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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.
Jack
There are some stars that can be easily identified by their first name: Marilyn, Greta, Madonna. However, there is only one Jack, really. This is a portrait of the legendary Jack Nicholson in his role as Jack Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of "The Shining",...
Revenge of the Sith
Despite my love for the Star Wars universe of stories, I just cannot bear the prequels like "Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith". To me, they seemed to be an indoctrination tool for another generation to sell toys. The action sequences are absolutely...
Planet of the Apes
Illustration inspired by the original 1968 classic, "The Planet of the Apes" starring Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, and Kim Hunter.I remember seeing this movie, and subsequent sequels, as a kid and being enamored and horrified by the premise. Later on in my youth...
The Book of Boba Fett
Spent the weekend taking down all of the holiday decorations, which is always a somewhat somber occassion in our household. I also spent some time cheering myself up with this new illustration inspired by the great new series, "The Book of Boba Fett" on...
2021 Illustrations
The end of the year can provide an opportunity for reflection. Although these are not all of the works I created this year, this is a good representation of the illustrations made during 2021, Pandemic Year 2.Spending much of the year experimenting with tools,...
Brett
Another "Alien" study, this time it is the great Harry Dean Stanton as Brett. This is the digital painting of Brett. It was created using custom brushes and channel operations from Painter and Photoshop. This is a detailed image of Brett once the intaglio has been...
Ellen Ripley
Spent much of the Christmas holiday doing nothing but relaxing, redecorating the studio, and very little illustration. I began working on sketches for this portrait before Christmas and let it sit most of the week. I wanted to experiment with some new brushwork as...
Rey Skywalker
Continuing to burn some PTO from the day-job, so I worked up an illustration of Daisy Ridley as the scavenger Rey, soon to become a Skywalker and Jedi, from the Star Wars universe of stories. We were living in Austin and I was working at IBM Design when this film came...
Michonne
Portrait of Danai Gurira as Michonne from "The Walking Dead" on AMC TV. The series is based on the comic book by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard.I have been a fan of the comic book and the subsequent television show for years. It was originally produced...
Spider-Man
Another illustration I started during the Thanksgiving Holiday. In anticipation of the new "Spider-Man: No Way Home" film's release, I wanted to illustrate the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man in celebration of Steve Ditko and Stan Lee's creation. The above image is...
Captain Marvel
Portrait of Brie Larson as Carol Danvers, also known as Captain Marvel, from the eponymous Marvel Studios film. This portrait's painted background was a little flatter to see how it plays with the intaglio overlays. There is a noticeable difference to me, but not sure...
The Future of Work
here has been a mistaken belief for generations that work is a location. This errant view has been nurtured by corporations for decades and it required a global pandemic to expose this flawed perspective. After almost 2 years where much of the...
Scarlet Witch
Relaxing during the Thanksgiving week and working on some more illustrations. This time, it is a portrait of Elizabeth Olsen as her alter ego Wanda Maximoff, better known as the Scarlett Witch from the Marvel Universe of stories.Continuing to work through the...
A New Hope
Taking the day off to play…so that naturally means something related to Star Wars. This is an alternative movie poster for George Lucas' original Star Wars using Carrie Fisher's Princess Leia as the poster's central theme. In the detail above you can see the play...
Aliens Artbook
I have written about my love for the Alien franchise multiple times and have worked on several pieces over the years. However, I have never worked on any licensed work until now…As part of the 35th Anniversary of the film PrintedInBlood put together a collaborative...
Michael Corleone
I have written previously about my love for Francis Ford Coppola's masterpieces, Godfather I & II, and the impact they had on me as a grandson of Italian immigrants to this nation. I have been working on another portrait from the films a young Al Pacino as the...
X-Files
Been seriously unmotivated lately. But I have been meaning to do something with the great Gillian Anderson and it seemed like a good subject to try to get out of my funk. This is a portrait of her in the role that brought her into the general public's eye as Agent...
Stranger Things Day
Portrait of Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven from the first season of "Stranger Things". Created by the Duffer Brothers this series as an instant hit for Netflix and a nod to the masters of 1980s cinema, most notably Steven Speilberg.Although this was not Millie's first...
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