matt smith (makes)

Artist/Illustrator | ADHD haver | Avail. for work | Creature Enthusiast | he/him

[matt smith (makes) @MattsmithMakes]

Hey #PortfolioDay I'm Matt and I love painting lush forest scenes, weird creatures, and introspective, comforting little scenes. I'm available for work right now both big and small! I'd love to do some editorial or boardgame work!
Links in the second tweet 👇🏻

[Riloe @RiloeGaming]

An actual generational dump of inspirational scifi design just hit the internet with a magnitude very rarely seen

[matt smith (makes) @MattsmithMakes]

@TeeKetch It’s so damn good! Nothing else like it. You ever wanna run hit me up. I’m terrible but I main Triage and never leave anyone behind haha

[matt smith (makes) @MattsmithMakes]

I have almost 300 hours in this game already. It’s got The Sauce more than anything I’ve played in a long long time. Super fun loop, insane art and sound direction. Shoots like Halo. idk what people’s problem is lmao it rules

[Marathon @MarathonTheGame]

// VANDAL SHELL

CYBERNETICS TUNED, READY TO RUN

[matt smith (makes) @MattsmithMakes]

I have done, and will do in the future, terrible embarrassing things for money. Just to get by. Gross, hard, demeaning jobs. Labor is labor. Doing work with AI to me is almost equivalent to scabbing. It’s a line I won’t cross. I don’t want an asterisk next to my name.

[matt smith (makes) @MattsmithMakes]

One of the most disappointing falls from grace. The upside is on the other side of this, I and a lot of other creative people will be able to hold our heads high. I can stand on my work as my own from now until forever. People like this have ruined their legacy all on their own

[matt smith (makes) @MattsmithMakes]

Couple of sketchbook pages I did in December. Working on communicating light on trees. From personal reference photos here in WVa. Holbein Acryla gouache

[matt smith (makes) @MattsmithMakes]

My Christmas present to myself. Put my teenage stereo in my studio to play music I loved then, and music I’ve discovered along the way. The vibes on these records makes me draw and paint better and I’m not even kidding

[matt smith (makes) @MattsmithMakes]

@DawidKamizela Hey man I love inventing spaceships and making models and all of that stems from a love of aviation tech I obsessed about when I was younger. This type of breakdown is really invaluable for making fake things look believable!

[matt smith (makes) @MattsmithMakes]

It’s difficult to believe in Justice these days. I’ll keep painting under the boot as long as possible. There’s nowhere else to go with my aging parents. The homeplace will endure.

[matt smith (makes) @MattsmithMakes]

I’m mainly a painter these days but lately after watching how Alien and Bladerunner got made I decided to get into making miniatures. Not much to show so far, but I made this box. It’s been in a crash I guess?

[matt smith (makes) @MattsmithMakes]

Not that it matters but I consider myself Appalachian before American. My land was one of the first to be colonized by big business, leaving us nothing but poverty and disease. The core of the opioid epidemic. There are hopeful, good people still here. still fighting.

[𝕯𝖎𝖑𝖉𝖔 𝕭𝖆𝖌𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖘 @EmmaTolkin]

Kinda the most beautiful description of a human I’ve ever heard

[Nicholas Kole @FromHappyRock]

I have to add my voice to the chorus: there is nothing more insulting, disempowering, or a surer sign that you’re working with hacks (& there are many, wedged into middle management in AAA) than receiving an AI moodboard as a concept artist, and I need to talk about it

[matt smith (makes) @MattsmithMakes]

@angus_mang @FromHappyRock This is the type of cringe a computer couldn’t possibly imagine given a billion years. Incredible loser shit man. Get your hand out of your pants for 5 seconds and join the real world

[matt smith (makes) @MattsmithMakes]

@meganroseruiz Surely, the innocent scorpion only wants to cross the river?!

[matt smith (makes) @MattsmithMakes]

@arvalis Insanely frustrating for professionals already working but those of us who are hungry to work but don’t get emails back…idk I’m looking into other paths. There’s no way in anymore. They did it.

[matt smith (makes) @MattsmithMakes]

@tillfreitag Been a big fan of your work for a long time dude! Gonna try to sell some paintings to fund this class cause I’ve been poring over your WIPs for years lol

[matt smith (makes) @MattsmithMakes]

@AngelaSungArt These look incredible! One of those mediums I've never been able to wrap my head around for sure

[matt smith (makes) @MattsmithMakes]

@arvalis @aigor_andrea @_VVSVS Never lay off the Haterade king, we need you now more than ever

[matt smith (makes) @MattsmithMakes]

genuinely do not know how anyone gets professional creative gigs these days. even before the AI slop boom I struggled to find any work. I'm on earth to paint pictures, I just need the right person to see my stuff I guess

[matt smith (makes) @MattsmithMakes]

have moved 4 or 5 times for my wife's jobs so I have done a bajillion weird little jobs for years. started selling stickers and prints online and in person and since I'm good with kids I substitute teach a lot! hoping to keep making better and better paintings until I get work

[Afolabi Sokeye 🧱 @SokeyeA]

What’s the lore behind choosing your career path ?