Video Game Color-Ins

We all know kids love this kind of stuff, but rather than adding color to elephants, monkeys, trucks and Barbie dolls, why not get them started on video game characters?

Fototiller has this tutorial on making color-ins quickly and easily with Photoshop or Coral. My attempts are the Link color-in above and the Mario color-in below (clicking on them will open up a printable image).

You could make a color-in out of virtually any video game image or artwork, but cartoon-style images work best because they have clearly defined lines.

Not into DIY? You'll have to settle for Pokémon.

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Super Mario Bros Q-mark subwoofer

What's better than Pimp My Ride-style extravagance? Video game related Pimp My Ride-style extravagance, that's what.

Flickr user Kaizokurisu's friend built this and Kai painted it himself. Apparently it sounds great in his car. Here's to hoping everyone resists the powerful urge to bash their heads into it in the hopes of attaining an extra life.

[Super Mario Subwoofer photo set]

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MAKE: Tasty cupcakes

Mmm... a groom's cake made out of cup-cake pixels. It's not the most beautiful game cake I've ever seen, but that's part of its allure, I think. You wouldn't feel too bad if you took a piece - not like you'd feel if you cut a slice out of something like this. The pixel Mario cake says "Admire me," then "Eat me."

Enough Mario, though. Let's bring on the more obscure characters.

[Pixel Mario cake on Flickr]

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MAKE: First level of Super Mario... scarf-style

It might not look like much yet but cassinator of craftgrrl is attempting to render the entire first level of Super Mario as a scarf. It could be awesome, but if you consider that the section pictured above took two hours and is two hand-widths long, it becomes clear that:

1) this is going to take bloody ages
2) it's going to be so ridiculously long that it'll probably force its creator to consider the question of when a scarf just becomes a really long piece of knitting

For an idea of scale, the author is working off this image. I know I'd give up at about the point pictured above. No, scratch that - one row and I'd be out. I'd probably just be too busy marvelling at the improbability of my suddenly and inexplicably gained ability to knit, which I do not currently posess.

If the thing gets completed gamecraft fans all over with have something to hype about. If not, A+ for effort and inventiveness, eh?

[Super Mario bros scarf update via Wonderland]

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