Nintober

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Way back in 2008, I was desperate to do a Halloween art project. At a coffee shop after work, I sketched a few Nintendo monsters and villains and posted them on the NinDB Forums as "Nintober".

I brought the project back in 2011 for social media and with some new rules: I would draw 31 Nintendo monsters in 31 days. I was able to keep up this pace for three years in a row, raising money for charity in the process.

Since then, I've dipped in and out of the project as time allows. I didn't think I'd be able to keep it going nearly this long, yet the well of ideas never seems to run dry. Nintendo really loves monsters!

So here they all are: Every Nintober entry archived on NinDB for the very first time.

Fryguy64

Nintober 2023

Earlier in 2023, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom introduced Gloom Hands, and I knew I'd want to draw them for Nintober. I took the opportunity to cover a bunch of Nintendo series that hadn't previously been represented, as well as a few other games I'd played recently.


Jashin

Jashin

Article posted 1 October 2023


Greavard & Houndstone

Greavard & Houndstone

Article posted 2 October 2023


Delarin

Delarin

Article posted 3 October 2023


Hannya

Hannya

Article posted 23 October 2023


Oni

Oni

Article posted 24 October 2023


The Culprit & Aliens

The Culprit & Aliens

Article posted 25 October 2023


Chutoro

Chutoro

Article posted 26 October 2023


Gloom Hands

Gloom Hands

Article posted 27 October 2023


Death Lilby

Death Lilby

Article posted 28 October 2023


Death Lilby

Clanky Woods

Article posted 29 October 2023


EMMI

EMMI

Article posted 30 October 2023


Zombie Wario

Zombie Wario

Article posted 31 October 2023

Nintober 2022

With a sleepless one-year-old, I wasn't planning to do any October entries in 2022. And even though I missed October entirely, I still wanted to drop a couple of fresh entries.


Pumpkin Head

Pumpkin Head

Article posted 2 November 2022


Fecto Forgo

Fecto Forgo

Article posted 4 November 2022

Nintober 2021

Between 2017 and 2021, I changed career trajectory, became a parent and then Covid-19 happened. Our second child was due to arrive in October 2021, so I returned to Nintober to pass the time until the big day. I also ditched Adobe Creative Suite in favour of Clip Studio Paint in 2021. Can you tell?


Zenisuki

Zenisuki

Article posted 1 October 2021


Sneaky Spirit

Sneaky Spirit

Article posted 2 October 2021


Space Fever

Space Fever

Article posted 3 October 2021


Kilton

Kilton

Article posted 4 October 2021


Omminus

Omminus

Article posted 5 October 2021


Mummy-Me

Mummy-Me

Article posted 6 October 2021


Marowak's Ghost

Marowak's Ghost

Article posted 7 October 2021

Nintober 2017

2017 was marked by family tragedy. Perhaps as a misguided attempt to distract myself, I attempted another 31 monsters in 31 days. It became clear that my head wasn't in the right place to pull it off, and I bailed out early.


Ashley & Red

Ashley & Red

Article posted 1 October 2017


Gold Bone

Gold Bone

Article posted 2 October 2017


Kloak

Kloak

Article posted 3 October 2017


Orne

Orne

Article posted 4 October 2017


Dead C-Serpent

Dead C-Serpent

Article posted 5 October 2017


Viruses

Viruses

Article posted 6 October 2017


Phantump & Trevenant

Phantump & Trevenant

Article posted 7 October 2017


Ghoston

Ghoston

Article posted 8 October 2017


Sabasa

Sabasa

Article posted 9 October 2017


Vulcain

Vulcain

Article posted 10 October 2017


Star Dream

Star Dream

Article posted 11 October 2017


Yūrei

Yūrei

Article posted 12 October 2017


Yokuba (Fassad)

Yokuba (Fassad)

Article posted 13 October 2017


Mimikyu

Mimikyu

Article posted 14 October 2017


Stalnox

Stalnox

Article posted 15 October 2017


Wingo

Wingo

Article posted 16 October 2017


Mort

Mort

Article posted 17 October 2017


Onox

Onox

Article posted 18 October 2017


Veran

Veran

Article posted 19 October 2017


Sandygast & Palossand

Sandygast & Palossand

Article posted 20 October 2017


Black Paint Bowser

Black Paint Bowser

Article posted 21 October 2017

Nintober 2016

After a year off, I returned with an all-new layout, bringing Nintober in line with the trophy descriptions from Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.


Shadow Queen

Shadow Queen

Article posted 25 October 2016


Stallord

Stallord

Article posted 26 October 2016


Litwick, Lampent & Chandelure

Litwick, Lampent & Chandelure

Article posted 27 October 2016


Super Psymad

Super Psymad

Article posted 28 October 2016


Dark Mind

Dark Mind

Article posted 29 October 2016


DJ Octavio

DJ Octavio

Article posted 30 October 2016


Akuma Jesus

Akuma Jesus

Article posted 31 October 2016

Nintober 2014

Nintober was a little bit different in 2014. In order to raise some money for charity for suicide prevention, I took requests in exchange for donations of £20 or more. As such, many of the requests came in for monsters from non-Nintendo games. It was fun to mix it up. This was the last year to use the old Super Smash Bros. Melee style trophy template.


LeChuck

LeChuck

Article posted 22 October 2014


Ghirahim

Ghirahim

Article posted 23 October 2014


Evil Wizard Zaks

Evil Wizard Zaks

Article posted 24 October 2014


Anubis & Thanatos

Anubis & Thanatos

Article posted 25 October 2014


Hoagvernard

Hoagvernard

Article posted 26 October 2014


Culex

Culex

Article posted 27 October 2014


Valus

Valus

Article posted 28 October 2014


Death Adder

Death Adder

Article posted 29 October 2014


Roger the Potted Ghost

Roger the Potted Ghost

Article posted 30 October 2014


Pokey

Pokey

Article posted 31 October 2014

Nintober 2013

I once again collected for charity in 2013. Unfortunately, the year was also marred by computer failure followed by a family tragedy. The black and white "Nintober Unplugged" entries were the result of my main computer giving up after only 2 years. Shortly after getting it back from Apple, I got news that my youngest brother had died. I lost myself in the artwork for the remainder of the month and somehow made it to the end. This was the last time I did 31 monsters in 31 days.


King Boo

King Boo

Article posted 1 October 2013


Scaldera

Scaldera

Article posted 2 October 2013


Kraid

Kraid

Article posted 3 October 2013


Dark Dedede

Dark Dedede

Article posted 4 October 2013


Chaos Kin

Chaos Kin

Article posted 5 October 2013


Devil

Devil

Article posted 6 October 2013


Spiritomb

Spiritomb

Article posted 7 October 2013


Cortez

Cortez

Article posted 8 October 2013


Bongo Bongo

Bongo Bongo

Article posted 9 October 2013


Vorash

Vorash

Article posted 10 October 2013


Horseantula

Horseantula

Article posted 11 October 2013


Gyumao

Gyumao

Article posted 12 October 2013


Chaos Chimera

Chaos Chimera

Article posted 13 October 2013


Misdreavus & Mismagius

Misdreavus & Mismagius

Article posted 14 October 2013


Kingfin

Kingfin

Article posted 15 October 2013


Thunderbird

Thunderbird

Article posted 16 October 2013


Emperor Ing

Emperor Ing

Article posted 17 October 2013


Plasm Wraith

Plasm Wraith

Article posted 18 October 2013


Grima

Grima

Article posted 19 October 2013


Gargan

Gargan

Article posted 20 October 2013


Bittercold

Bittercold

Article posted 21 October 2013


Rudy the Clown

Rudy the Clown

Article posted 22 October 2013


Bellum

Bellum

Article posted 23 October 2013


Ridley

Ridley

Article posted 24 October 2013


Horror Keeper

Horror Keeper

Article posted 25 October 2013


Zeron

Zeron

Article posted 26 October 2013


Jergingha

Jergingha

Article posted 27 October 2013


Pumpkaboo & Gourgeist

Pumpkaboo & Gourgeist

Article posted 28 October 2013


Antasma

Antasma

Article posted 29 October 2013


Malladus

Malladus

Article posted 30 October 2013


Polterpup

Polterpup

Article posted 31 October 2013

Nintober 2012

Drawing 31 monsters in 31 days is an arduous task, it turns out. For 2012 I took the opportunity to raise some money for charity while I worked on the project. I chose the MS Society, and I was thankful to everyone who helped me raise a few hundred pounds for them.


Dry Bowser

Dry Bowser

Article posted 1 October 2012


Shuppet & Banette

Shuppet & Banette

Article posted 2 October 2012


Necrodeus

Necrodeus

Article posted 3 October 2012


Water Wraith

Water Wraith

Article posted 4 October 2012


Crocomire

Crocomire

Article posted 5 October 2012


Master Belch

Master Belch

Article posted 6 October 2012


Ganon

Ganon

Article posted 7 October 2012


Mega Squeekly

Mega Squeekly

Article posted 8 October 2012


The Skull

The Skull

Article posted 9 October 2012


Aparoid Pigma

Aparoid Pigma

Article posted 10 October 2012


Cackletta

Cackletta

Article posted 11 October 2012


Great Reaper

Great Reaper

Article posted 12 October 2012


Duskull, Dusclops & Dusknoir

Duskull, Dusclops & Dusknoir

Article posted 13 October 2012


Doom Dragon

Doom Dragon

Article posted 14 October 2012


Fomortiis

Fomortiis

Article posted 15 October 2012


Phantoon

Phantoon

Article posted 16 October 2012


Woman in Black

Woman in Black

Article posted 17 October 2012


Vaati

Vaati

Article posted 18 October 2012


Dark Lord

Dark Lord

Article posted 19 October 2012


Mimi

Mimi

Article posted 20 October 2012


Avatar of Darkness

Avatar of Darkness

Article posted 21 October 2012


Ghastly King

Ghastly King

Article posted 22 October 2012


Tabuu

Tabuu

Article posted 23 October 2012


Murasame

Murasame

Article posted 24 October 2012


Magolor Soul

Magolor Soul

Article posted 25 October 2012


Giratina

Giratina

Article posted 26 October 2012


Omega Metroid

Omega Metroid

Article posted 27 October 2012


Metal Face

Metal Face

Article posted 28 October 2012


Hades

Hades

Article posted 29 October 2012


Demise

Demise

Article posted 30 October 2012


Jack

Jack

Article posted 31 October 2012


Condor

Condor

Article posted 4 November 2012

Nintober 2011

2011 was the first year that I challenged myself to draw a different monster every single day of October. I had a shortlist of monster ideas, but I also took a lot of suggestions. Any I wasn't able to fit in ended up on a list and picked up in later years.


Kackle

Kackle

Article posted 1 October 2011


Hawkmouth

Hawkmouth

Article posted 2 October 2011


Andross

Andross

Article posted 3 October 2011


Scarfy

Scarfy

Article posted 4 October 2011


Cordelia

Cordelia

Article posted 5 October 2011


Metroid

Metroid

Article posted 6 October 2011


Doma

Doma

Article posted 7 October 2011


Phanto

Phanto

Article posted 8 October 2011


Reaper

Reaper

Article posted 9 October 2011


ReDead

ReDead

Article posted 10 October 2011


Nightmare

Nightmare (Kirby Series)

Article posted 11 October 2011


Nightmare

Nightmare (Metroid Series)

Article posted 12 October 2011


Gastly, Haunter & Gengar

Gastly, Haunter & Gengar

Article posted 13 October 2011


Mountain Witch

Mountain Witch

Article posted 14 October 2011


02

02

Article posted 15 October 2011


Ultimate Chimera

Ultimate Chimera

Article posted 16 October 2011


Mad Piano

Mad Piano

Article posted 17 October 2011


Evil

Evil

Article posted 18 October 2011


Molgera

Molgera

Article posted 19 October 2011


Yamask & Cofagrigus

Yamask & Cofagrigus

Article posted 20 October 2011


Smorgs

Smorgs

Article posted 21 October 2011


Dead Hand

Dead Hand

Article posted 22 October 2011


Smoky Progg

Smoky Progg

Article posted 23 October 2011


Bouldergeist

Bouldergeist

Article posted 24 October 2011


Mad Jack

Mad Jack

Article posted 25 October 2011


Ultimate Ghost

Ultimate Ghost

Article posted 26 October 2011


Super Dimentio

Super Dimentio

Article posted 27 October 2011


Queen Metroid

Queen Metroid

Article posted 28 October 2011


Majora's Wrath

Majora's Wrath

Article posted 29 October 2011


SA-X

SA-X

Article posted 30 October 2011


Baby Bowser

Baby Bowser

Article posted 31 October 2011

Nintober 2008

The first set of Nintober entries were focused more on Nintendo villains. They were only sketches, lacking the trophy-style descriptions found in later entries.

In 2013, I updated the original 11 with full colour illustrations.


Mother Brain

Mother Brain

Article posted 15 October 2008


King K. Rool

King K. Rool

Article posted 17 October 2008


Jinbe

Jinbe

Article posted 17 October 2008


Medeus

Medeus

Article posted 20 October 2008


Koume & Kotake

Koume & Koutake

Article posted 20 October 2008


Captain Syrup

Captain Syrup

Article posted 21 October 2008


Marx

Marx

Article posted 21 October 2008


Medusa

Medusa

Article posted 22 October 2008


Giygas

Giygas

Article posted 23 October 2008


Zoda

Zoda

Article posted 25 October 2008


Hunting Dog

Hunting Dog

Article posted 4 November 2008