In early 2002 , Ross designed the promotional poster for the 2002 Academy Awards , which depicted Oscar perched atop the First National Building . The Academy loaned Ross an actual Oscar statuette for a week for him to use as reference for the painting . Ross stated that he photographed members of his family as if they were receiving it . That same year , he was one of four artists who depicted Spider-Man on one of the covers to the April 27 , 2002 issue of '' TV Guide '' as a promotional tie-in to the feature film '' Spider-Man ''
2002 Academy Awards
74th Academy Awards
Alex Ross