Internet Famous Joe Martin has been around drawing poorly since 1984, and then later got okay at it around 1993, after being inspired by absorbing video game screen grabs from games like the anime styled character designs of the game Phantasy Star II for the Sega Genesis.
Since then, he's typically been inspired by a variety of other artists (Sam Kieth, Masamune Shirow, Yukito Kishiro, Chris Bachalo, Jim Mahfood, Jhonen Vasquez, and others) to create what others have called a fairly standout and distinct style.
He's proud of being a Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale dropout, and has served as a senior graphic designer and production designer for two Central Florida newspapers and a private Fortune 500 company dealing in a multitude of pop culture centric initiatives.
He has designed many commercial logo and design projects for various board game, comics, and internet publications since, and has run a successful Kickstarter of his own original creator IP Tabletop Roleplaying Game, Lawman, which he continues to develop for.
He's held a world video game record in a game nobody really knows about for over seven years and could eat Hamburger Helper Cheesy Mac ever for the rest of his life.
He lives in the Tampa adjacent-Central Florida Area with his amazing partner, Daylina and their furbaby son, Nanook.
You can see more examples of his work here.