tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222541232024-03-13T13:11:15.520-07:00MPS Industries Blog 2.0Matt Schusterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703932227768375224noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22254123.post-24030499445395509012012-06-29T10:57:00.002-07:002012-06-29T10:57:33.584-07:00Hard and Soft 05<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hard and Soft 05. Lunchtime sketch. This one turned cacophonous early on, and I went with it. The "soft" aspect of this sketch got drowned out a little I think, but these are experiments and these things will happen. Illustrator, Photoshop and hand-drawn textures.Matt Schusterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703932227768375224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22254123.post-12575718235814497552012-06-28T10:45:00.001-07:002012-06-28T10:45:08.396-07:00Hard and Soft 04<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hard and Soft 04. Lunchtime sketch. I didn’t draw a thumbnail pencil for this one, and ended up having more fun pushing all the shapes around to create the composition I wanted. As the week is going on, I think these exercises are starting to look a little more figurative than abstract. Illustrator, Photoshop and hand-drawn textures.Matt Schusterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703932227768375224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22254123.post-82598012503438569602012-06-27T10:49:00.003-07:002012-06-27T10:52:42.656-07:00Hard and Soft 03<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Hard and Soft 03. Lunchtime sketch. Illustrator, Photoshop and hand-drawn textures.Matt Schusterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703932227768375224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22254123.post-76460108195454888342012-06-26T10:50:00.003-07:002012-06-26T10:51:14.112-07:00Hard and Soft 02<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3_EdocfWZ6sVLV1KgPEUxcY_fRYW-MXa5XJOk9ubF9-E64SOlzWmf3ZCkNN2zgrUUiHJIbcMtsoLHL3zwGgZmXkMyHpxeb1q5iUO5RPIJ30n9VjumosOqh-LxZXH38I5ifvWEng/s1600/HardAndSoft-02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3_EdocfWZ6sVLV1KgPEUxcY_fRYW-MXa5XJOk9ubF9-E64SOlzWmf3ZCkNN2zgrUUiHJIbcMtsoLHL3zwGgZmXkMyHpxeb1q5iUO5RPIJ30n9VjumosOqh-LxZXH38I5ifvWEng/s320/HardAndSoft-02.jpg" /></a>
Hard and Soft 02. Lunchtime sketch. As a point of record I should note that these are started in Illustrator and finished in Photoshop. Textures are hand drawn by myself.Matt Schusterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703932227768375224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22254123.post-65091623132609252722012-06-25T12:07:00.001-07:002012-06-25T12:07:05.961-07:00Hard and Soft 01<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi68AQGEUl0bGAP2TPaoJFt2k4ihiNKg9yXHEvdmm6AIAvyhCzsXKTNsxxu6k9z8Kpye1IOta8arEkH_xGZmsOEl_vy6kilXub3Mqmyq4eH-feBeatpl1tYxF8jjW6EO4JRlVW2qw/s1600/HardAndSoft-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi68AQGEUl0bGAP2TPaoJFt2k4ihiNKg9yXHEvdmm6AIAvyhCzsXKTNsxxu6k9z8Kpye1IOta8arEkH_xGZmsOEl_vy6kilXub3Mqmyq4eH-feBeatpl1tYxF8jjW6EO4JRlVW2qw/s320/HardAndSoft-01.jpg" /></a>
Hard and Soft 01. Lunchtime sketch. Will try to make this a regular thing.Matt Schusterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703932227768375224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22254123.post-46900958214013317222011-05-22T14:57:00.000-07:002011-05-22T15:02:47.391-07:00The Death Ray is Included with the Property<img src="http://www.mpsindustries.com/blog/05.20.11.jpg"><br />
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Channeling Looney Tunes backgrounds and "Soon I Will Be Invincible".Matt Schusterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703932227768375224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22254123.post-72020224570246648822011-05-14T20:47:00.000-07:002011-05-14T20:52:41.620-07:00I miss your old place on Titan<img src="http://www.mpsindustries.com/blog/1.14.11.jpg"><br /><br />I really need to let my brain wander more often.Matt Schusterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703932227768375224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22254123.post-69536359497096904902010-03-14T16:35:00.000-07:002010-03-14T16:39:38.034-07:00From Above<img src="http://www.mpsindustries.com/blog/3.13.10.jpg"><br /><br />A small doodle I worked up.Matt Schusterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703932227768375224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22254123.post-49127319913541128652009-01-06T17:58:00.001-08:002009-01-06T17:58:46.712-08:00Overkill<img src="http://www.mpsindustries.com/blog/01.03.09.jpg"><br /><br />Man, it's been far too long since I posted some artwork. Busy, busy past few months. The new job at Ultra Creative is going great, freelance projects are done, and the holidays are over. Everyone at MPS Industries central is doing fine. I hope to have a lot of new artwork to share in 2009.Matt Schusterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703932227768375224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22254123.post-53784738737579432742008-10-15T20:05:00.000-07:002008-10-15T20:06:09.448-07:00Nordvik the Goat Boy<img src="http://www.mpsindustries.com/blog/10.12.08.jpg"><br /><br />A small sketch utilizing some new, painted textures.Matt Schusterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703932227768375224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22254123.post-6320373204975923832008-10-04T20:37:00.000-07:002008-10-04T20:38:04.459-07:00Ghosts of Autumn<img src="http://www.mpsindustries.com/blog/10.04.08.jpg"><br /><br />A very small sketch, but I need to do more small things.Matt Schusterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703932227768375224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22254123.post-30720055488562704932008-08-31T19:55:00.001-07:002008-08-31T19:58:59.925-07:00That rhymed. How amusing.<img src="http://www.mpsindustries.com/blog/08.22.08.jpg">Matt Schusterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703932227768375224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22254123.post-45445173627471465832008-08-30T18:11:00.000-07:002008-08-30T18:12:30.978-07:00You can't run away from your own head<img src="http://www.mpsindustries.com/blog/07.08.08.jpg"><br /><br />Finished this up a little while ago, but I've been too busy to post much. Started a new job two weeks ago, and I'm having a blast.Matt Schusterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703932227768375224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22254123.post-67517070763513786382008-07-27T10:57:00.000-07:002008-07-27T10:58:22.123-07:00Composition and Color Study<img src="http://www.mpsindustries.com/blog/07.26.08.jpg"><br /><br />Got a chance to play with some shapes yesterday and built this weird little flower. Amanda and I have a small amount of flowers around our townhome, some planted by the association and some that are ours in pots. We've been spending a lot of time tending them recently, removing dead blooms, weeding and pruning the herbs. The biggest surprise this year has been how well our herbs have done. I really should have had more uses for thai basil in mind before I planted it, the thing is monstrous.<br /><br />Earlier in the week I went to the Farmer's Market by the University and picked up a bouquet of wildflowers for Amanda and delivered them to her during my lunch hour. (Because I'm smooth like that.) I've had flowers on my brain this week, so it's really no surprise I drew this.Matt Schusterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703932227768375224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22254123.post-2889339827968226092008-07-06T15:52:00.000-07:002008-07-06T15:53:15.875-07:00"...and we'll settle up underneath the old hanging tree."<img src="http://www.mpsindustries.com/blog/settleup.jpg"><br /><br />I'm not sure which one I trust least.Matt Schusterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703932227768375224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22254123.post-34594083155487700172008-06-26T21:53:00.000-07:002008-06-26T21:54:13.799-07:00Don't I?<img src="http://www.mpsindustries.com/blog/06.26.08.jpg"><br /><br />Trying to get back into the swing of things. My goal in the next few months is to establish a coherent, beneficial relationship between my digital and organic, hand-drawn work. Recently, I have begun to feel that one style will suffer over another, and as a result I end up unable to concentrate and produce meaningful output. By regaining a sense of play and experimentation I hope to make strides into increasing my ideas for editoral illustrations and comics.<br /><br />Plus draw more wicked cool robots.Matt Schusterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703932227768375224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22254123.post-76388973545778871902008-06-12T13:35:00.000-07:002008-06-12T13:36:01.693-07:00Caption This<img src="http://www.mpsindustries.com/blog/MPScaption.jpg"><br /><br />Award-winning horror writer <a href="http://www.gorelets.com">Mike Arnzen</a> is having a caption contest over at his <a href="http://www.gorelets.com/blog/weblog-exclusive/enter-a-caption-and-win/">blog.</a> The best captions for my illustration above can net you autographed horror novels, comics, and Respect from the Internet.Matt Schusterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703932227768375224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22254123.post-82573604507592451242008-05-05T08:34:00.001-07:002008-05-05T08:34:26.049-07:00Sketchdump/Mixed Emo<img src="http://www.mpsindustries.com/blog/07.09.06.jpg"><br /><br />This sketch has been stagnating for a while. Initially, it was part of a larger piece, with plenty of complex background elements and weird color choices. I would peek in on it every few months to see what I could do to make it workable. Eventually I realized that all of the background (and some of the character) was crap. So I just decided to toss the background and re-work the character into something I liked. I tossed his formerly stumpy legs and gave him a lankier frame with a little bend to it. It worked, I dig him now.Matt Schusterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703932227768375224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22254123.post-33875894407658697952008-05-03T18:53:00.001-07:002008-05-03T18:59:49.133-07:00Sketchdump/Small House<img src="http://www.mpsindustries.com/blog/02.22.08.jpg"><br /><br />I have a lot of unfinished sketches and illustrations I want to complete. This is one sketch that I always liked but never finished up until tonight. I need to make myself draw things I don't usually draw more often. The simplicity of this house really makes me happy.Matt Schusterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703932227768375224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22254123.post-67714705348294890212008-04-21T07:49:00.000-07:002008-04-21T07:50:10.140-07:00The Red Mask<img src="http://www.mpsindustries.com/blog/04.18.08.jpg"><br /><br />Created for the Noir theme running through <a href="http://www.sugarfrostedgoodness.com">SFG!</a> right now. I'd like to draw a scene or two from this imaginary film if I have time.Matt Schusterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703932227768375224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22254123.post-18434495060077195602008-04-16T18:21:00.000-07:002008-04-16T18:22:07.493-07:00Return to Flatland<img src="http://www.mpsindustries.com/blog/04.15.08.jpg"><br /><br />Been having a good time sketching lately, here's an editorial doodle.Matt Schusterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703932227768375224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22254123.post-36280564262716501012008-04-06T13:13:00.000-07:002008-04-06T13:22:15.122-07:00Weight of Seeing<img src="http://www.mpsindustries.com/blog/04.06.08.jpg"><br /><br />An editorial spot doodle put together on a rainy Sunday with the help of too much coffee.<br /><br />And as a heads up, I'm now on <a href="http://twitter.com//mpschuster">twitter</a>.Matt Schusterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703932227768375224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22254123.post-5254253663440803882008-04-01T13:52:00.001-07:002008-04-01T13:52:54.746-07:00PROVERBS FOR MONSTERS Wins a Bram Stoker Award!<img src="http://www.mpsindustries.com/blog/provcoverint.jpg"><br /><br /><a href="http://www.gorelets.com/biowiki/index.php?n=Books.ProverbsForMonsters">PROVERBS FOR MONSTERS,</a> by <a href="http://www.gorelets.com">Michael A. Arnzen</a> has won a 2007 <a href="http://www.horror.org/stokers.htm">Bram Stoker Award</a> in the category of Superior Achievement in a Collection. This is Mike's fourth win and am I thrilled to have played a small part in his victory. Creating the cover and interior illustration was a return to my hand-drawn style after a long hiatus in the digital realm. I do foresee more hand-drawn, organic work on the horizon. (Maybe even some comics...)Matt Schusterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703932227768375224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22254123.post-21865550807470452662008-03-11T07:32:00.001-07:002008-03-11T07:32:38.135-07:00Accessories is still available!It may be off the homepage, but my Woot shirt from yesterday is still available for purchase. Follow the <a href="http://shirt.woot.com/Friends.aspx?k=4916">friends, family, and Internet Acquaintances link.</a>Matt Schusterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703932227768375224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22254123.post-24531571759429280132008-03-10T06:26:00.000-07:002008-03-10T06:30:15.385-07:00Accessories is available today at http://shirt.woot.com!<img src=http://www.mpsindustries.com/blog/AccOne.gif><br /><img src=http://www.mpsindustries.com/blog/AccTwo.gif><br /><br />I am thrilled to announce that “Accessories” is the shirt of the day at <a href="http://shirt.woot.com">http://shirt.woot.com.</a> This six-color, screenprinted garment is printed on an asphalt American Apparel t-shirt and is available for the low price of 10 US dollars during the first 24-hour period. Shirt.woot.com gets around 75,000 visitors a day and the initial printing runs can and do sell out. This artwork is licensed exclusively to Woot and will not be reprinted anywhere else. <br /><br />I had a lot of fun working with Woot on this design and I'm really pleased with the result. It makes me smile and I hope it has the same effect on you.<br /><br />I will have a “friends, family, internet acquaintances” link to send out after the initial offering, but the shirts cost a little more after that, so I advise you to get the deal today.Matt Schusterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703932227768375224noreply@blogger.com0