I was gonna wait until it was fully finished, but I got too giddy over the results. Hours of trial and error put behind this
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Sean Hicks
@SeanHicksART
Creative Director @ Megastorm Games︱Artist ︱Concept artist, 3D game artist, & Illustrator︱2019 SCAD alumni MA ︱He/Him
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Your average Mario RPG fan airhorn reaction
(it became completely unusable audio after that lmao)
So for fun, I made the Banjo cameo from Conker's Bad Fur Day for Animal Crossing: New Horizons! Here is some of the progress shots during its creation from when it was in substance painter and the original sculpt in Zbrush. Had to work pretty low poly for this one!
My favorite part of the new smash trailer was seeing Banjo & Kazooie in CGI again. They didn’t have to, but they did it anyway. And I love them for that haha
Turnaround of the Cackletta sculpt I did! I really wanted to capture the art style of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
A long last, Midbus joins Super Smash Bros. Ultimate!
Joining the battle from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Midbus brings the pain!
Midbus is Fawful's loyal minion, and rivals Bowser in strength. He'll do anything to ensure Fawful's uprising.
I am removing the mod from the internet
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Was studying the Smash Bros Ultimate banner today and I think I cracked the brushwork code. Thanks, Donkey Kong.
The Geno Deluxe Mii Costume (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate mod) is now available for download! I hope you all enjoy, and may this new year bring us closer to a revival of Super Mario RPG! #SuperSmashBrosUltimate #スマブラSP
gamebanana.com/skins/184699
It’s all finished! The Geno costume for Super Mario Odyssey will release in the near future! Rigging and importing by Craftyboss. Geno costume Model and textures were made by me.
As the mod prepares for release later this month, we'll kick it off by looking at his render!
Midbus's render was made to also work in parallel to Bowser's!
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars is full of surprises- even after all these years!
Bro I literally can’t touch the computer right now don’t give me that look
I can't believe this! I was out on a jog, got attacked by some bees, and suddenly the bluetooth on my walkie talkie connected to Nintendo's Servers- allowing me to see leaked images of the Froggy Chair! Not sure what Nintendo is doing with that last image though. They're weird.
The Geno Deluxe Mii costume (mod) in action! We got one last bug to fix before release!
Geno Head Model & Textures: SeanHicksArt
Importer: ThatNintendoNerd
Param Editing to remove Mii Head:
Hat UV edits / Tester:
Smash Ult Script & Hat Savior:
Now I can finally make "cutscene" render sprites! Gonna be using these for a flash animation
So and I came up with a little something silly to hype up Banjo-Kazooie's release for Smash Bros. Ultimate
(All in good fun, Mr. Sakurai! Keep up the good work!)
Was trying to make a Jojo face in Hat in Time...
Time well spent on this monstrosity
The final countdown to the #NintendoDirect ; Hoping the (puzzle) pieces come together for #banjokazooie in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
A huge thanks to for bringing back the bird and bear duo that inspired me to be the artist I am today. It's a dream come true! I can't wait to play as Banjo-Kazooie in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate!
A little something I made for my friends who are really wanting Geno in Smash Bros. Ultimate. My wish came true for Banjo & Kazooie - I hope yours does too. #SuperMarioRPG
An update on the Smash Bros Ultimate mod: here is a preview of Midbus, a main character in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, over Bowser's skeleton. The skin weights/skinning were done by my friend . I created the models & textures.
A 20 min overview of the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate skin mod for Midbus goes live tomorrow! It covers the hard work everyone involved has done, shares some behind-the-scenes, and talks about future plans.
youtube.com/watch?v=6Iyov0
I missed out on the anniversary, but Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be a game that sticks with me for a long time. We'd be lucky to get another game like it. Banjo-Kazooie's smash reveal was a very memorable day for me. #thankyousakurai
The duo from the N64 classic: Banjo-Kazooie! Hope you all enjoy this character painting! #banjo20 #banjokazooie #rareware #visualdev #fanart
I made Starlow to show a proof of concept I had in mind for re-creating the art of M&LRPG in real-time lighting. A huge thanks to for putting the assets in Unreal Engine 5 for me! More to come 👀
What was made in the stream: a Geno mii head! I don't have the Smash Bros Ultimate mii costume just yet, so I'm building it from the Wii U Version. This will be my first Ultimate mod! Enjoy this work in progress!
I wonder why Disney never went with the direction of revisiting their 2D animated films to 3D- in the sense of not tackling the "realistic" theme. Allow those 2D character designs and shapes to breath life into 3D if these reboots continue.
(Artist Source: Kent Melton)
Never forget as to when I remade the Banjo cameo in Conker's Bad Fur Day Cameo for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It's decorative, but still gets some judging glances.
The era of Fawful is now!
Here are some rough concepts I made for the alternate costumes for Fawful! This is for the next SSBU mod I'm working on.
Some creative liberties have been taken with the 'Emperor' outfit; he now rocks a metal foot guard, and metal gauntlets.
"May all your wishes come true.."
A little something for SMRPG fans. Huge thanks to for helping me put this together!
Another big thanks to for providing me with some of the "wishes" sent to them from their supporters!
#OperationStarFall #SuperMarioRPG
Found these old things while digging through my ancient thumbdrive. Made it around the time Undertale first came out!
At one point in time, I tried to make Geno in the sprite style of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. Totally forgot about it until I ran into the old file when searching for old stuff!
Mario came across a peculiar hat in the forest. I wonder who it belongs to?
[work in progress Geno costume SMO mod]
Importing and Rigging by Craftyboss
Here are the expressions I've done when exploring Banjo from #BanjoKazooie ! (fanart). Happy #banjokazooie20thanniversary ! artstn.co/p/JoYoz
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Experimenting with some render techniques for a sprite animation. Used the Mario Tennis 64 model of Waluigi for this as a test dummy. Next I’ll model Waluigi in the style of the old renders, and do the same method again.
Wanted to play around with the idea of "What if Wario had his own "Cappy" partner?" #SuperMarioOdyssey
Got it more optimized, and I now have the Smash Bros Ultimate Mii hat in my hands now! I adjusted the model a bit to line things up better. Onto UVs and textures now
The Deluxe Geno costume mod has been patched for the latest Smash Bros Ultimate update. I've heard this is the last time we'll have to do this for mods! Pretty exciting! A huge thanks to for updating the param file and providing this screenshot!
gamebanana.com/mods/175400
Made this while watching the Nintendo Twitch stream. A mix of post edit magic.
It's close
Was curious and wanted to play around with the idea of Banjo having fuzzy snout (Crash N Sane trilogy inspired for materials). I usually painted it stylized in my style, but never too detailed.
I have given birth
(Things did mess up a bit, but for a first time 3D print it could’ve gone wayy worst. I just need to scale him bigger for the next print to fix support and thickness issues)
If you told me years ago that we would be getting TWO Microsoft reps in Super Smash Bros- I wouldn’t have believed you. It’s honestly amazing to me. I know Banjo-Kazooie and Steve had a bit of a rivalry going on among fans/speculation, but I’m glad both ended up happening.
Render I did before work to test out creating hair with Zbrush's Fibermesh. Will have to play with it further later on!
Was looking back at series icons in Smash Bros. It’s interesting to see how some of them really changed up over the years. I wonder if a third party character would ever use an already established icon (from 1st party) like this mushroom here
Haven't made Banjo-Kazooie fanart in a long time, but this one is still a personal favorite of mine.
An old study I did where I experimented with how the "tan" parts of Banjo's fur could be translated to a stylized x realism art direction. With all of the recent E3 stuff going around, it had me thinking, Smash Bros might do something similar (if the duo is in of course)?
Thank you to those that joined the youtube stream! Wanted to try a new platform to see how it would go. Today, we sculpted a bit of Mario in the style of Mario & Luigi RPG!
Wanted to sketch a Mario Odyssey costume that was on my mind. I want to make it one day.
Looking back at this Geno costume (cape unfinished) I designed and modeled in the style (and poly budget) of Super Mario Odyssey ...I wonder if people would be interested in seeing Mario Odyssey costume ideas for a Curiomatic?
Turnaround of my Cackletta model with painted textures, and cartoon outline. One of my first ZBrush sculpts! #Nintendo
Some things messed up on import from the tools (mainly some normals) - but it's so cool to see something I made in the Super Mario Odyssey engine
I'm doing commissions that will aid in Hurricane Laura relief. This will go towards where I have evacuated to, and for helping my family out. I'll be starting with 5 slots, and then doing another 5 once those are done!
Form: forms.gle/2SU1xmwFKaw8ft
Email: Seanhicksart@gmail.com
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It’s okay to be disappointed about the mii costume, however I don’t think they should be obliged to fulfill this request. (Bc other mii costumes would need the same treatment). Use your voice to express interest on a revival of Super Mario RPG- whether it be a sequel or a remake.
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Not a fan of the Geno Mii Fighter costume in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate? Be vocal about it! It’s not difficult for the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate team to fix Geno’s Mii Fighter costume. Geno missed his shot on the roster, but we can still do Geno justice by making this request.
I uploaded Midbus in the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate art direction on Artstation! You can view the renders, textures, and more in the artstation link. (Still gradually updating it with behind-the-scenes content)
artstation.com/artwork/39l9WY
The sections I worked on for the Nintendo Force Iwata Tribute. More content in the link below.
artstation.com/p/2JlmY
You’re a superstar!
This was another fun warmup and a little something for myself- now back to work!
So & I have teamed up for M&LRPG Luigi. It wouldn't be possible without 's tools. Coming soon!
That is some good sound mixing LOL 😂👌
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Smash Bros fans after literally every Nintendo Direct where there isn't a new character announcement
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Here is the artwork I made for the conceptual crossover of Splatoon and Super Mario Sunshine!
artstation.com/p/WO9Q2
