Creative Collective of Ashley Webb and Mat Kaminski

Monday, December 7, 2015

Riverside Opera! (Unofficial Fan Art)

Riverside Opera!The World of Darkness Title: Riverside Opera! The World of Darkness Medium: Photoshop CS6 Notes: I would be lying if I told you that this wasn't inspired by a conversation about the Vampire: The Masquerade LARP that happens here in Memphis (http://riversidelarp.com/). I was in line ordering a pizza and I heard the entire tale...

Friday, November 13, 2015

Sons of Anarchy: Chibs Telford

Mathew Kaminski 1:34 PM chalk , charcoal 0 Comments

Sons of Anarchy: Chibs Telford Title: Sons of Anarchy: Chibs TelfordMedium: Charcoal, ChalkScale: Original is 8.5" x 11"Notes: I feel like throughout the majority of the series, Chibs was one of the more mindful characters. He had a tendency to really try and think through a situation before moving forwa...

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Double Post Thursday - More Charcoal Portraits

Mathew Kaminski 7:00 AM chalk , charcoal 0 Comments

Dragon Age: Origins - Morrigan Title: Dragon Age: Origins - MorriganMedium: Charcoal, ChalkScale: Original is 8.5" x 11" Welcome to Silent Hill Title: Welcome to Silent HillMedium: Charcoal, ChalkScale: Original is 8.5" x 11"Notes: I am a fanatic for Silent Hill. To the point that I watched about four hours of people on youtube discussing...

Saturday, November 7, 2015

N7 Day Celebration - Tali

Mathew Kaminski 9:01 PM bioware , digital painting 0 Comments

In Citadel Space (N7 DAY!) Title: In Citadel Space (N7 DAY!)Medium: Photoshop CS6 Notes: N7 Day happens but once a year, and it made me finally get myself together and power through an illustration that I've had on the back burner for quite some time now! This is an ode to both Mass Effect and Tal...

Sunday, November 1, 2015

International Self-Portrait Day 2015!

Mathew Kaminski 3:08 PM 2015 , digital painting 0 Comments

Brilliant Axe of Slaughter +1 (International Self-Portrait Day 2015!) Title: Brilliant Axe of Slaughter +1 (International Self-Portrait Day 2015!) Medium: Photoshop CS6 Date: November 1, 2015 Notes: Every year, artists from around the world gather together to do a challenge called the International Self-Portrait Day. This just...

Saturday, October 31, 2015

Month of Fear - Danse Macabre

Mathew Kaminski 3:39 PM dance macabre , dark fantasy 0 Comments

Month of Fear: Danse Macabre Title: Month of Fear: Danse Macabre Medium: Photoshop CS6Scale: Original is approx. 10" x 13"Notes: Doing this week's challenge for http://monthoffearart.com/. This week it was the Danse Macabre. I wanted to use this piece as a symbol of the entire life cycle that we all go through - from birth to death...

Sunday, October 18, 2015

Month of Fear: The Sabbath

Mathew Kaminski 2:48 PM dark , digital painting 0 Comments

Month of Fear: The Sabbath Title: Month of Fear: The SabbathMedium: Photoshop CS6Scale: Original is approx. 10" x 14"Notes: Doing this week's challenge for http://monthoffearart.com/. This week it was the Sabbat...

Thursday, October 8, 2015

Honor Decoded: Plotting Villainy

Mathew Kaminski 6:05 AM comic characters , comics 0 Comments

Honor Decoded: Plotting Villainy Title: Honor Decoded: Plotting VillainyMedium: Photoshop CS6Scale: Original is approx. 8" x 10"Notes: Starting to flesh out some ideas for Honor Decoded's character roster. One of the main antagonists for a majority of the story her...

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Kasumi Goto

Mathew Kaminski 5:48 AM chalk , charcoal 0 Comments

Kasumi Goto Title: Kasumi GotoMedium: Charcoal, ChalkScale: Original is 8.5" x ...

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Tali'zorah

Mathew Kaminski 6:33 AM bioware , chalk 0 Comments

Tali'zorah nar Rayya Title: Tali'zorah nar RayyaMedium: Charcoal, ChalkScale: Original is 8.5" x 11"Notes: I think that Tali is probably my favorite character from the entire series. Garrus follows closely behind, but she's my number one for the most likable charact...

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Queen of Blades

Mathew Kaminski 6:37 AM chalk , charcoal 0 Comments

Queen of Blades Title: Queen of Blades Medium: Charcoal, ChalkScale: Original is 8.5" x 11"Notes: I've been wanting to do Kerrigan justice for quite some time. I think that she is probably one of my favorite tragedies from games in the 90's. If you've never played the original StarCraft simply for the story mode, you were really missing o...

MCA 30 Day Self-Portrait Challenge - Round 6.

Mathew Kaminski 5:45 AM 30 days , art challenge 0 Comments

Title: MCA 30 Day Self-Portrait Challenge - Round 6. Medium: Photoshop CS6 Scale: Each portrait will be 9" x 12" Notes: The challenge is simple... draw a self-portrait every day for 30 days. You can't take longer than 30 minutes on each. Here's the entirety of the project! Only missed one... damn you sickness! For larger view: CLICK M...

Thursday, September 17, 2015

MCA 30 Day Self-Portrait Challenge - Round 5

Mathew Kaminski 6:50 AM 30 days , digital painting 0 Comments

Title: MCA 30 Day Self-Portrait Challenge - Round 5.Medium: Photoshop CS6Scale: Each portrait will be 9" x 12"Notes: The challenge is simple... draw a self-portrait every day for 30 days.You can't take longer than 30 minutes on each.Here's 25 so far. Only 5 more to go! For larger view: CLICK ME...

Sunday, September 13, 2015

Precious Flower Girl

Mathew Kaminski 2:18 PM aerith , chalk 0 Comments

Precious Flower Girl Title: Precious Flower GirlMedium: Charcoal, Chalk, Pastel, Photoshop CS6Scale: Original is 8.5" x 11"Notes: My first attempt at post-charcoal clean-up. Trying to add in some photoshop work on top of the charcoals to see how it goes. Aerith from FF...

Saturday, September 12, 2015

MCA 30 Day Self-Portrait Challenge - Round 4

Mathew Kaminski 2:45 PM 30 days , art challenge 0 Comments

Title: MCA 30 Day Self-Portrait Challenge - Round 4.Medium: Photoshop CS6Scale: Each portrait will be 9" x 12"Notes: The challenge is simple... draw a self-portrait every day for 30 days.You can't take longer than 30 minutes on each.Here's 20 so far. More to come... For larger view: CLICK M...

Thursday, September 10, 2015

Isaac Clarke

Mathew Kaminski 6:50 AM chalk , charcoal 0 Comments

Isaac Clarke Title: Isaac ClarkeMedium: Charcoal, Chalk, PastelScale: Original is 8.5" x 11"Notes: Ashley got me the Art of Dead Space for my birthday and HOLY CRAP is that book inspiring. I can't stop looking at it hahaha! It pumps me up every time I look at it. OH! And I discovered how seamlessly my digital works on top of my charcoal / pastel...

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Commission -- Pronto Pup

Mathew Kaminski 10:11 PM animals , chalk 0 Comments

Commission: Pronto Pup Title: Commission: Pronto PupMedium: Charcoal, Chalk, PastelScale: Original is 8.5" x 11"Notes: Commissioned by a teacher that I had back at Memphis College of Art, Adam Pankewycz. It was out of the blue with a break-neck turnaround, but I got it done with no questions asked. It has since been matted and framed and back...

Monday, September 7, 2015

MCA 30 Day Self-Portrait Challenge - Round 3

Mathew Kaminski 5:54 PM digital painting , mca 0 Comments

Title: MCA 30 Day Self-Portrait Challenge - Round 3.Medium: Photoshop CS6Scale: Each portrait will be 9" x 12"Notes: The challenge is simple... draw a self-portrait every day for 30 days.You can't take longer than 30 minutes on each.Here's the first 15. More to come...

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

MCA 30 Day Self-Portrait Challenge - Round 2

Mathew Kaminski 6:33 AM 30 days , art 0 Comments

Title: MCA 30 Day Self-Portrait Challenge - Round 2. Medium: Photoshop CS6 Scale: Each portrait will be 9" x 12" Notes: The challenge is simple... draw a self-portrait every day for 30 days. You can't take longer than 30 minutes on each. Here's the first 10. More to come... For larger view: CLICK M...

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Good Night, Dream Master - A Tribute

Mathew Kaminski 6:50 AM chalk , charcoal 0 Comments

Good Night, Dream Master Title: Good Night, Dream MasterMedium: Charcoal, Chalk, PastelScale: Original is 9" x 12"Notes: Wes Craven pretty much brought me the epitome of my favorite villain. While I know that he did many other films, a lot of them great, I will always know him for my first horror movie icon - Freddy Kreuger. I still remember...

Friday, August 28, 2015

MCA 30 Day Self-Portrait Challenge - Round 1

Mathew Kaminski 6:48 AM challenge , digital painting 0 Comments

Title: MCA 30 Day Self-Portrait Challenge - Round 1. Medium: Photoshop CS6 Scale: Each portrait will be 9" x 12" Notes: The challenge is simple... draw a self-portrait every day for 30 days. You can't take longer than 30 minutes on each. Here's the first 5. More to come... For larger view: CLICK M...

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

MGX - Brotherhood of Steel from Fallout

Mathew Kaminski 5:33 AM brotherhood of steel , digital painting 0 Comments

MGX - Brotherhood of Steel from Fallout Title: MGX - Brotherhood of Steel from FalloutMedium: Photoshop CS6Scale: Original is 5" x 7"Notes: Fallout is such an amazing series. I've been really wanting to do a fan art from this universe for quite some time. It was really between a deathclaw and a Brotherhood of Steel. The tech lover in me one...

Friday, August 14, 2015

MGX - Garrus from Mass Effect

Mathew Kaminski 6:57 AM chalk , charcoal 3 Comments

MGX - Garrus from Mass Effect Title: MGX - Garrus from Mass EffectMedium: Chalk, CharcoalScale: Original is 8" x 10"Notes: I have been wanting to do some Mass Effect fan art for so long, I just never got around to it really... But now I think the flood gates have opened up and now I want to do the entire cast line-up. Oh for more time, right? This...

Thursday, August 13, 2015

MGX - Big Daddy from BioShock

Mathew Kaminski 6:08 AM 2k games , big daddy 0 Comments

MGX - Big Daddy from BioShock Title: MGX - Big Daddy from BioShockMedium: Chalk, Charcoal, PastelScale: Original is 8" x 10"Notes: Bioshock was one of those games that really crept up on me. I didn't really know what I was playing at first, but then I really got into it. The fact of a game being so dark and under the sea and creepy and awesome...

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Sons of Anarchy Commission - Juice

Mathew Kaminski 5:56 AM chalk , character 0 Comments

Sons of Anarchy Commission - Juice Title: Sons of Anarchy Commission - JuiceMedium: Chalk, CharcoalScale: Original is 8" x 10"Notes: Another Sons of Anarchy commission. If you missed the previous one, it's here. The character of juice was kind of enigmatic in the series, if you're a fan. I would say that he was one of the under-appreciated...

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Michael Myers

Mathew Kaminski 6:46 AM chalk , charcoal 0 Comments

Michael Myers Title: Michael MyersMedium: Charcoal, Chalk, PastelScale: Original is 8" x 8"Notes: Eric Crimmins commissioned me for another piece, this time the enigmatic Michael Myers. I thought it would be awesome to make the background toned to make him pop off the background. Hopefully you like i...

Monday, August 10, 2015

The Mechnomancer

Mathew Kaminski 5:42 AM borderlands 2 , digital painting 0 Comments

The Mechnomancer Title: The MechnomancerMedium: Photoshop CS6Scale: Original is 5" x 7"Notes: I think the Borderlands universe has some of the most interesting character design. It blends my punk-loving sensibilities with the grit and grime of post-apocalypse. In that vein, I have to go even further and say that Gaige happens to be my favorite...

Friday, August 7, 2015

Artist Promo

Mathew Kaminski 7:06 AM artist promotion , ashley webb 0 Comments

Artist Promotion Title: Artist PromotionMedium: pencilScale: VariesNotes: Following suit with the previous post, if you've followed me for any amount of time, you know how often I randomly sketch during lunch breaks. I have to do this to maintain any semblance of sanity. Here's a few of the quick sketches that I did during...

Thursday, August 6, 2015

Sorceress

Mathew Kaminski 6:01 AM doodle , illustration 0 Comments

Sorceress Title: SorceressMedium: pencilScale: Original is 9" x 12"Notes: Lunch breaks... a time when we just eat and go back to work right? WRONG! This is the perfect opportunity for everyone to do something productive. Read a bit? Write a bit? Draw a bit? Do something creative! You have thirty-minutes to an hour. What will you do with i...

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

According to Plan

Mathew Kaminski 6:15 AM acrylic , ashley webb 0 Comments

According to Plan Title: According to PlanMedium: Mixed MediaNotes: Now for something a little different... Typically I scan, retouch, etc. But I've been working on larger scale pieces lately, and this one was just too fun! Ashley commissioned me to do a portrait of the Joker. No big deal right? Then she was looking at it when I got...

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Dr. Staten

Mathew Kaminski 6:11 AM ashley webb , chalk 0 Comments

Dr. Staten Title: Dr. StatenMedium: pencil, pastelScale: Original is 8" x 10"Notes: Ashley went out the other day and I was just sitting here drawing the day away. I look over at my art supplies and simply shrug and go, "Welp, guess it's time to stop procrastinatering and start using these damn pastels..." Long story short, I decided to start...

Monday, August 3, 2015

Rocket Raccoon

Mathew Kaminski 5:55 AM chalk , charcoal 0 Comments

Rocket Raccoon Title: Rocket Raccoon Medium: charcoal, chalk, ebony pencil Scale: Original is 8" x 10" Notes: It's a bit on the late side, but while I was down in Texas, visiting the awesome Jeff and Maysa, I looked through their Marvel encyclopedia and was like... "I should probably draw one of these guys!" And so I proceeded to grab...

Sunday, August 2, 2015

Bettie Paige

Mathew Kaminski 9:57 AM bettie paige , black and white 0 Comments

Pin Ups - Bettie Paige Title: Pin Ups - Bettie PaigeMedium: Photoshop CS6Notes: Talking to a buddy of mine at work, we decided that he needed a little more art on his walls. Eric Crimmins is quite the convention goer and I thought it would be awesome to try out an official art trade with him. So here's the result, now it's time to...

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

The Indies Pack

Mathew Kaminski 11:02 AM bode , digital painting 0 Comments

The Indies Pack Title: The Indies Pack Medium: Photoshop CS6, charcoal, chalk, ebony pencil Scale: Approx. 11" x 17", smaller pieces are 5" x 7" Notes: This was one of the packs available at the Memphis Comic Expo last weekend. I can say that I had a blast and met a ton of really awesome people along the way! If...

Friday, June 5, 2015

MCX - Harley Quinn from Batman

Mathew Kaminski 6:39 AM batman , comic characters 0 Comments

Harley Quinn Title: Harley QuinnMedium: Photoshop CS6Scale: Approx. 11" x 17"Notes: Besides her voice, I think she might be up there with my favorite character from the Batman canon. I just love her design overall. This one took a minute to paint. I feel like I dragged it on for way too long. But here you have it finally. Hope you guys and...

Thursday, June 4, 2015

MCX - Bode from Locke & Key

Mathew Kaminski 9:38 AM bode , comic characters 0 Comments

Locke & Key - Bode Title: Locke & Key - BodeMedium: Photoshop CS6Scale: Approx. 5" x 7"Notes: Ashley and I just recently got into Locke & Key. I was just minding my own business at work and came home for lunch and she was just sitting there with this huge grin holding a big box full of graphic novels. I was like, what is that......

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

MCX - Deathstroke from Teen Titans

Mathew Kaminski 6:01 AM comic characters , deathstroke 0 Comments

Teen Titans - Deathstroke Title: Teen Titans - DeathstrokeMedium: Photoshop CS6Scale: Approx. 5" x 7"Notes: Interestingly enough, I thought Deathstroke was originally a villain of Batman. I come to find out that he originated in Teen Titans. WHO KNEW?! Anyway, I just love the design of this character overall. His backstory is a win, his costume...