Back to the basics! Updated daily

[Aresa]

Hello! I just wanted to say that your tutorial blog site is very helpful and I'm learning a lot from it. Your work is fantastic as well. Those dragons you did a few post back were great. The rendering was beautiful and I like how much depth you put into them. Great textures in the last post as well. Keep up the amazing work and thank you for your blog!

[razv23]

pure awesomeness!!!!

thank you for those unbelievably helpful videos.

[fantasyartist]

Hey Matt, I just dropped by to say thank you for those amazingly helpful videos. Keep rockin'!

[Nkristian]

great sketchbook and youre website ctrlpaint has been very useful to me. any chance you can show how you make some studies on color? color relationship. temperature and add it to you're website.

[matt kohr]

Thanks, everyone! I've got some more time for personal art this week and next, so I hope to generate a few more pieces. This one was designed in Sketchup.

[NickyBeats]

amazing work man! all of these tutorials are pretty sweet! now im off the cntrl paint to see the rest of them!

[rumpenstiltzkin]

wow nice work, love the finished look of the big truck-thing, what it is called x)
never got a good grasp of sketchup but seeing stuff like this always makes me try again

[mat04art]

Wow, you've got amazing stuff inside here! I especially like the progress of the digger. The finished picture looks really cool. Very inspring!
Keep it up!

[Pedro Ferreira]

damn dude you are such a good teacher,those tutorials are so helpfull!
just 1 thing! How do you put an image(reference) next to the canvas(like in the values video)?
when I paint from a reference I open the reference and then I out the reference in a floating window...

[NickyBeats]

ok. i just have to say that your website is amazing. i was just on there watching lots of great tutorial videos, and i am about to go download sketchup and start experimenting. you have just refilled my inspiration meter, and for that, i thank ya kindly!!!

[matt kohr]

I've been somewhat delinquent on personal art lately, but here are some photo study sketch/paintings, and some of the new ctrlPaint tutorial videos. If you haven't been to the site yet, you should totally check it out!

www.ctrlpaint.com

[GEB]

Nice videos man, very useful

[jt4470]

Just bought your video (the painting greyscale to color one) and it's probably one of the best painting videos I've seen (and I've seen a ton). Nice, straight to the point, and easy explanations.
I was curious what you did with the color dodge though (or was it linear dodge?)
Was it for the special effects?

[matt kohr]

hey jt4470, yes. Usually when I use color dodge it's to make things glow, which seems to happen a lot with special effects / magic

I'm glad you liked the videos!

[CarlSpringer]

i love the simplicity of the feature yet they still convey so much expression,also awesome tutorial as well @Matt

[jt4470]

Oh nice Matt, so all the pieces so far in you sketchbook haev used this method? "glaze, temp layers, smudging, opaque layers, then color and color dodge to do effects?

[teapo]

shit. you make me want to brush up on the sketchup skills mad props. good stuff and i'm grateful to have you sharing your knowledge with the art community!

[surus]

Thanks for the tutorials. Could you post some about cast drawing stuff according to you "practice in greyscale tips"? I think, all the shadow / plane stuff is also helpful for pencil addicts like me.

[bensrayan]

Hi Matt, i saw all videos on your web site: ctrlpaint, and it's just amazing, i love your way to share your knowledge, it's just what a beginner should knows about digital painting.
thank you for all efforts you've made.

[TeDD]

Absolutely awesome Matt. I really find your video tutorials most helpful. I need to upgrade my skills and you've provided fantastic content for people like me, for free!
Thank you very much. Also you have a great voice for tutorials
Keep up the awesome work.
PS - I really need to build me one of those tables you made, sitting for so long is not good, my back hates me...)

[Lightship69]

Hi matey

This sketchbook is officially inspirational, and I have subscribed. I love what you have done here and what you have posted, thanks a lot for putting it up.

all the best to you matey.

[MarcSampson]

hey matt whats wrong with your bloq?

[Mark Tarrisse]

Hi Matt, really cool stuff as usual !
I love what your doing on ctrl paint, I wish you had done this when I was starting digital painting a couple of years ago (it would have saved me a lot of time!) ^^
But as I admire a lot the effort you're putting into this, I've shared your link in DA, hope a few people with take a look

Anyway keep up the awesome work man !

[matt kohr]

Thanks! Yeah, CtrlPaint has been a huge surprise for me... I never expected the response it's gotten

And finally, a new drawing!

[Cold]

Someone, gave me your link to your SB coz i they saw me drawing spheres of materials... Besides that i think your got an awesome sketchbook, keep rockin.

[NickyBeats]

that last one looks amazing Matt!! congrats on the website man!! its looking awesome!

[andres333]

amazing art and thanks for sharing that link

[JakehC]

i want to be like you...

[yongs]

wow! awesome! and thank you so much for the ctrlpaint stuffs. They're really inspirational

[matt kohr]

Thanks, everyone! Here is a new piece -- including some of my tight thumbs. Also, I'm available for freelance work - so don't hesitate to drop me a line.