Super Mario Inspired Photoshoot
Mike Roshuk is a professional Photographic Artist, Illustrator, and Graphics Specialist based in Alberta Canada. He specializes in merging the worlds of photography and illustration, creating beautifully rendered artwork ranging from scenes of fantasy to pop-culture inspired images. This is his epic series of Super Mario inspired images and here's what he had to say about each of them...
"Super Mario Brothers 1, 2, 3, were a huge part of my childhood. I had the urge to work on some tribute pieces to these games, and of course wanted to put my own spin on them, using a female model as Mario. When planning these images, I wanted to do something a bit different from my usual 'pin-up style' images, incorporating a bit more action into the scene to try and tell a story.
Super Mario 1 - FIRE MARIO!
This one is based on the first Super Mario Brothers game. I've always thought that Mario is a total badass after getting the Fire Flower. I wanted to show that same feeling, as if Mario was possessed by some ungodly hell-flame, just wreaking destruction upon everything in his(her!) path...
Super Mario 2
Super Mario Brothers 2 always struck me as a game where Mario was doing a lot more physical work - Picking up bad guys, carrying bombs and throwing them, endlessly digging in sand, and pulling out radishes. For this image I wanted to capture the physicality of what Mario goes through, while also keeping the colorful playful nature of the game visuals.
Super Mario 3
For this one I was inspired by the 'Grass Land' level, with the green grass and abundance of music note boxes. Of course turning Mario into the raccoon version was a must. I recently played the game again and noticed one of my game-play strategies was to crouch next to a pipe to avoid Piranah Plant's fireballs as I timed my next jump. I tried to incorporate this into the image as well."
Model: Stephanie Patel
Photographer: Mike Roshuk of
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October 04 2016