I've been taking the last several days to relax. I have only been doing art that i feel like doing. I started working on this for my girlfriend many months ago. I have been wanting to finish this for a while so i'm happy to see it finished. I have two more weeks before my last quarter of school starts and then i graduate! Woot!

Mythica Trailer

I've been working on this for the past 11 weeks. Hope ya like.

Mythica Trailer from Matt Campbell on Vimeo.

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays to everyone! As i look back on this past year i see so much improvement in my art and that is really exciting. My thanks go out to all my friends and family who have supported me and helped me when times got rough. This past year i learned a new 3d program, i learned how to composite 3d into video footage, i worked for a gaming company doing illustrations, i went to San Diego Comicon, i reacquainted myself with my cousins and my new second cousins in California and i am in a relationship with someone i love. What a great year! I will be graduating next year around september with a Bachelors of Art in media arts and animation. I can't wait to see what the next year holds! Be ready, i know it will be exciting and i will be posting all here!

Another quick pinup sketch. I inked it during work last night. I usually like to make dark hair for pinups. i guess because its fun to ink and gives it that classic Betty Paige feel but my coworker suggested i leave it so i could make her blond or red headed instead when and if i ever color her. Hope ya like!

This is what i was doing instead of paying attention in physics class!
I'm in finals right now so i'm doing what feels like a million things. I'll be posting more soon!!

The Gate Keeper

In traveling to the underworld Magnus and his crew come across the Cerberus. Placed in the underworld to guard the gates from letting anyone IN or OUT. This creature does not breath fire but has nearly impenetrable armored scales. It is fast, agile and ferocious. How will Magnus defeat such a creature?

This creature design copyright © Matt Campbell 2008

Picturesque

Another one i'm working on. This one is still in the very early stage.

Here is a little bit more progress on the pirate painting. It doesn't look like much and it may be dark on your computer but most of the time was spent on the ship wood and the barrel under her foot.
I've got a few other paintings in the works as well.

A sketch or two

I should be going to bed as i have to get up early but i felt the need to do another quick sketch first.












Also, this is one of the projects i've been working on in Maya. There is still a long way to go on it but i'm hoping to have it completed and textured very soon.

Gunslinger Sketch

I little sketch i made after watching the Marko video from Massive Black. If you don't know who he is then go find out!!

Been Busy

Hey everyone. Sorry it's been so long since my last post. I'm getting into the final quarters of my animation degree and it's pretty intense. I'll post some of that work up here real soon. I have been able to squeeze in some illustrative work here and there but just not much.
I have been slowly working on this illustration of my friend Rachel. It's far from finished but i thought i'd show you the WIP. I also have one in progress of my friend Erica as well as my best friend Summer. Hopefully i'll have more time for illustrating soon.

Renaissance Festival

Rachel hand made this entire costume as well as two more that are just as awesome!










The master of thieves, aka Fingers












Privie Guards?











Just Sexy!











Also sexy apparently!











Captain Jack himself













Death is among us!!!


















More to come!!

Taking a break from homework...

...to post up some pics for you!! First for those of you that didn't catch them on myspace here are some pics from San Diego Comicon.



The Mad Hatter












Joker and Penguin






The Penny Arcade Guys









"Why so serious?"








The man himself





Okay i think i'm going to reduce the size of the ren fair pics because i just noticed how huge these are when you click on them.

Busy few weeks!

Sorry it has been so long since my last post. I've had a busy few weeks. I went to San Diego for Comicon with my good friend Joey. It was awesome and i shall post some pics soon. I also went to the renaissance festival in Larkspur,Co which was awesome as well. I should clarify that it was the last day and i have friends there who are die hards and pirates. We partied all night till we couldn't stand any more. I have lots of pics from that as well. I have to catch up on some school work and other projects first.

Zombie force GO!!

I've started on the undead group. I've made dozens of sketches here are a few. Be sure to click on it for a larger view. Oh this is so fun. IN this group there are zombie/undead warriors, those who worship and want to be an undead warrior, and lets not forget wizards and stuff. Oooh undead wizards, lol.


Also, i went to go see Hancock. It's a fun movie. Lots of cool special effects but as a hero movie not on par with say Ironman. Although i did catch something interesting in the credits that i had to research. It said the producers were Will Smith and a James Lassiter. Now my first thought was that maybe he was related to Jon Lassiter the CEO of Pixar but i found no such connection. What i did find is that this guy James and Will must be tight. Here's a list of movies that James has co-produced lately, Hancock, I am Legend, The Pursuit of Happiness, Hitch, I robot, Ali, Men in Black. Notice the theme here? Now i'm just curious. Is this guy in love with Will or did he just see a star that could ride to the top? I mean if you look at what he did before Will Smith its pretty unnoticed stuff. I don't really have any opinions. Who knows maybe they are best friends. I just found it interesting. That is all for now

This is the LAST of the Iron Legion series!
Now it's time to sketch Zombies and the like!!
I'm, so excited!!

Oh, and don't ask why he has buckles around his biceps, i just thought it looked cool.

They came in the night..

"It felt like an earthquake at first. Made of iron and stone it devastated everything in it's path."

Yeah i like how this one came out...alot! :)
This is called a Colossus
Forged from the dwarves and brought to life by the wizards, the colossus are nearly unstoppable.
You may remember the preliminary sketches from an earlier post.
I've got one more to post from this group then it's on to the UNDEAD!!! Sweet!

YARRRGH!!

I just finished this illustration for Nayantara. Had fun with this. I could have kept going for a long time adding little details but these are supposed to be kinda rough looking, more painterly and conceptual.

“It is when pirates count their booty that they become mere thieves.”

On a sad note. A great artist, Mr. Michael Turner passed away of cancer this weekend. I was a big fan of his work. He and another roll model of mine, J. Scott Campbell, both became known for their sexy, curvy woman in comics at about the same time. My love goes to his family and friends. They have it much harder now than he does.

Just finished this one. I had to spend some time studying horses. I haven't really drawn very many. I wanted a big horse like a clydesdale so i drew a few from a book i got from the library. Then i wanted a fierce striking pose that would work well in a vertical space so i came up with this design. I still need to work on not allowing myself to get too focused on details too early. All the detail os on the armor of the knight and yet he is only a small part of the whole picture. I do like the atmosphere.

Captain Jack Sparrow

I had to do one last painting for my painter class. This was painted using a frame from Curse of the Black Pearl as reference. The original had burning trees in the background that had been set on fire by Elizabeth. I didn't really want to paint that so i made a ship in the background instead. I painted it all in painter using artists oils with the exception of making a pattern overlay layer in photoshop for his bandanna.I spent about 8 hours all told on this. I see lots of stuff i could fix but i get bored and have to move on to the next thing. Please click on the image to enjoy the larger version.