by Matthew | Jan 26, 2024 | art, illustration
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 Chairman of the...
by Matthew | Jan 19, 2024 | art, design, entertainment, illustration
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...
by Matthew | Jan 5, 2024 | art, design, illustration
Starting the year with a look back to one of the baddest bad guys in film from my youth; Arnold Schwarzenegger’s as Cyberdyne Systems Model 101, also known as a T-800, in James Cameron’s 1984 classic, “The Terminator”. Polaroid Transfers and...
by Matthew | Dec 20, 2023 | art, entertainment, illustration
Continued experimentation with introducting some new brushes in an established workflow to create a portrait of a childhood hero as well an alternative movie poster for Bruce Lee’s “Enter the Dragon”. Have an idea or want to work with designomatt?...
by Matthew | Dec 19, 2023 | art, design, illustration
More experimentation incorporating new brushes into an existing workflow focused on transposing techniques to digital illustrations. With a set of existing brushes and patterns that I have relied on for years, I recently purchased a set of natural media set from...