I offer quick, clean, and funny illustration work!

I believe my strength as an illustrator is the diversity in styles I can pull off.

I have been steadily working as an illustrator since 1990. I understand deadlines well, having started my career mainly doing editorial illustration on really tight deadlines.

In the early 2000s, as markets shifted, I made a switch to working on a lot of children’s book. See my Author Page on Amazon by clicking here.

In 2012, I was offered an apprenticeship, and became a tattoo artist. As a tattoo artist, I have been focusing more on a pen & ink style and portraiture. This style looks just as good in print as it does on skin! You can see my tattoo work here.

I’ve also painted along the way as well, working late at night on funky, pop-surrealist gouache work on wood.

I’m currently looking for work in any of these styles.

Contact

While you can get in touch with me vial email or Instagram, the best way to get in touch with me, especially for a deadline-driven piece, is via a phone call. I look forward to hearing from you!

Phone: 207-553-0608
Email: mg@mikegorman.com
Instagram: @_vaguelylucid_

Partial Client List

NY Press, The Wall Street Journal, Highlights, Lucas Films, Lerner Books, Sterling Publishing, The New Yorker, Time 4 Kids, Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Details, Conde Nast Traveler, The Village Voice, CBGB, Skully Records, Portland Phoenix, The Boston Phoenix, Beer & Weed Magazine, New York Mix, P.O.V. Magazine, Total Movie & Entertainment, Mac Addict, Antiques Roadshow/WGBH, National Fisherman, Seafood Business, Workboat, The Westword, The Riverfront Times, The Phoenix New Times, Cleveland Scene, The Houston Press, The Pitch, New Times Miami, New Times Broward/Palm Beach, SF Weekly, The Stranger, C-Ville Weekly, Sacramento News & Review, Pittsburgh City Paper, St. Martins Press, Thorndike Press, Walch Publishing, Fantagraphics Books, Simon & Schuster, Carolrhoda Books, Publicis Bloom FCA, Die Gamma Advertising, Clement Creative, SNAP Productions, Ethos Marketing, The Matter Group, L.C.D. Magazine, Cutting Tool Engineering, Pop Smear, Tattoo Savage, Zine World, Flux, Nozone, Kennebec Journal, HealthWatch Technologies, Predicted Solutions, Bureau of Medical Services of Maine, Goold Health Systems, American Institute of Chemical Engineering, Diversified Business Communications, City of Portland, Youth & Family Outreach, modernhumorist.com, weabfeat.com, stale.com, word.com, stim.com, mymac.com, and many more.

My illustrations have won the following awards

Progressive Grocer Store Brand Packaging Awards
Bronze Award, Hannaford Brand Kids Meals

The American Business Awards, 2008
Microsite(Illustrator), Diversified Communications

Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, 2007
3rd Place, "Format Buster", Portland Phoenix

American Illustration 24, 2004
Website showcase

New England Press Association, 2001
2nd Place, Infographics, Portland Phoenix
3rd Place, Illustration, Portland Phoenix

Society of Publication Designers, 2000
SPOT Award for illustration, P.O.V. Magazine

Jim Henson, 1989
Muppet Design Contest, Top Twenty Winner

Books I have illustrated have won the following awards

My Cousin the Alien
Indiana Young Hoosier Book Award
Westchester Fiction Award

Alien Encounter
Eleanor Cameron Award for Middle Grades

See my Author Page on Amazon by clicking here >>

Select Shows

Solo Shows
Sasquatch vs. The Zombies: War in the Pacific Northwest, Space 242, Boston, MA, 2008
One Man Show, Sanctuary Tattoo, 2010
Screwball, Knack Factory, Portland Maine, 2017
Screwball, Broken Crow Collective, Portland Maine, 2018

New York City, NY
The Kings of Underground Comics, Webster Hall, 1997
8th Annual Cartoon Show at Max Fish, New York City, November, 1999
9th Annual Cartoon Show at Max Fish, New York City, November, 2000
New York Press Illustrators Show, CB’s 313 Gallery, New York City, 2000
Legal Action Comics Arty Show, CB’s 313 Gallery, New York City, 2001

Portland Maine
One Year Anniversary Show, Local 188 , 2000
Maine Illustrators Collective Fall Folio Feast, 2006
The Art of Illustration, The Asylum, 2006
Monster Love, Sanctuary Tattoo & Art Gallery, 2007
MECA BFA Faculty Exhibition, ICA, 2007
Holiday Show, Sanctuary Tattoo & Art Gallery, 2008
The Funnies, Whitney Art Works, 2009
Portes Group Show, Space Gallery, Portland, Maine and Mytilene, Greece, 2011
WAKE UP ALICE! Lewis Gallery, Portland, Maine, 2015
VHS: A Tribute to 80’s Cinema, Pinecone & Chickadee, 2016
Eat More Art 4 Group Show, 2016
Monsters, CTN Galleries, 2016
Hi-Fi: A Tribute to 80’s Music, Pinecone & Chickadee, 2017
Eat More Art 5 Group Show, 2017
Vaguely Lucid, Dark Harbor Tattoo 2020
Illustrated Monsters by Monster Illustrators, Lewis Gallery, 2021

Los Angeles, CA
Crazy 4 Cult 11, Gallery 1988, 2017
Postcard Correspondence, Gallery 1988, 2017
Mattel - The Joys of Toys, Gallery 1988, 2017

Omaha, NB
Mythical Beasts 3, CHOICE Custom Framine & Gallery, 2016
Mythical Beasts 4, CHOICE Custom Framine & Gallery, 2017

Looking forward to hearing from you: 207-553-0608!