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September 2008

Observation: Design?

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Tonight was interesting.  I felt like I didn’t know what to do, but it was going to be artistic.  Sure I could have worked on my dino sculpture, posed tutorials, refined my ‘damaged’ entry but I had a feeling that something was missing from within.  I found a photo of some old autos and thought I’d do a focused study to get my hand back at the environment paints.  During, the lacking feeling persisted as if my worth or motivation was in question.  My mind was thinking damn hard.

After warming up into it, an un-pin-pointable feeling took me over.  I realized at that moment that creative process flows.  Barriers limiting such potential are the root of creative stagnation.  My initial sluggishness wore out as the logic was lessened by that right brain momentum!  I could feel it pour in as I was reminded of how awesome it feels to scribble and combine different sources.

As some relationship advisors recommend, less thought is best.  Sitting down to work on a piece must have silence.  Thought and planning is great for placement and goals, but let the “process” flow and happiness will find you no matter what you’re working on! 

Laters,
Matt

Relaxing Robots: Initial Sketch

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Robots need to relax…. this came after Sean McGraths’s photograph.  I’ve been thinking I need to refine my work, plan it out a tad more and attack every element with a splash of study.  Therefore, the image below is the groundwork for some areas my life will expand into….

Cheers!
Matt

Love

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I think I might spend the rest of my life sharing what love is.  Think of this painting as a first of a many part series.  Next project might be a sculpture, poem, book, movie, picking up a piece of garbage or moving a caterpillar off a road….

Fall is Here!

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A moutain study inspired by epic “Mt. Cheam” that rests outside my home town.  Coming home, the clouds cleared revealing freshly laid powder in the sun!

FFFFOUND!

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I like to share art reference related websites!  I find having beautiful imagery passing through your perception makes everything better!  And I mean everything – your visual vocabulary, artist’s voices, attention and energy – you name it!  

FFFFOUND! has a wonderful interface for browsing lots extremely pleasant.  The trick is to use the “tiles” view (shortcut V), then bust the J shortcut for passing by hundreds of awesome images.  The database is fed via human preference so I promise you’ll see amazing things!

All the best,
Matt

Offload Studios Inc.

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I have the best job in the world.  

It’s tough to sleep knowing I’m awakening to limitless potential!

You’ve got to check us out at http://OffloadStudios.com! We’re pinoneering utter awesomeness when it comes to giving digital art the appriciation it deserves!  My life’s path seems to all add up creatively to fuel into this new workplace!  Fine Art Sculptures!  Toy Prototyping!  Player Created Game Content!  All outputing through our hands!