Featured Artist Mike Brennan | Artsy Shark

Artist Mike Brennan presents a pleasant assortment of digital paintings stuffed with colourful vitality. See extra of his portfolio by visiting his website.

“Jeff Goldblum” digital illustration, 16″ x 20″

I’ve been creating for so long as I can bear in mind. Once I was a boy, I used to make my very own greeting playing cards with drawings of cartoon characters and provides them to relations. I didn’t comprehend it on the time, however I fell in love with the trade that was occurring after I created one thing and gave it to another person to see their face gentle up!

“Billie Vacation” digital illustration, 20″ x 20″

That ethos is one thing I’ve been pursuing ever since in all of the issues I create. A lot of my visible artwork and illustration is knowledgeable by my very own experiences and pursuits after which in search of to make use of it to type connections with others. Popular culture, journey, and dwell occasions have been central themes in my work.

“Nashville” digital illustration, 16″ x 20″

Though I attended artwork faculty for graphic design and have been a working design skilled for a few years, it wasn’t till a private disaster occur that I actually discovered my voice and elegance as an artist.

“Threepio Graffiti” digital illustration, 16″ x 20″

There was a ten-year artwork absence that ushered in a season of melancholy, which was in the end the catalyst for bringing me again to my artwork. I launched into a 365-daily-art-making journey that has lasted to this present day, over ten years later.

“Batuu” digital illustration, 16″ x 20″

I acknowledged this journey wasn’t only for me, however for different creatives who may need related challenges. After figuring out key steps and ideas, I developed a framework the place I assist creators present up constantly on their quest for creativity & innovation, by a Each day Inventive Behavior.

“Shade Ft” digital illustration, 8″ x 10″

I additionally illustrate and design for a wide range of initiatives equivalent to books, branding/logos, and storytelling by my Reside Occasion Sketches for conferences and gatherings. Private ardour initiatives additionally gasoline my creativity as I journey and proceed to seek out inspiration in popular culture and my environment.

“Peter Dinklage” digital illustration, 16″ x 20″

My popular culture artwork has been spotlighted on AMC’s Speaking Useless and featured on Syfy.com. My yoga artwork appeared in “The Artwork of Wholesome Residing” exhibit on the I.D.E.A. Museum, Mesa, Arizona. I’ve been a featured illustrator for meowbox, featured in Capsules Pictoria Quantity 3, The Greatest Up to date Illustrators Worldwide, and long-listed with The Affiliation of Illustrators World Illustration Awards 2020. I’ve had artwork represented by Galleria Misto gallery, am a member of Illustrators For Rent, and have featured artwork within the Ronald McDonald Home Charities of Central Illinois.

“Pee Wee” digital illustration, 10″ x 10″

Take heed to my conversations with different creators as we discuss their journey, story, and artistic course of, on my weekly podcasts for Inventive Chats!

Mike Brennan invitations you to observe him on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, and to go to Daily Creative Habit, Creative Chats and Event Sketches.

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