A few months back I got the chance to do some inking samples for Image’s new book Last of The Greats by Josh Fialkov and Brent Peeples. I didn’t get the gig but it was a fun exercise with some solid feedback from editorial nice-guy Rob Levin.
Last of The Greats Inks
Posted by Matthew on December 14, 2011
http://www.soulcore.net/artblog/last-of-the-greats-inks/
Live Art Auction
Here are a few iphone photos from Friday night’s live art show benefiting Genesis Women’s Shelter here in Dallas.
Adam Warrock doing a Maverick for charity.
Bidding underway.
Adam Warrock performing.
My finished Rulk piece.
It was, as always, a fun show for a good cause. Thanks to all who came out to drink, socialize, draw and bid on artwork
Posted by Matthew on December 12, 2011
http://www.soulcore.net/artblog/live-art-auction-2/
Last of The Greats
Did a pinup for Josh Fialkov and Brent Peeple’s Last of The Greats from Image Comics. You can see it in issue #3 which went on sale today.
It’s a great book with an awesome twist on the typical superhero storyline, with a little sci-fi goodness thrown in to boot. Check it out (and be sure to preorder).
Posted by Matthew on December 7, 2011
http://www.soulcore.net/artblog/last-of-the-greats/
Live Art Auction: Dec. 5th
Come celebrate the Holidays with live art and a silent auction to benefit the Genesis Women’s Shelter of Dallas sponsored by Zeus Comics, The Variants and LBFA..
Come join a veritable cornucopia of local artists and big-named creators as they raise money for battered women and their children. Special Guest Artists include Joe Eisma, Rob Guillory, Kody Chamberlain, Nick Pitarra, James O’Barr, Kristian Donaldson, Brent Peeples, Vinh-Luan Luu, Robert Wilson, Jake Ekiss, and myself. Musical guests include Adam Warrock and DJ Rob Vik.
A new unwrapped toys is suggested, but not required, for entry. Come on out and support a good cause. 21+ and up.
The Billiard Bar
1920 Greenville Ave
Dallas, Texas
(214) 826-7665
Posted by Matthew on December 7, 2011
http://www.soulcore.net/artblog/live-art-auction-dec-5th/
Dr. Strange Commission
Dr. Strange commission for the always amicable Aron Head from Ideology of Madness. He requested a superheroes enjoying a smoke and an adult beverage, so I thought Dr. Strange soothing the savage Shuma-Gorath was perfectly appropriate.
Posted by Matthew on December 6, 2011
http://www.soulcore.net/artblog/dr-strange-commission/
International Self Portrait Day
Yesterday was International Self Portrait Day, so I did this.
I’ve had the idea floating around in my head for a while and thought it would be a good excuse to bust it out and practice in a more realistic style. Look for it on a business card or banner later this year.
Here’s the entire piece. It was done at 11×17 in separate layers for easy editing. The portrait was penciled digitally from photo reference, printed as blue lines, inked by hand and then colored on the Cintiq in Photoshop. The iPhone lineart was made using shape layers.
Click the images for larger versions.
Posted by Matthew on November 2, 2011
http://www.soulcore.net/artblog/international-self-portrait-day/
Spider-Man Webhead 2.0 Redesign
I contributed the following piece to Project: Rooftop’s Spider-Man 2.0 redesign. The old Web-head has been one of my favorite characters since I first got hooked on Todd McFarlane’s art during his Spider-Man run in my teens.
They’ve announced the honorable mentions as well as 2nd and 3rd place winners, so I’m going to assume it’s safe to post this here, as I doubt I won the thing after seeing some of the other designs that were submitted.
Still, it was a blast to participate and really took me back to when I first started reading comics. I’m definitely going to be doing more of these redesigns in the future.
Posted by Matthew on September 15, 2011
http://www.soulcore.net/artblog/spider-man-redesign/
Thought Criminal & Space Dolphin 42
A few weeks ago a tweet come across the Deck from Adam WarRock looking for someone to work with musical collaborator The Thought Criminals on an album design. I did a a gig poster for WarRock once before and had him get me on their radar, with a common love of comics & sci-fi securing the deal.
Plus the project came with complete creative freedom, so it was a perfect fit. Space-Dolphin 42, A Kirby-tech-Mayan-Dolphin-rocket was the result.
You can check out The Thought Criminals & Shane Hall at TheThoughtCriminals.net. The album drops October 25th.
Posted by Matthew on September 9, 2011
http://www.soulcore.net/artblog/thought-criminal-space-dolphin-42/
Walmart Shareholders Infographic
Occasionally I work for the man. Or for someone else who works for the man. And it rocks.
Infographic design with data pulled from Walmart’s 2011 shareholders meetings. I did the design work as well as the number crunching.
Posted by Matthew on September 8, 2011
http://www.soulcore.net/artblog/walmart-shareholders-infographic/