on twitter, glad you're now showing how you make your art style drawings
I second this! Absolutely love your art and this video. I'm really looking forward for more :-D
I used the same normal color for the reflective lights in the 2D Mario style.
I just realized that there is such a thing as a mask 💀
This video seems very helpful. It shows how timeless and clean the 2D Mario promo art really is and we can all thank to Yoichi Kotabe and Shigehisa Nakaue (the current artist behind the illustration of Super Mario 3D World) for it.
I’ve never been able to move past “chicken-scratch” stage. I mean, I can clean it up afterwards, but drawing smooth lines, especially with a not-so-steady hand can be so challenging and frustrating. I envy those that can draw without sketchy outlines.
Incredibly well done video, has to be one of the best art related content I've seen in a while.
Really hope you keep on, I'm already loving it!
ngl I’d like to see you cover the anatomy of the artstyle as well, y’know, how they do arms and legs and faces and all
i could never do that on my own
This was an issue I ran into when I was trying to learn how to draw in Mario art styles about a year ago. The tip I often heard was “Practice figure drawing, and practice basic art fundamentals as well if you haven’t already.“ Practicing those, outside of doing these art style studies, can be very helpful. But another tip I would give is to do character studies as well.
You can take a character or multiple characters from the art style you’re studying, measure out their proportions (how many heads tall is the character, how long are their arms and legs compared to the rest of their body, etc), get reference photos of poses (of IRL people mostly), and then try to depict the characters doing those poses with what you now know about their proportions. This can be challenging, but with practice in figure drawing, it can get easier. This is what has helped me so far anyways.
Personally, I'd say I'm a pretty good artist, but I struggle with anatomy and drawing backgrounds sometimes. Anatomy is definitely the hardest to master, even I am still practicing! I usually base my art off pre-existing Mario poses, once I learn anatomy I will be a super artist!
This TH-camr is genuinely underrated wth
Bro debuted on TH-cam with an absolute banger holy crap
Thanks for this video! I really enjoyed your Smash redesigns, and it’s nice having you go into how these artstyles actually tick.
As for art styles to consider for next time: you seemed to have a lot of fun drawing video game characters in their “classic” cartoon styles (the DiC series in particular). Maybe that’s a place to start?
Wow, this video's genuinely really helpful and concise. I've always wondered how you did this stuff since I followed you all the way back when you did those old art pieces for every Smash Ultimate fighter. Great video!
You covering Sonic styles and Dragon Quest art style would be pretty nice!
I’m really happy with TH-cam’s algorithm. It’s recommending me a lot of unique and well put together smaller channels lately.
You absolutely nailed Kotabe’s design! I loved the “character” you picked to toy around with it too!
The Dream Team artstyle, while basically being the same as the other M&L games, is still complicated enough with it's shading that I think it deserves either it's own video or section in the next video. Great video, by the way! I'm trying to learn how to draw these styles myself, so it's great seeing you explain these in such a clean and understandable way! I'm excited to see what the future has to hold for this series.
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@@SMCwasTaken purely based on that question I'm going to assume you made this yourself. In that case, it could probably benefit from more consistent lineart, an example being the really wide lineart for the head. The lineart in the original style isn't really that thick and I think such being the case here is somewhat out of place. I think you did really well with the full thing though! The shading especially is really on point I think. Is there any link or something you can share where I can see the full image?
@@creativeghost7368 I'm still working on the image
I will post it on Twitter when I'm done
@@creativeghost7368 thx for feedback
I like how Mario style may be so simple yet so complex
Great work! You replicated the essence of these styles perfectly.
Just one small suggestion though; since this is a channel that breaks down art styles, you could try to mention the artists who originated them?
For example:
• Main 2D illustrated artwork: Yōichi Kotabe
• Mario & Luigi + Mario Strikers (original character artist for both series): Masanori Sato
This would be nice for people who want to research and copy the styles themselves too
Major thumbs up for acknowledging the human girl from Sunshine's beta! We may never see what she truly looked like, but if Nintendo just re-introoduced her with your illustration in mind I wouldn't care.
8:07 i thought i was going to die for a second
I adore this series so far - rendering techniques are so rarely explained in such depth with art tutorials. Like, I can look at and figure out how to emulate particular shapes and proportions, but actually getting the final result to look right in the rendering is a hassle, especially working digitally without access to true inks and watercolors and such.
been working on a Mario Strikers-style drawing for a while now and just found this while looking up other people's takes on the style. this is a reaallly good video, and the notes for the shading/highlights really helped break things down. love the premise of this channel and i'm lookin forward to more, thank you for putting this together!
Fantastic video! It's always fun to find new channels who are blowing it out of the water right off the bat, and I can't wait to see more! This may be a big departure from the styles shown in this video, but I'd love to see your take on the distinct art/shading style of Hades.
I've been studying Mario art for a long time, and it's always super cool to see your stuff on Twitter, and also see you improve over time!
I'm pretty familiar with how the main style and M&L style is achieved, buy I've never looked into Strikers' style, so I'm gonna have to mess around with that using your tips 👀
Also, the moving power-up tile background is the exact same idea I recently created for a video I'm releasing soon?? Such an interesting coincidence. I'll try to do a tad more to make mine more different, haha 😅
Oh, one suggestion I'd make for future videos!
I think you could tell people to make sure to look at, and study official artwork themselves! Your video is an amazing starting point with guidelines, but it's always important to look at the official art for references.
I guess there’s one more detail that’s pretty consistent in the Mario & Luigi style, which is that eyes are always drawn with solid black irises
incredibly excited for more videos!
This video is so helpful! I love how you explained about shading and techniques! Tysm!
So glad to see you bringing your talents to the 'Tube! Keep up the good work, Doc!
Never did i not know i needed something so long until i recieved it! This series is a great idea! Not a lot of people cover the Kingdom Hearts artstyle plus Tetsuya Nomura's art has changed quite a bit over the years so I think it would be really cool to dive in to.
This is so cool. Great presentation, fun premise, your art has always been so fun. Recommending the channel to everyone.
I am so excited for your channel, and I can't wait for more videos!
What an absolutely stunning first video! I sense a bright future in artwork ahead! Amazing work!
A a person who can’t draw well, this is great.
This was an excellent breakdown of the intricacies of these artstyles. I've rarely tried drawing anything in an artstyle out of my own, but the strikers style looks _really_ fun to do! And all the references you give are also very good!
It's a bit of an unorthodox suggestion, but an artstyle analysis on the Hotline Miami games' artsyle would be cool to see!
The start of new channel always excites me! Especially if the first video is of this quality! You earned a subscriber, bud
Excellent editing and presentation! You did a good job replicating each style and highlighted details I would never have noticed but subtly contribute to each style and make them distinct. You packed a ton of information and great advice into a very entertaining and elegantly delivered format.
Woa I love this!
I always wanted to see a video that breaks down how to do stuff like this!
Many thanks, please continue doing these :)
Just got this recommended and I feel like is such a complete breakdown on each artyle in such a bite size video. Great job my dude! I'll definitely be using this vid as a guide for future illustrations
This is the most helpful tutorial I’ve ever seen, I’ve always been intimidated by the strikers style and fascinated with the alphadream style but never knew how to deconstruct both styles
Loving this already
I love doing this myself BUT the entire scope/ production of these videos blows my mind. Top notch from start to finish
This is a really well thought-out video and definitely earned a sub. I have my own preferred method but it's really nice how you kind of focus in on the traits of a style more so than tutorializing a drawing entirely. Makes it very digestable.
this is one of the best art tut videos ever u actually explain everything in detail with great editing omg 😭😭
Saw this video in my feed and thought “huh this seems like something doc shoddy would make”. And then it turns it was you! Glad to see you making tutorials on how to achieve these artstyles!
I love the formatting and editing and pace of this, even the thumbnail design! I'm excited to see whatever this series brings next.
PLEASE make more, this video is fantastic
This is amazing. Surprised to see is the only video in your channel. Cant wait to see more!
Great video. Sonic is an obvious choice. Classic, Adventure, and Mania Adventure.
Excellent editing, detailed but concise instructions, and clear indications how the style is achieved. Very great tutorial!
this is so easy to follow but done so professionally, oozing with tons of charm!! love it! very excited to see what you do next
cleanest art style tutorials I’ve seen!
Your style of video is so informative and engaging! Instantly fell in love with it, and I learned a lot about the Mario art styles.
Awesome editing, and very informative. I hope you continue work this good
REALLY AWESOME video!! Instant sub!!! Can’t wait to see more of your tutorials! :-D
This is outstanding! Thank you for this.
Wow you clearly put a ton of work into this. Really impressive first video! Can’t wait to see more
im def using this as a resource, this is so helpful
From one artist to another, this guide is really well made.
Each style is distinct and fleshed out, and the tips and tricks you gave were very technical and helpful. Not to mention the editing with the visuals, music, and sound effects.
Glad YT recommended this video, this channel is looking very promising.
Keep up the good work! 👏🏾💯
This is awesome! Keep up the great work!
Really good tutorial! I've figured my own understanding for the Mario art style but a little small details you mention are very important to keep in mind.
Also the editing and writing was on point too 👍 amazing work for a first video!
That Chris Pratt picture at the end was just the cherry on top of the cake.
That was genuinely interesting to watch and learn! Hope you'll upload more videos soon!
Brilliant video, this will help so many beginners understand studying art styles. 👏🏾
I love the SM Strikers Style. Thank you for the video!
Amazing video! really helped me with trying to get the strikers style down. Hope you make more!
Instant subscription, this series is so so good
I just got this recommended as I was thinking of drawing something about the mario movie, I love replicating styles of things I adore and hope you keep doing this in the future because it feels amazing to get an insight on the elements of memorable game and media styles out there! Your style replications are also really good! As for future video tutorials here are some notable game ones that come to mind.
-Jet set radio (Edge and boldy looks in their 2d art)
-Persona (Hard shadows are fun)
-TLOZ toon link games (love their paper like look and bold outlines)
-Bioshock/Fallout (old timey aesthetic)
Thanks again I love this vid!
Amazing video! You tackled all the details and nitpicks perfectly 👏
Thank you! This is super helpful!
Definitely a great way to learn these styles
Your presentation is just as impressive as your artistry. Glad you're doing this channel! Been a fan of yours on Twitter for a while :)
A Talking Sock!
Well deserved sub. Looking forward to more!
Super helpful video! I just watched the Mario movie today and it put me in the mood to draw some of the characters; the tips and techniques you showed were great! Thanks to much for making this! ❤️❤️❤️
Great video. I learned so much. Will be following with great interest.
Amazing video dude.
I would absolutely love to see you tackle the sonic artstyles, especially the rider artstyle.
Instant sub, your production style is already so high
Not only is the content of this video super informative, but the editing is really great as well. I don't think I've ever subscribed to a channel so quickly!
Yo this is amazing! Thanks for making this!
"You're the best artist in the world!" -Ms. Valencia's class
I am so glad this video got recommended to me. Awesome job!
This is pretty cool, I especially love the striker styles. This is really insightful. Considered me a subscriber.
I've been trying to a style that stuck with me, this is such a good video to learn about art styling thank you
Amazing and very detailed guide! Could you do Mega Man's art styles some time (inafune's to be specific)? Knowing how to draw like that would be like a dream come true!
very well done video, short and sweet
On top of a great illustrator, you are a great editor!
your video is making me enjoy drawing again, keep doing it
This is such a unique and cool idea for a channel, can definitely see you getting huge
Yes.
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How to draw the Art Style of *Pokemon*
Mayhaps the pixel style, the style changes of the animated series, spinoff games, or the various artist of the cards.
How to draw the Art Style of *[Insert Anime/Manga Series here]*
From various artist of Shounen like Goutouge (Demon Slayer), One and Murata (One Punch Man), Horikoshi (MHA), Bleach (Kubo), Berserk (Miura RIP), etc
How to draw the Art Syle of *[insert Indie video games here]*
HADES, Rogue Legacy, Dont Starve Together, Enter the Gungeon, Cult of Lamb, Binding of Issac, Darkest Dungeon, Cuphead, Hollow Knight, etc.
And much more.
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Quite the content Ocean. Keep up the good work good sir. 👍👍👍
Also why the hecko gecko is their a random picture of Chris Pratt at the end of the video 😂😂😂
Wow this is a great start for a new channel
as a composer who works with sound and has difficulties doing visual art, this is insanely interesting and insightful.
I would like if you tried the artstyles of sonic! Specifically the sonic adventure, sonic cd intro and outro, and adventures of sonic the hedgehog styles.
I gotta learn these styles ASAP!
I love this series a lot. Especially as someone who's trying to learn how to draw in different styles. I'd also love to see Paper Mario. I know that's a lot more simplistic but seeing your take would be awesome!
This was such a fantastic video! I really hope you’ll be doing more!
A new video may arrive sooner than you think…
I can’t believe this is your only video! This was so informative.
I’d love for ya to tackle Sonic’s many art styles! There are a lot to pick from I know but I’d love to see what you’d like!