Retro Rally 2: Warpzone Wildcard Poster

Nothing too ambitious this time, just a fun little poster design for the second "Retro Rally" event. Last time we had a 15 minute point battle in Balloon Fight's "Balloon Trip" mode (I won), and this time we'll choose a random world in Super Mario Bros. 3, take a warp whistle there and have a good old fashioned race. I got another copy of SMB3 on ebay for it...it was much cheaper than the second copy of Balloon Fight.

Retro Rally Trophy Cartridge!

I know these things are silly but they're fun to do. This is a "trophy cart" for the ongoing video game competition I'm having with my brother (the only old game fan I can find around here unfortunately...it would be great to involve some more people in these). The one who wins three of five events (to be decided, but I'm putting Tetris in there somewhere) gets to keep the Retro Rally cart as a memento of their superior ability in games most people don't give a shit about anymore!

Balloon Fight Poster - Balloon Trip 2013

I wanted to try another 3D paper piece for this one. I drew and colored the characters in photoshop, printed and cut them out, taped em to sticks and took a bunch of photos. Getting the right angles and exposure was a nightmare, but I like it well enough.

Another shot I liked...maybe I should've used this one.

Work in progress. Can you tell I have no idea what I'm doing here?

Retro Rally logo ideas

Just some logo designs I did for a potential set of video game competitions I was thinking of putting together this year--obviously inspired by Nintendo Land!

I used the same font for "rally" that is used in the Nintendo Land logo (ITC Bauhaus Medium I believe), and it was fun picking out fonts to reflect each game series (the Mario font I believe I found on DaFont.com, called "Jumpman").

So I have the logos done, but what will the contests be like? Races? Point battles? How can you make a competition out of Metroid that isn't just speedrunning? I'd love to get some creative ideas. The idea is to have several challenges spanning most or all of the entries in each franchise.