Last weekend was such a blast! It felt nice to have the whole crew there, and then some! Not to mention I got to do my Lucas cosplay right this time (so happy the hair turned out well)
Special thanks to @themiminator for getting us all together and @pepperderps for reminding us that we’re not the only Mother squad out there! Hope to see y’all next year!
Hello, people of the world! How about we start off the weekend early with Fanworks Friday?
Today’s Fanart of the Week winner is Marcotto with his delightful drawing of the Chosen Four!
Marcotto has been apart of the forums for years and has posted countless amazing pieces in the past. I was so happy to see the familiar avatar and art style appear in the gallery. The piece is humorous, colorful, and really shows Marcotto’s unique style. It’s a good piece by a talented artist.
Marcotto, thank you for popping your head in and I sincerely hope you come by to post your work more often! Enjoy your new badge, you have certainly earned it.
Remember to submit your Mother-related fanart/music for the chance to see your work featured!
All these cool artists won these “Fanart of the Week” and “Artist Spotlight” awards, and I wanted to do the same. After working hard and improving, I’ve finally won the “Artist Spotlight” award in May of 2012. After that I worked even harder to win the “FOTW” award, but unfortunately staff issues brought the whole award system to an end. The thing I was working hard so much for was suddenly unreachable. No matter how many badges I obtained during the years, wouldn’t fill that GAP.
Then recently the site had a huge revamp and finally brought back FOTW and I’ve decided to work hard on a pic in hope to win that award.
The rest is history: after almost a decade, I won the FOTW award.
The lesson I’ve learned here is this: no matter how many years go by, don’t let your dreams die. When you least expect it, that dream might suddenly come true.
I thank the community of Starmen.net for helping me improve as an artist, giving me many soft skills I still use today, and for helping me find some of the greatest friends I’ve ever known.
The second episode of the Starmen Podcast is also live, with your hosts Agent Ape, Sith, and MariettaRC. Join them as they discuss theories and headcanons! Both episodes are now on YouTube here, with plans for iTunes integration shortly.
Hello guys! Sorry to have missed a few months of arting. I’ve moved to France for an exchange program, and it’s given me very little time to draw, especially because I don’t have my desktop PC and I have to manage with what I get.
This is changing slowly, and I’m churning out new stuff. This cover I made for the new Starmen.net Podcasts is one of those new things. Check them out! It’s made by some of my best friends, and lots of historical Starmen.net guests are gonna show up! Including yours truly!
So keep an eye on those! And for new art from my part!
NessfromEarthbound (SNES, 1994) made by Nintendo of Japan.
I was big into Earthbound as a kid, and my first online community was the Rocky Horror-esque subculture that formed around the game. When I was still in elementary school, I started drawing Earthbound-themed comics for a site that was then known as Earthbound.net under the pseudonym “Worker and Parasite,” or “WaP,” as they started to call me. The site is now called Starmen.net, and I don’t think anyone I knew is still there. A lot of the site’s ruling clique from my time went on to run the FanGamer merch store.
The further I get away from the game, the more I am inclined to think of Earthbound as being somewhat overrated, or at least over-praised. While it has a lot of very clever and funny moments, I think it’s a bit too disjointed overall, and is more a collection of ideas than a coherent whole. Mother 3, the sequel, is a far better game, in my mind, with a superior plot and more engaging characters, as well as a theme with higher, and I dare say more mature ambition.
As a work of whimsy and irreverence, however, few things have probably had a greater influence on me.
