While awaiting some feedback on project work I took some time to whip up a quick sans serif face based on an old logo from Tomorrowland, in the Magic Kingdom at The Walt Disney World Resort. Tomorrowoland has always been about the dreams of the future,...
Some days you just need some time to play. This is an homage to not only Tim Burton's 1989 interpretation of Batman but also to the great illustrator's who graced the cover of "The Saturday Evening Post". From J.C. Leyendecker to Norman Rockwell, some...
Sometimes portraits take on a life of their own. The evolution of this portrait of Mon Mothma, played by the talented Genevieve O'Reilly, began in a series of the stars of the hit show "Star Wars Andor" on Disney+. I had been working through some of my...
Finished the latest portrait in the Andor, Season 2 series of portraits with Diego Luna as Cassian Andor. The series and the themes within the story arc are ones that ring very familiar to many Americans today. As we face a government that is...
Developing a new font, based on an 1918 sign painter’s card, by William H. Gordon, and trying to work in a similar manner in which that sign painter was required to for their job. With some font development, there is a certain amount of working in...
It's Friday and has been a bit of a harrowing week. Took a personal diversion to create a teaser alternative poster for the upcoming HULU/FX series "Alien Earth. Details are being kept pretty tight by the show runner but we do know it will be coming out...
First illustration of the new year and it is a sketch of Rebecca Ferguson as Juliette Nichols from Silo, now streaming on AppleTV+. Follow along here and our socials below for all of our projects and realeases.Our Social NetworkHave an idea or want to...
Portrait sketches of Rachel Wiesz as Evelyn Carnahan, ultimately Evelyn Carnahan O'Connell, from "The Mummy" movie franchise.As with many portraits, one is merely is state moving towards another purpose. The top stage involved the most painting and work...
Portrait of the one and only Batman, as played by the one and only Michael Keaton, in his iconic role from Tim Burton's "Batman" for this year's Batman Day.Our Social NetworkHave an idea or want to work with designomatt? Enter your name, email address,...
Art, illustration, design is never simply a straight line to completion. Often times it takes not only fits and starts but also winding paths to reach a destination; which might be temporary. This portrait of Denzel Washington exists in multiple states...
Summer is the time for blockbuster popcorn films and “The Rocketeer” is one of my all-time favorite types of these films.
Illustration of an alternate reality Batman; dressed as a traditional Samurai warrior. With the popularity of Shogun streaming now, I wanted to revisit an earlier version of this treatment with a bit more natural media feel to the piece. Follow along...
Iterating one of the latest projects on the drawing board. A font derived from the posters of the early 20th Century – Eccentric Display. Also resurrected an alternate typeface specimen sheet for this post.
Eccentric Display is a decorative display font based on typography from the Parisian posters of the early 20th Century.
An update to the Ballpoint family and an additional San Serif Flat style of letterform that continues to expand our ever-growing family.
As the result of simple prompt, this is the limited display font, Ballpoint Label, based on the label makers of my youth.
Designing a complete font set and comparisons between a regular character set and a mono height version within the same family.
Continuing our experimentation with different code options to most appropriately showcase our fonts on the website.