The Art Style of *MARIO*

[@ArtStylist]

Is there an art style you wanna see a video on? Let me know in the comments!

[@puz]

id love to see some of the sonic art styles explained

[@Gomogora534]

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 !

[@jameskardys3452]

@@Gomogora534 I’d love to see a video where you draw a character in real time

[@goldenfennekin]

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

[@slumburger1145]

The Persona/SMT art styles, specifically, the art styles of Shigenori Soejima and Kazuma Kaneko

[@ValhallaKingdom]

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.

[@LillianGraceFullofficial]

Ikr? it always happens especially in tutorials for beginners and kids

[@Breaksticks01]

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

[@MiraBoo]

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.

[@joshooah86]

just practice drawing curved lines, swirls, spirals, waves, as well as angles and straight lines, like zig zags and stuff. do it with as much intent as possible. Then mix straight lines, curved lines and angles shapes. dont worry about what the shapes look like, just try to close the outline. keep trying to increase speed and decisiveness as you go. hopefully this is a helpful step towards getting those lines down in one go! I filled like half a notebook with abstract shapes and line work while i was practicing.

[@EndieGLITCH]

Something that might help is even if it’s frustrating, focus on doing one quick continuous line rather than a lot of even faster small lines. It will make your art way faster to do and more precise.

[@armageddon7432]

i envy those who CAN draw with sketchy outlines, it looks great

[@Slimecantdefeatme]

Have you tried drawing from your shoulder? I've had the same problem and its because I'm very used to drawing with my wrist. You basically dont move your wrist and elbow, and make the stroke by moving your shoulder.

[@DingityDingus]

NOW THIS IS A NICE VIDEO. 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.

[@CVerse]

I had a feeling I’d see you here bro lol

[@mushroomfusion245]

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.

[@Memer-was-taken]

Another idea would be retro box art

[@Memer-was-taken]

Like the Japanese box art for Mario brothers one and stuff

[@titusgirlusboobithsweatith]

OOOH DIC

[@SprinchelArt]

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.

[@ArtStylist]

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.

[@nickisonlinet]

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

[@m4yr4i]

Hope that is going well. I'm sure I'll use this tutorial in the future, also when I can draw a bit more competently.

[@artsyomni]

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.

[@ArtStylist]

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.

[@MacenW]

We love you never gonna forget that rayman prank

[@beauwalker9820]

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."

[@danieldanielaltest0]

0/10 there was no hotel mario art style

[@GamerzRus]

That’s really controversial

[@SplankenHub]

@@GamerzRusnuh uh

[@GamerzRus]

@@SplankenHub from what I heard it’s not that good of a game

[@2Simpl]

@@GamerzRushow DARE you say that to the ENTIRE ytp community!!!!1!1!1!!

[@GamerzRus]

@@2Simpl that’s just what I’ve heard, Not a big deal 😬

[@Blurryisme]

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

[@kabernackusbrown8635]

I second this! Absolutely love your art and this video. I'm really looking forward for more :-D

[@daorangeboi]

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!

[@RamonIsHim]

Bro debuted on KZbin with an absolute banger holy crap

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

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.

[@DavidPCM]

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!

[@ozzi9816]

One thing I will say about the strikers style is that the chicken scratch is selectively done. Features like the face are noticeably cleaner than limbs and the like, and oftentimes the overall flow/action line of the character is taken into consideration and the lines mostly get more chaotic where that action line ends, as well as at extreme corners, which the style includes a lot of

[@TheHarryGoldShow]

So glad to see you bringing your talents to the 'Tube! Keep up the good work, Doc!

[@Shrinkshark20]

No way.

[@NoobHammer]

This KZbinr is genuinely underrated wth

[@MatthewPrower]

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

[@bowsersex]

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.

[@supermario1fan]

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!

[@JessScreams]

3:42 The strikers art is so sick????! I’ve never seen it before!!

[@davidthecommenter]

can't believe they scrapped olimar from super mario strikers, smh

[@sparkerlol518]

When is the fiddlebert skin coming!?

[@jaybeans981]

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?

[@JJLarge]

Wheres the smash redesigns i dont see any other videos on his channel before this

[@jaybeans981]

@@JJLarge He has a Twitter/Insta he posted them on.

[@PeiceofNick]

Doc, as someone who has been a long time fan of your artwork, following you on Twitter and everything. I really appreciate you make this videos for other future artist a lot.

[@SparkieChu]

Sonic! I recommend u cover Yuji Uekawa, Naoto Ohshima, and the Sonic Battle art styles

[@creativeghost7368]

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.

[@SMCwasTaken]

What do you think about my pfp?

[@creativeghost7368]

@@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?

[@SMCwasTaken]

@@creativeghost7368 I'm still working on the image I will post it on Twitter when I'm done

[@SMCwasTaken]

@@creativeghost7368 thx for feedback

[@Freun]

Wow this is a great start for a new channel

[@obnoxiousalternative6558]

You covering Sonic styles and Dragon Quest art style would be pretty nice!

[@MONSTAboyGaming]

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.

[@zyphyris]

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!

[@SuperWiiBros08]

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!

[@frickerrific2813]

I like the new thumbnail, it’s a lot more clear.

[@SoshiTheYoshi]

Glad you’ve finally entered KZbin!

[@DramaJosh03]

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.

[@disembodiedglances8695]

On top of a great illustrator, you are a great editor!

[@Eric_64_UwU]

You should totally do a video about the Sonic Art style!

[@Jake.Miller]

Wow you clearly put a ton of work into this. Really impressive first video! Can’t wait to see more

[@majindoodles]

this is one of the best art tut videos ever u actually explain everything in detail with great editing omg 😭😭

[@DesnestheDwarf]

THIS Banger is ur first Video? Damn! Love ur approach can't wait for more! Subscribe! If I can suggest an Art Style to see, I would love to see a Classic Pokémon (Ken Sugimori) or an early Dragon Ball (Akira Toriyama) Artstyle!

[@hero_star_]

this is a neat idea, it helps get a good understanding really quickly for certain styles i wonder about styles such as hollow knight n the sort, indie game style surely have a potential

[@Pk.wave100]

for all the people asking for them to cover the sonic adventure / uekawa art style, chaomix has a wonderful video on that

[@soleil-in-the-sky]

Oh man! This is a great channel! The artstyle breakdown is so good, it really helps you FEEL the artstyle! Its to the point yet so thorough!

[@velvet__san7287]

REALLY AWESOME video!! Instant sub!!! Can’t wait to see more of your tutorials! :-D

[@J4Blue]

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.

[@treythornton19]

Mario Striker style was my favorite art style. ✨

[@kiwikarp9509]

This channel looks pretty cool, but I'm already subscribed to so many. I don't know if I can make room for- 0:12 ooooohhhh my gosh they care about Jellystone. Instant sub. Seriously though, this video is insanely good. As an artist, I know my style is inspired from a lot of other ones, but I could never break down what made them so appealing to me. This video didn't just put the pieces together, it did so in a way that's easy to understand(at least to me, I can get why some non-artists would feel different). If you're still looking for requests on this video, I'd love to see a video on Puyo Puyo's artsyle(Fever 1 & 2 to be specific). But I'll be interested in anything that comes next!

[@Spectacles_]

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!

[@fitzdrawer6466]

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

[@salvatoreocello]

I love doing this myself BUT the entire scope/ production of these videos blows my mind. Top notch from start to finish

[@Shayzis]

By god this is just an absolutely perfect video tutorial for not only Mario art but like art in general, I learned so much!!! AND I'M 3 MINUTES IN

[@ATalkingSock]

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 :)

[@piakirei28]

A Talking Sock!

[@lonecom685]

I’m really happy with KZbin’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!

[@JosueCr4ft]

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 💀

[@Knalltute]

Omg this video was soo good! The One Piece art style would be nice very nice since it started very childish and now has very stylish ink outlines.

[@Syiepherze]

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

[@Syiepherze]

This would be nice for people who want to research and copy the styles themselves too

[@DaNintendude]

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 😅

[@DaNintendude]

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.

[@YoSoySrRojo]

even if it’s super hard for me to replicate the art styles i still love this explanation of mario’s different art styles, it shows you what and what you shouldn’t do when drawing it

[@theberserk8405]

0:20 DUUUDE that banjo-kazooei on jellystone style is perfect 😭

[@willywilly7832]

You should do the one of many of official sonics’ art artstyle 😆

[@LorGhostly]

Gonna attempt to draw mario thank you

[@fullonwave1116]

PLEASE make more, this video is fantastic

[@K3vinTuCara]

Brilliant video, this will help so many beginners understand studying art styles. 👏🏾

[@mushroomdude123]

7:36 I never would have thought to make a “texture ball” to use as a reference. That’s really helpful.

[@Tripp_FNF]

This editing is immaculate, and so is the fact you can replicate these styles perfectly! You are amazing, keep it up!!

[@unoriginalusername4416]

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.

[@datjoshuajperson]

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!

[@VegaVibing]

I want to be like you when I eventually get further into my art journey. Being able to mimic and explore a variety of styles is the coolest skill to me.

[@TubeLoobMouse]

Thanks. I’ve been low-key working on a potential Player 3 and Player 4 for a hypothetical four player platformer since 2016, so this will help me refine them even further.

[@PixelaGames2000]

This is very helpful! I’ve been wanting to evolve my art style, and try drawing in different art styles, so this is very helpful and insightful.

[@TheOtherBlue]

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!

[@chaudspieler]

THIS IS THE BEST ART VIDEO I'VE EVER SEEN!! As an artist myself who wants to draw in different styles, you've really inspired me to get back to drawing like I used to!! Thanks pal!! YOU'RE AWESOME!! SUBSCRIBED!! Oh and I'd LOVE to see Shantae series art styles because those are my favorite Indie games that all have amazing art styles as well!

[@apollocaelum]

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!

[@Researcher_Ryan]

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!

[@JhosIraki117]

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

[@Capuchin213]

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!

[@DarleneValencia-sl2mj]

"You're the best artist in the world!" -Ms. Valencia's class

[@Mechan1calMag1c1an]

Excellent editing, detailed but concise instructions, and clear indications how the style is achieved. Very great tutorial!

[@obnoxiousalternative6558]

A Vocaloid art style would be nice, too!

[@vincenzomottola7778]

Cool video! One art style I'd like to see in a future video is the classic Shantae promo art style by Matt Bozon, seen in Xtreme Sports GBC and Shantae GBC's promo art. I just think it's a fascinating, yet nostalgic art style, due to feeling like a blend between Disney and fake manga style. Later Shantae games went with a more generic anime-ish art style for the promo art and portraits, which is still good but not as charming.

[@Stusha]

I love the SM Strikers Style. Thank you for the video!

[@anderson9244MLG]

Thank you for the super mario strikers part,that art style is my favorite mario art style

[@nichi4353]

Yes. - 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. - Quite the content Ocean. Keep up the good work good sir. 👍👍👍

[@nichi4353]

Also why the hecko gecko is their a random picture of Chris Pratt at the end of the video 😂😂😂

[@SenatorBilkins]

This is so cool. Great presentation, fun premise, your art has always been so fun. Recommending the channel to everyone.

[@supermathews0209]

This video is awesome and the concept is genius, it helps the beginners who are starting in art and it's interesting for non artists to see how their favorite art styles look so original Btw I personally think you should cover the Paper Mario art style as it is one of my all time favorites

[@rameneater7829]

Amazing video! You tackled all the details and nitpicks perfectly 👏

[@anothernormalperson069]

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!

[@adrianroger6973]

The start of new channel always excites me! Especially if the first video is of this quality! You earned a subscriber, bud

[@Mikescool444]

Honestly just now discovered your channel, and I’m definitely going to see more! This was not only really informative, but somewhat inspired me to try these tips on my own art.

[@ZTimeGamingYT]

What an absolutely stunning first video! I sense a bright future in artwork ahead! Amazing work!

[@a3na4onda]

Great work on the tutorial! Now for a request~ Can you draw the wario ware cast (plus Doc Crygor) using the regular 2D Mario art style? Thanks. Love your art, btw!

[@dreampillet]

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.

[@Insta-Gib]

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

[@scorbunnystaralicia5589]

Pokemon's many art styles?

[@ProjectRafael123]

ART STYLIST GOT YOU 🗣️🗣️

[@4bb3]

cleanest art style tutorials I’ve seen!

[@LibriDocs]

Great first video. We will watch your career with great interest.

[@pip9533]

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.

[@shiningskies47]

This is such a unique and cool idea for a channel, can definitely see you getting huge

[@richardcampbell9325]

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! 👏🏾💯

[@MacenW]

Man youre extremely talented. I knew exactly what artstyle of the other 2 characters you showed in the intro. Jellystone banjo looks great as does P&S Bayo

[@WallyGamer32]

Thank you! Once I get back into drawing this will be really handy. What software do you use? I switched from Autodesk Sketchbook to Clip Studio Paint.

[@syuhaelailabdad7500]

4:08 FINALLY someone who understand the unused stuff