matt johns ༘⋆

The Fish Merchant! 🐟

Cute cartoon car brightly coloured and stylised with an ice cream on top of it

Still frame from a 3D stylised crow model, a non-humanoid vtuber from my own design.

Illustration piece of a dark woods, in greyscale.

Still image of a gif, of a stylised Bearded vulture in low-poly 3D. Designed, rigged, animated by myself.

Welp, I've just found out that my role has been made redundant 🫠... So I will be looking for work!

If anyone is looking for a 2D/3D Generalist or Art Director for games (particularly specialising in stylised projects!) please shout! From concepts > modelling > animating thru to implementation 💛✨

a collection of research images for the prompt of an old scottish crab seller/fisherman, looking at the aesthetic of fishermen, celtic folklore, motifs and crabs, their design and specific patterning.

I start to decompose references images/research and begin to make character silhouettes out of limited shapes, from there I begin to flesh out some simple designs for characters using some of the references from my research, ensuring that they have enough differences while still adhering to my main initial silhouettes - essentially just giving purpose and intent to those base forms.

here I look to explore a character with slightly different proportions that are more anatomical to a real person, start to better examine how the character is put together, some details about how clothing is worn, explain how and why the hair is worn in specific ways and what it subtly references and some more detailed sketches of the characters face/how they express etc.

final spread, taking into consideration information of this character - a crab seller that hasn't caught any crabs in a long time, so they now catch fish - their body and frame is based off of the main body of a crab with scraggy carapace (upper crab body/shell that's more textured) the sleeveless shirt with torn shoulders references this, the sardines in the pocket - because why not? - generally a fun little quick side project where I explored designing in a style outside of my primary style, I'm content with this as a final and managed to pull in a lot of design elements that really sell that this man is a man of the sea and I maybe want to marry this hunk of a beefcake hehe

enjoy some rambles with minor spelling mistakes as I look for character design work in the games industry !!

collection of frog character drawings - I’ve been unwell the past few months but finally on the mend, here are some of the character sketches compiled into one large image #characterdesign #conceptart #gameart #illustration #illustration

frogs by me

frog character drawings - they’re doing things, looking at their phone, sitting patiently, doomscrolling, holding medicine, trying to kiss one another and playing games #characterdesign #conceptart #gameart #animation #illustration

frog character drawings - they’re doing things, smoking, playing cards, crying, being grumpy and snoozing

frog character designs - they’re doing things, gossiping on phones, carrying a large iced coffee, lounging and showing off their big tush !!

better ratio for viewinggg

concept sketches for my own water/ghost type starter Pokemon - I took influence from rich blue hues and soft purples to create a gloomy lil trio with serpents, lizards and fog. a bit out of my comfort zone, but hope to explore creature concept art further #gameart #pokemon #fakemon #characterdesign #creaturedesign #conceptart

Serphog - the serpant fog pokemon, they can be found deep within foggy swamps, the lack of light allows them to get optimal rest, over time they have developed toxic scales on their back to prevent other pokemon attacking them while they sleep

Misphom - the phantom mist pokemon, a whispy haze sits atop their nasal area, it’s form may change if the pokemon feels threatened, manipulating it and utilising it’s ghostly abilities in battle, it’s scales have grown more assertive, thus preventing fights with larger swamp-dwelling pokemon

Polhaar — the polar haze pokemon, as this pokemon has evolved it’s developed an armour-like shell, it’s grown wise as it’s evolved, despite it’s aggressive features it is naturally submissive, it’s toxic scales have strengthened over time, now resembling intoxicatingly decorative poison armour

drew my own water/ghost type starter pokemon last night !!
(dex entry in the alt text)

concept sketches for my own water/ghost type starter Pokemon - I took influence from rich blue hues and soft purples to create a gloomy lil trio with serpents, lizards and fog. a bit out of my comfort zone, but hope to explore creature concept art further #gameart #pokemon #fakemon #characterdesign #creaturedesign #conceptart

Serphog - the serpant fog pokemon, they can be found deep within foggy swamps, the lack of light allows them to get optimal rest, over time they have developed toxic scales on their back to prevent other pokemon attacking them while they sleep

Misphom - the phantom mist pokemon, a whispy haze sits atop their nasal area, it’s form may change if the pokemon feels threatened, manipulating it and utilising it’s ghostly abilities in battle, it’s scales have grown more assertive, thus preventing fights with larger swamp-dwelling pokemon

Polhaar — the polar haze pokemon, as this pokemon has evolved it’s developed an armour-like shell, it’s grown wise as it’s evolved, despite it’s aggressive features it is naturally submissive, it’s toxic scales have strengthened over time, now resembling intoxicatingly decorative poison armour

drew my own water/ghost type starter pokemon last night !!
(dex entry in the alt text)

Here's the rough animations I worked on for the MV of Rebecca Sugar's song, Ice Water!

It still doesn't feel real that I got to help out on this beautiful project. I tried to squeeze in as much joy and happiness I feel when surrounded by my friends and peers who inspire me everyday.

#animation

Hacer bichitos mi cosa favorita (éstos los llevo haciendo desde 2021) si necesitáis algo con bichitos raros soy vuestra persona

honestly a tough choice between miss thing and any of the 3rd gen pokes!!

you + your fave pokemon

frog character drawings - they’re doing things, looking at their phone, sitting patiently, doomscrolling, holding medicine, trying to kiss one another and playing games #characterdesign #conceptart #gameart #animation #illustration

frog character drawings - they’re doing things, smoking, playing cards, crying, being grumpy and snoozing

frog character designs - they’re doing things, gossiping on phones, carrying a large iced coffee, lounging and showing off their big tush !!

better ratio for viewinggg

collection of frog character drawings - I’ve been unwell the past few months but finally on the mend, here are some of the character sketches compiled into one large image #characterdesign #conceptart #gameart #illustration #illustration

frogs by me

a collection of research images for the prompt of an old scottish crab seller/fisherman, looking at the aesthetic of fishermen, celtic folklore, motifs and crabs, their design and specific patterning.

I start to decompose references images/research and begin to make character silhouettes out of limited shapes, from there I begin to flesh out some simple designs for characters using some of the references from my research, ensuring that they have enough differences while still adhering to my main initial silhouettes - essentially just giving purpose and intent to those base forms.

here I look to explore a character with slightly different proportions that are more anatomical to a real person, start to better examine how the character is put together, some details about how clothing is worn, explain how and why the hair is worn in specific ways and what it subtly references and some more detailed sketches of the characters face/how they express etc.

final spread, taking into consideration information of this character - a crab seller that hasn't caught any crabs in a long time, so they now catch fish - their body and frame is based off of the main body of a crab with scraggy carapace (upper crab body/shell that's more textured) the sleeveless shirt with torn shoulders references this, the sardines in the pocket - because why not? - generally a fun little quick side project where I explored designing in a style outside of my primary style, I'm content with this as a final and managed to pull in a lot of design elements that really sell that this man is a man of the sea and I maybe want to marry this hunk of a beefcake hehe

enjoy some rambles with minor spelling mistakes as I look for character design work in the games industry !!

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thank you for being super invested in me looking for work, I will keep you updated if I get work

jeez, I sure hopes sos

this (wonderful) image has made me think about a line of ties for cats that are shaped like lil fishies, lil hungry babiesss

honestly a perfect summary!! if there's no play, there's no fun or soul and every project needs a mascot that I can theoretically birth into existence for occasional team moral boosting .ᐟ.ᐟ.ᐟ

*runs fingers around brim of my fedora*
hewwo pwincess, if you know anyone that is looking for an artist who draws siwwy wittle guys, pwease wreckomend me

so many artists are quick to give everything to the viewer and leave no mystery in their work, but you always hit such an intense momentary glimpse of isolation in your paintings - I feel you set the premise that I am the viewer held at a distance from soft melancholy and it's captivating as HELL!!

prompt asking "what's my art trademark??!? as in what makes you go "oh hey, this is_____'s art!11!!" or what's the msot remarkable thin about my artstyle in general?"

I'm curiousss

of course!! someone in 2019 told me my work reminds them of warm soup - I guess we the artists have little control over how our work is perceived, but I'm glad it at least hits deep haha

honestly, I feel like you draw in such an expressive way!! - your characters feel like the most accurate visual representations of an intrusive thought that makes 0 sense - all of this said in the most admirable way possible ˚ ༘ ೀ⋆｡˚

A whitewashed pub wall, with mortar standing proud of the stones.

When I found a pub with an inverted normal map. (If you understand what this means, you have to repost.)

rough black and white scene block out in blender, consisting of soft rocky pillars and geometric fungal growths to add contrast to the shapes within the composition

rough black and white scene block out in blender, consisting of soft rocky pillars and geometric fungal growths to add contrast to the shapes within the composition - similar to the last but sightly panned out, so the scene feels more busy and populated with framing elements and depth

blocked out a pretty basic/abstract scene in blender - thank you displace modifiers - a fungal lands card to start things off, I'm going to draw over and test some basic art styles and add card info and graphics over these #conceptart #gameart

you and me both Malindy!! was a shock to my system haha, I'm currently recovering, will take around another week before I'm back to full health thank you 💛

an almost alien landscape, green pillars of rock breaking through a field of lavender coloured flora - drawn loose and rugged with a wobbly brush in procreate

wind down sketch from last night, feel this card game will be in a vastly different style to my normal soft n' squishy characters I often post - I adore comic landscapes and feel I'll possibly use this project as an opportunity to jump back into the art I used to make around 2015 haha

simple graphic diagram of how a tcg idea of mine would be played

made a rough visual mock of how this trading card game would be played