Painting Creator

The Painting Creator is a rare anomaly found in few personalized copies of Super Mario 64, first documented by Youtuber BlackJoystick. The Painting Creator usually takes the appearance of an interface similar to Mario Paint. This interface is used to create special paintings that would then lead to anomalous levels. The Painting Creator is likely rare due to hardware limitations.

Functionality
The Painting Creator's interface is usually similar or somewhat identical to Mario Paint, potentially being imported directly by the developers for this purpose. The Painting Creator would commonly begin with text reading "PAINT THE PAINTING" or something similar, and then the word "GO!". The player would then be able to create their own painting using the tools in the interface.

The Painting Creator usually has a time limit for making the painting, which will kick the player from the Painting Creator and then send them to the anomalous level based off of their painting. Alternatively, the player could press a button that would exit the Painting Creator.

Upon exiting the Painting Creator, the player will usually enter an anomalous level based off of the painting they have created. However, the levels can not be entirely generated based off the painting due to A.I. limitations, and the level is instead picked from a list of anomalous levels based off of scanning of the painting. However, this scanning appears to be unstable, potentially resulting in a wrong level being picked, or the game crashing.

Notably, few reports have claimed that they could use the Painting Creator to create cosmetic paintings alongside a reward such as a 1-up. This is potentially due to a level being unable to be generated for various possible reasons, so the painting is instead used to decorate Princess Peach's Castle, making the Painting Creator entirely optional, unless the reward for making the painting is a star.

How to Access
The Painting Creator can be accessed through various means. The most common means of accessing it is by finding a room known as the Painting Room somewhere in Princess Peach's Castle, most commonly Floor 2B. This room is usually filled with various paintings, and it would allow for access to the Painting Creator.

An alternate method of finding the Painting Creator is rarer, but still somewhat common. This alternate way of accessing the Painting Creator is by locating and looking or jumping into a blank painting. This painting would then later be replaced with the painting created by the player, and would also function as a warp to the level.

Skyhigh Pipelands
Main Article: Skyhigh Pipelands

Skyhigh Pipelands is a sky-themed level with various pipes strewn throughout the level. This level is usually picked when the painting created has a pipe or similarly shaped object, or depicts a cloudy area.

The Special Slide
The Special Slide is an anomalous slide level similar to the Princess' Secret Slide, though usually has an increase (or decrease depending on the player's performance in the game) in difficulty. This level is usually generated when a slide or similar shaped object is created, a large black void, or simply something the A.I. does not have a level for.

Common Anomalous Levels
Several common anomalous levels can be accessed via the Painting Creator by creating a landscape that appears similar to these levels. One of the most common examples is Big Boo's Forest, which is simply generated from a forest or similar looking area. Some other examples include Cold, Cold Crevasse, generated from a snowy or ice-y landscape.

Floor 2B Levels
Several levels attributed to Floor 2B, such as Boiling Hot Basalt or Dry Bones Desert, have been reported to be generated via the Painting Creator. This is likely due to the Painting Room the Painting Creator is commonly accessed from most commonly appearing in Floor 2B, or due to the levels being clone levels of already existing levels, making them easier to generate.

Pathway
Pathway is a basic level that can be found by making a painting of a basic pathway. It appears to be a basic, test level, consisting of a grassy area with a path growing through it, as well as several boxes containing coins. Notably, some reports claim the level is named "Zumaposa" for an unknown reason, potentially due to an error from the Personalization A.I.

BlackJoystick's Documentation
In BlackJoystick's video named Paint the Painting, they find the Painting Creator and then use it to access Skyhigh Pipelands. They start in Floor 2B, before finding the Painting Room, and talks to a rainbow Bob-omb who asks them to make a painting. They step onto a hexagonal pedestal, and look up at an empty canvas, and are sent to the Painting Creator. They create a painting of clouds and a pipe coming up from a cloud, and then end up in Skyhigh Pipelands. They go through the level, obtain a star, and the video ends.