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Mike T

The Man With the Bionic Crayons

About Me

Illustrator/Designer, Mike Thompson has been creating works of art for as long as he can remember. He spent the majority of those years working in the T-shirt industry. Working with such companies as Ecko Unlimited, Rocawear, Timberland, as well as many others.
In the past 5 years, Mike has shifted his artistic efforts toward print and advertising. He is probably best known for his work on the popular Ecko ad campaign, which ran between 2000-2003. The ads featured hip-hop artists such as Method Man and DMX, standing next to Mike's paintings.
In 2003 Mike was contacted by Chicago advertising agency, Burrell Communications and featured in a Coca-Cola commercial. Last year Kanye West asked Mike to create a painting for his "Jesus Walks" video. The piece was shown at the end of the video. Recently, he has done work for several books and magazines and illustrated a cover for an EA Sports videogame.
Last year INFINITI MOTORS featured Mike in their 2007 "Infiniti In Black" campaign.
"-That's from my bio, I don't actually speak in the third person,much..."

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B.I.G. - part of a series commissioned by Jay Z


Pac - part of a series commissioned by Jay Z


Big Pun - part of a series commissioned by Jay Z


Eazy E - part of a series commissioned by Jay Z


JMJ - part of a series commissioned by Jay Z


NU CLASSIC SOUL - commissioned Coca-Cola


PHARRELL - Semi-Permanent 04

DONUTS - personal painting.

SIZZURP - XXL Magazine 2005


VideoGame Cover - EA Sports BIG 2005


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My Interests

Too Much XBox 360...

I'd like to meet:



Coke Commercial Photos...

The best thing about my job is I paint people who's music I have loved for years. I think the reason my work looks the way it does is that I am a real fan of the subject matter. Put simply, "I love Hip-Hop."

A while ago I was fortunate enough to work in a commercial with some of my favorite artists. Here are a few shots from that...

Me and one of my favorite female artists of ALL time, Amel Larrieux on set.

Kool Mixx National DJ and MC Contest...

Here are a couple of shots of Common signing the mural I did for this event...

"GEAR BY MARC ECKO... ART BY MIKE T"
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Music:

Common, the Roots, Kweli, Public Enemy, B.I.G, Planet Asia, INI, De La, U2, Nirvana, NIN, and many many others....

Movies:

ANYTHING WITH YAPHET KOTTO OR THALAMUS RASULALA. Oh, and the Matrix....

Television:

Battlestar Galactica, Family Guy, Smallville, Sanford and Son, and Soul Train re-runs....

Books:

Anything with pretty pictures, I never learned how to read... (kidding)STAY IN SCHOOL KIDS.

Heroes:


Dave Chappelle Illustration for XXL Magazine.

Anyone who can walk away from 56 Million on principles is a hero to me.

My Blog

NEW KING MAGAZINE ILLO

I did this for King a couple of months ago. It is out now, so I can finally show the art. This is my first piece for King and they gave me a spot on their contributers page. Before you ask, I had t...
Posted by Mike T on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:36:00 PST

JUXTAPOZ write up.

I've been trying to get these guys attention for years! check it out.
Posted by Mike T on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:45:00 PST

Thanks for the Advice...

I got a lot of feedback that I need to fix her arm/shoulder so I finally did.A little less scary now. lol.-Mike...
Posted by Mike T on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:18:00 PST

NEW ART... First Sunday, Almost.

I did this over the summer, but wasn't allowed to show until the movie came out. I was asked to do a pitch for the movie "First Sunday" with Ice Cube, Katt Williams and Tracy Morgan. The way I envis...
Posted by Mike T on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:06:00 PST

This One Is Important (Please Read...)

I've been thinking about releasing a book of my work for years. Well now it looks like it might finally happen...Here is the catch,(there is always a catch) I would be self-publishing the book. The...
Posted by Mike T on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:52:00 PST

HALO ILLUSTRATION(DON’T STEAL!)

Hey, sorry I haven't posted in a long time, but I've been working hard. I managed to get some free time last week and being the game nerd I am, I paid homage to the chief. Let me know what you think...
Posted by Mike T on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 03:48:00 PST

FEFE Art 9/6/07

Just finished this piece for the FEFE project, an International magazine for visual arts. The theme is "Who Said We Need To Be Strong?" and the subject is my son. I don't know why, but he likes to ...
Posted by Mike T on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:56:00 PST

ANGELENA JOLIE ILLO(The Process)

People seem to like when I show the process of my work more than just the end result, so here it is.This was a personal piece and actually is one of my favorites. It took about 3 days and was painted...
Posted by Mike T on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 03:18:00 PST

Format Wallpaper!

How much would you be willing to pay if I told you, you can have my Flavor Flav painting for your desktop image? What if I told you I would throw in Chuck D AND add my name and website to the picture...
Posted by Mike T on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:45:00 PST

SOHH Interview 8/13/07

How I went from airbrushing tees in my apartment to where I am now. SOHH Interview
Posted by Mike T on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:12:00 PST