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February 3, 2011
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This deviation got featured on Kotaku, Reddit, GraphJam as well as a few other dozens websites! Thanks!

You can purchase a copy of this poster (with 5 additional "secret" deaths, for a grand total of 50) on the Level Studios website.



Because, admit it, "25 Years of Dying" is a lot catchier than just "Cause of Death" as a title. :D


Mario celebrated his 25th year among us sometime in late 2010 (more like "25 years of Independence" since he existed since the Donkey Kong arcade game, making him 29 by 2010). I wanted to do something big for the occasion, even though I technically missed the boat by a few months (not practicallysince Mario didn't turn 26 just yet). :D


So this poster-like illustration is my official tribute to him for the occasion. I didn't cover everything of course, but the most important is there. Just watch out, there's a BIT of blood here and there (hard to spot though since I painted it black). There's some seriously violent deaths in these games, when you think of it...


Sorry for the ugly watermark by the way. I've had people steal some of my artwork before, you would figure this one would be a perfect pick for unscrupulous people wanting to gain easy money in video game shops and Anime conventions. Ugh.


40+ hours in Paint Tool SAI, Adobe Photoshop CS4 + Wacom Cintiq 21UX.


Enjoy! All characters belong to Nintendo. Also check:


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Given 2011-02-10
25 Years Of Dying by =TheBourgyman

The suggester said: "A hilarious and yet tragic idea to commemorate the 25th birthday of our most beloved plumber hero. I just couldn't stop laughing at each square. The style of the artist is lovely, not only on this piece but his entire gallery. It's full of humor and a feast for everyone who loves games."

Remember when dying in video games always made you go into a rage and throw a fit? That would be me, and this reminded me of those times! Totally hilarious and a wonderful talent! I think Mario has a world record on the amount of Purple Heart awards received! ( Suggested by *mukuro-sama and Featured by `WildCharmander )
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Wow. This is the best collab of Mario I have ever seen, like the Bottomless Pit, Overconfidence, and the Snowball.

I noticed 2 strange things:
1. The Blue Shell dosen't kill Mario, although it stops him.
2. In Eaten, that was really Luigi, and not Mario.

Other than that, I still like this.

My favorite death out of all these is probably the Challenge Lost. You had to race against Shadow Mario on 4 Galaxies. the Honeyhive Galaxy, the Gold Leaf Galaxy, the Sea Slide Galaxy, and the Freezeflame Galaxy.

This contains most of Mario's death, and I think that this is amazing. If there is more, then maybe the Artist might have forgotten them.

This ends my Critique.

EDLDE62 (Elliot)
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Unlike on the games, you really put a different visualization on Mario's [sometimes gorey or disturbing] CODs. It gives anyone a new idea of what exactly Mario experiences... or doesn't want to.

Personally, it IS displaying ideas Nintendo thought of, but only you could add this humoric twist. It only makes it funnier seeing as Mario's stifling the finger on "Challenge lost". It's times like that that you just wanna hit Mario for not resorting to violence *for once*.

The technque, being yours, speaks for itself. You can add humor to anything; and I mean ANYTHING.

Overall impact: I lmao every time I see this.
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Faved! My most often cause of death, while playing Mario are:
-Lava pool (especially in Yoshi's Island)
-Spikes, Bottomless Pits, and Piranha Plants (almost always due to not enough timed jump)
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:iconanonygoosed:
I love this!!! the other ones also :heart: :+fav:
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:iconluminamaridia:
Haha blue shell! :D
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:icondexter7566:
Is that...Luigi getting eaten by the Cheep Cheep?
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Mood: Love ~Shiroikodoku Aug 18, 2011  Hobbyist Writer
Amanzing! Just amazing!
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:iconudiszabi:
hahahaha...cool work :XD: :XD: :XD:
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Mood: Love ~BethEliseGraves Jul 27, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
This is awesome!

I think you missed one :D

Should be when Mario does a spin jump (with his cape on) through those yellow cubes, sometimes he would glitch and shoot into the wall and be squished to death! Awesome shots here though =)
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:iconourstrangeworld:
you should do a sequal cause' ypu missed a few
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:iconmalzzel:
Kick ass, dude!
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