Hi! I’m Joey Mason, a Sketch Journalist and Illustrator based in Los Angeles, CA!
I document everyday life and events in LA (and beyond) with midcentury-inspired, on location ink drawings! Inspired by carnets de voyage, street photography and the Urban Sketchers movement, I work on site and capture cityscapes and scenes, and sometimes do immersive sketching at events which become illustrations.
My hope is to capture unique moments from a humanist point of view, and to inspire an appreciation for everyday life! My artwork is also inspired by the research done in my job as an animator—
After getting my start in comics, I’ve spent the last 20 years, as a Designer and Art Director for Animation. Some of my favorite projects to work on have been Scooby Doo: Mystery Inc. (the 2010s dramatized series), Stretch Armstrong on Netflix, Adam Ruins Everything: History Reanimated, Sofia Alexander’s Onyx Equinox (the definative Mesoamerican anime on Crunchyroll) and Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K.! I recently served as an Art Director for development at Nick Jr. and Oddbot— and provided Art Direction and Production Design for the first two seasons of Playdate with Winnie the Pooh, a modern retelling of the 100 Acre wood that was nominated for an Annie Award!
As a sketch journalist, I’ve done several series of drawings focused on a single street, capturing the rich variety seen traveling block to block. I’ve self-published several paperback books, and taken this work abroad, participating in the Belgrade Art Studio Residency, the Watershed Studios Residency in Galway, Ireland and Áras Éanna Residency on Inis Oírr, Aran Islands.
I also produce a popular series of documentary sketches called Sketches de Resistance, following protests and activism in LA over the last 10 years.
Thanks for visiting!
FILMOGRAPHY
DESIGN / VISUAL DEVELOPMENT
Oddbot/Disney Jr.
Hasbro Feature Film (AllSpark)
Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K (Hulu)
Mortal Combat (Warner Bros.)
Netflix and Nickelodeon Development (Oddbot Inc.).
- Adam Ruins Everything: Re-animated History (TruTV)
-Stretch Armstrong & The Flex Fighters (Netflix)
- My Little Pony: The Movie (Hasbro Studios)
- Flintstones: Stone Age Smackdown (Warner Bros.)
- Green Lantern The Animated Series (CGI)
- Scooby-Doo Specials (Warner Bros.).
- Warner Bros. Development TBA
- Cartoon Network Development TBA
- Film Roman Development TBA
SPECIAL PROJECTS
- Writer/Director, Design, Animation - DC Nation Short - (WB)
- Design and Direction, Main Title Sequences - (Sony, Warner Bros.)
ART DIRECTION
-Playdate with Winnie the Pooh (Disney Jr.)
- Onyx Equinox (CrunchyRoll)
- Corn & Peg (Nickelodeon)
- Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters (Netflix)
- Wabbit * development only (Warner Bros.)
- Looney Tunes: Rabbit's Run (Warner Bros.)
ART DIRECTION FOR DEVELOPMENT
Nick Jr.
Oddbot Inc.
COLOR SUPERVISION
- Ben 10 Destroy All Aliens (CGI) (Cartoon Network)
- Marvel 4-D (CGI) (Madame Tussaud's)
- Spectacular Spider-Man (Sony)
STORY ARTIST
- Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated (Warner Bros.)
- The Looney Tunes Show (Warner Bros.)
- Beware the Batman (Warner Bros.)
- Stoopid Buddy Stoodios TBA
EXPERIENCE
2024-2025 ODDBOT INC../DISNEY Visual Development Artist
2023-2024 ODDBOT INC.. Art Director, Playdate with Winnie the Pooh
2022-2023 ODDBOT INC.. Art Director, Development
2021-2022 NICK JR.. Art Director, Development
2020-2021 ODDBOT INC Concept Artist
2019-2020 HASBRO STUDIOS Visual Development Artist
2019 MARVEL/HULU Character Designer
2019 CRUNCHYROLL/ELLATION STUDIOS Art Director
2018 ODDBOT ANIMATION Art Director
2017 STOOPID BUDDY STOODIOS Lead Character Designer
2013-2017 HASBRO ANIMATION STUDIOS Lead Character Designer & Art Director, Additional Development
2009 - 2013 WARNER BROS. ANIMATION Design/Visual Development/Story
2011 -2012 CARTOON NETWORK Color Supervisor
2009 FILM ROMAN Visual Development/Color
2007 - 2008 SONY TV ANIMATION Color Supervisor
1999 - 2007 FREELANCE Illustration and Animation
1999 Graduated BFA from VCU's SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
PUBLICATIONS & ILLUSTRATION
FIGUEROA STREET SKETCHES
YORK BOULEVARD SKETCHES
5TH AVENUE SKETCHES
PORTO AND MADRID SKETCHES
QUAY STREET SKETCHES
TOPPS STAR WARS TRADING CARDS
OUTSIDE MAGAZINE
BONGO COMICS
IMAGE COMICS
DARK HORSE COMICS