I had the brief and unique opportunity to work as a Visual Development Artist on the marketing team at Illumination for the Mario Movie poster. Christina Yang provided art direction and the initial sketch concept. I painted the scene in Photoshop, and then it was given to the 3D artists to make the final render.

Initial Sketch by Christina Yang

My Painting process in Photoshop

Final Photoshop Painting

Final 3D Rendered Poster

Posters in the wild