MC
Martin Crownover
Artist, designer, & developer
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Inktober 2024
2024's iteration of Inktober, a project where artists all around the world create a drawing a day for the month of October.
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Drawgust 2024
This is the 2024 edition of Drawgust, an illustration project resurrected from 2021 where I create illustrations throughout the month of August.
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June Toons 2024
The 2024 edition of my June Toons project, where I drew a new cartoon every day for the month of June.
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Drawrch 2024
Another iteration of my month-long project for March 2024 where I illustrated a new face every day.
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Februdoodle 2024
My second Februdoodle, where I post a new doodle each day. No themes or stories, just fun!
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Inktober 2023
Inktober 2023 is a project where I created a new drawing every day of October, this year following the "official" prompts.
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Chalk It Up 2023
2023's Chalk It Up got quite colorful with a chameleon standing on a sneaker.
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June Toons 2023
A revival of 2019's June Toons project, where I drew a new cartoon every day for the month of June.
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Drawrch 2023
A month-long project for March 2023 in which I illustrated a new face every day. No style restrictions!
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Februdoodle 2023
A new drawing-a-day project for 2023! There's no theme for this project, just whatever inspired me to doodle on that particular day.
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Inktober 2022
The 2022 edition of Inktober. No common theme or prompts this year - just plain old illustrations straight from my brain to my hand to my iPad.
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HT3DR
A modern remake of a classic GameMaker game, Hover Tank 3D. Bigger and better than the original in every way.
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Chalk It Up 2022
For 2022's Chalk It Up event, I returned to Fremont Park to make eggs and bacon!
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Famicube Fantasy Console Render
A 3D rendering of the Famicube, a fantasy game console imagined by Niklas "Arne" Jansson.
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Drawrch 2022
A month-long project for March 2022 in which I illustrated a new face every day. No style restrictions!
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Inktober 2021
Another month of illustrations for October, this time following the "official" prompts.
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Chalk It Up 2021
I was back on the pavement for Massive Catapult - blowing chalk dust around and rubbing the ground with foam - for Chalk It Up 2021.
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Drawgust 2021
A digital drawing project for August 2021, where I challenge myself to do a new drawing every day.
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Scotch Render
It seems like everyone who gets into 3D software eventually makes a render of some alcohol in a glass - so here's mine: a glass of scotch.
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Inktober 2020
Perhaps the only good thing to happen in 2020, my Inktober entry for the year!
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Chalk It Up 2020
2020's Chalk It Up event was a little different. But I still managed to make some fun artwork for it!
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Inktober 2019
My Inktober entries for 2019. A full, month-long story!
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Chalk It Up 2019
Massive Catapult is represented yet again in 2019's Chalk it Up event.
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June Toons 2019
A new project for 2019, where I drew a cartoon every day of June.
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Stunt Race FX 4WD Truck render
A modern render of the 4WD Truck from one of my favorite SNES games, Sunt Race FX.
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Cyberpunk Vending Machine render
My first render of 2019 - a vending machine of the cyberpunk variety.
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Inktober 2018
My Inktober entries for 2018. This time, with weekly themes!
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Chalk It Up 2018
I spent another day splayed out on the concrete of Fremont Park to promote my business and help fund local art programs.
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Inktober 2017
My illustrations for Inktober 2017, a global project to encourage creativity and fun.
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Chalk It Up 2017
I hit the pavement once again to promote Fatty Rabbit Hole and Massive Catapult Creative!
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Fatty Rabbit Hole
A fun little PC and mobile game I made about a very hungry rabbit falling down a hole. Based on a favorite podcast of mine.
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Divide
A PlayStation 4 game I helped create along with the rest of the talented team at Exploding Tuba Studios.
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Blender Sketchbook
An occasionally updated selection of renderings I've done in Blender. Noisy rough drafts, render tests, and everything else.
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Inktober 2016
My contribution to a global initiative encouraging artists around the world to create a drawing a day for the month of October.
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Chalk It Up 2016
After taking a year off, I returned to Chalk It Up in 2016 for my fifth year there!
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Modular Park
A project I created to explore the idea of building realistic, idealistic worlds from modular parts.
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Speed Model Project: Blaster Master Tank
A speed modeling project (with video) of the tank from Blaster Master
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Mini Handheld Console Render
A 3D rendering of the Martendo Entertainment System, a fictional handheld console I created.
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CSW Platinum Service Logo
A logo I created for a local Sacramento county customer service organization
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RetroPie Logo Contest Entries
A collection of entries I made for the RetroPie logo contest.
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Mend Health Demo Video
A short video I created to help the Mend Health team promote their crowd-funding campaign to create software which helps patients with AFib.
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Xbox One Background Themes
Custom background images I've created for Xbox One.
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Product Renders for Purity Organic
Product renders I created for Purity Organic.
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Product Renders for CytoSport
An assortment of
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Minecraft Renders
An ongoing collection of 3D renderings of Minecraft worlds.
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Illustration Sketchbook
An ongoing collection of posts about drawings, sketches, and doodles, updated intermittently. This also includes illustrative graphics I've produced digitally.
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Chalk It Up 2014
My fourth year participating in the local Chalk It Up event. This time I drew an arcade toy crane machine with some young patrons at the helm.
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BirdPlane Logo
A logo for an experimental aircraft used to help monitor the flight patterns of barnacle geese.
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noLove Skateboarding Branding
A collection of different branding pieces I've created for noLove Skateboarding.
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You Still Won't Make It Promo Video
A video I created to promote You Still Won't Make It, a game I helped create.
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Surfbot
A 3D recreation of one of my Year of Art 2011 drawings, featuring a robot watching TV.
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Chalk It Up 2013
My third year at Chalk It Up. This time with 100% more nonsensical cowboy.
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Hexrite LTD Logo
Logo for Hexrite LTD, a small business which manufactures specialized automotive tools.
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Team Fortress 2 Workshop Items
A small collection of items I've created for the Team Fortress 2 Workshop on Steam.
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Seattle Majestics Logo
Logo for the Seattle Majestics, a women's tackle football team.
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Chalk It Up 2012
My work for Chalk It Up 2012, featuring a lazy red robot watching TV.
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Reflect Games Logo
An updated logo for Reflect Games, a website which offers games an easier way to connect online.
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Sir Smokes-A-Lot Logo
A logo for a team of competitive barbecuers.
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Pickett Racing Sebring T-Shirt Graphic
A special T-shirt graphic created to celebrate Pickett Racing's 2012 appearance at Sebring.
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Vetra Games Logo
A logo for Vetra Games, a small game development studio which I have worked with on a few projects.
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Avatars
A small collection of art I've done for various avatars/profiles around the web, for myself and others.
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App Composer Icon Set
A set of icons created for a suite of applications that assist in porting GameMaker games from Windows to OS X.
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Year of Art 2011
One illustration every day for the entire year of 2011.
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Chalk It Up 2011
My first addition to the annual Chalk It Up event held in downtown Sacramento.
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Crafty Croft Logo
A logo for Crafty Croft, a small craft shop specializing in paper crafts.
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Sun Sun Der
A shoot-em-up game created for one of the first YoYoGames game dev competitions.
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Falcon Squad
A multiplayer top-down shooter I began working on in 2007, but which I had to abandon later in the year.
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Aces High Over Verlor Island
A game where you take to the skies in a biplane, training and battling other pilots.
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Linked
A simple online creative tool which allows many people at once to draw and play games together.
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Evolites
A simple and relaxing evolution simulation.
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Hover Tank 3D
My first large-scale game, and first 3D game, made with GameMaker.
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Freind Saves Xmas
Freind Saves Xmas is a silly game I created as sort of an homage to one of my favorite game levels of all time.
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Aster Blaster (Demo)
An unfinished Asteroids game with more modern graphics than the original.
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Legacy Art
A collection of art from my old website, all created between 2000-2004.
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Desire Collages
An art project where each subject and their "desire" were broken down into basic forms and recreated as a collage.
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Teapot Collage
A mixed-media collage project with a green teapot as the subject.
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ACME War Card Game
A set of "war" playing cards styled with custom Warner Bros' Roadrunner & Coyote illustrations.
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