Back to the basics! Updated daily

[Metal Fingers]

dude, your enviros are awesome.

[matt kohr]

eesh -- it's been a while! Anyway, here's something I've been working on and off for a week or so. I started by swiping some clouds from an earlier painting, and doodling floating rocks on top.

[jskotte]

Beautiful

[BlackDelphin]

Another treat of a colour scheme!
Always a pleasure to view.

[Cyberman]

that last environment is pretty epic! I saw your wow fanart in cgsociety and f.f. pretty tight.

[oren90]

whooooaa man amazing work, the dragons, the portraits and don't forget the enviros

[Auspiciouspanda]

Hey man, Loving the sketchbook. Some really beautiful stuff. Always nice to see other SCAD students around here as well!

Really digging that last piece, absolutely gorgeous colors.
You might try defining the texture of the outer wall on the plateau. It looks like a waterfall to me but I'm a little unsure of the material.

[LAL]

I like this work,very nice, the color is beautiful.man, keep the nice work up！

[matt kohr]

thanks for the nice words, everyone!

but, ugg... no time for individual replies tonight... I can't really see straight anymore. This was going to just be a lunch time doodle (image 1) but then I looked up at the clock and my entire evening disappeared. The second two images are process that happened after I Got home from work.

[matt kohr]

I finished up the value render on this one --- on to color tomorrow at lunch!

And on the technical side, I'm excited to be adding a new input device. soon I'll include a photo of my workspace and give a quick explanation of the unorthodox tools I'm sporting.

for now, the WIP

[matt kohr]

also, a quick update on this one:

[dmoreno]

I really like how you play with colors in your paintings!! they look pretty much alive..

my crit would be to check the perspective of the helmet in your last b/w wip; although the composition looks really nice so far, and I look forward to see it finished.

Can't wait to see the picture of your workstation!!

[vertebra]

im excited to see these "unorthodox tools", those eggs are so smooth its unorthodox!

[Auspiciouspanda]

Love that ogres facial structure, really well thought out. Keep it up!!

[Eric Young]

your sketchbook is really good, you have a very cool painting style. Keep up the good work! I can't wait to see more.

[The Pariano]

Stupidly amazing stuff sir! All of your paintings are so economical in their brush strokes and your colors are fancy. I actually just finished my first year at SCAD and your ability is very inspiring!

[matt kohr]

thanks so much, everyone! Here's my lunch sketch -- it's my Syd mead challenge thumbnail.

[DSmith]

Wow...
You have some unbelieveable pieces of art here,just amazing!
The composition,the colours,the smooth strokes,the lines and everything is perfect!
My favourites are the still life paintings,because they are so lifelike!
You are very talented,congratulations on your work!
If I could have a humble request,could you check my sketchbook,and give some advice to me?I would greatly appreciate it!

[BluezAce]

Hey matt, thx for your advice about perspective training on DSmith's SB! I think it will be very useful for me too...

And (maybe you've getting tired of hearing this) very beautiful artworks!

[Eclypse]

It cool to meet another person who went to SCAD! Have you meet Jason Holt before? That man is very talented to say the least.

[mike butkus]

The Troll looks great!

[matt kohr]

Thanks guys!

d.aligh: nope, never met him. its pretty crazy how big SCAD is....

progress on the Syd Mead challenge....

[davekang]

I'm sincerely impressed! I love where you are going with Syd Mead piece too.
Keep up the good work Matt!

[matt kohr]

Thanks for the encouragement, dave! Very impressive work in your sketchbook.. wow...

progress:

[kidult]

Love the enviros! Last piece is coming on nicely

[Thujon]

Hey Matt, just looked trouhg the whole SB, really good work man! The progress is visible in every stroke, love it!
How about an update??

[Sunny]

Cool sketchbook for true! I like seeing the progressive work flow, that will really help people more than you think.

Side comment on the recent car post. I liked it in the previous version. The smoothness and elegance worked so much better. Maybe dial it back and hone in on that, just an idea.

[matt kohr]

Thanks everyone!

Sunny: right you are! I'll have to roll that one back a bit. Thanks for the feedback!

today I want to work on an entry in the CHOW, so I started with some vilpu studies.

[NickyBeats]

awesome work man! that Syd Mead challenge entry looks great so far! and i love your color work! keep pushing!

[matt kohr]

progress: