by Matthew | Jul 13, 2023 | art, design, illustration
A few years back, I was working with Adobe Illustrator and trying to push the boundaries of what I could create in pure vector format versus using Adobe Photoshop to refine my illustrations to achieve textures, shadows, etc. For a test subject I used the old Mattel...
by Matthew | Jul 10, 2023 | art, code, design, entertainment
I have been working with augmented reality for the better part of the past dozen years, or more. I started exploring it as an option almost as soon as I began working in the Apple Developer Program. I had been interested in location-based awareness and the MapKit...
by Matthew | Jun 29, 2023 | art, design, illustration
Portrait of Florence Pugh as Princess Irulan Denis Villeneuve’s Dune sequel, Dune: Part Two, set for release November 3, 2023. I also used the portrait as the base for a mosaic tile background for an alternative movie poster to share with my social networks and...
by Matthew | Jun 23, 2023 | art, design, entertainment, illustration
Portrait of Jack Nicholson as the writer Jack Torrance from Stanley Kubrick’s film adaptation of the Stephen King novel, “The Shining”. Stephen King is one of the greatest American writers of the last century and Kubrick is a legendary film director,...
by Matthew | Jun 16, 2023 | art, design, entertainment, illustration
My tribute, art reproduction, or flat-out copy of Frank Frazetta’s self-portrait from 1962. A painting, like so many of his, that I have admired my entire life. I grew up with many influences as a budding artist; I consumed pieces and artists from the Renaissance...
by Matthew | Jun 9, 2023 | art, design, illustration
With my latest few pieces, I have been working with the new Adobe Aero to explore its capabilities with tradition and more immersive types of illustration. These pieces are delving into that exploration with a simple portrait as well as a more immersive augmented...
