The Great Muppet Mural is a project that sometimes feels like it’s never going to end, but I’m extremely okay with that. Let me back up a bit. Starting in January of 2021, I embarked on a truly epic journey with some very talented people whom I consider dear friends. Jamie Carroll, Kenny Durkin, Stuart Reeves, Joe Hennes, and I began planning out a huge collaborative art project for the Jim Henson/Muppet fan site ToughPigs.com. 75 artists, industry professionals, graphic designers, and frog enthusiasts put together The Great Muppet Mural for Tough Pigs 20th anniversary—a truly marvelous piece of work for a milestone anniversary.
The first promotional post sang the praises of our host, Lucas Ross! YAAAAAAAY!!!
Halfway through that, we decided to document our work in a more extensive way, and so I began production on The Making of The Great Muppet Mural because we’re all maniacal egomaniacs. In a lot of ways, it was like continuing on just as we had been, video chatting regularly, only now with the purpose of laying out our experience with the project in an interview format. Around this time, we started including Lucas Ross in on the conversation as he would be our host and narrator. I spent months and months and months going through all those video chats and it was like I was still just hanging out with my friends and having a blast.
Promos featuring the art of Eric Scales, Laszlo Burkhardt, and Jamie Carroll
Once we entered the endgame, we were all back in touch again, setting up how and when we wanted to premiere and show the documentary. It was a lot of work but still so fun. Everybody was supportive and excited. It wasn’t until a week or two before our big premier that I realized we needed to start promoting this thing! And so, I began creating all sorts of images and videos to get the rest of the world just as hyped as we all were.
Promos featuring the art of Noah Ginex, Quentin Tracy, and Justin Piatt
A fun couple promotions putting faces to the art they created
I tried to really promote a nostalgic feel for the third part of the documentary.