Matthew Byle

Eat It - Shirt Design

2011-11-23T01:01:00.008-05:00

So I've recently enjoyed working out some T-Shirt designs to build up my portfolio. This is the beginning of the Apparel journey I'll be taking.

A quick background on this image. I ran with a Zombie theme and worked around the title "Eat It". Kept it fairly straightforward and will continue to do this with future designs for the time being.

For those of you that want to keep up on my process as I work through future projects, I regularly update my Twitter with snapshots of in-progress works.

Enjoy!

Below is an Inked version I managed to toss as I wasn't happy with the Stippling effect.

Distillation Show

2011-11-10T00:37:00.006-05:00

For those in the Boston area, take the time to check out this gallery show on the 2nd of December. It has a fantastic group of artists, many of which are great inspirations to myself.

Basically, each artist was given a glass liquor bottle and given free reign to paint and do with it how we please.

Check below for mine and be sure to stop by the Gallery if you are in the area!

GOREFEST - Succubus

2011-09-21T16:20:00.003-04:00

Number 3 on day 3. Enjoy! Also, this will be my last for the week as I'll be heading out of town tomorrow. I'll pick up where I left off at the beginning of next week though, so keep an eye out for future Illustrations!

GOREFEST - Zombies

2011-09-20T22:25:00.004-04:00

Second of the series, Zombies! Third will come tomorrow!!!

GOREFEST (NSFW)

2011-09-20T11:24:00.007-04:00

I'm currently doing a series of images based around the title "GOREFEST". Skipping past all that PG-13 stuff and going for the guts of the hard "R" rating. I'm trying to go over the type while staying within this Gory/Sexual/Drug infused theme.

If you want to see my progress throughout each day follow my Twitter account (On the right)

I'm also going to start up a Tumblr.

Enjoy.

Identity

2011-09-08T17:08:00.003-04:00

Getting my feet wet with a little Graphic Design work. Decided it was time to re-work my "Identity" and I'm currently in the process of changing a lot of things up. This is just the beginning.

The Beezer

2011-08-31T21:52:00.002-04:00

Something I've been working on throughout the week, messing around with different textures a bit. It's a helmet for a goaltender that retired from the NHL years ago nicknamed "The Beezer", which explains all the bees.

Drinking Water

2011-08-26T12:00:00.005-04:00

So here is a decent drop of things I have been up too, starting with some personal projects.

7th Round Pick - This is a site started by myself, Chris Hoobler, and my younger brother (whom is yet to post!). Focusing primarily on the Detroit Red Wings. I'm a hockey guy and if you aren't into that kinda stuff you can still take a look at the pictures we are illustrating.

Next up is a batch of freelance work I have worked on.

And last is another personal project which is sort of on the back-burner so to speak. It's an attempt to build a Concept Art portfolio. All the characters back stories are in place, it's just getting around to doing it at this point.

Shark Week

2011-08-23T19:19:00.003-04:00

I'll keep this short and to the point.

So I have been wanting to create a Shark Week themed illustration for a long time and finally got around to it. Linework was done with the trusty mechanical pencil on paper and the coloring was done in Photoshop.

I'll update later this week with a couple side-projects I have started.

What's new?

2011-08-09T22:09:00.003-04:00

Well, I have been busy doing some commercial freelance work and have had little time to work on personal projects. I have three separate personal ones going on at the moment and the one below is my focus for now. I'm in the early stages of creating 5 characters for a concept art project and have 1 character finished and 1 ready to be drawn out and painted. The last project, the long comic project I mentioned earlier, is getting pushed back a bit as I work on more marketable projects and my story needs some re working anyways.

Here is a project based off of the famous "Shark Week" and my current inspiration of music with a bit of tribal vibe to it.

Phidias Gold paper toy

2011-06-08T16:15:00.005-04:00

Here is a project I just finished not too long ago for a gallery show in Boston. My old roommate Wesley Eggebrecht has started up a clothing line which had a launch party at a gallery that including some 30 paper toys designed by 30 different artists. You can check out his site which has links to Facebook, Twitter and all that. Friend, Like, Add, do what you gotta do to follow this because it's gonna be good.

http://www.phidiasgold.com/

I should have a couple more projects up soon and am in the writing process of a 22 page comic. That's a bit of a ways away at this point though.

Enjoy!

A update, a update!

2011-06-01T14:31:00.009-04:00

Alright, where to start. The majority of this work has been posted at other sites I frequently drop by. Sites like The Hallway Show, 36Pyramids, and others. I'll be posting some more stuff I've done soon as well, but I wanted to go the bulk of it out there. Most of it is sketches and quick portraits, a few are projects I did while interning at Root Learning and some are Illustrations for freelance jobs or personal work.

If you, or anyone you know, is interested in what they see and has some project that needs an Illustrator shoot me an e-mail at matthewbyle@gmail.com

MIA

2010-11-23T21:41:00.006-05:00

I've been MIA for a while here, eh? I'll throw out a quick summary on the past present and future!

So I now live and work in Northern Ohio (Sylvania) as an Illustrator for a fantastic company called Root Learning. It's been a wonderful experience and I'm learning new things everyday. Because of that though, my personaly work (and the sites that I usually update on a regular basis) have taken a hit.

Fast forward to the present, and I have some new things on the table. I've been talking a lot lately with Wesley Eggebrecht and we have decided to go in and use each other to get inspired and produce more outside of our jobs. A new site called "36 Pyramids" is going to be the place to go to not only see new stuff by myself and Wes but his brother Ryan also. It's only maybe a week in the making but we are already rockin' on some new projects.

I just finished my first personal piece in about 3 months, give or take. It can be viewed here:

Keep an eye out for a more consistent stream of new work!

New Stuff!

2010-08-10T02:29:00.007-04:00

A couple things I have been up too! First is a new comic page (page 6) for the fun collaborative project me and Chris Hoobler are working (Check out his stuff in my links!) and the middle three are experiments and such for The Hallway Show blog and last is just a character based on a "Father Time" theme. Exciting things coming up soon!

Hallway Show things:
Toby

Toby

Bjork

Gone Fishin'

2010-07-21T20:55:00.017-04:00

So I have been stalling on posting this comic project for a little while now but have finally decided it was time. I spent a good chunk of time working on every stage of this and it was a pretty long process, I enjoyed every bit of it. I plan on eventually stretching this out to a 32 page story. Lemme know what you think!

An 8 page story following an old mans fishing adventure.

Pencils

Some tests to see which technique I wanted to use for the linework.

WIP Cover concept

People

2010-06-21T22:08:00.007-04:00

Here is a few quick portrait paints for The Hallway Show blog (links!). Check it out!

EDIT: Updating every week with a new Hallway show sketch.

Gillian

Clint

Zooey

Larry

Alex

Mickey

Samples!

2010-06-12T00:53:00.005-04:00

It's been a while, but I have an excuse! I am currently working on an 8 page comic that is 6 pages done and 2 left for coloring. Still debating on how or where or when to post everything but here is a little sample. It's titled Gone Fishin' and has been loads of fun! Anyways this is just a small sample of the sixth page. Hope everyone is well!

Zombies

2010-05-06T17:38:00.004-04:00

Zombies! A new illustration I did, was originally going to be my skatedeck design but I scratched it and ran with the whale theme. I love zombies almost as much as I love whales though. Tried a few new things here and there on it but mostly just a piece to add to the portfolio.

Narwhal

2010-04-30T18:46:00.008-04:00

Just finished up another deck, Digital one this time. It will be printed through Mobil Skateboards and should be at the Party on the 14th so stop by and pick one up!

Farewell Fox

2010-04-18T18:10:00.009-04:00

Just worked up a Custom deck for Mobil Skateboards launch party May 14th! It's gonna be a fun time with great tunes and some awesome boards so stop by and check it out at the Magic Stick! My deck will be for sale as well as many others!

Four

2010-04-10T20:45:00.001-04:00

My colored version, page 4! This Wacom Pen I'm waiting on can not get here any sooner.

Second

2010-04-08T23:46:00.004-04:00

Here's my Linework for the second page, fourth page overall, of the collaboration between me and Hoo? check out his blog for the first and third page! Just awaiting my new Wacom pen to get shipped here so I can begin coloring it in!

The Hunt

2010-03-26T15:21:00.002-04:00

More comic page stuff! This is another side project that I'm doing with Wes So keep an eye out for more soon!

Freestyle

2010-03-02T22:24:00.004-05:00

Helllllo! Got a new comic page up! A good friend and fellow artist Chris Hoobler and in his words here is basically what we are doing "collaborate in a very free, loose way with these comics. Basically the idea is that I do a page, he draws inspiration from what I did and creates the second page." We are pretty much just having fun and just running loose with this. Anyways the first page can be viewed on his blog and this is the second page, he will make the following one and so on and so on. Maybe if we keep this going we can make something out of it? we'll see.

Doombots!

2010-02-26T17:25:00.002-05:00

New Illustration I just finished up for fun, the topic "Zach and the Doombots" was over at conceptart.org and I felt compelled to do an illustration with it.

Drawinging

2010-02-24T21:51:00.004-05:00

Hello Internet, here's a couple new drawings that I plan on coloring/painting in the near future. Trying to have a little fun with it all!

And USA is gonna win gold in ice hockey.. Although the last time I made a bold hockey prediction (Red Wings last year..) on my blog it failed miserably so who knows.

Ruins

2010-02-05T12:17:00.000-05:00

New Environment colored. More to comeeeee!

The Ruins

2010-02-04T03:07:00.000-05:00

New environment I'm working on.

Swamp

2010-01-28T20:14:00.002-05:00

Colored up the environment, gonna get started on a new one and hopefully get around to coloring the totems sooooon.

59

2010-01-27T19:43:00.003-05:00

Here's a couple things I've been up too lately. Trying to make some more environment and prop work to expand my portfolio a bit.

Sketchin'

2010-01-05T17:06:00.003-05:00

Just a couple sketches I may color in, bottom one is soon to turn into a bigger project.

50

2009-12-30T14:14:00.002-05:00

Here's a portrait I just finished up for my grandparents 50 year anniversary.
Watercolour on 140lb. fabriano watercolour paper.

Holidays

2009-12-27T18:30:00.004-05:00

Here's a little update, the first image is a portrait I'm currently working on. Watercolor on watercolor paper followed by a painting a did a little while back that I never got a photo of and last is a shot of my current studio setup. always a fan of studio shots so I figured I would post up my own. Hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday!

Botobit Book

2009-12-07T20:01:00.003-05:00

My good friend Wesley Eggebrecht just self-published a book titled "Botobit" which consists of a collection of 18 artists and over 120 Illustrations from some incredibly talented artists around the world. It's a high quality book from top to bottom that inspires me every time I pick it up and scan through the pages. There are artist interviews as well as original illustration from each of the artists working from the topic "Epidemic". It was a fun project and I hope you pick one up! They are being sold at the CCS bookstore, Leopolds Bookstore and online HERE! (Pick up one of those awesome Savant shirts while you're there!)

creeper

2009-11-28T16:22:00.003-05:00

A new Illustration/experiment. Ink, acrylic and photoshop.

smile!

2009-11-19T16:26:00.011-05:00

Just a random character i have been working on, I'm most likely going to push this into a more finished illustration with an enviroment. Anyways, a lil something i have been up too lately.

I also caved in and made a Twitter

Ice cream!

2009-11-08T21:33:00.003-05:00

My weekly piece, "Ice Cream Man"

Zombers

2009-11-01T23:16:00.001-05:00

mmmm, Happy Halloween!

Dexter

2009-10-25T01:20:00.003-04:00

Some process and final of a new illustration I just completed for a weekly over at numensquare.com. The topic was "Favorite Television Show" which of course is Dexter for me.

MM

2009-10-21T16:03:00.006-04:00

Here's a few random Photoshop and pencil sketches.

keepin on

2009-10-15T02:13:00.004-04:00

A couple random things, first is just a sketch I felt like coloring in photoshop and the second is a close up of a painting I've been working on. Trying some new things. Lots of sketches and the full painting soon.

2009-09-03T02:34:00.008-04:00

I haven't posted on the ol blog in too long. Here is a couple new things I have been up too! The first is a pair of Chucks I just painted where I was asked to kinda combine characters from where the wild things are with some of my own, It was a really fun project! The second is something I worked on for Wesley Eggebrechts growing t-shirt/design company in which will be printed and sold as well as some process. Ill post a link to the prints when they are finalized. I have a few things in the works in terms of personal projects as well as some freelance stuff! enjoy!

100th post!

2009-08-08T00:28:00.005-04:00

Whoah 100th post! Here's a bunch of random stuff i have been doing. A couple of quick hour or so landscapes in oil, a painting from a pans labyrinth still in progress, some random sketches and some WIP stuff.

cold water and...

2009-08-03T23:53:00.002-04:00

It's been a little while since my last update but here is something i just finished up. I've been out of town enjoying sand and water and long hours of driving, yeah! I'll post some sketch's and a few things i'm working on when i get back from another little vacation, hope all is well with everyone!

Titled

2009-07-23T15:08:00.002-04:00

I've always liked it when artists show little snippets of pieces that aren't finished yet so here's a section of a piece I'm currently working on.

7:24/42

2009-07-20T19:20:00.003-04:00

Busybusybusy.

I have been landscape painting lately, i love it. Unfortunately I don't have a camera and can't get images on the interweb so I've been slacking in updates. Anyways here is something I'm currently working on, I'm going to get around to watercolouring it here soon and maybe use acrylics instead of gouache after i finish with the watercolour layers, we'll see. oh, and a random sketch below that for fun.

Pg.2

2009-07-05T00:20:00.002-04:00

Here's the second page, Happy 4th on the 5th!

Half full

2009-07-01T15:37:00.002-04:00

Colored

Whale song!

2009-06-29T22:55:00.002-04:00

Updated
Here's the ink.
Here's my first page of my first try at actually doing a comic or short graphic novel or something, I plan on inking it soon.

"Untitled"

2009-06-25T23:41:00.006-04:00

More more more.
Here's an illustration I have been working on recently, 9x12 watercolor and gouache on 140lb watercolour paper. Below is a quick sketch I did messing around with the whole inking and photoshop dealio.

Can't sleep!

2009-06-24T03:17:00.004-04:00

More Inking stuff, having a lotta fun with it lately.

fifteen

2009-06-23T19:28:00.007-04:00

Just a whole lot of experimenting.

90

2009-06-19T14:50:00.002-04:00

Just messing around with Inking. I think I may try to make some kind of comic or something for fun here...? we'll see.

Odd

2009-06-17T19:27:00.002-04:00

Just a little piece I did today for fun!

2009-06-16T23:12:00.003-04:00

Just a few new sketch's. I have a new painting in progress but I don't have a digital camera and my scanner is only 8 1/2 x 11 so.... yeah. I think i'm gonna start practicing inking again!

2-2

2009-06-05T01:42:00.005-04:00

Red Wings in 6.

Now that i got that out of the way, here is a new piece I've been working on as well as some sketchiesss.

Watercolor and gouache on 140 lbs watercolor paper. 9x12

Donesies!

2009-05-29T20:29:00.006-04:00

Graduated! Searching for a job/jobs. Just bought myself a nice scanner and some neat art supplies and keeping myself busy.

It's all crazy

2009-05-06T16:09:00.003-04:00

Graduation is within a week or so here and i have been busy getting ready for that as well as preparing my pieces for the student show. Here is a couple of pieces the top one is something i painted for a friend, Chris Hoobler, and the bottom is a painting I went back in and re-worked a bit.

Acrylic and ink on canvas

oil on canvas 16x20

New stuffff

2009-04-23T11:38:00.005-04:00

Calling the Botobit piece done and here is a painting for sci-fi where we had to have a dragon and a knight and a castle involved in some way.

acrylic 18x24

Photoshop 8.5x11

ArtBattle

2009-04-18T21:35:00.008-04:00

Friday night my roommate Wesley Eggebrecht and instructor Don Kilpatrick and I participated in ArtBattle which was a very fun event put on by some local artists. It consisted of around 30 or so artists and we were all working on our pieces as a large crowd would watch and vote on there favorite artwork. After around 3 hours of soaking in the spray paint fumes we were stopped and the votes were tallied up, we managed to get second place!! It was a great night and one of the funnest times I have had as an artist! Ill post a better photo of the final when I can get some time.

G2 and some quesadilla

2009-04-16T14:12:00.007-04:00

Here's an update on my botobit cover as well as a better photo of my "monster" painting.

aquafina and seven layer cake

2009-04-07T19:11:00.003-04:00

Here's the cover for the Botobit project
Got my postcards in the mail, time to start sending out!

p.s. I'm official incredibly stoked for Where the Wild Things Are, you should be too.

Somerset

2009-04-03T16:09:00.002-04:00

This is a piece for a sponsored project through Somerset mall that our school was having a little competition for. Back to writing history papers....!

Botobit

2009-04-02T12:17:00.001-04:00

I figured I would just make this a new post, this is a piece I'm working on for the Botobit book (www.botobit.com) Should have it finished around mondayish. The topic is epidemic.

Four

2009-04-01T15:39:00.004-04:00

Been very busy lately (ill update this post later with some sketchs of things im working on) I just finished my postcards and am waiting to get those in the mail and just received some business cards. trying to get some of my promotional stuff done, trying to finish lots of papers and get ready for a few tests and keep my sanity.

Here's a new painting on my easel I have been working on for my sci-fi class, we were told to just create a monster.

Zoo

2009-03-20T14:54:00.004-04:00

Here's an illustration for the Detroit zoo poster competition and below is some sketches and a WIP rough sketch for a side project.

Zoo poster

11x13 mixed media on illustration board

6 weeks?

2009-03-15T21:00:00.005-04:00

Sketchininin.

stuff

2009-03-04T15:55:00.004-05:00

South

2009-02-25T12:56:00.002-05:00

Some sketches. I should have a finished piece up some time tomorrow.

Monday

2009-02-23T14:31:00.003-05:00

Here's a piece for my sci-fi painting class, watercolour and white gouache. Below are a couple of sketches one for my senior studio and the other for my next sci-fi project.

I like to post at 5 a.m.

2009-02-12T04:56:00.002-05:00

Here is a new piece for Senior studio along with the process work.

Paint sketchin'

2009-02-05T22:38:00.005-05:00

I want to get better at painting, here's some paint sketch's. Just searching for some way of doing things that I can stick with. top ones ink n' gouache, seconds oil, third is watercolor, ink, and gouache and last is just a quick sketch.

sketchles

2009-02-03T12:01:00.003-05:00

updateroo

2009-01-29T16:37:00.003-05:00

Here's an update to my previous post and a quick sketch thing for the sketch wall, this week it was Michael Moore.

Senior studio B

2009-01-29T01:48:00.002-05:00

Here's my first piece for senior studio B, It started as a small sketch then i was going to oil paint it but started to mess around in photoshop a little bit before i started painting and got really carried away with it. It evolved into more of a cover and i'm interested in maybe making it into a short comic of some sorts. The idea behind the piece was to have a prisoner working the fields who has been chained by the thoughts of his decision for the rest of his life. I used the "party store" in the background to add more to the story, which was where he had murdered the man laying at the top of the image. 11x15 Photoshop

pushin' paint

2009-01-27T19:47:00.002-05:00

Here's a couple of oil paints (the first was for fun and the second was my first shot at a still life) and a WIP for my senior studio which will be finished by Thursday.

The beggining of the end

2009-01-26T01:39:00.007-05:00

There's a lot of stuff going on right now, here's a group of sketches. The top one is for a piece i have to get done by this Thursday and the rest are just bunches'o'fun. I'll be updating later this week with some paintings as well.

P.s. If your in the mood stop by my website www.mattbyle.com and tell me what you think of my new layout. it's a work in progress (under construction) but it'll be based off of what is already layed out.

Holiday Sketchbook part 3

2009-01-02T23:29:00.001-05:00

Moreee.

Holiday Sketchbook part 2

2008-12-30T17:11:00.004-05:00

I'm at the halfway point of my moleskin for break with a couple weeks left.

yeah, totally

2008-12-20T22:34:00.015-05:00

some christmas break moleskin scribbles.

one week till...

2008-12-06T14:16:00.009-05:00

Here's a large drop of oil paintings I have been doing lately. I'm going to try and update this post either later tonight or tomorrow with some storyboards and one more piece im going to try and push out for senior studio as well.

big dump

2008-11-23T23:24:00.009-05:00

I haven't updated in a while... here's some (random) stuff before thanksgiving.

tea

2008-11-13T15:08:00.003-05:00

Trying to have a little fun and keep my sanity. just a piece for my senior studio...

a lil somethin

2008-11-11T04:46:00.001-05:00

New look

2008-11-07T16:00:00.005-05:00

Decided to go with a simpler and cleaner look to the ol' blog. here's just a couple things i've been scribblin' on bristol. the top one is gonna be used for my senior studio class(i already showed it but i decided to add a lower body to the fella) with some adjustments and a background and the bottom two are just lil sketches.

2008-11-07T15:40:00.001-05:00

sketchinn

2008-11-04T12:02:00.002-05:00

people

2008-11-04T01:45:00.002-05:00

Here's a couple things from my portrait class on mondays. I'll post a better picture of the paintings soon enough.

yarp

2008-11-02T14:50:00.003-05:00

Here's some sketchin' and a quick paint i did. yuuup

happy halloween

2008-10-31T15:41:00.006-04:00

A lil update, just a few sketches in my free time and then a couple of storyboards from my Friday class.

October twenty something

2008-10-29T20:07:00.004-04:00

A studio shot of my cramped dorm sized creation zone

Smooth Bristol lovin

2008-10-29T01:41:00.005-04:00

Bought myself a nice new Bristol pad today and have been sketchin for plenty of hours, so fun getting a nice new smooth pad of paper. Here's a few concepts the top one is a character for something I have had in my head for a while and have been itchin' to get on paper and the second is a sketch of a "no-face" person which was something some of the other illustration students were doing and posting on one of the schools sketch walls. I got a bit carried away and wanted to hold onto mine though...

50th post!!!

2008-10-28T15:59:00.002-04:00

Here are some of my character designs for the jack and the beanstalk versions I was working on. Should be some more "concept arty" stuff up here soon!

some stuff

2008-10-28T02:50:00.003-04:00

W.I.P.

blackeye. 1hour

11

2008-10-26T22:51:00.007-04:00

here are a few shots of the shoes i just finished this evening for the vans shoe show on halloween (ill post more info later) but you better be there! it'll be sweetness.

and this is the piece of art that will go along with my shoes.

and some in class paintings of a lady you cant stay awake at her job.

time?

2008-10-19T18:00:00.011-04:00

been a while, here's some stuff I have been up too lately.
for SALE! If you are anyone you know is interested in purchasing any of my artwork shoot me an email or leave me a message, thanks!!!

Currently on my easel is a oil painting for my version of jack and the beanstalk which should be finished by Tuesday.

I wanna do stuff like this more right now, its less time consuming and much funner...

some of my process work for the "Jack" in jack and the beanstalk

A fairly random oil paint sketch

Another random photoshop sketch

A piece i finished for the dark knight show at my school

this piece has an interesting story behind it. my roommate Wesley Eggebrecht and I decided to create multiple pieces for the dark knight show but the second pieces we would finish would be something really different from our normal routine(style) and we would turn them in under a different name (my name was sani del toro) to kinda keep people guessing and have a lil fun with it. I tried a more simplistic style that was actually really fun to do and have been interested lately in trying to recreate this technique into more complicated drawings... we'll see.

Ill try to update more, but these classes are consuming me right now.

mmmmmbop

2008-09-24T19:17:00.003-04:00

Heres a lil bit of an update, the first is my finished piece for senior studio and the following is my first homework assignment for my portrait painting class.

20x8 digital

24x24 oil

rock'n'roll

2008-09-12T17:46:00.003-04:00

new siteee

2008-09-06T21:29:00.006-04:00

I have finally put up my new portfolio website!!! www.mattbyle.com check it out and let me know what ya think.

Here's a few sketches for classes i have been working on.

1 week till schooooool

2008-08-21T19:24:00.005-04:00

prolly the last update till schoool. just a few painting study things. top one is a "blood moon monk", its a character of the week challenge at conceptart.org that i thought was a cool subject so i decided to give it a shot. although i see myself either not finishing on time or finishing on time and not posting it there. the second is a gouache study i did and the last was another painter attempt. painter is almost impossible for me to use right now, just cant figure the thing out.