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Matthew

Blood is just red sweat...

About Me


Myspace Layouts Your results:
You are Spider-Man Spider-Man 90% Superman 70% Catwoman 70% Hulk 65% Robin 60% The Flash 55% Supergirl 50% Green Lantern 50% Batman 45% Iron Man 40% Wonder Woman 35% You are intelligent, witty,
a bit geeky and have great
power and responsibility.
Click here to take the "Which Superhero are you?" quiz...
matthew --
[adjective]:
100% kinky
'How will you be defined in the sexual dictionary?' at QuizUniverse.com Your results:
You are Apocalypse Apocalypse 84% Dr. Doom 80% Magneto 79% Mystique 77% Venom 76% Two-Face 73% Green Goblin 65% Catwoman 64% Dark Phoenix 62% Mr. Freeze 61% Juggernaut 61% Lex Luthor 60% Poison Ivy 56% The Joker 55% Kingpin 48% Riddler 46% You believe in survival of the fittest and you believe that you are the fittest.
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I graduated from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY in may of 2006, majoring in illustration. I work mostly in ink and watercolors but i am now entering the digital paint world as well. My website is www.matthewkaplowitz.com. my MMA blog is http://fightnerd.blogspot.com. Prints of my art is available at www.theuntappedsource.com. I have a first degree black belt in Judo, a blue belt in Gracie Jiu Jitsu that i earned thru matt serra/ renzo gracie, and have tons of other martial arts training. I am now mostly using this site for business purposes but new friends are encouraged to PM me here too, always enjoy meeting someone of a likeminded or completely opposite point of view. I would like to use my art to promote a positive appearance for MMA and revive traditional illustration, especially in the sport world. I am looking into getting involved with graphic novel illustration, childrens book, storyboards, design and editorial work and mixed martial arts art. I enjoy martial arts, drawing/painting, cooking, comics and cartoons. I also suck at writing these profile things so if you want to really know about me just ask, i dont bite (i will armbar if given the chance) My artwork can also be seen on the myspace pages of Stephen Quadros, Eddie Goldman, Mike "Quick" Swick, Mikey "The Eastside Assasin" Burnett, and Team Serra/Longo as well as Chuck Liddell's website, www.icemanmma.com. Probably some other sites too, i just can't recall (I think i have an art gallery on some German MMA site in fact).Go to www.matthewkaplowitz.com for my art!Go to www.theuntappedsource.com to buy my prints!And for MMA myspace layouts featuring my art, go to www.mmaprofiles.com!"The egotist will call himself an "artist"... I just paint on stuff." - Adam Neate Check out this awesome merchandise, message me if you are interested in purchasing these (package deals available with discounts :) I also have signed prints of fighters available for sale, message me for availability and who I have!

My Interests

Art, Illustration, Judo, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, peanut butter, Yoga, Mixed Martial Arts, Dining, Kitties, Comics, flinging feces from my roof, Ghost hunting, Parapsychology, Watching too damn many cartoons and MMA videos

I'd like to meet:

those who wish to follow the ways of Mattitude

Music:

In no order; Alice in Chains, The Clash, Rolling stones, Gorillaz, Megadeth, Spinal Tap, The Who, Queen, Nirvana, Save Ferris, Paul Simon, Rob Zombie, Prince, ELO, Bee Gees and anything disco

Movies:

Ghostbusters, The Producers, Seven Samurai, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth, Blade Runner, This is Spinal Tap, Lilo and Stitch, Love and Death, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Under Pressure: Documentary of a Cage Fighter's wife, Smashing Machine, Nausicaa: Valley of the wind, Thief and the Cobbler, Evil Dead 2, Rocky, Dodgeball,

Television:

Family Guy, Black Adder, Home Movies, Spongebob Squarepants, Iron Chef, Good Eats, Cowboy Bebop, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Venture Bros, Mission Hill and anything MMA

Books:

Anything with Sherlock Holmes, Anything written by Woody Allen, "Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller, "Picasso at the Lapin Agile" by Steve Martin, "Texts for Nothing" by Samuel Beckett, "Hero with a thousand faces" by Joseph Campbell (really anything by him), The Arthur series by Marc Brown (kids books are awesome), "Scott Pilgrim" by Brian Lee O'Malley, "Hitman" by Bret Hart, "The Crying of Lot 49" by Thomas Pynchon, "Contract with God Trilogy" by Will Eisner, "The Watchmen" by Alan Moore

Heroes:

Bas Rutten, Gene Lebell, David Mack, John Romita jr, Mark Kerr, Matt Serra, Disco Stu, Stitch, and there are so many artists I could name because I look for inspiration in so many but that would list would span pages.

My Blog

Evan Tanner RIP

Evan Tanner - February 11, 1971  September 8, 2008I never met Evan Tanner, and he sounds like the kind of guy I would have liked to meet. Most of todays MMA fans, spawned from "The Ultimate Fighter"...
Posted by Matthew on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:21:00 PST

The Art of Frugal Living in NYC-featuring my Uncle

Article on my Uncle HankThis is an article from NPR about older artists in NYC, my Uncle Hank Virgona being one of the featured artists in it. There will also be an audio interview up with him later t...
Posted by Matthew on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:57:00 PST

Check me and "Under Pressure" on koldkast.tv!

http://www.koldcast.tv/video/206See somebody familiar in the opening of this video (familiar and sexy)? Si, its me! This was shot at NAMMAE at my booth/ Todd and Tamera Sturgis booth (we shared a spac...
Posted by Matthew on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:20:00 PST

Mattitude has gone Hollywood! -> Art director for MMA movie "Owned"!

Mattitude has gone hollywood!http://www.pressmediawire.com/Article.cfm?articleI D=5267 (PressMediaWire) AUSTIN, Texas -- Owned Entertainment, Inc. announced the hiring of talented MMA artist Mathew Ka...
Posted by Matthew on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:39:00 PST

Get my art every month in MMA authority & MMA worldwide!

Yes folks, I am now doing double duty for MMA magazines. You can catch me regularly in MMA Authority and MMA Worldwide magazine, on newstands nationwide. I am a staff illustrator for MMA Authority and...
Posted by Matthew on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:35:00 PST

Signed Chuck Liddell prints for charity!

Check out a direct link here http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&i tem=150152328371&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA Chuck Liddell has signed prints with art by me, evan shoman, jus...
Posted by Matthew on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 07:34:00 PST

IFL semi-finals recaps, and new pics!

The week of 7/30-8/4 has been a week of IFL madness for me and I could not have been more excited. Monday, the 30th, was the IFL press luncheon at Gallagher's steakhouse here in New York City, home of...
Posted by Matthew on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 07:45:00 PST

RIP Chris Benoit

  Chris Benoit has died today.http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,286673,00.htmlFor you non believers, there it is. It is currently ruled as a double murder suicide. His wife and his son are dead...
Posted by Matthew on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:00:00 PST

Prints for sale! Myspace layouts with my art! Fighters signing stuff! And more!

Hey all, Hi to all my many new friends here on myspace. Thank you all for friending me and enjoying my artwork. Afew new things for anyone who decides to read this. 1- I have myspace layouts now avai...
Posted by Matthew on Fri, 25 May 2007 02:10:00 PST

The all new, all different, Uncanny Matthew Kaplowitz!

     So if you wandered in here, more than likely it is because I whored my website on your myspace page (or on someone else's page and you saw it there). Thanks for stopping by ei...
Posted by Matthew on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 01:04:00 PST