Untooned Homer and real world Mario

I find Pixelo''s "Super Real Mario World" and "Homer Simpson Untooned" to be delightfully unsettling. Link

[#1 posted by noen , March 21, 2008 10:54 AM]

Photoshop? Wow, I thought they were 3D models.

[#2 posted by Andrew Mayer , March 21, 2008 11:00 AM]

It's a cute idea, but the entire point of caricature is that both disproportionate and abstract at the same time.

Break one, you expose the other, so any detailed cartoon character is going to look weird. It's the same trick the Ren & Stimpy cartoons used to use with their "gross out" shots.

[#3 posted by shortergirl06 , March 21, 2008 11:13 AM]

I just realized how much my grandpa looked like Homer. Creepy.

[#4 posted by justONEguy , March 21, 2008 11:14 AM]

Eeew.

[#5 posted by StrawberryFrog , March 21, 2008 12:23 PM]

So, Bruce Willis will play Homer Simpson in the live action movie.

[#6 posted by sideorderofstyle , March 21, 2008 1:40 PM]

ahahaha uncanny Bruce Willis and homer, who would've thought?

[#7 posted by franko , March 21, 2008 4:40 PM]

these keep getting better and better. i saw mario last week, and he's kind of grown on me. homer's going to take longer to get used to, though...

[#8 posted by Songe , March 21, 2008 4:50 PM]

oh god look at his tiny ear

[#9 posted by Antinous , March 21, 2008 4:53 PM]

#8,

Damn you. I was hoping to sleep sometime this week.

[#10 posted by Tenn , March 21, 2008 6:57 PM]

Mario looks like the janitor at my school that was fired for looking down girl's shirts.

8,9
That ear is obscene.

[#11 posted by salsaman , March 21, 2008 8:55 PM]

Creepy? Yes. Interesting? Nope.

They don't deserve the blog coverage they've been getting. Form-wise, they're the Mario and Homer we see all over-- it's just a texturing gag, and an ugly one at that.

[#12 posted by Takuan , March 21, 2008 9:03 PM]

But the interesting part is WHY they are creepy.
Ask yourself; why are they so creepy?

[#13 posted by Cupcake , March 22, 2008 3:39 AM]

unicorns plz

[#14 posted by noen , March 22, 2008 9:31 AM]

Creepy? Yes. Interesting? Yes.

I'm really disappointed in some of the reactions I've seen here lately as to artistic expression.

Why creepy? The EvPsych explanation would be because they signify disease. For the same reason that children tend to reject playmates who are perceived to be genetically defective. Or women tend to choose men with symmetrical features (asymmetry indicates genetic abnormality).

[#15 posted by Vanessavya , March 23, 2008 1:32 PM]

Let's face it, Mario looks like a pervert.

On the other hand, middle-aged men with uncanny huge eyes, a cap to hide them and a moustache can give that impression I guess.

[#16 posted by Jeff , April 21, 2008 8:33 AM]

Jessica Rabbit is hot. Woof! But generally I like my animations less un-tooned. Takuan, I think my gut-response is that I shouldn't be attracted to fantasy art. I tell myself that only real humans should make me look and wonder about sex.