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Mike Martinet - Artist, manic bicyclist, technology guy

Currently liking all cute cat pics

https://shop.mikemartinet.com/collections/watercolor
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"I knew the dame was trouble the moment she showed up in my office doorway. A sultry stare from her big blue eye, and I could tell that this was not going to be a normal night. I took a look at those full red lips, took another shot of whiskey, stood up and prepared for the worst"
#art #bonney
A vector graphic image by Mike Martinet of what looks to be a small woman with a large eyeball for a head and no neck. The eye has a bright blue pupil and orange hair sticking out of the top and back. Under the eye is a pair of full, red lips. The character holds a black submachine gun in her right hand, pointed toward the ground. She's wearing a tight, sleeveless, light-yellow dress and has short, brown legs ending in high heels. The name "Bonneye" is written in all caps vertically on the left side of the image. The artist's signature is in the bottom right corner. The background is a solid, light lavender color.
October 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Late to the party. Happy #Inktober!
A pen-and-marker drawing titled "LIP LIGHT." It depicts a black, curved stand holding a circular spotlight with green horizontal stripes, shining down onto a pair of stylized red and black lips. The signature "MARTINET" is in the bottom right corner.
October 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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October 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Life can be simple if you ignore everyone.
A black and white drawing with red accents, titled at the left top - "BEING." The drawing shows a long appendage ending in a foot. The top part of the appendage holds two objects that dangle like cherries from a stem. Beneath The left dangling object is a red heart and beneath the right is a mouth with red lips. There is text on the right, written in a rough, hand-drawn letters, reading: HEART, MOUTH & FOOT IT CAN COME AND GO LOVE AND TALK BUT IT WON'T LISTEN The artist's signature, "MARTINET," is in the bottom right corner.
September 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Happy first day of #Autumn!
"Jack Stand"
A watercolor and ink illustration of a pumpkin creature. It has a rounded, orange body with a classic jack-o'-lantern face featuring large, wide eyes and a jagged smile. The pumpkin has a green stem on top. Below, two long, slender, dark green legs with black outlines extend downward, ending in a shadowed area. The background is a mix of purples and grays, with a signature in the bottom right corner that reads "MARTINET '20."
September 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Here. Please accept this ambiguous affirmation from an internet stranger.
An ink-and-marker drawing featuring a character on the right side. The character is hand-drawn with cross-hatched black lines and filled with splotches of purple, blue, and pink. It has large, round Mickey Mouse-like ears, a wide mouth with prominent teeth, no eyes and is holding up its right hand as if in a wave or gesture of assurance. To the left of the character are three lines of large, bold, black text that read YOU GOT THIS. The artist's signature, MARTINET, is in the bottom right corner.
September 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Great minds
A vector graphic illustration of a melting ice cream cone with a twist. The melting vanilla ice cream at the top of the cone is shaped to look like two small mice with black eyes, and one mouse has a thin stream of "ice cream" dripping from its head. The text "Micecream Cone" is written in brown at the bottom, and the artist's signature, "MARTINET," is in the bottom right corner.
September 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Appetite for instruction
#moses #gunsandroses #art #humor
A vector graphic image by Mike Martinet depicts a man with a long white beard wearing a red robe and a gold tunic. He is holding a handgun in his right hand pointing off to his right. He is looking in the same direction as if in warning. A rifle is slung over his back. In his left arm, he clutches two stone tablets. A yellow banner with the text "GUNS N'MOSES" stretches across the bottom of the image. The background is a desert landscape with hills under a hazy sky. The signature "MARTINET", is visible in the bottom right corner.
September 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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He has a cousin. They don't talk about him.
A vector graphic image by Mike Martinet of the Michelin Man slouched against a gray wall, looking asleep. He is lying among several tipped-over brown bottles, suggesting he has been drinking. The bottles are labeled "MICHELOB". The artist's signature is in the bottom right corner.
August 31, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Behold, the rare Face Plant. It's a cross between a Venus flytrap and a bad first kiss. Not just a pretty face, it's also got eyes that have seen things. Things like unfortunate athletic attempts. #art #watercolor #flowers
A water color painting by Mike Martinet titled "FACE PLANT." The central figure is a large, mouth-shaped flower with prominent teeth and huge red lips. It is fringed at the back with black and yellow petals. It stands on a green stem and is flanked by two smaller green plants on either side. These smaller plants each have a single, half-open eye, a spiky black top, and also stand on green stems. The background is a simple, pale blue wash for the sky and a brown wash for the ground. The artist's signature is in the bottom right corner.
August 31, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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With apologies to Tom Petty
Amber monospace text on blue background simulating an older computer terminal reading, "We're gonna live in Supplement City / Go ahead and give in, Supplement City / Like older men, older girls / We're gonna live in the older world
August 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Sending you triple airborne love this Wednesday.
#art
A pen-and-ink drawing of an airplane with a stylized appearance. The body of the plane is a single triangle with one wing. The plane has three heart shapes on top, filled with red and black stripes. It also has two sets of landing gear with wheels. The word "AIRHEARTS" is written in a rough, hand-drawn font above the plane. The artist's signature, "MARTINET," is on the lower right side of the image.
August 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Everyone agrees.
THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA AND THE RADICAL LEFT ARE SAYING I CAN'T PAINT. THEY ARE WRONG! I AM A TREMENDOUS ARTIST. THE BEST. MY PAINTINGS ARE BEAUTIFUL, MUCH BETTER THAN THOSE BY THE OLD MASTERS, OR MAYBE EVEN ANYBODY. PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO SEE MY ART. TREMENDOUS CROWDS. IT'S SAD, BUT MY ART IS PROBABLY THE MOST AMAZING ART EVER CREATED. A VERY POWERFUL THING. EVERYONE AGREES.
August 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Presented for your Sunday amusement, "Green Eyed Lady".
#art #watercolor
Link to purchase this one-of-a-kind tribute to the zombie-like persistence of '70's pop music: barrmartdesigns.com/collections/...
An ink and watercolor painting by MIke Martinet of two large, green, horizontal striped circles resembling sunglass lenses and a small, red, pouty mouth. The circles are on stalks and have what appear to be eyelashes on top. The mouth is resting on the ground between the stalks. The background is white. The artist's signature and the year '21 are in the bottom right corner.
August 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Happy #Caturday all you bots and droids!
#art #vector #graphic #cats
A vector graphic image by Mike Martinet depicts a robot cat with metallic panels and wheels. The cat is ginger-colored with green eyes and has an aqua colored collar and a mechanical tail. There are four wheels, two in front and two in back. The title "CATBOT" is written vertically along the left side of the image. The artist's signature is in the bottom right corner.
August 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Maybe?
A vector graphic image by Mike Martinet shows two tank top shirts with turrets and guns as heads. The title "TANK TOPS" is in large white letters at the top. On the left, a light brown tank turret wears a plain gray tank top. On the right, a green tank turret wears a striped blue and white tank top with a red collar. The background is a solid pale yellow. The artist's signature is in the bottom right corner.
August 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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In my earlier, more colorful days.
With apologies to #jamesjoyce
#art
A watercolor and ink painting by Mike Martinet titled "PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS WATERCOLOR WASHES." The image depicts a figure with a body made of abstract splotches of yellow, purple, and turquoise watercolor. The figure has a hand-drawn pair of round glasses and two simple hand-like appendages drawn with black lines. The artist's signature and the year '20 are in the bottom right corner.
August 13, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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A main theme in my work is #robots wondering about life. What is it like to have feelings? What is it like to feel love? Is love a subroutine?
#art
A watercolor painting by Mike Martinet shows a character's head made of tangled wires, in roughly a cube shape. The character has large, googly eyes and red lips. A shiny red heart with three screws in it is dangling beneath the "head". The background is a gradient from a light pink to a cloudy gray. The artist's signature and the year '20 are in the bottom right corner.
August 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Continuing with the #Segway theme...
#art #humor
A vector graphic rendering of a pen-and-ink drawing shows a white sock with red accents. The heel is sitting between two wheels like a Segway scooter. The image, named "Sockway," has a fanny pack strap around its ankle. The background is a simple light blue gradient. The artist's signature - Martinet - is in the bottom right corner.
August 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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"Loveway". I often find myself drawing wheels on either side of something. Because of my fascination with Segways, these things usually end up titled (Something)way.
#art #segway
A vector graphic image by Mike Martinet with a light blue background features a pair of cartoon lips, painted red, wearing a tan-colored fedora hat. The lips have a determined expression and are positioned between two large shapes that resemble wheels. The words "On my way to steal your boo" are written in large black text at the top, while "Loveway" is at the bottom of the image. The artist's signature is in the bottom right corner of the drawing.
August 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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A #vector celebration of the yin/yang of #summer.
#sharks #jaws #popsicles #art
Vector graphic image by Mike Martinet of a red and a green popsicle against a light blue background, each with a wooden stick. The popsicles are shown with mouths, revealing two rows of sharp, cartoon-like teeth resembling sharks. The red popsicle is positioned above the green one and facing right. The title "Cruel Summer" is written in large, black, sans-serif font at the top of the image. The artist's signature is in the bottom right corner.
August 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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I don't know what this is. I don't even have a proper name for it. It's titled "2020925-2". the date it was scanned. Like many things I draw, it started as a sketch and ended up as a #watercolor.

It does feature one of the best coloring jobs I've done on #lips. 💋
Is it saying anything to you?
#art
A watercolor painting of a creature with a grey, bottle-like body that ends in an elephant-like foot. The creature has a prominent pair of oversized, glossy red lips and two large, blue eyes with long eyelashes that extend from the sides of its head. On top of its head is a grey propeller attached to a small knob. The background features a pale yellow sky and a green, grassy area behind the creature, with a pinkish ground in the foreground. The artist's signature, "MARTINET '20," is in the bottom right corner.
August 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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This is what I had going on in my mind in March 2020 as we headed into the #Pandemic. I didn't realize it at the time, but this seems to represent our uneasy slide into whatever world it is we inhabit now. #art #watercolor
A small watercolor painting of a dark, box-like structure tipped on its side, with the interior revealing a set of white, blocky teeth with dark, ink lines. The structure appears to be settling into a patch of purple and blue watercolor wash. The background is a light blue. The artist's signature, "MARTINET '20," is in the bottom right corner.
August 3, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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"Lip Progression" 2020
#penandink #art #watercolor
Watercolor and ink painting by Mike Martinet featuring four distinct sections on a light grey background with a blue wash at the bottom. In the top left is a pair of stylized pink lips with vertical lines. In the top right is a similar pair of lips, but with what appears to be a mechanical structure attached to the top lip, resembling dental headgear. Below these, a small, round, angry-looking bomb with a fuse is placed in the center. In the bottom left is a set of exaggerated, blocky white teeth with vertical lines, resembling a cartoonish mouth. The bottom right shows another set of teeth, but these are more circular and uneven, with some appearing to have small drips or bubbles attached to them. Below these teeth, a small, circular object with swirling lines is depicted, connected by a thin line to a tear-shaped drip above it. The artist's signature is in the bottom right corner.
July 31, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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July 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM