Matt Elder

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Oct 28

African Animals Nursery Mural Painting

ntly completed this large African Animals Nursery Mural Painting (Acrylic on Canvas – 0.76 x 2.0m (2.5 x 6 foot). ). There are 50+ African animals in this large painting that needed to be bright, for a childs nursery and done in a weekend (usually dislike acrylic and stay away from but needed it …

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Aug 11

Yoda, Flash and Optimus Artworks featured on ComicsAlliance.com

he last little bit, I’ve had my artworks featured on ComicsAlliance.com in there “Best Art Ever (This Week)”. Here are the links: Yoda on Dagobah http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/08/10/best-art-ever-this-week-08-10-12/ The Flash http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/12/09/best-art-ever-this-week-12-09-11/ Optimus Prime http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/11/11/best-art-ever-this-week-11-11-11-omg/

Aug 07

Hellboy at the Cemetary – Portrait Oil Painting

enjoyed reading Hellboy / BPRD so thought I’d take a crack at an oil painting verison of the character. Also wanted to pay a little more attention to the background on this piece than some of my other comic painting attempts.

Aug 06

Yoda on Dagobah – Oil Painting

ed to push a comic style painting a little more impressionistic and why not give everyone’s favorite Star Wars Jedi Master, Yoda, the treatment. This whole painting was done primarily with a just a palette knife.

Apr 30

Catwoman Crouching 01 Portrait Oil Painting

ly completed “Catwoman Crouching 01” Oil Painting. This was the first time I’d tried a female comic character and I find them a little harder to do then their male counterparts.

Feb 09

Hulk Smash Brick Wall Oil Painting

ly completed “Hulk Smash Brick Wall” Oil Painting. I was playing around with more of a limited palette than normal and only used about 6 colours in this painting (white, yellow, 2 greens, burnt and raw sienna).

Nov 29

The Flash 01 Oil Painting & Pencil Sketch Study

ly completed The Flash Oil Painting This was the original pencil sketch study for the painting:

Sep 06

Optimus Prime Transformer Marker Sketch

as a quick sketch I did for a weekly OzComics competition and WON: Optimus Prime Draw Off

Aug 23

Store Now Open

MattElder.com Online Store

ttElder.com online store is now open! https://www.mattelder.com/store Here you can inquire about purchasing original artworks and/or purchase MattElder.com artworks on various product ranges through the new MattElder.com Cafepress shopfront http://www.cafepress.com/mattelder Over time I add new artworks but if there is a specific artwork you’d like to see on a product range, feel free to …

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Jul 24

Female Gambit Digital Painting

as something I was having a bit of fun with for a couple of nights before I went to sleep. Just thought the idea of a female Gambit was cool and meant I could use colours I thought would be appropriate. Pencils by ComfortLove – http://comfortlove.deviantart.com/art/Chick-Gambit-91981925 Colours by Matt Elder (me)