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matt can draw

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About Me

What can i say... i am a 36 year old big kid that likes to draw...

I like to doodle and spend time with my girlfriend, her 2 kids, our big sloppy bulldog, DOZER and our foo foo dog MEEPS.

thats about it kids....

My Interests

I love to draw.... anything really.... Have a nasty habit of buying way too many DVDs. Have an addiction to Cartoon Network, especially Adult Swim. Just bought a new house and doing alot of stuff to it so i am learning how to cut crown molding, painting, wainscoating and all that stuff...

I'd like to meet:

fun people that have alot to say....

Music:

RADIOHEAD, NIN, TOM WAITS, THE DRESDAN DOLLS, BECK, ARTIC MONKEYS, AMON TOBIN, THE AQUABATS, BEN FOLDS, BLACK EYED PEAS, DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, CLINIC, THE WHITE STRIPES, PETER GABRIEL, CHEESEY 80's Bands, THE TRANSPLANTS NEW ALBUM COLDPLAY, PERFECT CIRCLE, AFI, AEROSMITH, BJORK, BLINK 182, BOB DYLAN, CIBO MATTO, CLINIC, THE CURE, THE DARKNESS, DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, DJ DANGERMOUSE, ELECTRIC SIX, GAVIN DEGRAW, GOOD CHARLOTTE, GROOVIE GHOULIES, GnR, ICE CUBE, IRON MAIDEN, Jack Johnson, JETHRO TULL, JIMI HENDRIX, LED ZEPPELIN, MORNINGWOOD, PINK FLOYD, JOHNNY CASH, THE KILLERS, KORN, JOURNEY, LAMB OF GOD, MAN OR ASTROMAN, MARILYN MANSON, MAROON 5, MASSIVE ATTACK, PORTISHEAD, MOGWAI, PROBOT, FOO FIGHTERS, WHITE ZOMBIE and the SCORPIONS...
I am pretty much all over the place..... Lately it has been Faction, or first wave on Sirius satelitte though.... and of course Howard Stern in the mornin.

Movies:

geez i like all sorts of movies. i think that explains why i have over 300 DVDs of all sorts of stuff... recent purchases have been Blue Ray Discs like The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Juno, There Will Be Blood, Shoot Em Up, Blade Runner, ratatouliee, Simpsons Movie, Pirates of the Caribbean and a bunch of others i cannot think of at this moment.... Honestly though i love all sorts of movies....

Television:

LOST!!!!!!! Entourage, Lucky Louie, FAMILY GUY(reruns and/or new episodes), VENTURE BROS... Cartoons the kids got me into are BEN 10, Stormhawks, and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. And nothing beats the GRIM adventures of Billy and Mandy.

Books:

Reading STILL STANDING UP by Steve Martin. have to finish the Adventures of Cavalier and Clay and want to pick up The Yiddish Policemen's Union cause i heard the coen brothers are going to make it into a movie somewhere...

Heroes:

more so influences...
BENNY HILL, Charles Schultz, Pee Wee Herman, Maurice Sendak, Jim FLora, DR. Suess, Lane Smith(STINKY CHEESE MAN!!!) Jim Henson, Ray Harryhausen, Brad Bird, Seth McFarlane, KIDS IN THE HALL(any of them), Shel Silverstien, Charles Addams, Ralph Bakshi, Robert Williams, Ed BIG DADDY roth, the factory of tremedous talent over at PIXAR and gotta give mad props to YODA!

My Blog

just another day of.....

Here is my monthly submission to my art group JELLY OF THE MONTH . this month it was dc comics.Its entitled "Just another day of saving all these @ssholes"Please, let me know what you think.mattwww.ma...
Posted by matt can draw on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:42:00 PST

FREE ART TEST - JELLY OF THE MONTH

I did this playing catch up on Jelly of the Month. the topic was FREE ART TEST. it was a send away test that was advertised on tv between every cartoon in the early 80s. If you don't remember it look ...
Posted by matt can draw on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 05:51:00 PST

big daddy roth influence in the strangest of places...

Hey i found this toy believe it or not at the Children's place when buying the kids clothes for summer... i could not resist the purchase (of $2.99!!!).Brought him home and took pics to share with all...
Posted by matt can draw on Mon, 26 May 2008 04:45:00 PST

another one of my major influences FRANK JR

FRANKENSTEIN JR episodes!!!!!!!!this cartoon influenced me tremendously to pick up a pencil and draw monsters... Friggin loved this show and would love to see a giant size shogun warrior of him to put...
Posted by matt can draw on Thu, 22 May 2008 07:41:00 PST

ROBOT MONSTER 3D!!! in color

finally finished this pic that has been sitting around for awhile. this character is from one the greatest horrible movies of all time. Check out the trailer to this silly movie... CRAZEE!ma...
Posted by matt can draw on Thu, 08 May 2008 05:59:00 PST

The Doctor is in!!!!

i am a member to an online monthly assignment art group that does pics every month on a choosen topic... I am months behind and just finished my favorite marvel character. Doc Ock of course.. Check o...
Posted by matt can draw on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:23:00 PST

ZOMBIES ate my NEIGHBORS

So i was looking around to find a game i played years ago on what i thought was colecovision and found it... Zombies ate my neighbors! I think this was my favorite console game from the 90s. After thi...
Posted by matt can draw on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 07:55:00 PST

studio..... day and night....

Finally got my studio put together and did a day and night snapshot....DayNightthere is tons of crap in the background... thats how much of a geek i am but all that stuff actually influences my illust...
Posted by matt can draw on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:27:00 PST

HAMBURGLAR!!!!!

earlier posts i featured my drawings of Big Mac and the Grimace... here is Hamburglar!!! Mayor McCheese is next....matt...
Posted by matt can draw on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:04:00 PST

Movies that influenced me as a kid Part 2

ANIMALYMPICSthis was on probably a hundred times on HBO when i was a kid and i probably watched it just as much. Its amazing if you watch the credits that Brad Bird (iron giant, the Incredibles) worke...
Posted by matt can draw on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:54:00 PST