Super Mario & Princess Peach

From the world famous Nintendo games come Super Mario and Princess Peach!

Now this artwork has an interesting story behind it.

The concept here is that Mario has taken Peach by the hand and pulled her out onto the field so he can finally show her all the trouble he has to go through to save the day. Kind of a romantic gesture. How a terrible creature like me ever came up with such a sweet idea, I do not know. I thought it would be fun artwork to do, but my own circumstances at the time made it harder than I thought it'd be. There are some flaws but I'm still happy with it.

What is really interesting is that there's something of a secret to this artwork. You see, the original artwork was not really about Mario and Peach. It was two real people dressed as Mario and Peach! I was actually commissioned to draw this picture for someone who wanted to give a gift to his friends, a couple of Nintendo fans who were getting married. I drew their faces on Mario and Peach's bodies. Once I was finished and the final image was submitted, I changed their faces back into Mario and Peach so I could show it to all the other Nintendo fans out there.

This is, by far, the most popular piece of artwork I have ever done. A lot of people have seen it on my deviantART account and loved it.

Finished Summer 2006, directly in Photoshop with no scanned drawings.

BONUS STAGE!

Take a look at the Background!

This background took a lot of work so I thought I would show it off seperatley. It's totally based on the castle from Super Mario 64, right down to the placement of the trees!

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