Before Super Mario Bros Z., Haynes got his start in 2005 as a freelance digital artist on DeviantArt. It was there his online persona, Alvin Earthworm, first made his debut.
Though some sources state that the character's creation existed several years prior to then. He maintained a modest following at the time. Mostly from the furry fandom, of which much of his early artwork catered towards. He also maintained a Newgrounds account where he took inspiration from notable sprite animators such as Randy-Solem (Rise of the Mushroom Kingdom) and LgdVegetto (Sonic's Quest for Power). This led to him eventually taking up Sprite animation as a hobby for himself. Early reveals of his new project on DeviantArt showed that he originally intended to animate the series using sprites from Super Mario World (SNES) and the Sonic the Hedgehog games (Genesis). But advances in sprite ripping in late 2005 allowed him to get higher quality sprites of the characters. Notably from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and the Sonic Advance games. Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World. Z Episode 1 was uploaded onto Newgrounds. 6.1 Other media 7 Miscellaneous Game Artwork 1980s Donkey Kong. It quickly became a favorite among those in the spriting community and was praised for it's animation and story. Despite being a clear parody and homage to the Dragonball Z anime, the characters in the series remained mostly faithful to their source material in both personality and abilities.
