Matt Schmidt

Back from the DEAD.

2011-02-26T21:06:00.001-08:00

Hello All,

I've been long gone. Here's an update.

Dreams of Flight

2010-07-29T13:09:00.000-07:00

This is a movie I made during my last semester using Maya Software.

January 2010

2010-01-21T21:19:00.000-08:00

Bo Dillaz Advertisement

2009-10-07T19:16:00.001-07:00

BoDillaz, an American grill with a fresh unique style, wanted to promote it's new late hours. I chose to illustrate night owls visiting the quesadilla hangout. The illustration was a break away from their urban-like brand.

Tacklebox Jewelry

2009-09-26T16:39:00.000-07:00

Tacklebox Jewelry, a new unique jewelry line, finds found objects and ornaments to create beautiful pieces of jewelry. Amanda West, the creator of Tacklebox Jewelry, uses Etsy.com to sell and promote her line of jewelry. Presenting an organic feel to her brand of jewelry, I created a banner, two bookmark advertisements, and a business card.

Labor Day 9/7/09

2009-09-07T14:11:00.000-07:00

SPCA Banner Advertisement

2009-08-05T09:33:00.000-07:00

The Delaware County SPCA

Problem: Receiving a number of calls about animal cruelty in the area , the SPCA realized there were an increased amount of cases. They wanted to present themselves as a shelter to take care of abused animals

Advertising Solution: Using a simple message, "Help us, help them", the advertisement informs people to click on the banner ad to learn more about animal cruelty.

The banner ad was run on KYW1060.com, Philadelphia's largest news radio website for 1 month.

Summer art work

2009-06-26T09:58:00.001-07:00

06/01/2009

2009-06-01T17:44:00.000-07:00

The summer has begun and I am finding things to do !

Comic: "They came for us" / Best of VCU Logo

2009-05-08T12:15:00.000-07:00

Here is my final set of pages for the comic I completed. I might try to add some more story to it later.

Promotional poster for Panda Bear from Animal Collective

The Student Media Center at VCU published a Best of VCU edition for the Commonwealth Times newspaper. This is the 2009 logo. Winners of the Best of VCU issue, received the logo file to use in their brochures or other advertisements.

Caricatures for INK magazine.

2009-04-05T18:14:00.001-07:00

These are caricatures for the INK magazine staff. I think they turned out pretty good. I'm going to be doing caricatures for the Relay for Life. Hopefully that will be a good benefit.

Today Comics

2009-03-15T19:00:00.001-07:00

Creatathon! Hilliard HOUSE

2009-03-14T22:27:00.001-07:00

I attended Creatathon at VCU. I designed a new logo for them and created a brochure and business card for them. They said " we love it ".

Illustration for Communication Arts Competition.

2009-03-14T15:48:00.001-07:00

Oh Sister

2009-02-23T20:56:00.001-08:00

VCU ARTS logo

2009-02-20T22:58:00.000-08:00

I went through about 10 revisions until I got this finally done. I'm happy with the end.

Oh yes.SQUISHH and Paul the rabbit

2009-02-18T20:28:00.000-08:00

Ive been gone ... of course. but busy.

2009-02-18T19:59:00.001-08:00

This is an illustration I did for INK magazine. It is a center-fold VCU board game.
Here is the sketch for an article about apartment ratings for INK magazine. I illustrated a slight contrast in the way of living for those who live in apartments.

Here is the finished and colored.

Here is an illustration for an article on "sexting" : texting 'dirty messages and photos' to other people's cell phones. I know it is so simple, but I am loving the blur paint brush on photoshop. I think it gives a great effects with shading. I wish I could include more textures in the piece.

I need to start updating daily ... hmmm

2009-02-03T10:50:00.000-08:00

Hey kids. I need to get more stuff up here. geez. Here are some caricatures I've done recently and some things of the past. The Elvis caricature is really rough, but I wanted to put it up fast so I will finish and clean him up later.

I'm back. New Year. New President.

2009-01-25T09:54:00.000-08:00

Well, I haven't been posting for a while but now I am back. Below are some of the finished final projects. Using words, I demonstrated the concept "watch your tongue".

This is an outdoor advertisement I created to "get out the vote". Because the economy is down I put the words "Economy under construction" at the site of a construction area. It reads: Build the Vote.

Billboard for Coca-cola.

I wanted to design a series of playing cards. I used rock legends as the theme. Michael Jackson, Madonna, Jimi Hendrix, and Elvis as the King. Heh heh.

Below is my design for my personal art DVD portfolio. The top right is an idea for a logo. I feel it has a consistent design, but I am not sure if I am completely done with it.
Tell me what you think!

Regina Spektor

2008-10-28T23:31:00.000-07:00

The Joker

2008-10-27T20:49:00.001-07:00

I LOVE CARICATURES!

2008-10-26T20:07:00.000-07:00

Here is my boy, Thom Yorke. I'm going to be doing more caricatures to get a good collection started !

More Progress...

2008-10-19T09:54:00.000-07:00

I am still working on this piece. I'm adding texture to the field. This is actually a project I SHOULDN'T be working on because I have other more important tasks. Well, I will get them done! Tell me what you think so far?

Abandoned Police Car

2008-10-18T00:02:00.000-07:00

This image came to my mind right before I fell alseep. I am still working on it but here is what I have so far. I want to experiment with different textures for the field.

Color

2008-10-17T18:15:00.000-07:00

I decided to give some color to the sketchy cartoon .

Some Sketches From Today

2008-10-16T17:33:00.000-07:00

Below are a sample of some of the daily observation sketches I've done recently. I want to keep up with my sketchbook and do at least 20 pages a week. So as I post, hopefully my work will become more plentiful.

2008-10-13T17:45:00.000-07:00

"McCain, Palin, Biden, and Obama"

"Christina!"

"Someone Else's Heart Pumping Someone's Blood"

"Adrian Brody"

"Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno"

My Current Sketches

2008-10-13T17:24:00.001-07:00