It's been a while!

April 04, 2024 by Justin Martin

Hopefully some day I’ll be able to post even a fraction of all the artwork we made for the canceled show I was Art Directing over at Netflix… don’t get me started… but, in the meantime, here’s the first of several posters (in this case the Teaser) I made for the Disney project I’ve been Art Directing for the past 2 years (!!!!!!). I can’t believe it’s been that long since I last posted here.
I’ll have a ton of new work to show in the coming weeks, so be sure to check back soon.
As always, thanks so much for stopping in to look around!

Space Cat & Mousetronaut...

March 03, 2022 by Justin Martin

Just a fun little thing in my spare time. Hope you like it!

Flame-filled Forest Encounter

January 25, 2022 by Justin Martin

I’ve actually had some spare time these days so I made a weird little image for fun. Hope you like it- thanks for dropping by!

Netflix Holiday Card(s)

January 12, 2022 by Justin Martin

I got the chance to design Netflix Animation’s 2021 Holiday Greeting Card last month, so I thought I’d post a few iterations. I never saw their final version with full text and embossed printing, etc., but I hear they turned out pretty good! The original version(s) had a little polar bear family included, but I think they opted to go without for the final. It was a fun little side project- hope you like it!

Happy 2022!

Annual Art Upload Time...

August 25, 2021 by Justin Martin

Hello, stranger!
It always amazes me how the time between these drops gets longer and longer. I guess it’s a sign of how busy I’ve been, so I suppose I won’t feel too bad about it!
What a year+ it’s been, though! More time spent working from home amidst COVID and all the other horrible stuff happening in the world. Fires, plagues, wars, famine, pestilence, locusts, robot overlords, alien invasions, dogs and cats living together… mass hysteria! It’s enough to make you crazy.
So… why don’t we look at some cartoon art! Woohoo!!!
Since my last big post, the Mickey Shorts wrapped and evolved into The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse over at Disney+. The art shown in this post is essentially a smattering of highlights from the first season- I hope you enjoy it all!
My biggest news, however, is that I’ve been working over at Netflix for the past year on an insanely cool project… that I can’t go into, unfortunately. It’s had some ups and downs as we’ve developed it, but I hope to share some of the mountain of work we’ve done for it soon.
Thanks for stopping in! (All images in this post ©Disney.)

“Game Night”

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“Once Upon an Apple”

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“Untold Treasures”

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“Bellboys”

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“House Ghosts”

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“The Enchanting Hut”

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“The Brave Little Squire”

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“The Big Good Wolf”

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“School of Fish”

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“Duet for Two”

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“House of Tomorrow”

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“Cheese Wranglers”

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(I don’t normally include development imagery here, but I thought I’d throw this in because it’s kind of fun. This is a page of cheese experimentation on some old cowboy painting imagery to find palette and handling options.)

“Supermarket Scramble”

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Thanks for stopping in!

Some Looney Tunes Cartoons Stuff...

August 24, 2021 by Justin Martin

I’m writing up a longer post with a ton of new Mickey work, but I thought I’d quickly post this here. The amazing Aaron Spurgeon and the folks over at WB asked me to do some BG designs for a Looney Tunes short that is available on HBOMax, so I thought I’d show a couple examples here.
Here’s ”Falling For It”…

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Mickey Ride Now Open... Sort Of...

May 12, 2020 by Justin Martin

“Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway”, the Disney World (& soon to be Disneyland) ride, has finally opened to the public… just in time for the world to shut down due to the coronavirus! We had our plane tickets to Orlando bought and everything! Stupid pandemic.

See a full walkthrough… ridethrough?… HERE.

I can finally post some of the work done for the ride, so I thought I’d start with the posters I made for the entry line. These are all based on shorts from different seasons, done in a classic movie poster full page style.

Mickey’s car and the train can be seen in my “vehicles & props” section of my portfolio. More to be posted ASAP. Thanks for stopping by!

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What a Year...

May 12, 2020 by Justin Martin

It’s been well over a year since I last updated my portfolio/blog, and the time has absolutely flown by. This has unquestionably been one of the busiest years of my life, both professionally and personally, and I know I’m not alone in wondering where the time went.

The world is most definitely a different place than it was when I last posted on here! I can’t specifically say what all I’ve been working on just yet (some things in development, some things currently in post, etc.), but I’m really excited about what the future holds… even if we’re stuck at home for the time being!

One good thing to come from this year was Mickey’s being awarded the Annie Award for Best TV/Media Children’s production!

While many things have changed, others are still the same- so here’s a big ol’ batch of Disney Mickey Mouse Shorts highlights from the latter half of the latest season. I’ve been Art Directing these for several years now, and the challenge each short presents is always unique and interesting. I hope you enjoy!
(Click the episode titles to see the shorts on Youtube.)

“Outback At Ya!”

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“Our Homespun Melody”

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“Over The Moon”

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“Two Can’t Play”

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“Easy Street”

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“Our Floating Dreams”

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“Gone To Pieces”

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“Carried Away”