Mike Butkus

Expertise: Movie Poster Illustration, Concept Art, Character Design, Creature Design
Clients: Netflix, Warner Bros., Disney, Pixar, Lucasfilm, Marvel, Universal, Sony, Paramount, DreamWorks
Industry Work: Film, Television, Games, Publishing, and Toy Design

Mike Butkus is an internationally award-winning conceptual artist and illustrator with over 30 years of experience in the movie, television, gaming, publishing, and toy design industries. Known for his imaginative storytelling, cinematic compositions, and traditional drawing and painting process, Mike has built a career creating concept art, character designs, set designs, and movie poster artwork for major entertainment projects.

Mike’s work spans more than 7,000 movies, television series, games, books, and toy-design projects. His client list includes many of the most recognizable names in entertainment, including Netflix, Amazon, Apple TV, Hulu, HBO Max, Warner Bros., Pixar, Paramount, DreamWorks, Disney, Sony, Lucasfilm, Marvel, Universal, MGM, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, LEGO, and MTV. His recent work also includes traditional movie poster painting for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.

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