Mike Butkus Sketchbook

**Wingal** · January 8th, 2012, 12:58 AM

Thanks for stopping by my gallery! Love the Happy feet and disney stuff! The girl in the first painting on this page effectively installed some fear in me XD. Anyway awesome sketchbook!

**tronrobot** · January 8th, 2012, 01:57 AM

Godlike sketchbook!

**ThomasM** · January 19th, 2012, 12:40 PM

Althuoght its already been said a thousand times. yeah, wow - nice work Mike

**sin eater** · January 19th, 2012, 01:41 PM

Inspired!

**4tonmantis** · January 19th, 2012, 02:10 PM

Mike, love your work man.. I'm 31 and not half as good as you were at 26/27.. I've got a ton of catching up to do..

**in2eternity** · January 21st, 2012, 06:33 PM

Thanx for visiting my SB, your works are brilliant for me, so I really appreciate your comments)

**shyamshriram** · January 21st, 2012, 10:54 PM

Super awesome updates !
did you work for Boardwalk Empire as well? Nice

Thanks for the huge inspiration oh and those Jack Black's portraits are so fantastic !

**manvin** · January 22nd, 2012, 02:10 AM

impressive work,mike!like the vampire your draw!

**mike butkus** · January 26th, 2012, 01:46 PM

**InexorableTash** · January 30th, 2012, 11:52 PM

Hey Mike - quick question.

On the very first page of this thread (and your site) you share artwork that you did back in the 90's for the Young Indiana Jones VHS releases. It looks like this was the artwork that Lucasfilm used for at least 7 of the 12 VHS releases: Spring Break, Phantom Train, Oganga, Secret Service, Tales of Innocence, Masks of Evil, Mystery of the Blues. Thank you for sharing! It's great to see the artwork (for those 7) uncropped and without overlays.

Do you recall if you did the artwork that was used for the other 5 VHS episode releases? Trenches of Hell, Attack of the Hawkmen, Daredevils of the Desert, Peacock's Eye, Hollywood Follies?

**Pervy** · January 31st, 2012, 12:43 AM

I just wanted to pop in and say I was watching Gulliver's Travels with the family a few days ago, and the best thing ever was when I recognized your illustrations in the movie! The style of the posters were what caught me first then low and behold I checkout your sketchbook and there the posters are right in here lol.

The film itself was a bit iffy... but seeing your work on the screen made the whole experience well worth it ahaha! Cheers to seeing the many more to come

**Hoang Nam Viet** · January 31st, 2012, 04:49 AM

It's so amazing. You're killing me.

**AckermannPhilip** · February 3rd, 2012, 02:36 PM

Great stuff, as usual. Wished we all could have a mentor like you. Sadly that's not something everyone can be blessed with. But that makes the sb even more worthwhile. There have been weeks I only used your stuff as inspiration, and I bet that I am not the only one here. Just " thanks" for doing this, sir.

**Deepinonespersona** · February 3rd, 2012, 02:52 PM

Are you sure, you are not an art teacher? Your drawings remind me of this one professor at my college who had work for hollywood for years.

**Nibras** · February 3rd, 2012, 04:39 PM

You're so PRO mike. Not that you didn't know that, but such a great guy. Love the fact that you stay humble and nice, but enough of the behind kissing. The work looks great

**mike butkus** · February 18th, 2012, 01:19 PM

**Imaginary Friend** · February 18th, 2012, 03:43 PM

You, sir, are my hero.

**matejkovacic** · February 18th, 2012, 07:16 PM

I can just watch and wish that some day I would make something like that...

**Suminsky** · February 18th, 2012, 07:21 PM

Damn...Your artwork will take quite a time of my life. But it will be a very worthy time. Im amazed.

**mike butkus** · February 19th, 2012, 05:43 PM

**mike butkus** · February 19th, 2012, 05:44 PM

Old sketch book.

**alexson** · February 19th, 2012, 06:58 PM

I love this sketchbook. I heard you were going to be on the crimson dagger livestream with dave rapoza talking. I'm looking forward to it. I bet you have a real mans man voice!

**Diarum** · February 19th, 2012, 10:48 PM

Originally Posted by alexson

I love this sketchbook. I heard you were going to be on the crimson dagger livestream with dave rapoza talking. I'm looking forward to it. I bet you have a real mans man voice!

Dave said he would try to to Mike to do an interview, nothing is set in stone.
Hey mike, do you use ref for stuff you do or have you done so much you know pretty much what everything looks like?

**Gloominati** · February 20th, 2012, 03:22 AM

uuuh I have no words for how awesome everything in here is

:3

**asa** · February 22nd, 2012, 05:43 AM

love the bugs designs
and that green sketch looks bloody awesome

**midknight523** · February 22nd, 2012, 09:42 AM

ooh very cool

**Fetsch** · February 22nd, 2012, 10:29 AM

love every update, you realy are a master!

**NickyBeats** · February 22nd, 2012, 10:31 AM

hey Mike! always a pleasure to drop by your thread and see what youve been developing in your secret lab!! you should really post some of those sketchbook pages that you did as in class demos, the ones with oil paints and airbrushing. they look really great!! as does everything else!

**mike butkus** · February 23rd, 2012, 12:18 PM

**mike butkus** · February 23rd, 2012, 12:21 PM

Here is the link, www.laafa.org/

Cheers
Mike

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