Matt Taylor Illustration
My name is Matt Taylor, I'm an illustrator and I live by the sea. I like drawing pictures for money, riding my bike, walking on the beach, appreciating comic books and rummaging through thrift stores for old photos. This blog is for works in progress, assorted drawings that don't have a home yet and things which don't quite fit in my folio. Speaking of which, you can see my full blown folio by directing your website towards www.matttaylor.co.uk
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Crash and Burn by Budi Satria Kwan -
‘wish you were here…’ sun soaked California, 1950s style
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Kickstarter: Constellation Quilt
My dear friend Emily has an awesome Kickstarter (so awesome in fact that it met...
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Juan Manuel Fangio, Milan, 1958
Maurice Jarnoux
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Captain America #110 (Marvel Comics - February 1969)
Script: Stan Lee
Illustrators: Jim Steranko (Pencils) & Joe Sinnott (Inks) -
Loved working on this job with one of the best art directors around - Doris Oberneder.
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Teenage Sidekick by Paul Pope. Colors by James Jean.
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I’ve finished painting the Fifth Beatle GN. To see more art and get info and updates on the book and the film check out
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Paul Pope’s BATTLING BOY!
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Superman short by Jeff Smith and Paul Pope in honor of Supe’s 75th Anniversary.
Just arrived in stock, courtesy of the wonderful print guys and gals at Static Medium - James Dean Live Forvever print. If you preordered one of these they will be on their way this week.
Edition of 25 sized at 8 x 8” and available for the princely sum of £15 from my shop.
Waiting for client feedback on about five jobs means… TIME FOR ADVENTURE!
So there you go.
Hello! I seem to have acquired a bunch of new tumblr-radar related new followers today, so it would be remiss of me not to mention that I have a shop filled with prints you can buy (there’s a picture of them above).
Have a look - you can find it here at http://matttaylordraws.bigcartel.com
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Gallery1988: we all know the score by now, right? Pop culture artwork show originators, awesome events, etc. Good.
So no surprises, they’ve got an awesome show opening tomorrow night at their new Melrose location. The theme this time around is posters advertising ficitional products from movies, and seriously everything from Red Apple Cigarettes (from every Tarantino movie ever) to Oceanic Airlines (if I have to tell you, you don’t deserve to know) is represented alongside my contribution, Dapper Dan men’s pomade.
Once again screen printed by the wonderful Parliament of Feathers, this is a two color 11 x 14” screen print on heavyweight cream card. It will be available in an edition of 50 priced at a very reasonable $40. You will be able to pick it up at the show and then online at some point over the weekend.
A couple of weeks ago, I was asked to produce a new piece of art to be used in a series of prints to accompany the release of the new Tomb Raider game (which just came out this week).
Obviously I said yes because otherwise this would be a pretty meaningless blog post, and also: it’s Tomb Raider. Whatever you might think of the later games, if you’re my age (early thirties since you ask), you probably played the first games - and the overwhelming memory of making lara swan dive into pools/caves/etc informed my illustration.
You can find this print on sale at two pop up shops that are happening in NY & SF this weekend alongside pieces by a REALLY great roster of artists - Victo Ngai, Kyle Smart and Sam Wolfe Connelly amongst others.
See the full line up and read the press blurb over on the Tomb Raider facebook page here, and big thanks to AD Marc Scheff for involving me in the project!
a couple of years ago i did this portrait of Hemingway, which seemed to be quite tumblr popular. i meant to revisit it at some point and do some other counter-culture and beat icons but never quite got around to it.
fast forward to this afternoon and I find myself with a few hours to kill waiting on client feedback and so do this. i think it turned out nice, and i would be even happier if i had remembered to save the file before i closed it. it’s a good job i took a decent hi-res screen shot before i did otherwise i would be fuming right now.
i have a list of more of these i might do, expect it to be about two more years til i get around to it…
If you would like this hanging on your wall, why not mosey on over to my web shop…
I really needed a break from my current project for an hour or two today and seeing as it’s Shrove Tuesday in the UK that would make it Fat Tuesday in the US, and thus Mardi Gras in some of the southernmost states, so here is a jazz trumpeteer.
Yup, it’s another post about those book covers. Sorry. I’ll try and keep it brief.
Don’t get me wrong, I have loved doing them but its been a shame that I have yet to see any of them on the shelves (being of course, American editions, and me all the way over in the UK and not having visited the States for a fair old while). Luckily friends have snapped pictures but it’s not quite the same.
You can probably guess where this is going then - the lovely lovely folks at Penguin UK have decided that they should be used in the UK as well. Which means that sometime this spring (i think April, but don’t quote me on that), I will be able to go into my local Waterstones and see them on the shelves. Which I am over the moon about.
Expect exciteable tweets and tumbls when this happens.
Brand. New. Website!
So January 1st heralded a return to working for myself again, and I thought it would be a good opportunity to redesign my website (but not too much because I was pretty happy with the old one - it just needed a little bit of a polish).
I am now available for freelance hire, so if you like what I do please don’t hesitate to get in touch - I will consider most things. You can drop me a message through Tumblr or send me an email at matt@matttaylor.co.uk - i look forwards to hearing from you!
