DeviantArt Saturday: Rosalina

So I've decided to have something special for Saturdays. DeviantArt Saturday is where I choose an awesome character whether it's Anime, video games, or TV, and feature a fanart spotlight on them. DeviantArt can be a great place for some cool fanart. Problem is, it's generally overrun with both "meh" material and fetish drawings that can scar you for life. So I take it upon myself to protect you, my valued readers, to brave through the image search and pull out the best of the bunch.


This week and for my first, I'll be doing Rosalina from Super Mario Galaxy.

I really have to admire the character because even though design wise, she's pretty boring (I honestly thought she was going to be Peach's long lost twin sister) she has a personality that makes up for it. I'm NOT a big fan of Peach because of her boring air-headedness, but I AM a fan of serene and mature female characters and Rosalina fits the bill nicely. She's like a perfect cross between Peach and Zelda. It's really nice to have a worthy character sharing the spotlight with dorky Peach for a change. Definitely a step forward for the Mario Universe.

And now on to the fanart. Remember, I'm not exactly an art critic, so try not to take my comments too seriously. ^^;;

Little Rosalina by GreenMage

If you were the slightest bit hardcore, you'd know that Mario Galaxy is indeed a nod to the famous Children's Novel "The Little Prince". Even the Storybook scenes are based off the artwork. So leave it up to one CLEVER artist to recognize it and make it into a piece of artwork. The coloring is soft and true to the both the original book and SMG.

Little Rosalina by esme449

Another "Little Rosalina" but not the same reference. One cool thing about Rosalina, making her better than Peach, is that we get to see her as a sweet, innocent child full of wonder about the Universe. Closest thing we get to a Young Peach is Baby Peach, and that's something that's getting real old FAST.

Emo's Don't Smile by Blackbirdo

I found this picture so hilarious when I found it. It's simple, I know, but sometimes you don't have to be a great artist to illustrate a funny idea. Yeah there's a few people I've seen joke about Rosalina being emo because of her "hair over the eye" bit. Yeah right. But yeah, she grins, but doesn't fully smile, still a funny picture though.

(Paper) Rosalina by Menkalinan

So, Rosalina in Paper Mario would be GREAT, and this image is such a realistic tease, let's hope Intelligent System lets Peach take a break and let Rosalina in as a playable/important character.

Divine Rosalina by 'Sigurd Hosenfield

Well it's a no-brainer to end this with some classy fanservice. In fact checking out the rest of Sigurd's stuff has a plethora of sexy artwork featuring Nintendo gals that's actually quite tasteful. Check it out if you're so inclined, pervert.

Final Verdict: There's actually some good artwork out there, and it's pretty "safe" too. The closest I found to fetish artwork was a closeup of her feet. That's it though. At least as of this post, I'm sure there'll be more down the line.

So, how was that? Want to request a character for next week, let me know! Either in comments or contacting me. Also, if there was some cool artwork of Rosalina you want to spotlight let me know too. There's a lot of good stuff out there, I probably just didn't have the time to post about it here.