Summer is the time for blockbuster popcorn films and “The Rocketeer” is one of my all-time favorite types of these films.
Batman, Samurai
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...
Alien Day 24
Another day to celebrate the great Alien Day and the great LV-426 where the crew of the Nostromo first encounters the Xenomorph.
John McClane
Portrait of the great Bruce Willis in his iconic role as John McClane in John McTiernan’s 1988 action classic, “Die Hard”.
Dark Superman
While waiting for James Gunn’s version of Supes, revisited the classic Christopher Reeve as the evil, or Dark Superman, from the 3rd film.
Lessons in Chemistry
More alternative poster designs for the great show on AppleTV, “Lessons in Chemistry” starring Brie Larson as Elizabeth Zott.
Elizabeth Zott
Portrait of Brie Larson as the chemist and TV chef, Elizabeth Zott from “Lessons in Chemistry”, now on AppleTV
Galadriel, redux
Portrait of Cate Blanchett as Galadriel from Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” film franchises.
Captain B. Willard
Portrait of Martin Sheen as Captain Benjamin Willard from Francis Ford Coppola classic film, “Apocalypse Now”.
Loki
A sketch of the wonderfully talented Tom Hiddleston in his role as Loki, the Norse god of Mischief, from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Denys
Portrait of Robert Redford as Denys George Finch Hatton from Sydney Pollack’s masterpiece, “Out of Africa”, released in 1985.
John Wick, 4
A sketch of Keanu Reeves as his big-screen alter-ego, John Wick created using Corel Painter, Procreate, and Adobe Creative Cloud.
Jack, revised
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...
The Thing
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...
Judge Dredd
Monday Motivation?! Maybe not? All right, well how about Monday diversion with the classic character from John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra; a portrait of Judge Dredd.Have an idea or want to work with designomatt? Enter your name, email address, and...
Fauxsaic Display
A while back, I created this illustration to celebrate Walt Disney's original, 9 old men; the moniker of some of the most impactful artists Walt ever hired.As I reviewed the illustration, I though a display font, based on the intent of the illustration...
Frank Sinatra
Some of the best things come from New Jersey, The Garden State, and this Hoboken-born son of Italian immigrants is chief among them. He became one of the most popular entertainers, if not the most popular, of the 20th Century. Portrait of the great...
The Bear
Rough sketch portrait of Jeremy Allen White and Jon Bernthal from the hit FX Network series, "The Bear". I wanted to capture some of the frenetic nature of the show using the two main characters: Carmy and his brother Michael. …with a very simple mockup...