{"id":7652,"date":"2020-09-18T21:18:55","date_gmt":"2020-09-19T04:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paulgalenetwork.com\/home\/?p=7652"},"modified":"2020-09-27T12:14:58","modified_gmt":"2020-09-27T19:14:58","slug":"in-celebration-of-super-mario-bros-35th-anniversary-paul-gale-network-made-a-super-mario-pool-mosaic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/paulgalenetwork.com\/home\/2020\/09\/18\/in-celebration-of-super-mario-bros-35th-anniversary-paul-gale-network-made-a-super-mario-pool-mosaic\/","title":{"rendered":"In celebration of Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary, Paul Gale Network made a Super Mario Pool Mosaic!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/EiKeK_IVkAEtzZQ?format=jpg&amp;name=large\" alt=\"Super Mario Pool Mosaic and Super Star Pool Mosaic on Paul Gale Network (Video Game Pool Mosaic)\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I love Nintendo and I love the Super Mario franchise. The former is my favorite company and the latter is my favorite series, with its main protagonist, being my favorite character. That&#8217;s a lot of appreciation and happiness right there. I wanted to do something unique to celebrate Super Mario Bros. turning 35, so I came up with a mosaic of Mario jumping for a Super Star (aka Starman), that would grace the bottom of my pool.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/EiKeK_KU4AAEg7S?format=jpg&amp;name=large\" alt=\"Super Mario Pool Mosaic and Super Star Pool Mosaic on Paul Gale Network (Video Game Pool Mosaic)\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mario himself is made up of 171 1&#8243; by 1&#8243; square tiles, each one representing a pixel, straight out of Super Mario Bros&#8230;while the Super Star comes from 160 individual tile, of the same dimensions. It was a really fun project for me, as I really enjoy creative art and pairing that with Nintendo. After all, I have been carving video game themed Jack-o-lanterns from 1998-present&#8230;even being interviewed by Nintendo Power once.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/EiFlT3fVgAASQ1C?format=jpg&amp;name=large\" alt=\"Super Mario Pool Mosaic and Super Star Pool Mosaic on Paul Gale Network (Video Game Pool Mosaic)\" width=\"601\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mario is made up of his modern colors: red, blue, brown, black, beige, and yellow. The Super Star is made up of yellow and black. The Mario mosaic could have hade white hands, them being his modern gloves, but I opted for beige hands to keep something from his original color scheme. Also, white tile on the bottom of the pool would blend in a little too much with the white plaster and give off that light blue sky look. It was part style choice and part practical.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/EiFlT3hUcAEjMYt?format=jpg&amp;name=large\" alt=\"Super Mario Pool Mosaic and Super Star Pool Mosaic on Paul Gale Network (Video Game Pool Mosaic)\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My wife Kim, son Bryson, and daughter Brooke helped with my project, further adding to the fun. I love that as a 37 year old father of two, an intellectual property that I&#8217;ve been so fond of for almost my entire life, is still as powerful, thriving, and relevant today as it was when I was a kid. My children get to experience this franchise and have fun with me doing it. It&#8217;s terrific.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/Eh_xQykU4AABC9I?format=jpg&amp;name=large\" alt=\"Super Mario Pool Mosaic and Super Star Pool Mosaic on Paul Gale Network (Video Game Pool Mosaic)\" width=\"600\" height=\"451\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I will take this opportunity to say that my eventual plan is to do a full pool Super Mario Bros. underwater scene. I want to fully wrap around and be able to swim circular laps, going on a journey through my own Mario inspired level. That sounds like a blast and I think my kids would enjoy it forever. Thank you for joining me. I hope you had fun and that this might inspire others to create their own video game themed pool mosaics.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/Eh4dKGGU8AIDuAd?format=jpg&amp;name=large\" alt=\"Super Mario Pool Mosaic and Super Star Pool Mosaic on Paul Gale Network (Video Game Pool Mosaic)\" width=\"601\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Also&#8230;I have to ask. Could I be the first person in the world to have a Mario and Super Star pool mosaic? I certainly haven&#8217;t seen anything like it before&#8230;so maybe! Thank you, Nintendo for keeping alive this wonderful franchise. To Mr. Shigeru Miyamoto, Charles Martinet, and all involved in any Mario game, ever&#8230;thank you. Here&#8217;s to Super Mario living on forever.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/Eh2CfmRUMAEV60_?format=jpg&amp;name=large\" alt=\"Super Mario Pool Mosaic and Super Star Pool Mosaic on Paul Gale Network (Video Game Pool Mosaic)\" width=\"601\" height=\"453\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to see a video of what Mario and Starman look like in my pool, here you go! Now then&#8230;time to play some more Super Mario 3D All-Stars!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j90aP1iTIaI\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love Nintendo and I love the Super Mario franchise. The former is my favorite company and the latter is my favorite series, with its main protagonist, being my favorite character. That&#8217;s a lot of appreciation and happiness right there. 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