Matt Rhodes

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Tellurion project

I started a thing in my spare time a while ago and I just made it to 8 pages. I’m just taking my time, adding images as I finish them. Still lots to do, but I’m enjoying the process. If you’d like to see the bigger versions, they’re on my ArtStation page here:

https://www.artstation.com/artist/mattrhodes/albums/77988

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Took the kids to Jasper. One day I'll have time to do plein air excursions to the Rockies, but for now painting my travel photos will do. #landscapepainting #landscape #jaspernationalpark #jnp #environment #paintingstudy

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After some wobbly figure drawings I thought I should check in with the skeleton again.

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Rey

Rewatched TFA, doing some doodling. Thinking if Rey struggled with anger could've made for cool arc opposite Kylo

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ILM Art Department Challenge: The Job

Some of my submissions for the final leg of the contest. For more, some explainations and bigger versions go here:

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/9Pg3q

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ILM Art Department Challenge: The Ride

My submissions for the second part of the contest. A flatbed truck I call “The Turtle” and Alderaan’s revenge.

Further explanations and bigger versions can be found here:

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/oz19z

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ILM Art Department Challenge: The Moment. 

My submissions for the first section of the contest. Larger versions and explanations can be found here:

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/wvwPY

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Eowyn

Aragorn is great and all, but I will never understand him. 

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“Elas” for Jacob

A half-elven thief, guest-drawn for my brother's youtube channel @rndfantasy. I've included the hour long process video with commentary:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D7jnC5HJkE

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D’ni

Gehn and Atrus reach the subterranean city of D'ni. Just some fan art from the Myst book.

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Study update

Since my trip to Montreal I’m really pushing hard for a level up or two. So here’s: 

-A polar bear and wolf skull at my local museum

-Some horse life drawing

-Some co-worker portraits and figures figures figures

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Wolves

I've been doing a lot of wolf studies lately and I thought it'd be a fun challenge to make an illustration that focused entirely on wolves. Anatomy and reference drawings are one thing, but trying to create characters and tell a story uses a different muscle entirely. Pretty simple, implied story moment using some broad archetypes. Turn out that when drawing wolves it's easy to slip into mythological territory.

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Post-Montreal inspiration

I was fortunate enough to attend the Syn Studios "Gathering of Masters" in Montreal. Five days of talks, workshops, and hanging out with like-minded artists from all kinds of backgrounds. It was hugely inspiring to listen to James Gurney, Terryl Whitlach, Samantha Youssef, Raphael Lacoste, and many others. I've been home for two days and I can't stop drawing.

Right now I'm frantically running around drawing everything. Eventually i'll calm down and start focusing, but for now I'm like a humming bird with a pencil.

There are life drawings, animal drawings, anatomy studies, and even some airplanes (picking a subject I have little to no interest in and trying to lean into it).

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study dump. people and animals. 

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League of Queens

Episode #205 - The League has tracked Maleficent (with Jafar and Trident in hand) to the Godmother's tomb. Belle has learned to control her transformations, Ariel now wields Excalibur, and Jasmine has finally been freed from her lamp. Can Cinderella lead them to victory before Maleficent acquires the final piece in her plan?

That Disneypocalypse image I made a while ago was fun. In a continued attempt to get back into the swing of doing personal work I thought it would be fun to revisit this idea. A few extra details: -Cinderella's armor is glass because practicality is boring. -Ariel wears a large, purple octopus beak around her neck. -After being set free, Jasmine turned her lamp into a dagger in the hopes it could kill Jafar. -Maleficent bears the scars of being stabbed in the chest by an enchanted sword.

Larger version with closeups here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/kaNyK

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Moonlight

Reveling in my old motifs again.

Full size: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/81P6O

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Leap

Something totally self-indulgent. Adventure shlock in Escapistopia.