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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.
Lando Calrissian
Took some time this past weekend to step away from my Leia Skywalker series and work on something new, but still in the Star Wars universe of stories. A new portrait of the great Billy Dee Williams as Lando Calrissian, friend to Han Solo and administrator of the cloud...
Return of the Jedi, Leia
Sketch of Carrie Fisher as Leia Skywalker in the time period of "The Return of the Jedi" in the original Star Wars trilogies. Another version of the alternate version of Carrie as Leia Skywalker, the Jedi and hero of the rebellion. Have an Idea?If you have a project...
Leia on Bespin
Fifth portrait in the Star Wars series that seeks to reimagine Carrie Fisher's Leia as the hero of the rebellion and Jedi master who defeats the empire; Leia SkywalkerThe thought has been working in my mind about what kind of story would we have seen if the...
Leia Skywalker, battle of Hoth
Fourth portrait of Carrie Fisher in a series of alternate versions as Leia Skywalker in the Battle of Hoth from the Star Wars universe of stories. I have a few more of these sketches, portraits, and posters around this idea of an alternate version of Leia as the hero...
Leia v.3
Third portrait in an ongoing series depicting Carrie Fisher as an alternate Leia Skywalker in the Star Wars universe of stories. Imagining a Leia who was the hero of the rebellion and Jedi master instead of, or alongside, her space twin Mark Hamill's Luke. This...
Leia Skywalker
Portrait of Carrie Fisher as Leia Skywalker from an alternate universe of "Star Wars" wherein Leia is the heroine and Jedi master.This is the second portrait in an ongoing series envisioning an alternate storyline to George Lucas's original Star Wars Trilogy; one...
Leia Organa as Red Five
Portrait envisioning Carrie Fisher in her beloved role as Leia Organa, but as Red-Five X-Wing pilot replacing Luke Skywalker in "Star Wars".In the same way that Marvel Comics had their "What if" series of comic books proposing alternate versions of your favorite...
Marty McFly, BttF II
Portrait of Michael J. Fox who reprised his role as Marty McFly in Robert Zemeckis' sequel "Back to the Future Part 2".Loved seeing these films as a kid and recently rewatched them all with my own children. There are lots of fine details that hold up after all these...
Deckard, again
Portrait of Harrison Ford as the LAPD detective Rick Deckard from Ridley Scott's 1982 masterpiece film, "Blade Runner".This illustration was created using Adobe Illustrator, Corel Painter, and Adobe Photoshop.Have an Idea?If you have a project and would like to...
New Week
New week, new job, and a Monday morning warmup with an illustration of the Xenomorph, created by H.R. Giger for the Alien film franchiseThis illustration was created using Adobe Illustrator, Corel Painter, and Adobe Photoshop.Have an Idea?If you have a project and...
Alien
Portrait of Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley from Ridley Scott's classic 1979 science fiction horror film, "Alien".I have a habit of revisiting this film franchise, its stars, and creatures as a source of inspiration but also comfort as a known quantity or entity. The...
Spider-Man, redux
Morning warmup with a visit to an old friend and some new experimentation for this portrait of a Tobey Maguire era Spider-Man.This portrait were created using Adobe Illustrator, Corel Painter, and Adobe Photoshop.Have an Idea?If you have a project and would like to...
Hawkeye
Portrait of Daniel Day-Lewis as Hawkeye adapted James Fennimore Cooper's novel "The Last of the Mohicans" and brought to the big screen by Morgan Creek.This is one of my favorite films mostly due to the fact that it is a shining example of the illustrated works of...
David Bowie
Portrait of the late, great David Bowie. An artist, who by all accounts, was not of this earth. His artistic vision and understanding of all things far preceded his time on earth. Watching clips of him discuss the internet back during the first internet bubble are...
Boba Fett
Portrait of Temuera Morrison as Boba Fett, the clone turned bounty hunter and the original Mandalorian in the Star Wars universe of stories.Boba Fett played such a small but integral role in the original trilogy; he wasn't even properly identified, merely called...
Snake
Warm up portrait of Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken from John Carpenter's 1981 cult movie favorite, "Escape from New York"Snake Plissken and "Escape From New York" was the first of 5 films Kurt Russell starred in for John Carpenter. Their collaborations have produced...
Laura Palmer
A little Friday Fright Fun with a portrait of Sheryl Lee as Laura Palmer from David Lynch's cult favorite television show "Twin Peaks". This show was a cultural event, kind of like "Lost" in the 2000s - it was a show everyone was watching, talking about, and wondering...
A Clockwork Orange
Portrait of Malcolm McDowell as Alex the leader of the gang of droogs in "A Clockwork Orange"; a hyper violent interpretation of Anthony Burgess' novel by Stanley Kubrick.The film follows Alex DeLarge on his violent crime spree and attempted cure using an experimental...
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