Brawling a bit with my bro has resulted in me, rekindling my long lost fandom of the Ice Climbers. Now don't get me wrong, I am not ÜBER into Brawl (I do like a good game any day though) but I DO am über into the Ice Climbers. Gotta love them eskimo kids XD

So I whipped up a speed painting. I call this speed painting because it did just take me two evenings to make. That's speedy, right? >.>

I kinda like how the background came out, what with the Aurora Borealis and stuff. The iceberg is so-so, could've done it a little better.

The real challenge were the IC themselves actually. After countless revamps I made over the years, I still have trouble getting the proportions right. And I am still not happy with the way I draw their faces... :/

Now for a little question I wanna throw into the group: what kind of relation do you think Popo and Nana share? Siblings? Twins? Lovers? Colleagues? Or just good childhood buddies? Personally, I think they're twins, what with them looking identical and all XD Snake's Codec convo did say they share a 'bloodbond'... Well, that sure clears it up >.>

Painting info for all the tech-heads here:

Drawn with: pencil and felt-tip pen
Background done with: blue press ink and acrylic ink
Ice Climbers colored with: gouache
Highlights and touch-ups done with: white acrylics
Done in approx.: 6 hours (divided over two evenings)
Canvas size: 30 X 24 cm

Ice Climbers are just about perfect now that the weather's so hot, amirite? :B

Enjoy!

Ice Climbers (Popo & Nana) © Nintendo
Art © Vera van der Esch '08
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