The Art of Matthew Warlick

Summertime. And the living’s easy.

Matthew — Sun, 30 May 2010 05:57:34 +0000

Wow, what a crazy month it’s been. My apologies for neglecting the blog but the new day job has taken it’s toll on my free time and after working on freelance, finishing up commissions, and the constant connection to Twitter and Facebook there’s not much room left for blog posts. I guess the new research is true, blogs are going the way of the Do-Do.

But have no fear, I won’t be neglecting you beautiful internet masses, and have several cool bits of news to announce.

First off, my new employer Rockfish Interactive has moved into its new Frisco office (photos on my Flickr account), and I’ve settled comfortably into the role of a senior designer/art director.

I can’t say I don’t miss working from home and drawing all the time, but it’s nice to design again, get back up to speed on interactive work and produce storyboards and spot illos while getting a nice salary and bennies to boot.

The other bit of news is the official commencement of my next project, Lights in The Sky. Friends and family have long known about my fascination with UFOs and this summer I’m going to share my thoughts, theories and personal experiences on the matter.

The plan is to offer it up for free as an ongoing webcomic, and if all goes as planned my fellow Space-Gun Studio mates will also have projects kicking off. You may even see Space-Gun webcomics in the near future.

That’s it for now, below is the first promo image (and possible cover) for LITS. I hope you dig.

Twitter Sketching

Matthew — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:52:12 +0000

The fifth and final winner for this round of #followme4freeart sketches is Chris Garret, twitter user @Gravnos. Very appropariately, he chose his own character Gravnos as his subject.

Congrats Chris!

Follow me on twitter and check out the hashtag #followme4freeart and you might be the next winner!

More Twitter sketching!

Matthew — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 03:45:37 +0000

This time my out-of-state co-worker Michael Green won the random drawing, and chose Batman as his character.

Congratulations Michael!

I’ve got one more sketch to go then I’ll be having another twitter-based contest for more free art and sketches, so be sure to follow me and the hashtag #followme4freeart for a chance to win.

Ciao.

Team-Up!

Matthew — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 21:20:51 +0000

This was a piece I did as a gift for a coworker’s son. I tried to keep it simple and cartoony yet dynamic, and I’m really happy with the result.

Happy Birthday Julian!

The Great Eviscerator!

Matthew — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 06:08:43 +0000

From the Metrosketchual blog. This week’s theme: Dead Presidents.

More Metrosketchual

Matthew — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 16:24:49 +0000

A new Metrosketchual piece is up over at the blog. This weeks theme: The Crow.

Click the image to check it out.

More Metrosketchual

Matthew — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:33:07 +0000

Another piece for the Metrosketchual blog. This week’s theme; Street Fighter!

Click the image to check out the blog and a larger version of the image, you’ll be glad you did!

Twitter Sketches

Matthew — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 04:28:30 +0000

Today’s Twitter free sketch winner is Scott Fogg. His character of choice, The 10th Doctor.

Enjoy Scott!

Follow me on twitter and check out the hashtag #followme4freeart and you might be the next winner!

Wallpaper Collab

Matthew — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:52:51 +0000

My friend and fellow Dallas area comic creator Samax Amen threw up a sketch on Twitter yesterday that got me inspired. With his permission I threw down some inks and colors and made a wallpaper out of it, the first wallpaper I’ve made in a year or two.

It’s always fun to ink/color other people’s pencils. It’s nice to not be so attached to the original lines or the outcome and just have the freedom to improvise and do what feels inspired.

You can download the wallpaper below. And be sure and check out Samax’s site GhettoManga for all things comics, hip-hop, art & pop culture.

Ghetto-Core Wallpaper

Download the .zip file, which includes the following resolutions.
Standard: 1600×1200 | 1280×1024 | 1024×768
Widescreen: 2560×1600 | 1440×900

Another Twitter Free Sketch Winner!

Matthew — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:09:27 +0000

This time our winner is lucky follower #300 leo_depsky. Leo chose one of my favorite childhood villains, TrapJaw, from He-Man for his character!

Enjoy your sketch Leo.

I tried a little something different with this one. I let the pencil under-drawing from the scan show through and then did white tones over a grey background. I really dig how it came out.

Follow me on twitter and check out the hashtag #followme4freeart and you might be the next winner!