Cartoonist Reimagines Various Super Smash Bros. Characters In The Style Of Cuphead
Ever since the debut of Cuphead, many have become ardent fans of its unique rubber hose animation style – with even more folks learning about the platforming action game after Cuphead’s surprise inclusion as a Mii costume in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Well, one fan of both Super Smash Bros. and Cuphead is now taking that crossover to the next level!
Daniel Cortes, a cartoonist on Twitter, recently kicked off his own series of Super Smash Bros. illustrations featuring various fighters from its growing roster – albeit in an artstyle similar to Cuphead! So far, Cortes has worked through the chronologically oldest characters (i.e. Mr. Game & Watch) up till Pit from Kid Icarus.
Check it all out below:
THAT’S IT!! I’VE FINALLY SNAPPED!! I’m gonna draw every single #SuperSmashBrosUltimate character in a #Cuphead/ #rubberhose/ #1930s cartoony inspired style!! I’m gonna be posting a new character (almost) everyday in chronological order from they’re debut!#cartoon #art #SmashBros pic.twitter.com/b4kjQyd9fP
— Daniel Cortes (@DannyCortoons) December 14, 2020
https://twitter.com/DannyCortoons/status/1338917200825102340?s=20
It’s the arcade video game mascot himself, #PacMan!! He’s already in the #1930scartoon style, so there’s literally no change to his design lol, super happy he’s in smash! 😀#pacman #smashbros #smashbrosultimate #nintendo #cuphead #rubberhose #cartoon #cartoonist #characterdesign pic.twitter.com/toVzV1P2cQ
— Daniel Cortes (@DannyCortoons) December 16, 2020
The popular boi!! It’s Mario “Jumpman” Mario!! This one was really interesting putting in this style since he’s loosely inspired off of Popeye, so it’s cool to bring it back full circle!#mario #smashbros #smashbrosultimate #nintendo #cuphead #rubberhose #1930scartoon #cartoon pic.twitter.com/FyKKUGM4hn
— Daniel Cortes (@DannyCortoons) December 17, 2020
Day 4 of Drawing every #SmashBros Character in a #Cuphead/ #Rubberhose/ #1930sCartoon Inspired Style! Today’s character, Donkey Kong!! pic.twitter.com/qHK0xRVyFG
— Daniel Cortes (@DannyCortoons) December 18, 2020
Day 5 of drawing every #SmashBros character in a #Cuphead/ #rubberhose/ #1930scartoon inspired style! Starting off this week’s character batch, It’s #Luigi!! Forever to be player 2 (Unless you’re playing Luigis Mansion tho lol) pic.twitter.com/deEIBtNp2f
— Daniel Cortes (@DannyCortoons) December 21, 2020
Day 6 of Drawing every Smash Character in a #Cuphead/ #Rubberhose/ #1930sCartoon Inspired Style!! Up next we have #LittleMac from the #PunchOut series!! Just your average short 17 year old from Brooklyn throwing hands with Mike Tyson!! pic.twitter.com/MekcWiswKq
— Daniel Cortes (@DannyCortoons) December 22, 2020
Day 7 of drawing every #SmashBros Character in a #Cuphead/ #Rubberhose/ #1930sCartoon inspired style!! Today’s #DuckHunt!! This one’s one of my favorite characters in smash! I just love how out of left field their inclusion was lol!! pic.twitter.com/vM01kmRupx
— Daniel Cortes (@DannyCortoons) December 23, 2020
Day 8 of drawing every #SmashBros character in a #Cuphead/ #Rubberhose/ #1930sCartoon inspired style!! And just in time for Christmas Eve we have the #IceClimbers!! 😀 pic.twitter.com/wi1aCEDLuf
— Daniel Cortes (@DannyCortoons) December 24, 2020
Day 9 of drawing every #SmashBros Character in a #Cuphead/ #Rubberhose/ #1930sCartoon inspired style!! The Robotic Operating Buddy!! Or #ROB for short! Millennials know him as the Toy that came with the NES, Zoomers know him as that unlockable character in Mario Kart DS ha!! pic.twitter.com/IXdcAk7lyy
— Daniel Cortes (@DannyCortoons) December 26, 2020
Day 10 of drawing every #SmashBros Character in a #Cuphead/ #Rubberhose/ #1930sCartoon inspired style!! Starting this week early because New Years is on Friday lol, but it’s #PiranhaPlant!! This is literally the best character choice in smash and no one can tell me otherwise!! pic.twitter.com/3HjzOuQbos
— Daniel Cortes (@DannyCortoons) December 27, 2020
Day 11 of drawing every #SmashBros Character in a #Cuphead/ #Rubberhose/ #1930sCartoon inspired style!! Today we have the lovely Princess herself, #PrincessPeach!! She should really get better guards other than Toads cause they’re not doing a very good job lol!! pic.twitter.com/n6v5lzNRbX
— Daniel Cortes (@DannyCortoons) December 28, 2020
Day 12 of drawing every #SmashBros Character in a #Cuphead/ #Rubberhose/ #1930sCartoon inspired style!! Here we have The King of Koopas, #Bowser!! The first REAL villain I’ve posted lol. I used Pete from Mickey Mouse as a reference, and I’m glad with the results haha! pic.twitter.com/dqXLm7cVQZ
— Daniel Cortes (@DannyCortoons) December 29, 2020
Day 13 of drawing every #SmashBros Character in a #Cuphead/ #Rubberhose/ #1930sCartoon inspired style!! It’s The hero of the Wild, Link!! Same way Mario was based off of Popeye, Link was based off of Peter Pan, so I HAD to use old Peter Pan sketches as reference for his design!! pic.twitter.com/JGoRDwYcWg
— Daniel Cortes (@DannyCortoons) December 30, 2020
Day 14 of drawing every #SmashBros Character in a #Cuphead/ #Rubberhose/ #1930sCartoon inspired style!! Today we have Princess #Zelda!! This is my favorite design of her because I loved Link between worlds so much!! Went with a classic Disney Princess aesthetic for her design 🙂 pic.twitter.com/btIJFxl3st
— Daniel Cortes (@DannyCortoons) December 31, 2020
Aaaand we’re back with Day 15 of drawing every #SmashBros character in a style inspired by #Cuphead/ #Rubberhose/ #1930sCartoons!! Starting off the new year with the famous bounty hunter from the planet Zebes, #Samus Aran!! Had a lot of fun drawing her in this style!! pic.twitter.com/PCBE7MeEZI
— Daniel Cortes (@DannyCortoons) January 4, 2021
Day 16 of drawing every #SmashBros Character in a style inspired by #Cuphead/ #Rubberhose/ #1930sCartoons!! Aight so hear me out, I really wanted to keep the integrity of #Ridley’s character design, so the style is a lot more subtle on him! pic.twitter.com/HeogwOCcdA
— Daniel Cortes (@DannyCortoons) January 5, 2021
Day 17 of drawing every #SmashBros Character in a style inspired by #Cuphead/ #Rubberhose/ #1930sCartoons!! Up next we have the legendary vampire hunter, #SimonBelmont!! Kinda funny he’s after the Metroid characters, really rounds out the Metroid-vania genre lol!! pic.twitter.com/rtfrLQZn0E
— Daniel Cortes (@DannyCortoons) January 6, 2021
Day 18 of drawing every #SmashBros character in a style inspired by #Cuphead/ #Rubberhose/ #1930sCartoons!! The fight is on!! Today we have #Pit from Kid Icarus!! Really enjoyed what I played of Uprising, Sakurai did a great job with that game too lol! pic.twitter.com/IlKkO7yFKU
— Daniel Cortes (@DannyCortoons) January 7, 2021
If you want to see more of the series as it grows, you can keep up with Daniel Cortes’ Twitter profile over here.
Which one of these Cuphead-style characters is your favorite, so far? Feel free to share below!