Hello again, slight branch from last year (slight in that it has a few non-Mario block examples included)
To those not in the know, this is a legitimate fixation of a few like myself towards series of pics inspired from a one-time item in a Mario game (no, 3D World's wearables are too big to be of the same effect -- though once more the common depiction is still far removed from the brick pattern in games).
There are a few theories as to the appeal (if the time is allotted for it), I'm sure. All you gotta know is this: it's mostly about girls wearing boxes -- in a manner of speaking. Most of the time, very clingy boxes that take on their features in a symbiotic fashion and that's perfectly natural.
What? It isn't?! Oh well, it is what it is. But hey, let's enjoy the ride as long as it's allowed to last.
Here's the OP of the last time we had this thread, I think it's important to show the origins and its mutations somewhat. Though I believe that Smash Bros 3DS. did help get the item more notice.
The gold block is an item that makes Mario or the wearer emit a bunch of coins when he moves. That in on itself probably isn't very interesting to work with, but it somewhat helped inspire an NSFW direction for the item's usage (granted it's a bit of a stretch compared to the Mega Mushroom or P-Balloon for their respective reasons).
The lack of a playable Peach in NSMB2 spurned a curiosity to see her wearing it a few times but sort of prettied up a bit. The brick pattern was seen as a restriction than a challenge, so a few features from the block people in Mario & Luigi games was used at first. Said direction was ditched when some commissioned artists just ended up drawing the character's eyes as is, without the beady shuttery things for eyes. I didn't raise a fuss and just went with it since it was simpler that way.
Cubic noses are usually done in respect to Mario's wearing of the item but he's got a big honker, that doesn't really apply to a lot of the girls wearing it. Including Peach. So a small cube nose is done instead. Though at first, a coin-shaped nose was done for Peach in one depiction.
Less info, more dumpy.
>>6813938
There are some non "?" block examples.
Monitors for example.
>>6814016
Another monitor
Mind you, I had nothing to do with the Sanya pic. Just thought I'd include it for posterity.
This is actually an edit.
The first rendition had no hair. The second had Peach's hair coming out the bottom of the block and the block was too open/not flush with her head. You could see a bit of her chin.
I wanted the block to be enclosed but hair "vents" out either close to the corners or a small hole out the back in Peach's case. For other character, I decided the logic is one of two things
1) The Block is foldable, it only obscured the face, leaving some hair to flow
or
2) The block engulfs the whole head, adopting some features of whomever wears it.
It isn't out of the question to invite a little of 1 and 2 either. The point is the character is WEARING the block. It doesn't replace their head.
Sometimes I might sketch stuff myself in very, very desperate or brainstorm-type situations.
There's some donut steel shit for the sake of fetish reasons. A Zelda variant for example is a cube that HAPPENS to be gold and has ear nubs for Hylians such as Zelda herself.
>>6814137
Drew a gift for a friend.
Not the first Dragon Ball character I drew with a block, but it's there.
>>6813918
But..why does this tickle your fancy?
>>6814203
I just like girls wearing stuff on their heads, man. Cubic based headwear's inorganic and clashes with the curvy organic feeling lines. The idea of said construct adopting their features isn't quite part of the fetish so much as it's to convey the character.
>>6814173
I drew Chi-Chi before that.
Somehow Chi-Chi wearing the coinblock became a fixation. Not a prominent one, just one that needed to be resolved in some form.
I'll dump some more when I wake up, but feel free to ask questions and shit until I get back.
>>6814298
Yes, I know this is the 4th of the series but just another Chi-Chi for comparison's sake.
>>6814835
3
>>6814847
2
(still didn't move colors to the finished lines yet)
>>6814855
1
>>6813941
>>6814016
>>6814020
More monitor stuff
>>6814997
I've pondered an NSFW Petra at some point.
Maybe Kyo will be the one handling it.
>>6814997
>>6814016
>>6814020
Last monitor I have on me, but it's a nice side thing that might have more made. Who knows.
Doing this in CG is a horse of another color. Lots of crude attempts, lots of block models from various Mario games downloaded (including a Smash trophy, which actually isn't very good to work with. 3D World and Galaxy's are slightly more favorable for an aesthetic so no loss there).
Not like I'm not trying to convey them like the 2D pics or anything. It's just...really hard right now. Research must be done.
Oh yeah and Alpha effects on hair are running me in a brick wall. I'd be down for CG requests otherwise.
>>6815292
Looking good even if it's giving you a lot of trouble.
Do you have anywhere we can follow your work?
>>6815619
A lot of these are commissions, so I can name the respective artists if you'd like to know who did what. Very few drawings are actually mine, but they're there.
I've a dA, but only posted the Blockhead Jasmine pic there. Not too big on updating the page as often, so I wouldn't count on it as a source. I do intend on posting Miku's colors and the Shoxxe pics there ... eventually. Don't think I have clearance to post Selvaria since that was commissioned a 3rd party.
I do plan on starting a tumblr devoted to this material though, it's easier to focus on posting this stuff and my doodles when followers know what they're getting into.
>>6815690
That'd be a good idea. Have a nice hub for it all.
>>6815614
Yeah, some things don't turn out so hot. This might be okay but stuff like SFV models are segmented in a way that makes it hard to work on (ideally the head would be a singular mesh) it also doesn't help the the meshs are shared in odd ways. Like Chun-Li's braids being linked to her face.
SFIV models are thankfully more manageable but I haven't made anything with those yet.
>>6815691
Think the name might be something pretty cheesy like "The Box Factory."
>>6815841
(The fuck am I doing?)
Well, this is surprisingly appropriate.
>>6815861
I knew I should have posted awareness of this in the OP.
It really isn't the same principle. Would you like to know why?
>>6815863
Nope. Just wanted to lay some /d/ humor and skedaddle.
>>6813918
I ain't sayin' she's a gold-digga...
>>6815871
Tch.
>>6815873
Something something broke niggas, yeah yeah.
I heard Captain Syrup might be done.
As a futa no less. Shooting coins out her dick.
That's just a rumor though.
Lots of other fetishes tend to cross over when I sketch stuff. Not always though.
As of today I have officially seen it all
>>6816303
Another doodle, requested from a friend.
Attempts to make a "branch" for Zelda lore. Rather than just give an existing Zelda a coinblock, the idea was to have a wearable Goddess Cube. The design was lifted from one of the scrapped SS Zelda concepts.
Mind you this is one of the few times "ears" are allowed on the block so long as they don't take an organic shape. Also Zelda's just one of those characters where it'd just be weird if there wasn't a stand-in.
>>6817507
The idea was to have filigree or embossed patterns based on the either the Goddess Cubes or the head of the wearer from face end (even front bangs can be used)
In the above I considered Wind Waker-esque eyes as well. Still might consider that as a possible direction.
Might sketch a thing or two for this thread today or tomorrow.
Net sucks, so it does try my patience loading Tumblr to begin with but I'm trying to keep the thread up until I have the page made.
>>6818062
>>6818785
Sun and Moon trailer is tempting...
Time for a field trip.
>blockheadbabes.tumblr.com
>>6820610
Keeping this running a bit more, but yeah that'll be the place to check out when this thread dies. I'll try to have something to show at least once a month or more.
Mostly CG stuff.
Didnt we JUST have the shygurl fetish? I want more of that
>>6823329
This has nothing to do with Shygirls, anon.
>>6823338
thats the problem
>>6823343
>>6823329
Come to think of it, when did Shygirl stuff start? I remember seeing fanart (or fanmade sprite) of Peach in tribalwear with a Shyguy mask as early as 2007 but I don't think I recall Shygals taking off for a while.
>>6823343
There's also key differences from Shygirl.
Like the camp of expressive mask vs. fixed mask, making a shygirl mask invoke a gender change as well as transformation should a guy wear it, whether or not they have faces underneath said masks or if it's just nightmare fuel because Luigi's Mansion and Power Tennis so you might see lamprey teeth underneath or something like that. The well runs a bit deeper but there's a lot of add-on material for what "works" about Shygirls to its fans.
Most of the variations here when it is coinblock related just lies in how the block looks, how much hair is obscured/visible and whether something's SFW or not. Not as much to go on but at the same time, that just means it's straightforward and the fixation lies in what's seen more than what's implied (or inferred.)
I promise I'll try harder.
>>6825134
EXTRA extra harder
Man is it weird I'm feeling nostalgic seeing a thread for this fetish pop up again? I feel like it's been AT LEAST a year??
Anyway I got some free time so anyone want a writefagging?
A fetching offer. I do wonder how the Gold Block would change into these symbiotic cubes or affect these girl's lives even if temporarily.
Best possible situation is to play the multiverse (via Smash Bros.) card for how the wearable blocks go beyond Mario.
Maybe a story for this? Pokemon ORAS talks about parallel universes, even if this isn't what Zinnia's implying figure why the hell not?
>>6825595
Someone posted Lucy in last year's thread. It was mostly avatarfagging, but here that barely matters.
>>6825180
I might take a crack at it. That said, I wasn't aware this existed - or that I was into it - until this thread. /d/ammit
I'm only interested in humanoid coinblock victims.
I ain't going for Minnie Mouse, Daisy Duck or overall furfag shit.
>>6823356
Shygirl TFs didn't become mainstream until about a year ago.
>>6827214
but they were around a bit longer right?
Think Mario Kart 8 influenced at least one minus8 animation if I'm not mistaken.
why does this make me so hard, it's fucking bricks
>>6829598
>Girl wears funny object on her head
>Object fuses with girls head
>Girl is temporarily inconvenienced by this change
>Object starts to "settle" and influence girl's biology
Or it might be something different for you.
>>6814203
>attempting to delve into the psychology of fetishes
Anon don't do it!
>>6829706
It often happens with niche fetishes. I just hate when the explanation doesn't set in or the assumption is that it's a poe because it's not theirs.
>>6827225
I'm 90% sure this would be the timeline:
-minus8 releases flash anim of randomized sex positions for Rosalina and Peach timed to sync with this track : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmDtvKD236U
-this anim explodes in popularity, and so does public awareness of minus8
-later, minus 8 produces a mario kart 8 inspired flash featuring a sped-up remixed version of this track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHKD9jhqZfM
-this anim features monster-girl designs of Shyguy, Koopa Troopa and Pirahna Plant, which are the NPCs seen dancing throughout the kart track that features this tune
-all eyes are on minus8 this time as it's pretty much the next major release of a flash animation that syncs the visuals with the music so perfectly and pretty much everyone is down with the shygirl design because by itself it hits a number of low-key common fetishes (mitten sleeves, hidden face, tight fitting clothing, zettai ryouiki, overall mysterious)
-shortly followed up with a new flash meant to advertise the DLC (because it was a pretty decent chunk of content relative to its price) and featuring a rainbow of variant shygirl designs, which obviously led to "well shy girl is a handful of key design elements, it's easy to vary it up to better suit one's own tastes"
And here we are
I like the simpler blocks along with the monitors
Actually might like monitors the most
>>6830135
The simpler types haven't been forgotten. While I do tend to lean on the more streamlined look, it doesn't mean the simpler type won't be used again. After all Miku was commissioned long after the streamlined depictions were well established.
Plus if it's a preference for a character, there's no harm in asking I suppose. I could use some tablet time this week.
>>6830314
Simpler sounds like it'd be an interesting challenge to depict on a 3D model. I'd just have to copy the eyes off something like a Sprixie or an item first. Well, drawing is less tedious by comparison of course. Just entertaining the thought a little.
Monitors are pretty similar in that it's boxed shaped headwear, it just avoids the whole "magical" protruding hair aspect altogether.
What I like about it is that the monitors don't have to be one particular shape or color. So the design can be different per character. So I'd love to put that on the table again, bunnox handled those especially well but I'm always open to trying other artists for it in addition.
>>6829879
I was replying to the notion that shygals blew up in 2015. But after going back in the conversation i see the original point was did one influence the other and which came first.
As far as i'm concerned there was no reason to bring up shygals in this thread. Nothing much to do with each other.
>>6830833
Yeah, really the comparison is gonna be there because it's something from a Mario game that's someone's fetish that covers/replaces/changes a normal face.
Other than that, yeah back on topic.
>>6813918
>>6831220
Yeah, yeah. I was in that thread too, pal.
>>6814203
neural imprints. people can become fixated on almost anything, given the right circumstances.
>>6833190
I don't even play Minecraft.
Old pic from last year.
Will rework a lot of shit on it.
