Murals & Illustration

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Why choose Marlin?

From digital to traditional, paint rollers to pushing pixels, your project deserves the benefits of an artist that can exploit the benefits of each.

Commissions (traditional and digital)

From logos, posters, t-shirts, book designs to large murals. Marlin is experienced with traditional pen and ink, to digital drawing, painting, and more.

Illustration (traditional & digital)

Marlin has completed many types of illustrations over the years. From Scientific drawings for books and museums, to fiction and book artwork in pen and ink, paint, and digital platforms.

Murals (indoor & outdoor)

If your looking to have a cool mural done at your business, and or home, you have found the right place. Marlin is a seasoned and experienced artist for all types of indoor and exterior murals.

About

Committed to Quality Since 2007

Marlins artwork can be seen from high in the air on large roof tops, to a simple small painted art for a book illustration. No matter what type of art is needed, Marlin can help get your design going. With years of experience, and plenty of happy customers, you know that your are getting your monies worth with Marlin.

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Austin 3D Parking Lot Spider

Austin 3D Parking Lot Spider

One doesn't have to wonder why there are so many great murals in Austin...just look down at your damn self in a tshirt in January and thus the riddle is solved. Got to love places with year-round muraling, and food-trailer parks.  I think there might be a link between...

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Cascadia now tshirt design

Cascadia now tshirt design

I designed this tshirt as an assignment for my illustration class, and worked on the composition in a way I rarely do: starting digitally with some photoshop sketching and manipulating, then switching to analog inking scratchboard after.  I ordered a burned screen,...

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Harvestman rides a roof in Ohio

Harvestman rides a roof in Ohio

Marlin Peterson's Mural in Ohio from Jonathan Jackson on Vimeo. I had a fantastical experience painting another species of harvestman on a roof for a prolific art collector in Akron, Ohio.  I did the 3D, (or anamorphic), painting so it was viewable from the incredible...

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master brain mural

master brain mural

For the final 3 weeks in my illustration 1 and 2 classes the project was to transform the MAC gallery into a giant painted mural.  We chewed on all the options and decided to use a "space" theme as a starting point.  Each student contributed to a particular few areas...

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Killdeers love watercolor

Killdeers love watercolor

I taught a class for the Leavenworth Birdfest at a crazy amazing garden lodge retreat center down the chumstick road called Tierra.  A packed class that threatened to use up every last art supply I had brought, but we made it and it was super fun.  I chose a Killdeer...

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