New Poster for a New Band!

My band, The Breaking Lakes just announced our CD Release show. It's going to be Saturday, May 29th. It'll be fun. I designed the poster, so I figured I'd post it. I'll have more cartoons soon!!!1!!

-Matt

Sometimes It's Not That Big of a Deal

Big freaky monsters can get this way and so do people. At least I can. People have a lot of potential and sometimes they can let the little things get in their was of some pretty cool stuff. Excuses are useless... I got that from an Amway tape... but it's still true.

Okay, pep talk over. I drew this at the end of the day here at Yowza, in Toronto. It's a beautiful day out, it's spring, so obviously, love is in the air, and I've got a new project in the works... If I don't finish this one, someone punch me in the face. It doesn't have to do with monsters though. When I get deeper into some work on this thing I'll start posting stuff.

Peace out hombres

-Matt

I'm Blaming the Weather... i guess

So basically, this was today. Frustrated and unproductive. Even though it was Tuesday it was still the first day of the week. Easter weekend was amazing, bee tee bubs.

-Matt

Rikki Tikki Tavi the Mongoose

Here is a mongoose I just drew this afternoon. I'm on a bit of a Rikki Tikki Tavy kick these days. Also I'm in the middle of starting a second animation scene with this character. I designed him and stuff, but the animation isn't at a place yet where I can post it. It would all just look like blurs and weird pencil lines. Whatever, here is my rendition of Rikki Tikki Tavi :)

-Matt

OH CANADA!!!

Crosby seconds after scoring the Gold Medal Goal for Team Canada men's ice hockey... in OVER TIME! I was so crazy excited watching I almost had a heart attack! It was amazing!

Christine Nesbitt with a gold for Canada. She raced in many

Long Track Speed Skating events. She earned gold, however,

in the 1000 meter race!

Jon Montgomery after realizing that he had won gold for Canada in the men's Skeleton at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. Later on after going for his drug test he got off the Blackcomb Gondola and walked through a crowd of people to get to his interview. As he walked some lady handed him a pitcher of beer. And of course he drank right from the pitcher. Wow, when I win a gold, I want that to happen! I saw the whole thing live in TV. It was truly an amazing Canadian moment.

Now that the games are done, I guess I and all of us have to get back to our normal lives. I would hope, however, that the joy, patriotism, and celebration of pure honest achievement never gets left behind. These games were truly an amazing time in my life, one that I will never forget... and I just watched it form my TV at home. There were SO many amazing moments in these Olympic Winter Games I couldn't list them all here. Here's a link to the CTV Olympic Channel on Youtube. There they have a whole bunch of great moments from the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games.

I am so proud of ALL the athletes who represented Canada and followed their dreams to fruition. And I encourage ALL Canadian athletes who have a dream and are trying their best to represent Canada in the future be it in London 2012 or Sochi 2014 to not give up and do us proud. You've all inspired me to keep striving for my dreams too. When the going gets tough, and it will, I'll think of you.

God bless Canada, my home!

-Matt

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=127E3E4632DF9F3A&search_query=canada+gold+medals+vancouver

Intensity in 10 Cities Tour Poster

Hello Kelly

and To Tell present

Intensity in 10 Cities

10 exclusive shows across Ontrio

March 2010

Here is the poster I did for the "Intensity in 10 Cities" tour, featuring Hello Kelly and To Tell. Hello Kelly asked me to do this poster and some other variations of it. They wanted it to be intense and stuff, with bombs or something. I decided on this Russian missile and to give it kinda like an old WWII/Cold War theme. Those were pretty intense moments in time and they possessed lots of cool silk screen, one colour posters. I like how it turned out.

-Matt

New Hello Kelly tees

This are a couple t-shirt designs I did for my buddy Francois and his band Hello Kelly. They have a new album coming out this year and they'll be on tour in Ontario in the next month. Later they'll be off to the Eastern USA and after that Western Canada... they keep themselves moving. Anyway, I kinda liked these two so I thought I'd post them.

I'll post some more sketches soon, I just have to sort out the battle with my scanner... lame.

Have a great day!

-Matt

Mime: A True Story

P.S. Just put up a new post at the Film's Blog

The Breaking Lakes! Matthew's Gots a New Band!

The Breaking Lakes

In this Photo: Jeff (producer/engineer), Mike (Bass), Dave (Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar), Jay (Keys/Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals)

Mike tuning up his bass. Getting ready for a marathon bass session.

A photo from behind the glass in the Blue Box Studios

Dave, Tamara (Mike's wife), Lilly (Mike and Tamara's youngest), and Mike rehearsing a new Breaking Lakes' song.

My brother and I and our good friend Jason, have got a new band going called "the Breaking Lakes". Here are some new pictures of Dave, Jay, Mike (our bass-in-the-face man), and Jeff (producer/engineer) in the Blue Box Studios. We're working on a new studio album. We're all pretty psyched... I'm behind the camera.

All right! Another Saga Entry

Here is another instalment to the ongoing Saga of Matt and Randeep and our journey through making a film. This one has a guest appearance of our friends Mel and Ian. This one's based on a true story... probably.

Also... here are some more designs from the film. Be sure to check out the film blog. I'm not posting everything on here. PLUS! Randeep has stuff up there too. So go check it out :)

-Matt

A new post for the film!

Here is a new piece I did for the film blog. Go check out the other posts by me and Randeep :)

-Matt

The Matt and Randeep Saga continues... AND a new film blog!

Here is a new little Matt and Randeep Saga instalment for you. ALSO!!! We just made a new blog for the film we're working on. Here are a couple character sketches I've done and Randeep just added a bunch of stuff yesterday. Go have a look. We'll be updating it regularly... I hope.

Two By Two

So my buddy Vlad just uploaded his student film "C-Block" to his blog and it got me thinking... why haven't I done that yet? So here it is. My student film from my graduating year out of the Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning (breeaaath*) BAA - Animation program of 2008.

Enjoy!

-Matt

Matt and Randeep: Chapter 3

Yet another moment with Matt and Randeep... and introducing Vlad! He works at Pixar.

The Randeep and Matt Saga!!! Dun Dun Dun!

Yeah... we work together... a lot. It's time for the weekend... now!

Bringing in the New

Yeah, I came up with the original concept of this one a while ago... I'd say around last April or so.

I did these riding on the subway with my buddy Randeep on our way to some T.I.F.F. 2009 screenings.

I did these waiting with my Grandma and Grandpa at the hospital a couple of weeks ago.

Ok so, like I mentioned a few weeks ago my backpack and sketchbooks got stolen... bummer... but I have since gotten a new one of each and I am alive again. Huzzah! So it is filling up quick, but a lot of it has to be kept on the "DL" (down low) for a little while, just until Randeep and I figure out a the final story direction we choose to take with the film we're working on. That should take to about this Friday. BUT, until then here are some sketches I did recently on the Toronto Subway, at A Hospital, and an other I just remembered from one of my old sketchbooks. It kinda stands out.

Enjoy,

Matt

Smash and Grab

Sooo... my Band Van got busted into the other day and my backpack got stolen. It was, as the cops say, a 'smash and grab' job. So guess what was in that back pack? My sketchbooks. Awesome. Well I hope the dude who took them appreciates them.

I'll have new stuff coming probably with a better and more complete rendition of the story of that nights events.

See you later... and don't leave valuables in plain sight in your car when parking downtown.

-Matt

The Soap Family: Bro's and... ugh... Female Bros

Ok so it's been a while... again.

I did these two drawings a while ago but just never got around to posting them. They were inspired by a film I saw on Youtube one day called "Bro Rape". They went into some detail on what typically classifies one as a "bro". It turns out they tend to be people I don't have a great desire to be like. So with that short film still fresh in my mind, I found myself waiting for the rest of my band to show up to a gig we were playing here in Toronto, so I began to sketch out my impression of the quintessential "bro". A few days after completing that sketch, I decided that it's not fair to reserve the class of "ignorant, loud, horny, moron" to simply the male gender... even though we tend to excel at it. No, there must be a female equivalent. Enter the "chick".

I thought back to my days at Sheridan. If there was a place "chicks" resided in droves, it would be there. So after some careful meditation and planning, I proceeded to draw, what I felt, was the seminal version of what is to be called "the chick"... Or to be put more simply, the female "bro".

Now I don't want to say that everyone is a bro or a chick. I'm sure that if you read through the notes on the side of the pages you'll find a couple elements that would describe parts of your daily presentation to the world. Don't worry. Bro-ness or, for the fairer of the species, Chick-ness, is not one element here or there, but rather a collaboration of elements, assembled together to create a solid state of duche-baggery. To be made simply, if you regularly assemble (or even worse, put together an ensemble only on special occasions) with three or more of the articles listed in the images above, you are most likely a bro/chick... and I'm sorry but that includes, belly button rings (a recent addition though not listed above), and all other articles of clothing/accessory listed above that may be more of a permanent fixture.

And that makes me and many others sad... I'm sorry. But there is always help.

-Matt

For clarification on the subject please feel free to follow this link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zvTRQr7ns8

Love and Apartments - A whole Mix of Emotions

This was a sketch I did on the subway one day on my way to York University to meet my brother. I was listening to the Beatles and this is kinda what came out. I just had fun with it. And that's the best part about a sketch book.

Well now I'm off to try and find an apartment. I've been looking for a little while but not too seriously. However, like all important life changing moments in my life, I left it until the last minute. I kinda' need to get one by the end of the week or I'm a bit out of luck. It's hard when all my friends already have a roommate, or have moved away doing it on your own sucks... and I know for many of you that's just how it is. But don't tell me you enjoyed it the first time you did it, because I know you're lying.

I'm stressing out. I hate change, and even though I'm getting better at it, it still sucks growing up. You hear that kids? Don't grow up, it's better that way. I think I need to go lie down and listen to some Beatles and relax... after I take care of some business first... I guess.

Super Pig and Cheese

These are a couple I did a while ago. Even before the Santa one. I was animating a mouse over the summer (it was actually supposed to be a shrew but... whatever) and this was one of the first drawings I did of it. It changed a lot over time. I tried to hone in more on the 'shrew-ness'. I liked this one so I posted it up.

The one on top was just a 'Super Pig' doodle on the GO Train on my ride home from House of Cool. Will it lead to a potential story? Maybe... we'll see. For now, it's just funny.

Mery Christmas!

Ok... so maybe this one's coming a bit late. But, better late then never. I have some sketches from my sketch book I'm going to post over the next little while. This one was drawn before Christmas... and because it's a bit more seasonal, I figured it should post it first. Okay, I hope you like it.

The Tortoise and the Hare

I'm just trying to leave work now. I'll write more later. But I think the picture kinda speaks for itself.

Head Above - Silverlane - Official Video

My band just finished another music video. I edited it and did the banners for it. It was a lot of fun to do. My good friend Randeep has a good friend Sean. Sean has a good friend at Budget (the car rental place) and at some lighting warehouse (they do movies). David (my brother) has a good friend Alex who has an amazingly trusting dad (in a good way, not a gullible way), Bill, who owns a company that makes office furniture. They have a large shipping bay that we could use.

We shot the film all night, along with our friends T.J., Phill, and Bridget, and Sean. I think me and my brother got home at like 5am... we got there at 4pm the day before. So pulling all of our resources together we've finally been able to get this one in the bag. The song is called "Head Above" and it's off of Silverlane's newest EP entitled "Neanderthals to concert Halls". I hope you like it!

Check it out www.silverlanemusic.com

Thinking Ahead...

Thinking ahead is an important thing... It's important to know what you're going to say before you say it, or you could end up looking like quite the idiot. I just remember back when a friend of mine was shooting words around without much thought and this picture, the one you see before you, came to mind. I thought to my blagh and then some more blagh. I blaghed with the notion that blagh blagh blagh was in fact blagh blibble. Anker zan spot, if cambe tee dizzle. Blagh blimer bum to forgen boo. Anywho, and the zing-ba-blammer and blagh-boofer we all snorg. And that's why I don't like cottage cheese... Actually that's a lie, I do like cottage cheese, I just didn't know what else to say.

Ugh... so is this a sequal or what?

Yeah, I know what you're thinking, "pretty stupid", I know. Whatever, just killing time. Here you go Group D... I guess they went home...

Elephants in the Room

Here's a doodle I did, just having fun with Photoshop. This is what came out. Hope you like it!

straight out da' basement

This a a quick sketch I did of my basement. I do a whole bunch of stuff down there. Anything from band practice, to watching t.v. ... actually, that's pretty much it. Oh well, I still spend alot of time down there.

Under the Sea

Here's a new one, hope you like it. I drew this a few weeks ago but I only got to colouring it today. This was another one of those supply teaching projects. Fun, fun, fun :)

Be back soon!

Puppies!!! All in a day's work.

I was doing a bit of supply teaching these past few weeks at my old high school just to make some cash while looking for a job. It pays well though... if by payed well you mean drawing cartoons of whatever you want all day while you baby sit a class of grade 10 art students and getting 100 dollars at the end of the day. So this was one of those days... teenagers make up some of the best characters.

Too Fast!!!

Well, the film got done. Sheridan is all over. 4 years have come and gone and now it's time to start life... ugh. I kinda' liked not having to worry about stuff on the one hand, but then on the other hand... I just got to get out of this place. Some friends I will definately miss. The others I'll probably see next week. But for now I can get back to doing some more drawings just for fun with no real purpose in mind... I take that back. There's always a purpose... I have to start thinking about my next project. Hmmmmm, what will it be?

Whatever, I hope you like this sketch. Come back soon!