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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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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”

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New Year, New Kid, New Post...

January 26, 2016 by Justin Martin

A lot happening around these parts. We had a new baby girl in late December, which takes up most of our time, but I'm still cranking out the Mickey work!

Hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping in!

"Roughin' It"