Chewski in MSU Comic Anthology

I just found out that two comics I created at MSU are going to be featured in the upcoming MSU Student Comic Art Anthology! Both comics happen to be about my old hamster Chewski. One is titled "Chewski Goes Fishin'" - which you may remember from an earlier post where it was featured in a couple volumes of the Red Cedar Review. The other, lesser known, story is titled "Chewski Goes Sledding". A panel from the latter of those two comics will be featured on the back cover of the anthology.

The anthology is going to feature tons of amazing comic artwork that was all created by current or former MSU students. If you're interested in checking it out, it will be available at the upcoming MSU Comics Forum on March 1-2. For those of you who can't attend the Forum, it will also be made available online at shop.msu.edu and on Amazon (price yet to be determined).

UPDATE:

Here is a link to a nice little article from MSU Today about the Anthology that features a panel from "Chewski Goes Sledding" and has some more details. Price has now been set at $12

METAL SHARK

I had a great time at the Monster Drawing Rally last weekend. Unfortunately my phone died and I was unable to take any pictures of my drawing. So I made this new version of it to share with everyone! The real drawing looked a lot like this one, except it was done in only 1 hour and it was all pen and marker. This drawing was colored digitally. The Drawing Rally version didn't have the space backdrop either. I just thought it was the most fitting background for a metal shark with Gundam-esque laser wings.

The color turned out a little different than I expected but I'm pretty happy with it. I've had some eye problems this week and ended up coloring this while looking through some sunglasses because my eyes were dilated. When I took the glasses off and my blurry vision started to fade, the color completely changed! Still pretty cool though. Hope you enjoy! Quite different from the last metal shark drawing I posted in 2010.

Monster Drawing Rally!

This Friday I will be participating in the first ever Monster Drawing Rally at MOCAD in Detroit! The event starts at 8pm and it will feature over 90 artists creating live drawings. When drawings are completed they will be hung and sold for $40 each. Proceeds will support MOCAD programs. I'll be participating in the 3rd Shift of artists, which will run from 10:30-11:30 PM. Peep the rest of the details on the event's facebook page here.

Warpaint Portfolio

 

For those of you who don't know, I'm part of a design group called Warpaint Studio. My portfolio of work on the Warpaint site has recently been updated too! Check it out here to see a handful of the projects I've made as a part of Warpaint Studio, including some projects that haven't been posted here before.

I'm always open to new projects, so don't hesitate to send me an email (matt@warpaintstudio.com) if you're interested in working together!

Type In Stereo

I just got to do this logo design for a really awesome music website called Type In Stereo. The site is run by a bunch of really awesome guys and, wouldn't you know it, they had some really cool ideas to work with. I had a ton of fun on this one and they were a pleasure to work with.

Type In Stereo is frequently updated with well written articles about really solid music. These guys care about what they're doing and it shows. Plus the whole website just got a killer makeover! Check it out here: http://typeinstereo.com

Snakes!

I drew a line drawing of this seven headed snake beast a while back and thought it would be good practice to give it some color. Here's how it turned out! This was done with a brush pen, various fixed width pens, markers, and a bit of watercolor paint.

Wolf Painting

Just did this drawing for a cool dude in a cool band (<-plug!) and I went about it in a peculiar way. Mostly because I intended to stop with a line drawing and decided to finish it as a painting/marker drawing. This resulted in a series of scans from various stages in the process. So I thought I'd put together a little gif to watch how it evolved. Hope you find it interesting!