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Here's my attempt at creating a Tony paper clay model! I've done what I can to make it look as legit and accurate to his design as possible (I still need to work on rendering it though, maybe I'll redo it to make it as accurate to the actual clay models as possible).

I used the artwork from the Mother 2 Secret Treasure Box Guidebook. Scans of that have been floating around recently, and it seems like a good yet overlooked resource to consider for the game's NPC designs besides sprites considering all the characters did not get clay models (with Tony sadly being one of them). Analysis and design considerations below the cut:

So, here's Tony's 2d artwork from the aforementioned guide:

First of all, Tony is apparently a chonky boy. He is not outright drawn as fat like Porky or Apple Kid, but he still looks rather wide. This whole time everyone drew him with the same build as Jeff when in actuality, he is rather stout in comparison! I assume he is more discretely chubby, like Ness is implied to be.

And then, there is his eyes. He's got pie shaped eyes like Paula and other female characters (which I guess are these sparkly eyes). In fact, as far as I could tell, he's the only male with these kind of eyes. I guess they needed to give Tony some kind of feminine features. Though between the eyes and his proportions, it seems like he's meant to have this childish and innocent look in contrast to Jeff.

Finally, there's the uniform, which is the biggest design discrepancy. It looks like he has no blazer, but looking closely, it looks like they simply forgot to color it in! There's outlines for it, but it looks like he has suspenders at a first glance. With that in mind, it becomes much closer to the sprite, though there's still some differences like the color of the uniform and the shoes.

In spite of that, I still think the guidebook scans are pretty reliable when it comes to the character designs in general, since the characters that do clay models tend to be rather close to the design in the artwork from there (if any thing, it's the sprites that seem to be less accurate).

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Another work doodle: Ninten on MS Paint

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Last minute art piece for March... you know who I'll choose this time

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Milky Well on the DS

(Just a small thing to assure that I am still working on these... I'll post greater stuff eventually)

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It's Nine, one of my favorite guys!

Also, I've been trying a new approach to drawing, so hopefully I can put out more art (that I don't hate) from now on.

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MS Paint drawing done at work. Text probably only makes sense to me

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(Text reads: "Was this planned obsolescence? I oughta go back in time and kill whoever came up with it!")

The context for this is based on something I just came up with randomly. But unfortunately elaboration on that is for another day, so just take this drawing as you will. Claus is Big Sad now.

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Remember my Nintendo DS-style Ness model from a while back? While that was originally meant to be a one-off, I was pleased with the result enough to model the rest of the Chosen Four! Feel free to make suggestions for recreating scenes/creating mockup screenshots with them...

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"Who are you?! I won't come out. If I do, everyone will pick on me."

Consider this a preview. I've attempted to create models in the style of a hypothetical modern 3D Earthbound Beginning remake. I got sidetracked, though, when I started working on these DS style Earthbound models (more on that eventually). I still got the other half of the party to work on, but for now here a quick showcase of what I've got so far.

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(Pardon if this messy, I'm no good at comics)

Everyone likes to have Jeff ignore Tony, and Tony mope over him, but what about the other way around? Tony eventually gives up on Jeff and moves on from him, and Jeff is left alone and remorseful. Just a what-if scenario (even if it makes me sad myself)

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Earthbound for Nintendo DS anyone? With 3D graphics, too!

This is a little something for the game's 30th anniversary. It took a bit longer than I expected, but better late than never. Here's to one of the best games ever!

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Lloyd hates hearing "All That I Needed (Was You)". It is kind of like how the Eight Melodies is Giygas/Giegue's weakness.

Why can't he stand it? According to him, it's overly cheesy, mushy schlock pop rock that just reeks of the 80's!

But remember, this is the song he and the others preformed at the Live House before catching Teddy's attention. And of course, he is then unceremoniously kicked out of the party, while being talked down for being too wimpy.

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Art Fight attack for @das-a-kirby-blog, of Graffi Dee. (The quality's a bit better here than on that site).

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Art Fight attack with @pumpkinnkidd's Kirby OC, Starcutter, from here. (This was actually my first Art Fight attack of the year and I may as well post it now.)

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My 3D attacks for Art Fight! I kind of wish I could make more.

Pyxi for Ambunny, Pearl for Caius, Gop for Notacatithink

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Oh yeah it's a little late but I am doing Art Fight this year. I've put my new Kirby OC there among other.

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According to concept art (which I unfortunately don't have at the moment) Ribbon eats bugs. Like, she takes a bite out of one like a cheeseburger. I wonder if it's normal for Ripple Star fairies to eat bugs or if Ribbon's just a freak...