Tim Biskup goes to street and paints an awesome Mural for Helio / Ocean using his trademark style and characters. Its not everyday you will get to see Tim Biskup at work so let the first video wet your appetite before you watch the second video which I guarantee any art fan will enjoy. [via Toysrevil]

This cool animation by Jason Turner is created using 700 drawings featuring 1 continues line. Yes animation can be that simple but not that easy. [via Wooster Collective]

Tokyoplastic create some awesome animations and they seem to have hit it big with this series of advert / animations for the new Toyota Yaris. There are 5 animations that I know of, Chase (above), Piggy, MP3, Spider and my favourite of the bunch Bomb Da Bass (click links to watch). [via Ektopia]

The 300 trailer was almost as amazing as the actual movie and it caused a large number of mashups. The 300 pokemon mashup is my favourite the hundreds out there as it superbly made. A Mario mashup was guaranteed but the comic strip 300 Mario mashup by VGCats gets top marks.

CLICK IMAGE TO READ THE FULL COMIC STRIP

Puppets are used to entertain everyone no matter what the age group is and we have all grown up loving puppets. So what are the 10 greatest puppets from the past? Check out The 10 Greatest Puppets Videos over at unibrow to find out. The number 1 stop is well deserved in my opinion but my favourite has to be Kermit The Frog.

If you want to see something new, fresh and creative done with puppets then check out dotBoom

This is a new world record for a pyramid created out of pennies, 289318 pennies to be exact. However this is not just a one off piece of money art but is a penny pyramid project with a lot more to come in the future.

Nike put together a superstar hip hop line featuring Rakim, Kanye West, Nas and KRS-One to create a tribute track for the 25th Anniversary of the Nike Air Force 1. The track is remixed by DjJ Premier and is available on iTunes with proceeds going to charity. [via Hypebeast]

What happens when a German guy decides to bring Google maps to life using street art skills. Watch the video to find out. This is another example of how computer technology is inspiring street art in different ways. Check out the previous post on Vista Error Street Stickers and also the awesome GRL site. [via Red Ferret]

There is so much going with Nintendo these days (mostly positive which is great) and there is probably a lot you have missed out on. Not to worry as I am here to bring you all the news and gossip related to Urban Retro Lifestyle.

The art of Wii - Six unique visions. One Unique experience

Handmade Nintendo Kicks - We all now you want these even if they are for women.

Gorgeous Nintendo Lunch Creations - Ok now some children are just too damn lucky

Super Smash Brothers 64 Commercial - I want those costumes for a fancy dress party.

Super Doom Mario - Mash up heaven. This is silly but cool

Giant mario statue - Wake up with Mario looking over you

Line Rider does Mario World 1-1 - I keep hearing great things about line rider and if it always this cool I will have to look into it further.

LEGO Bot Playing Wii Bowling - Is there nothing you cant do with LEGO. Mind you I do find the bowling game quite boring on the Wii. If only it played Wii tennis.

Super Mario Bros. 2 Percussion Blow-Out! - I will never get bored of hearing retro game theme tunes being played on different instruments.

Nintendo Museum Treasures - First sketches of Mario are a must see.

The History of Pokemon - I will never forget Pokemon red for my gameboy. One of the few games I was addicted to and actually played in my boring French lessons at school

NiGHTS sequel finally confirmed - I am SOOO excited. I was a massive fan of NiGHTS on the Saturn and a sequel with be to die for.

Zelda Reorchestrated - Zelda music has never sounded so good.

Sonic & Mario finally team up for a game - No this is not a April fools prank.

You have to check out all the bad, hilarious and cool videos Destructoid has found relating to Street Fighter. Its things like this that show how much impact some retro video games have on its fans.