by Matt | Oct 2, 2021 | Humor
Image research is an activity that’s constantly required as an artist. If you’re making a logo, you need to find what others have done, both for inspiration and to make sure you’re not ripping anybody off. If you’re illustrating something,...
by Matt | May 1, 2020 | Design & Illustration
I love making cyber/tech style custom logotypes. Cyber logos work quite well for technical death metal bands, but it turns out they apply quite well to other forms of music too. I got to make a logo for drum & bass DJ DB Cyanide this week and it turned out great....
by Matt | Apr 11, 2020 | Design & Illustration
The boys in Thot Purge dropped a new single today and I got to create the art, lyric video and even contribute a bass track. The butthurt over this track, entitled “BOOMERDEATH” is hilarious. Check out the art: I took the idea of boomers taking cruises and...
by Matt | Feb 21, 2020 | Design & Illustration, Humor
Do you like laughing at absurdity such as weird gym characters and poop stories? You’d better say yes, because I’m proud to announce the publication of my new book The Chronicles of Bronan The Barbarian, available right now through Terror House Press and...
by Matt | Feb 1, 2020 | Design & Illustration, Music
Hardcore is a great genre of music. High-energy, crazy and super fun to play. Back in the early/mid 2000s I was fairly plugged into the Fort Collins/Denver Colorado hardcore thanks to my involvement in my old hardcore/metalcore/punk crossover band Rally The Fray....
by Matt | Jan 1, 2020 | Music
2019 was a banner year in heavy metal, with an absurd amount of incredible releases. I can’t remember another year that had so many excellent releases in tech death, old school death, melodic and slam. Here’s my list of the best metal albums of 2019, in no...
by Matt | Dec 6, 2019 | Music
I’ve been playing session bass for Aborted Earth for their last several EPs, and I’m stoked to present our latest effort Funny Suits & Shiny Boots, as split album with Maryland one-man project Excruciating Euphoria. Our new EP cover art is a combined...
by Matt | Nov 27, 2019 | Design & Illustration
What’s more brutal than a trip to Walmart? Hordes of zombies, Black Friday murders and worst of all… mobility scooters. I’m part of Community of Metal Designers, a metal design Facebook group featuring some of the sickest designers in the game. We...
by Matt | Nov 21, 2019 | Design & Illustration
Time for a new Dungeons and Dragons party logo! I’ve been creating some sweet logos for D&D parties lately, so I’m proud to show off my latest logo for D&D warriors Dwarven Anvil. I started off this logo with a sweet hammer illustration, spending...
by Matt | Nov 18, 2019 | Music
Every guitarist on YouTube’s already done a Metallica cover, so why not choose Master of Puppets – Metallica’s most overplayed song? Treading well worn territory and falling asleep while doing so, here’s my Master of Puppets bass cover: Nobody...
