by Matthew | Feb 20, 2024 | art, design, entertainment, illustration
A sketch of the wonderfully talented Tom Hiddleston in his role as Loki, the Norse god of Mischief, from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. If you have not seen the eponymous Disney+ series, go and watch it…the ensemble is fantastic, but nothing can prepare you for the...
by Matthew | Feb 15, 2024 | art, entertainment, illustration
Portrait of Robert Redford in another iconic role as Denys George Finch Hatton from Sydney Pollack’s masterpiece, “Out of Africa”, released in 1985. A while back, I read an article that asked why anyone would rewatch this film and I was astounded as...
by Matthew | Feb 14, 2024 | art, entertainment, illustration
A sketch of Keanu Reeves as his big-screen alter-ego, John Wick, from his eponymous franchise of the same name. The portrait was created using Corel Painter, Procreate, and Adobe Creative Cloud and a host of patterns, brushes, and stamps from my toolbox. Follow along...
by Matthew | Feb 8, 2024 | art, entertainment, illustration
I had painted a portrait of Jack Nicholson from “The Shining” a while back; it never matched my original intent. I could not get this effect to work in Photoshop. After some more recent illustations, I decided to go back and update this portrait of Jack...
by Matthew | Feb 3, 2024 | art, design, entertainment, illustration
I have been a fortunate childm having frown up with the likes of artists and auteurs like John Carpenter. Much like George Lucas, Stephen Speilberg, and Francic Ford Coppolla, John Carpenter is large segment of the zoetrope of my youth. So much so, that Kurt Russell...
