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Gregory James Martin[1] was an American freelance illustrator, responsible, among other things, for the US artwork of the Sonic the Hedgehog games.
History
Martin began his career in Disney & Hanna Barbera Studios.[1] Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, he did promotional artwork for many television shows and video games.
In the Sonic the Hedgehog community, Greg Martin is known for creating the American and European illustrations used for box covers and advertising for the early Sonic the Hedgehog games. He had also done promotional artwork for many other Sega Genesis games as well.
It was not until early 2014 that it was revealed he had passed away on May 21 2013, and then gained the attention as the artist of the Western promotional artworks for early Sonic games.[2][3]
Credits
- Sonic the Hedgehog (promotional comic) - Cover artwork
- Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit) - International Game Gear box artwork
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit) - International box artwork
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - International box artwork and American promotional artwork
- Sonic Chaos - International Game Gear box artwork and American promotional artwork
- Sonic the Hedgehog CD - American box artwork
- Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball - International box artwork
- Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball (8-bit) - Box artwork
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - American box artwork
- Sonic the Hedgehog Blast - Package artwork
- Amazing Sonic - Package artwork
- Sonic & Knuckles - American promotional artwork
- Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble - American box artwork
- Knuckles' Chaotix - International box artwork