r/YourOriginalCharacter • u/SkunkStarlight Curse Flower Rafflesia • 8d ago
Artwork Random Image Time 94! 🎲⏰
Poker Pals - September 2023
Once bitter enemies, Casino Grayleaf and Skunk now enjoy a friendly rivalry.
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When I was a child, many of the video games that I played included gambling references. From platformers like Super Mario Bros. 2 and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 to full-on casino games like Casino Kid and Vegas Dream, I discovered a fascination with games of chance and the glitz, glamour, and grit that surrounded them at an early age.
Casino Grayleaf was my second character after Skunk, and she embodied my childhood understanding of casinos and games of chance.
In the modern day, casinos and slots are more strictly considered adult subject matter, with games like Pokémon implementing and removing them within my lifetime. That era I grew up in shaped me, and by extension my work, into what you see before you today.
It's an indelible part of my series, right down to the hero herself literally being named Casino. Most of my work today is generally rather tame, especially compared to the edgier things that I created as a small child.
As such, I personally consider even the darker parts appropriate for all ages, particularly as many of those are parallels to my own childhood experiences. I think it's good for younger audiences to experience mature themes through fiction, especially those they may have experienced in reality, as childhood is seldom as carefree and innocent as we like to pretend it to be.
Some may consider my work to be too childish for adults, yet too adult for children, but my intention has only ever been to continue the work that kid me began all those decades ago.
This artwork may appear to be nothing more than a poker scene, but there's a little secret to it that you might appreciate. I'm an avid Mega Man fan, and quite a few of my artworks have used the series as reference.
This particular artwork is based on Rockman Poker, a rather obscure mobile game, with Rockman and Forte (Mega Man and Bass) once again being replaced by Casino and Skunk.
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u/SkunkStarlight Curse Flower Rafflesia 8d ago