Sure, anyone with a fancy art degree and a sketching tablet can make a sweet picture of a photorealistic Mario scaling the crumbling side of a mountain while attempting to rescue an anime-styled Princess Peach with huge boobs and eyes. But we are mere men, and our talents lie in the truest and crudest of arts. With this truth, we're hosting a art contest for people like us who can make awesome BAD video game art!
Here's the task: create a custom drawing of Mario, make it as eye-catching bad as possible, submit it to our staff, and the best five entries will win some excellent swag -- official GP backpacks, a Code Monkeys Season 1 DVD, free video games, gamer t-shirts, and some retro style GamePro gear!
DA RULES:
- Create some awesomely awful Mario art!
- Use any tools necessary to make it your own -- paints, pencils, crayons, MS Paint, or why not Mario Paint?
- Save your entry as a JPEG file
- Send it to mckinley_noble@gamepro.com for your chance to win!
- Make it horrible, interesting, awesome!
Here's an example from our own LongHairedOffender, so draw, trace, and show us your stuff!
(We give extra points for original work -- the more elaborate your bad drawing is, the better chance you have to win!)
Submitted by LongHairedOffender


