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On: May 1, 08
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Following in the footsteps of the great work done by Pixeloo of “untooning” Mario, Homer and Jessica Rabbit, Essenmitsosse.de has untooned the famous Nintendo game villain, Bowser.

Bowser is the leader and most powerful of the turtle-like Koopa race and Mario’s arch-nemesis. The PhotoShopped work is rich in details and I think it successfully captures Bowser’s mean, threatening demeanor perfectly. 

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While I changed some of his proportions here and there I still wanted to keep his overall character. My redesign is a bowser who is a bit more slender with a narrower mouth that resembles a dinosaur. All this to give him a more realistic, faster and threatening look. I also took the original color scheme of Bowser and tried to convert it into some kind of realistic animal coloration. (essenmitsosse.de)

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hmmm. i'll have to disagree with your title lourdes. what is "humanized" about this? This is making them "realistic", but there's no human connection. The other toons u mention inside looked like a human, with human looking body parts. what kind of human is this, lol

By: Ayman Helweh on May 1, 08   2,222 Trends   2,564 Comments
You're right ayMan. I was thinking of the Jessica Rabbit humanized toon. Thanks for the observation. The title does look stupid.

By: lourdes sanchez bayas on May 1, 08   1,225 Trends   334 Comments
So freaky looking!!

By: Bianca Bartz on May 1, 08   4,210 Trends   2,800 Comments
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