Today I present the classic Mario Bros 1 Up mushroom done up as Buzz Lightyear. If Mario took one of these he’d have unlimited lives… to infinity and beyond of course.
This Buzz says, “Ding-da-ding da-ding-ding!”
Apparently this weekend is about mixing Buzz Lightyear with Social Networking. It seems lately that all the uber geeks on Twitter have been recreating their profile icons in this 8 bit-ish format. I figured I’d do the same… except with the Buzz Lightyear twist that we’ve all grown to love.
This Buzz says, “I’m so cutting edge I bleed pixies… I mean pixels!”
There isn’t a lot to work with pixel-wise when you’re looking to pay tribute to an 8-bit classic like Mario. I started with a 16×20 pixel canvas and recreated Mario himself. Then I overlaid the new pixels attempting to keep to the original shape as much as possible. A majority of the changes are (naturally) in the face since Buzz doesn’t have quite the nose that Mario does.
This Buzz says, “It’s-a me! Buzz-a Lightyear! Let’s-a go!”
Inspired by our first reader submitted Buzz tribute comes to us from Henry Reyes. Thanks Henry!
