New Website

In the attempt to look more professional, I've got a new website you can find it at www.mattloveridge.com It's by no means perfect but I'm still working on it. That way I can have all my best stuff on that site and still screw around having fun on this one. If your bored go check it out.

A few more.

Can you here me now?

Don't tempt death.

School assignment. We had to pose the women in the "little house on the prarie" dress and put her in a painting.

"Bullfrogs & Dragonflies"

A much needed update

I think a wooden beaver would have plenty of trials in it's life.

An assignment for school. The assignment was "If these walls could talk"

Another school assignment, I was supposed to paint something from this decade that would be recognized if found 100 years later. I went with guitar hero.

I've been playing with washes lately, this painting was done in water color.

location, location, location. A little comment on the real estate market, sometimes you get what you pay for.

Black & Whites

I finally have some time to upload some new stuff. I've been playing with ink a lot lately, so here are a few b&w spot illustrations.

Illustration Friday: Pretend

Who know's how to pretend better than kids. This is a painting from a children's book I'm working on. Anyway let me know what you think.

Illustration Friday: Adapt

I figure you can either complain about what life hands you, or you can adapt and make the best of a bad situation.

I was experimenting with a modified color palette, and night scenes. I'd love any comments.

Illustration Friday: Strings

Just a real quick ink drawing for Illustration Friday. Hopefully the concept is self explanatory.

Illustration Friday: Packed

sometimes a comfort zone is a luxury. I welcome any comments. Ink and digital.

"You are what you eat"

My first assignment for school. We were working with the phrase you are what you _______? I decided to stick with the obvious you are what you eat. I was wondering where a cannibal would do his shopping, probablly walmart, they have everything there.

Illustration Friday: Memories

This will probably be my last picture for a while. School starts today so unless the stars align and I have an assignment that works for the topic of the week, I'll just have to check out other people's great work. Ink and digital, I'd love any comments.

Illustration Friday: Detatch

This is far from my original idea which was a little more gruesome, but I still had a lot of fun with it. Ink and digital. Please feel free to comment.

Illustration Friday: Sail

This became a lesson in re-learning gouache. I really wanted to involve a mouse somehow, I just wasn't sure what would motivate a mouse to go sailing, so he's chasing after the moon, which we all know is made of cheese of course. I welcome any comments

Illustration Friday: Poof!

This is my first entry to Illustration Friday. The word was "Poof!" I figured if a Magician and Fairy-God Mother's magic crossed, then "Poof" you'd get a mess. I'd love any comments.

This was going to be my first time entering anything into Illustration Friday but I ran out of time. The theme was "Sour".

Correll Painter

These are a few of my assignments from my painter class. I really liked that class. I thought Don did a great job. I really want to spend more time with painter once things slow down. I haven't done a lot of things in painter, but I really like the freedom it gives you in certain areas.

This is my first assignment, The phrase that I had to Illustrate was "Elephants are the only animal that can't jump" That's why the elephant is getting picked last. (I know the feeling)

This was my final Painter assignment for the semester. The subject was, "I was in the house when the house burned down". I hope the cause of the fire isn't too subtle. Like I said, earlier I really enjoy painter. I can't wait to play with it a little more over the summer and get a little bit more proficient with it.

Illustration Friday: Opinion

It is of my opinion that Norman Rockwell was one of the greatest painters, in both technique and story. I've always loved his paintings. I'd love any comments.

Walrus Stampede

This article was about shrinking Ice floats forcing walrus' on to overcrowded beaches where they would stampede at the site of a polar bear or a plane or anything. I felt bad for all the innocent Polar bears starting a stampede just from their showing up for a day at the beach.

Bad Dreams

This is a painting I did for my class of one of my bad dreams. When I was a kid I would sometimes have these dreams that I was alone in my neighborhood, then all these wildabeest's and German Shepards would come frome every where and start chasing me until I barricaded my self in my house. For anyone who believe that dreams need to mean something, feel free to analyze this one.

FBI protecting hit men

I really don't remember the story for this assignment because I fell asleep the three times I tried to read it because it was so boring. I only remember three things.

• The FBI was protecting these hit men for being informants.
• J. Edgar hoover was over the FBI for a long time.
• J. Edgar Hoover looks like a bulldog (which are fun to draw)
  

Tree House

Courtney Granner came to our class to see our work and give it a critique. Courtney teaches at San Jose State University. I really like his style of work. The story he gave us was about two boys and their tree house. I tried to make it look like it could really be a tree house that two boys could make. If I had to do it again I wouldn't have worried about doing it realistic. I would go more stylistic.