May 23rd, 2009 at 12:04 am
Freaktastic Fanart: Earthbound Soda Shoes
I come across a lot of great Mother/Earthbound fanart. That might be because the Earthbound fanbase is gaming’s most insanely dedicated pack of Mr Saturns. Just a thought.
This time, we have an Earthbound-related piece that’s born under unusual circumstances, not to mention on an unusual canvas. Jones Soda is running a shoe-designing contest, and the winning design will feature on 40,000 bottles o’ pop. Sarah Miles entered a pair of completely amazing Earthbound shoes. Now you can walk all over Porky, that fat bastard!
A larger picture lies beyond the jump. Want to vote for “PK Shoestorm?” (Yes you do.) Visit Jones’ voting page.
Tags: earthbound, fan stuff, freaktastic fanart, nadia oxford
John Constantine, our superhero, was raised by birds and then attended Penn State University. He is currently working on a novel about a fictional city that exists only in his mind. John has an astonishingly extensive knowledge of Scientology. Ultimately he would like to learn how to effectively use his brain. He continues to keep Wu-Tang's secret to himself. 
Derrick Sanskrit is a self-professed geek in a variety of fields including typography, graphic design, comic books, music and cartoons. As a professional hipster graphic designer, his recent clients have included Nerve, Pitchfork and MoCCA, among others.
Amber Ahlborn - artist, writer, gamer and DigiPen survivor, she maintains a day job as a graphic artist. By night Amber moonlights as a professional Metroid Fanatic and keeps a metal suit in the closet just in case. Has lived in the state of Washington and insists that it really doesn't rain as much as everyone says it does.
Nadia Oxford is a housekeeping robot who was refurbished into a warrior when the world's need for justice was great. Now that the galaxy is at peace (give or take a conflict here or there), she works as a freelance writer for various sites and magazines.
Based in Toronto, Nadia prizes the certificate from the Ministry of Health declaring her tick and rabies-free.
Bob Mackey is a grad student, writer, and cyborg, who uses the powerful girl-repelling nanomachines mad science grafted onto his body to allocate time towards interests of the nerd persuasion. He believes that complaining about things on the Internet is akin to the fine art of wine tasting, but with more spitting into buckets.
Joe Keiser has a programming degree from Johns Hopkins University, a tiny apartment in Brooklyn, and a fake toy guitar built in the hollowed-out shell of a real guitar. He writes about games and technology for a variety of outlets. One day he will stop doing this. The day after that, police will find his body under a collapsed pile of (formerly neatly alphabetized) collector's edition tchotchkes.
Everyone would be staring at me. That is true. But God damn it, walking with Earthbound on my feet would liven my day.
Sweet! The votes are definitely going for the EB sneakers. Pokey looks creepy as hell with the slightly westernized look, which is ironic considering the game’s an awesome take on western culture.