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Starting 2023, I am consolidating much of the blog activity to my business site at designomatt, where you can continue to find updates on works, projects, and design thoughts.
Agent Carter
Portrait of Hayley Atwell as Agent Peggy Carter from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Agent Carter is such a great character in the MCU and match for Captain America. She is a tough, smart, and dedicated agent who helped teach Cap the importance of the role he was...
Wonder Woman 1984
Full-figure portrait of Gal Gadot in her golden armor as she reprises her role of Diana, in Wonder Woman 1984. The first film was a success for DC Comics who have had trouble competing with the Marvel Cinematic Universe releases. Despite the star power of many recent...
Hulkbuster
Illustration of the Mark XLIV Armor, Hulkbuster, from Stark Industries and made its Marvel Cinematic Universe appearance in Avengers: Age of Ultron. This illustration was created using Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. Have an Idea?If you have a project and...
Polaroid Transfers
Shot inside Space Mountain, in Tomorrowland at Disney's Magic Kingdom theme park, created using the emulsion lift technique from a Polaroid photo shot on pack-film. The image was created by removing the emulsion from the original film substrate using a combination of...
Norma Jean
Like most people, I was introduced to Marilyn Monroe in their teen years and more often than not paired with James Dean. Two iconic Hollywood stars and tragic tales for angsty teens to latch upon as they strive to discover themselves. I have always been a fan of...
Imagery from Batuu
When I first heard that they were going to expand the concept of a Star Wars land at The Walt Disney World Resort, I knew I wanted to shoot real film of the environments. And not just film, but chrome imagery so that I could use a stash of valuable Fuji FP100c film...
Chadwick Boseman
I loved The Black Panther comic book as a kid - hell, I loved everything that Jack Kirby drew as a kid - but T'Challa was a different kind of superhero that became one of my favorites as my interest in comics grew throughout my life. Representation in comics was much...
Spider-Man Samurai
Spider-Man is an iconic character in the US. The folks at Bandai have combined a little modern US fiction to their historical narrative and created a version of a Samurai warrior decked out as Spider-Man. Being a fan of both characters, I decided to take a little time...
Rick O’Connell
Portrait of Brendan Fraser as Rick O'Connell in The Mummy; released in 1999 The Mummy is an action-adventure film with a little rom-com, and a bit of horror, but loads of fun. There is a vibe of Indiana Jones that runs through the film, but there is a bit more camp...
Batman, The Dark Knight
I grew up as a Marvel-kid, still am actually but like so many folks I still have a fondness for the Dark Knight. Batman was DC's version of the millionaire crime-fighter that Marvel obviously copped for Tony Stark. Over the decades, Batman's stories did not really...
Deckard
Portrait of Harrison Ford in his iconic role as Rick Deckard in Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, the film adaptation of Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. Like most of Ridley Scott's work from that era, it was a defining moment for film. The...
Yoda, A Star Wars Story
This is a portrait of the Jedi Master Yoda, in his swamp on the planet Dagobah. I remember getting The Art of Star Wars books as a kid and drawing and redrawing all of the concepts from development of the films. One of the most detailed drawings I did was of Yoda,...
Saturn V
Morning warmup sketch of a Saturn V rocket launching through the morning's clouds. A warmup sketch is a good way to start the day and shake some cobwebs out of your head before getting into the day's work. This illustration was created in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe...
Gojira
Full illustration of Godzilla, or Gojira, in all its nuclear-powered glory and blasting something off-canvas. This is the alt-movie poster for Godzilla and shared with the PosterSpy community site here. Growing up, Saturday mornings were for cartoons, but the...
Morning warmup
Morning warmup sketch of Jason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th horror film series to get in the horror mood. Printed in Blood just announced the next book project and it is John Carpenter's classic horror film, Halloween. I will be working on some ideas to submit...
Mochi
Shot of Mochi and her Friday feels for today - it's almost the weekend, so hang in there. Have an Idea?If you have a project and would like to collaborate with me, please use the form below and get in touch.
Cognitive Vote
Passing a cognitive test isn't a celebration, its very administration is a warning sign for the individual. Please register and ensure you vote in the November elections like your life depends upon it. Have an Idea?If you have a project and would like to collaborate...
Vision
Portrait of Paul Bettany as Vision, from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Extending the illustration to be used as a concept poster for the upcoming Wanda Vision series coming to Disney+ sometime in the future. As with much of my recent work, this portrait was created...
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