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I’m back with another Super Mario Bros box art, this time: the Famicom version. Like the last time, my philosophy was as if Nintendo themselves were making this, using a combination of official artwork and original artwork. So, what’s reused here? The bullet bill, lakitu, fire flower, and Spiny. Everything else is original. Except the logos, of course.
It was fun to think of this as something Nintendo would do for their 30th Anniversary of Mario (even though that was 7 years ago, it’s still a great logo).

I kept the modern color palletes, but colored them in their original colors, keeping the same spirit as the original box art. So yes, Bowser is grey, Mario has red overalls, the Cheep Cheep is blue, etc. The greatest challenges I think were the koopas themselves. Each one had a special pose that needed to be replicated to keep the spirit of the original. the toughest one to decide on was the Paratroopa. He had to look scared but also stay in the frame.

Which ones am I most proud of? The Koopa in the pipe and the toads. Instead of the original where the koopa was standing on the side of the pipe, to keep things in proportion I put him in the pipe. The toads were made last, so I think because I had so much practice, they came out the best.

All in all, a difficult but fun challenge for me.

Description
I’m back with another Super Mario Bros box art, this time: the Famicom version. Like the last time, my philosophy was as if Nintendo themselves were making this, using a combination of official artwork and original artwork. So, what’s reused here? The bullet bill, lakitu, fire flower, and Spiny. Everything else is original. Except the logos, of course.
It was fun to think of this as something Nintendo would do for their 30th Anniversary of Mario (even though that was 7 years ago, it’s still a great logo).

I kept the modern color palletes, but colored them in their original colors, keeping the same spirit as the original box art. So yes, Bowser is grey, Mario has red overalls, the Cheep Cheep is blue, etc. The greatest challenges I think were the koopas themselves. Each one had a special pose that needed to be replicated to keep the spirit of the original. the toughest one to decide on was the Paratroopa. He had to look scared but also stay in the frame.

Which ones am I most proud of? The Koopa in the pipe and the toads. Instead of the original where the koopa was standing on the side of the pipe, to keep things in proportion I put him in the pipe. The toads were made last, so I think because I had so much practice, they came out the best.

All in all, a difficult but fun challenge for me.