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        <title>deviantART: Popular Mario Vs Bowser Contests</title>
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                <title>The bestest Good vs Evil art</title>
                <link>http://priteeboy.deviantart.com/art/The-bestest-Good-vs-Evil-art-122671994</link>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 05:43:32 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">The bestest Good vs Evil art</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Bring Your Vision to Life">contests/2009/wacom</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">priteeboy</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://priteeboy.deviantart.com">Copyright 2009-2013 `priteeboy</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ BEHOLD!!! - my awesome MS-paint J-peggy entry to the ludicrous popularity contest held and encouraged by two once reputable names in the digital art world <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/sarcasticclap.gif" width="23" height="15" alt=":sarcasticclap:" title="Oh yeah. Yay. Good for you." /><br /><br />Yep, as you can tell, I&#039;m protesting in good humour. Now I know one winner will be picked properly (though no-one stands a chance against THIS, so toss your entries in the garbage NAO! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/t/trash.gif" width="22" height="25" alt=":trash:" title="What garbage." />) but I, and many I have talked to about how the other winner is based purely on fave-count rather than skill applied would almost be offended if it weren&#039;t so funny <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/p/pointandlaugh.gif" width="25" height="15" alt=":pointandlaugh:" title="Point and laugh" /> <br /><br />Think about it - that means if this (awesome) deviation skyrocketed to the most popular purely because it&#039;s so great, or more realistically - because anyone with half a brain could see right through ths poorly-diguised fave-whore-a-thon and faves in agreement, then that means I rightfully claim the prize <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/t/trophy.gif" width="15" height="17" alt=":trophy:" title="Trophy" /><br /><br />Yep, proof that having a shitload of watchers because of your generic and overdone art-style attracted them in the first place really does matter...if you don&#039;t have half a million pageviews minimum - then even your best attempts are rendered futile, even if your entry really is epic <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":p" title=":p (Lick)" /><br /><br />I&#039;m not mad...just dissapointed, and I rejected the article with pride <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/m/movingon.gif" width="43" height="15" alt=":movingon:" title="Okay... Moving on now..." /><br /><br />OH PLZ FAV I WORKED A WHOLE 5 MINUTES ON THIS !!1!11! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/p/pray.gif" width="15" height="18" alt=":pray:" title="Pray" /><br /><br /><sub>Disclaimer: - it&#039;s a joke people, anyone who knew me well enough would know that</sub> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs45/150/f/2009/136/c/2/The_bestest_Good_vs_Evil_art_by_priteeboy.jpg" height="81" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs45/300W/f/2009/136/c/2/The_bestest_Good_vs_Evil_art_by_priteeboy.jpg" height="162" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs45/f/2009/136/c/2/The_bestest_Good_vs_Evil_art_by_priteeboy.jpg" height="654" width="1214" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ BEHOLD!!! - my awesome MS-paint J-peggy entry to the ludicrous popularity contest held and encouraged by two once reputable names in the digital art world <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/sarcasticclap.gif" width="23" height="15" alt=":sarcasticclap:" title="Oh yeah. Yay. Good for you." /><br /><br />Yep, as you can tell, I&#039;m protesting in good humour. Now I know one winner will be picked properly (though no-one stands a chance against THIS, so toss your entries in the garbage NAO! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/t/trash.gif" width="22" height="25" alt=":trash:" title="What garbage." />) but I, and many I have talked to about how the other winner is based purely on fave-count rather than skill applied would almost be offended if it weren&#039;t so funny <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/p/pointandlaugh.gif" width="25" height="15" alt=":pointandlaugh:" title="Point and laugh" /> <br /><br />Think about it - that means if this (awesome) deviation skyrocketed to the most popular purely because it&#039;s so great, or more realistically - because anyone with half a brain could see right through ths poorly-diguised fave-whore-a-thon and faves in agreement, then that means I rightfully claim the prize <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/t/trophy.gif" width="15" height="17" alt=":trophy:" title="Trophy" /><br /><br />Yep, proof that having a shitload of watchers because of your generic and overdone art-style attracted them in the first place really does matter...if you don&#039;t have half a million pageviews minimum - then even your best attempts are rendered futile, even if your entry really is epic <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":p" title=":p (Lick)" /><br /><br />I&#039;m not mad...just dissapointed, and I rejected the article with pride <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/m/movingon.gif" width="43" height="15" alt=":movingon:" title="Okay... Moving on now..." /><br /><br />OH PLZ FAV I WORKED A WHOLE 5 MINUTES ON THIS !!1!11! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/p/pray.gif" width="15" height="18" alt=":pray:" title="Pray" /><br /><br /><sub>Disclaimer: - it&#039;s a joke people, anyone who knew me well enough would know that</sub><br /><div><img src="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs45/300W/f/2009/136/c/2/The_bestest_Good_vs_Evil_art_by_priteeboy.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Good vs Evil - Mario Shoes</title>
                <link>http://paradox-artistry.deviantart.com/art/Good-vs-Evil-Mario-Shoes-119366994</link>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:34:59 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Good vs Evil - Mario Shoes</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Bring Your Vision to Life">contests/2009/wacom</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Paradox-Artistry</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://paradox-artistry.deviantart.com">Copyright 2009-2013 ~Paradox-Artistry</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Mario Good vs Evil<br /><br />-The traditional gamers' good vs evil-<br /><br />On the right shoe is Mario's Enemies. On the outside quarter is Boo, Bullet Bill, Thwomp, Piranha Plant, Monty Mole, Chain Chomp, Blooper, Bob-omb, Goomba, and Wiggler. On the back of the shoe is King Koopa/Bowser, with "Super Mario" Across the back of both shoes.<br /><br />On the left shoe is Mario's power ups. On the outside quarter is the super mushroom, cape feather, Starman, "POW'" box, ? block, mega mushroom, (new) fire flower, super leaf, (old school) fire flower, "P" switch, red koopa shell, and a 1up mushroom. With Mario on the back of the shoe.<br /><br />I wanted to mix old school power ups and enemies with the new ones. The characters and items in the Mario games are different throughout the years, so I tried to do a mix of various ones from different games. <br /><br />Materials:<br />primer, acrylics, varnish, hightops<br /><br />These were made by request for someone, please message me for information on getting your own custom shoes!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://paradoxartistry.com" class="external">Get your own custom shoes at ParadoxArtistry.com!</a><br /><br /><br /><br />*Love it? Add it to your favorites!* ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs45/150/f/2009/105/5/4/Good_vs_Evil___Mario_Shoes_by_Paradox_Artistry.jpg" height="150" width="76"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs45/300W/f/2009/105/5/4/Good_vs_Evil___Mario_Shoes_by_Paradox_Artistry.jpg" height="594" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs45/PRE/f/2009/105/5/4/Good_vs_Evil___Mario_Shoes_by_Paradox_Artistry.jpg" height="1258" width="635" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Mario Good vs Evil<br /><br />-The traditional gamers' good vs evil-<br /><br />On the right shoe is Mario's Enemies. On the outside quarter is Boo, Bullet Bill, Thwomp, Piranha Plant, Monty Mole, Chain Chomp, Blooper, Bob-omb, Goomba, and Wiggler. On the back of the shoe is King Koopa/Bowser, with "Super Mario" Across the back of both shoes.<br /><br />On the left shoe is Mario's power ups. On the outside quarter is the super mushroom, cape feather, Starman, "POW'" box, ? block, mega mushroom, (new) fire flower, super leaf, (old school) fire flower, "P" switch, red koopa shell, and a 1up mushroom. With Mario on the back of the shoe.<br /><br />I wanted to mix old school power ups and enemies with the new ones. The characters and items in the Mario games are different throughout the years, so I tried to do a mix of various ones from different games. <br /><br />Materials:<br />primer, acrylics, varnish, hightops<br /><br />These were made by request for someone, please message me for information on getting your own custom shoes!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://paradoxartistry.com" class="external">Get your own custom shoes at ParadoxArtistry.com!</a><br /><br /><br /><br />*Love it? Add it to your favorites!*<br /><div><img src="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs45/300W/f/2009/105/5/4/Good_vs_Evil___Mario_Shoes_by_Paradox_Artistry.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Good vs Evil</title>
                <link>http://celtilia.deviantart.com/art/Good-vs-Evil-122078132</link>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 11:11:35 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Good vs Evil</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Bring Your Vision to Life">contests/2009/wacom</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Celtilia</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://celtilia.deviantart.com">Copyright 2009-2013 ~Celtilia</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ First round of super heros ... FIGHT !!<br /><br />the epic and eterenly battle of the good and evil ... I spend in this draw about 1 week ! and it has got a lot of mistakes T_T <br /><br />Please fav ! If you don&#039;t really like it , quit it of your favs when the contest has finished ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs44/150/i/2009/130/7/c/Good_vs_Evil_by_Celtilia.jpg" height="109" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs44/300W/i/2009/130/7/c/Good_vs_Evil_by_Celtilia.jpg" height="218" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs44/i/2009/130/7/c/Good_vs_Evil_by_Celtilia.jpg" height="581" width="800" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ First round of super heros ... FIGHT !!<br /><br />the epic and eterenly battle of the good and evil ... I spend in this draw about 1 week ! and it has got a lot of mistakes T_T <br /><br />Please fav ! If you don&#039;t really like it , quit it of your favs when the contest has finished<br /><div><img src="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs44/300W/i/2009/130/7/c/Good_vs_Evil_by_Celtilia.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Mushroom Kingdom Assault</title>
                <link>http://vausch-rekab.deviantart.com/art/Mushroom-Kingdom-Assault-119835851</link>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:43:21 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Mushroom Kingdom Assault</media:title>
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        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Vausch-Rekab</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/v/a/vausch-rekab.png?6</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://vausch-rekab.deviantart.com">Copyright 2009-2013 ~Vausch-Rekab</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ For the Wacom Bring Your Vision to Life Contest. What better depiction of good v. evil than that tried and true eternal battle between the plumber savior of Mushroom Kingdom and the tyrannical Koopa who always tries to overthrow them?<br /><br />If you like, fav and tell others that may like it.<br /><br />All Characters are &#169; Nintendo (or Shigeru Miyamoto) ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs43/150/i/2009/109/a/6/Mushroom_Kingdom_Assault_by_Vausch_Rekab.jpg" height="110" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs43/300W/i/2009/109/a/6/Mushroom_Kingdom_Assault_by_Vausch_Rekab.jpg" height="221" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs43/i/2009/109/a/6/Mushroom_Kingdom_Assault_by_Vausch_Rekab.jpg" height="754" width="1024" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ For the Wacom Bring Your Vision to Life Contest. What better depiction of good v. evil than that tried and true eternal battle between the plumber savior of Mushroom Kingdom and the tyrannical Koopa who always tries to overthrow them?<br /><br />If you like, fav and tell others that may like it.<br /><br />All Characters are &#169; Nintendo (or Shigeru Miyamoto)<br /><div><img src="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs43/300W/i/2009/109/a/6/Mushroom_Kingdom_Assault_by_Vausch_Rekab.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Draw This Again! Halloween 2012</title>
                <link>http://sebastianvonbuchwald.deviantart.com/art/Draw-This-Again-Halloween-2012-330020174</link>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2012 11:59:37 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Draw This Again! Halloween 2012</media:title>
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                <media:category label="Draw This Again Challenge">contests/2012/drawthisagain</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SebastianvonBuchwald</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://sebastianvonbuchwald.deviantart.com">Copyright 2012-2013 *SebastianvonBuchwald</media:copyright>
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            </media:community>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ <b><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?www.sebastianvonbuchwald.com">BLOG</a> - <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://svonbuchwald.tumblr.com/">TUMBLR</a> - <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?twitter.com/svonbuchwald">TWITTER</a> - <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.sebastianvonbuchwald.com/commissions/">COMMISSIONS</a></b><br /><br />Original piece: <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://sebastianvonbuchwald.deviantart.com/art/Halloween-2011-266453676" title="Halloween 2011 by *SebastianvonBuchwald, Oct 31, 2011 in Digital Art &gt; Drawings &gt; Macabre &amp; Horror" super_img="http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/304/2/b/halloween_2011_by_hermesgildo-d4en0z0.jpg" super_w="642" super_h="1020" super_transparent="false"><i></i><img width="94" height="150" src="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2011/304/2/b/halloween_2011_by_hermesgildo-d4en0z0.jpg" data-src="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2011/304/2/b/halloween_2011_by_hermesgildo-d4en0z0.jpg"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span> New piece: <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://sebastianvonbuchwald.deviantart.com/art/Halloween-2012-330021681" title="Halloween 2012 by *SebastianvonBuchwald, Sep 30, 2012 in Digital Art &gt; Paintings &amp; Airbrushing &gt; People &gt; Pin-up" super_img="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2012/274/5/0/halloween_2012_by_sebastianvonbuchwald-d5ghicx.jpg" super_fullimg="http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/274/5/0/halloween_2012_by_sebastianvonbuchwald-d5ghicx.jpg" super_fullw="748" super_fullh="1156" super_w="719" super_h="1111" super_transparent="false"><i></i><img width="97" height="150" src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2012/274/5/0/halloween_2012_by_sebastianvonbuchwald-d5ghicx.jpg" data-src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2012/274/5/0/halloween_2012_by_sebastianvonbuchwald-d5ghicx.jpg"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><br /><br />I don't like to redraw stuff I already did before, I always prefer to focus on new works but when the dA "Draw This Again" contest came up, I felt it was a good time as any to see how much I've improved. <br /><br />There isn't a lot of my old stuff that merit a do-over, I think. That's not to say they're perfect but I imagine the improvements would be minor and, ultimately, not worth the effort I'd put into it (except for Mario vs. Bowser, that one would be a billion times better if I redid it. Maybe someday...). So after thinking about what to pick, I went for last year's Halloween piece which is possibly the most apathetic piece I've done in recent memory. It's kinda cheating almost because even back done I could've done a better job than what I ultimately posted here. I tried to keep to basics in there and avoided straying too far away from what the original piece was. It's been less than a year since the original and, despite what I said earlier, I'm glad to see that the improvements are more than noticeable.<br /><br />But, long story short and about a month early, here it is: Halloween 2012 . I'll post the new version separately as well and, next year, I'll do something different for the ghastliest of seasons. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2012/274/4/2/draw_this_again__halloween_2012_by_sebastianvonbuchwald-d5ghh72.jpg" height="137" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2012/274/4/2/draw_this_again__halloween_2012_by_sebastianvonbuchwald-d5ghh72.jpg" height="274" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/274/4/2/draw_this_again__halloween_2012_by_sebastianvonbuchwald-d5ghh72.jpg" height="755" width="828" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ <b><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?www.sebastianvonbuchwald.com">BLOG</a> - <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://svonbuchwald.tumblr.com/">TUMBLR</a> - <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?twitter.com/svonbuchwald">TWITTER</a> - <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.sebastianvonbuchwald.com/commissions/">COMMISSIONS</a></b><br /><br />Original piece: <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://sebastianvonbuchwald.deviantart.com/art/Halloween-2011-266453676" title="Halloween 2011 by *SebastianvonBuchwald, Oct 31, 2011 in Digital Art &gt; Drawings &gt; Macabre &amp; Horror" super_img="http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/304/2/b/halloween_2011_by_hermesgildo-d4en0z0.jpg" super_w="642" super_h="1020" super_transparent="false"><i></i><img width="94" height="150" src="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2011/304/2/b/halloween_2011_by_hermesgildo-d4en0z0.jpg" data-src="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2011/304/2/b/halloween_2011_by_hermesgildo-d4en0z0.jpg"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span> New piece: <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://sebastianvonbuchwald.deviantart.com/art/Halloween-2012-330021681" title="Halloween 2012 by *SebastianvonBuchwald, Sep 30, 2012 in Digital Art &gt; Paintings &amp; Airbrushing &gt; People &gt; Pin-up" super_img="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2012/274/5/0/halloween_2012_by_sebastianvonbuchwald-d5ghicx.jpg" super_fullimg="http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/274/5/0/halloween_2012_by_sebastianvonbuchwald-d5ghicx.jpg" super_fullw="748" super_fullh="1156" super_w="719" super_h="1111" super_transparent="false"><i></i><img width="97" height="150" src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2012/274/5/0/halloween_2012_by_sebastianvonbuchwald-d5ghicx.jpg" data-src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2012/274/5/0/halloween_2012_by_sebastianvonbuchwald-d5ghicx.jpg"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><br /><br />I don't like to redraw stuff I already did before, I always prefer to focus on new works but when the dA "Draw This Again" contest came up, I felt it was a good time as any to see how much I've improved. <br /><br />There isn't a lot of my old stuff that merit a do-over, I think. That's not to say they're perfect but I imagine the improvements would be minor and, ultimately, not worth the effort I'd put into it (except for Mario vs. Bowser, that one would be a billion times better if I redid it. Maybe someday...). So after thinking about what to pick, I went for last year's Halloween piece which is possibly the most apathetic piece I've done in recent memory. It's kinda cheating almost because even back done I could've done a better job than what I ultimately posted here. I tried to keep to basics in there and avoided straying too far away from what the original piece was. It's been less than a year since the original and, despite what I said earlier, I'm glad to see that the improvements are more than noticeable.<br /><br />But, long story short and about a month early, here it is: Halloween 2012 . I'll post the new version separately as well and, next year, I'll do something different for the ghastliest of seasons.<br /><div><img src="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2012/274/4/2/draw_this_again__halloween_2012_by_sebastianvonbuchwald-d5ghh72.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Mario vs. Bowser</title>
                <link>http://okamigamer.deviantart.com/art/Mario-vs-Bowser-184776180</link>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 06:40:22 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Mario vs. Bowser</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Halloween Carving Contest">contests/2010/halloweencarving</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">OkamiGamer</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://okamigamer.deviantart.com">Copyright 2010-2013 ~OkamiGamer</media:copyright>             <creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/</creativeCommons:license>
                <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ 3 1/2 of carving between 2 people, but it turned out great! ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2010/306/5/f/mario_vs__bowser_by_okamigamer-d320e7o.jpg" height="100" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2010/306/5/f/mario_vs__bowser_by_okamigamer-d320e7o.jpg" height="201" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/306/5/f/mario_vs__bowser_by_okamigamer-d320e7o.jpg" height="404" width="604" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ 3 1/2 of carving between 2 people, but it turned out great!<br /><div><img src="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2010/306/5/f/mario_vs__bowser_by_okamigamer-d320e7o.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>8th Evil Ex Entry</title>
                <link>http://imincognito.deviantart.com/art/8th-Evil-Ex-Entry-177744088</link>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:59:52 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">8th Evil Ex Entry</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Scott Pilgrim Contest ">contests/2010/pilgrim</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">ImIncognito</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://imincognito.deviantart.com">Copyright 2010-2013 ~ImIncognito</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ <b>Alright children, this is the description for my awesome 8th evil ex character, and such. derp</b><br /><br />Christian Bateman<br /><br />Age: 28<br /><br />Ramona's 8th Evil Ex-Boyfriend<br /><br />Christian is a 28-year-old nerdy guy who, like Scott, is a video game fanatic. When he and Ramona Flowers had a thing together (shortly after she broke up with Gideon), it only lasted for about 2-3 days mainly due to Christian being distracted by playing a heavy amount of Mega Man and Final Fantasy and Bioshock and Red Dead Redemption and Fallout 3 and other mainstream video game franchises, annoying the shit out her and drove her into breaking up with him. Once she dumped him, it made him rage for a brief moment, but then he got tired and played Street Fighter 4 for a while to calm him down. The next day when he got onto craigs list to upload a rant on how he proclaims certain video game franchises to be overrated and stupid, he JUST SO HAPPENED to notice an angry rant from Gideon Gordon Graves about how Ramona dumped him and all that jazz. He decided to join the league of Evil Exes just for the sake of making him look cool and powerful in front of Ramona, but requested that he be the one to fight Scott after Gideon is defeated.<br /><br />Christians special power is jumping at massive heights into the air and then plummeting down, making the ground shake; kinda like Bowser from Super Mario Bros. 3. It wouldve been cool of him to breathe fire, but Matt Patel can already shoot fireballs, so that ideas taken. He can also use kung-fu shit and whatnot, but thats a given for all of the evil Exes. One more thing, he can also grow to the size of a ball park and crush things.<br /><br />The epic battle between Scott and Christian will pay off when both fighters use their video game inspired wits and powers to beat the crap out of each other. And when he does get massively giant, he may need the help of Ramona, his band mates, Knives, and possibly even NegaScott to end him once and for all. Afterwards, $9,999,999,999 worth of coins (plus a few unlockables such as his entire video game collection and free coupons to any restaurant in Canada) will burst out of him when he pops like a balloon. That shit would be amazing.<br /><br />Oh yeah, and this should be the theme song when they fight, because its from Sonic 3, and the soundtrack to that game is amazing, in my opinion: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HjgQxpSe_c">[link]</a><br /><br />--<br /><br />I uploaded this literally at the last minute before the deadline, and I thought the the whole concept of the 8th evil ex being this fat gamer geek who somewhat looks like Gabe Newell was fucking hilarious. I went with it, and it was fun makin it too. And boy, do I just love procrastinating. :3c ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2010/244/f/9/8th_evil_ex_entry_by_imincognito-d2xto7s.png" height="134" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2010/244/f/9/8th_evil_ex_entry_by_imincognito-d2xto7s.png" height="268" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/244/f/9/8th_evil_ex_entry_by_imincognito-d2xto7s.png" height="616" width="690" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ <b>Alright children, this is the description for my awesome 8th evil ex character, and such. derp</b><br /><br />Christian Bateman<br /><br />Age: 28<br /><br />Ramona's 8th Evil Ex-Boyfriend<br /><br />Christian is a 28-year-old nerdy guy who, like Scott, is a video game fanatic. When he and Ramona Flowers had a thing together (shortly after she broke up with Gideon), it only lasted for about 2-3 days mainly due to Christian being distracted by playing a heavy amount of Mega Man and Final Fantasy and Bioshock and Red Dead Redemption and Fallout 3 and other mainstream video game franchises, annoying the shit out her and drove her into breaking up with him. Once she dumped him, it made him rage for a brief moment, but then he got tired and played Street Fighter 4 for a while to calm him down. The next day when he got onto craigs list to upload a rant on how he proclaims certain video game franchises to be overrated and stupid, he JUST SO HAPPENED to notice an angry rant from Gideon Gordon Graves about how Ramona dumped him and all that jazz. He decided to join the league of Evil Exes just for the sake of making him look cool and powerful in front of Ramona, but requested that he be the one to fight Scott after Gideon is defeated.<br /><br />Christians special power is jumping at massive heights into the air and then plummeting down, making the ground shake; kinda like Bowser from Super Mario Bros. 3. It wouldve been cool of him to breathe fire, but Matt Patel can already shoot fireballs, so that ideas taken. He can also use kung-fu shit and whatnot, but thats a given for all of the evil Exes. One more thing, he can also grow to the size of a ball park and crush things.<br /><br />The epic battle between Scott and Christian will pay off when both fighters use their video game inspired wits and powers to beat the crap out of each other. And when he does get massively giant, he may need the help of Ramona, his band mates, Knives, and possibly even NegaScott to end him once and for all. Afterwards, $9,999,999,999 worth of coins (plus a few unlockables such as his entire video game collection and free coupons to any restaurant in Canada) will burst out of him when he pops like a balloon. That shit would be amazing.<br /><br />Oh yeah, and this should be the theme song when they fight, because its from Sonic 3, and the soundtrack to that game is amazing, in my opinion: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HjgQxpSe_c">[link]</a><br /><br />--<br /><br />I uploaded this literally at the last minute before the deadline, and I thought the the whole concept of the 8th evil ex being this fat gamer geek who somewhat looks like Gabe Newell was fucking hilarious. I went with it, and it was fun makin it too. And boy, do I just love procrastinating. :3c<br /><div><img src="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2010/244/f/9/8th_evil_ex_entry_by_imincognito-d2xto7s.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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