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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.
Marilyn
Portrait of the glamorous Marilyn Monroe at the apex of her career as the platinum blonde who influenced generations of actors. There are few peers that have impacted not only the film industry, but also popular culture like the late Marilyn Monroe. From her early...
Superman
Portrait of Christopher Reeve as Kal-El, or Superman, in the role that catapulted him from actor to superstar and Hollywood legend. Prior to this role he had been a small-time actor with only one movie credit and a few TV roles. Casting him in the role is as close to...
Intaglio
have spent a large part of my professional career trying to transpose my traditional illustration and painting skills to my digital tools. Like many people have done during this pandemic, I tried new things. One of those things was trying to...
Wilderness Lodge
Took advantage of the long Labor Day holiday weekend to enjoy some local attractions and had brunch at Whispering Canyon Cafe at Disney's Wilderness Lodge. Food was "meh" but the hotel is truly spectacular. Took the opportunity to use my insta360 camera to shoot some...
like tears in rain
Sketch of the legendary Rutger Hauer as the replicant Roy Batty from Ridley Scott's masterpiece "Blade Runner" during his climactic "…tears in the rain" speech in the film. Originally written by Ridley Scott and David Peoples, apparently Rutger Hauer edited the speech...
Loki, Variant
Portrait of the great Richard E. Grant who portrays one of the variants in the Marvel Studios, Disney+ series Loki. It was such an unexpected version of Loki - the one I actually read as a child in the comic books so I was immediately in love with those horns on his...
Indiana Jones
Working on a portrait of the eternal bad-ass, Harrison Ford, in one of his many iconic roles - Indiana Jones. This film, on the heels of Star Wars cemented Harrison Ford's legacy as a bona fide movie star and action hero. The video shows a bit of the piece in its...
Clint Eastwood
Portrait of the classic man with no name character from Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns and the series that made Clint Eastwood famous. As a kid growing up, these films were my introduction to Westerns, as a film genre, as well as the movie star idol.The video...
Logan, revisited
Portrait of Hugh Jackman in his iconic role as The Wolverine, James Howlett, or more simply, Logan. It is difficult to imagine any other actor portraying this character since Hugh Jackman has inhabited this character for 17 years. This portait was created using custom...
Furiosa
Intaglio-styled portrait of Charlize Theron as Furiosa from George Miller's "Mad Max: Fury Road". Charlize is arguably the best action hero working in Hollywood today; her characters are empathetic and her action is authentic and entirely vulnerable and human in her...
John Wick
An intaglio-styled portrait of Keanu Reeves as John Wick for the upcoming fourth installment in the franchise.A lot of work goes into these illustrations and many things can change throughout the process - especially as you translate an illustration into a poster...
Black Widow illustrations
Marvel's Black Widow has finally been released, in theaters and on Disney+, and it provides a lot more detail on Scarlett Johansson's alter-ego. The long-awaited film provides more detail on Natasha (nee Natalia) and her brief time in America as a child of Russian...
Heimdall
Portrait of Idris Elba as the all-seeing Heimdall and protector of the Bifröst from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.Detailed image above, shows some of the integration of the engraving marks or strokes to the painting as another evolution in the transposition of my...
Tatooine
It is not often one of your heroes acknowledges your work. Yesterday I posted this piece of Mark Hamill as the young Luke Skywalker on Tatooine at the beginning of the Star Wars universe of stories. Well, Luke Skywalker himself, @HamillHimself on twitter, liked the...
Engraving experiments
When I was at university, I studies all forms of image creation: from charcoal to oils, and watercolors to engraving. Over the years I have tried to replicate some of those traditional techniques to the digital tools I use today. There are countless plugins that claim...
Cyclops
I continue to work on transposing my traditional skills and styles to the digital realm. Most of my portraits rely on a process of vector-based linework and bitmap painting using programs like Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Corel Painter, and some others. Within...
Harley Quinn
A portrait of Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn in this alternative movie poster for her performance. Oone of the few breakouts in the DC cinematic universe has been Margot Robbie's portrayal of Harley Quinn. Despite some of the missteps of the latest incarnations of...
Boba Fett
Third illustration in a series of experimentation using custom brushes within Adobe Illustrator. This one is a tile-based reference to all things Mandalorian from the Star Wars Universe of stories. The use of custom brushes as strokes for the line work in the...
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