Fink Fly

New cross-reference fan art finished on 8/11/2024.

About the piece:

Although EarthBound is based in the 1990's, various characters throughout the game pull from the 1950's to early 60's. The two examples that came to mind is Frank Fly and the Mad Taxi. Frank is heavily inspired by fashion during that era, wearing a red stripped suit with a greaser hair cut. His theme, New Age Retro Hippie, is a rip off of Johnny B. Goode, released in 1958. The Mad Taxi resembles most taxi model in the during that time as well.

Ed Roth is famous for his art of cartoon characters driving hot rods and old cars from the 50's to 60's. Therefore, combining cartoon 50's characters and cars from a game with while replicating Roth's art style made sense for a thematic cross reference.