I Mess With The Merlon Design Hard - Tumblr Posts

I'm gonna be posting height charts for the next couple of days while I work on finishing my other SPM project and further work on le comic. These are mostly for color pallets, and keeping the heights consistent for said comic. 

Here's the Heroes to start with

Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, and Bowser are smaller than the rest of the cast. There's a reason for this; 1. Making them look close to canon, while being comparable to the rest of the cast's heights, made them look like mascot costumes. 2. I wanted them to look highly canon compared to the normal residents of the SPM world. This was done to make them seem more like outsiders and foreign to this world. 

Merlon's design was initially made on a whim while making another piece, but luckily I felt I didn't need to alter much. Most of his shape language stayed intact during the style transition. 

Merlee's design is one I really like. I wanted to incorporate design elements from her past incarnations of the Paper Mario Games. Like the hair tuft, and moon. 

If anyone has questions about other design choices, I will happily answer them.