by Matthew | Aug 1, 2023 | art, design, entertainment, illustration
This has been a hard couple of weeks for fans of popular culture. First Tony Bennett, then Shuhada’ Sadaqat (formerly known as Sinéad O’Connor), now Paul Reubens or also known as Pee-wee Herman. I had been wanting to do a portrait of Pee-wee for years and...
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 26, 2023 | art, entertainment, illustration, news
Portrait of Cate Blanchett as Galadriel, the “Lady” of the woods of Lothlórien from the stories of J. R. R. Tolkien and films of Peter Jackson. Have an idea or want to work with designomatt? Enter your name, email address, and message and we will get back...
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 | May 4, 2023 | art, entertainment, illustration
For this year’s May the Fourth, celebration of all things Star Wars, I chose to focus on Carrie Fisher and her role as Princess Leai Organa Skywalker. Considering my ongoing reimagining her role as the heroine of the Rebellion and Jedi Doyenne, that is not so...
