matthew scott illustration

birthday 3

2011-12-17T09:24:00.000-08:00

Another commissioned birthday card.

With raised balloons and butterflies.

This copy is minus the extra glitter and sparkles...

tiki

2011-12-17T09:17:00.001-08:00

mix

2011-12-17T09:16:00.000-08:00

Birthday 2

2011-12-12T02:25:00.001-08:00

Another recently commissioned birthday card

this one is die cut and folds open

to reveal more penguins.

this dummy version is missing the text

have a " brrr... brrr... brrrilliant birthday!"

Happy Birthday!

2011-12-07T11:31:00.000-08:00

The first of many birthday cards

that i worked on earlier this year.

LIMITED PRINTS FOR SALE

2011-12-04T14:42:00.000-08:00

I've added some new artwork for sale in my shop.

each limited piece is signed dated and numbered.

Click HERE to order.

tote

2011-12-04T14:39:00.001-08:00

PUZZLE ISLAND

2011-10-19T04:16:00.000-07:00

A few sample pages from my new book 'Puzzle Island'

It's a big book with lots of different puzzles and games.

I'll post more artwork and news

about the release date soon!!

-

2011-09-06T06:31:00.000-07:00

Big book announcement

and Lots of new work coming soon...

Cupcake Yourself

2011-03-21T14:36:00.000-07:00

Some of the artwork i produced for Cupcake Yourself,

a brand new website thats recently launched.

does this sparkle with everyone?

you can see the rest at the site

CLICK HERE

2011 CALENDAR - ON SALE NOW!!!

2010-11-11T06:36:00.000-08:00

2011 Calendar now on sale!

Professionally printed and bound.

each calendar will be signed and numbered.

(limited to only 100!!!)

beautifully printed onto heavy stock card.

any questions just ask.

i'll make sure all orders are sent out next day and in time for christmas

CLICK HERE TO ORDER

full sail...

2010-09-27T04:59:00.000-07:00

spread design for a book project

If you can find both of the cats award yourself with a cookie

pup

2010-09-27T04:33:00.000-07:00

yet again, a very quick piece for a children's educational magazine

family

2010-09-04T15:41:00.000-07:00

happy family portrait.

Another children's educational magazine vignette...

breakfast in bed

2010-09-02T07:37:00.000-07:00

breakfast in bed, for a children's educational magazine.

The dog was going to be carrying a trail of sausages but

the dangers of children cooking with a frying pan were against me.

happy upside down day

2010-08-30T15:49:00.001-07:00

another piece for a children's educational magazine.

educating children just how important it is to swing upside-down...

from trees...

New prints for sale

2010-08-30T15:40:00.001-07:00

I've added a few more pieces for sale in my shop.

each limited print is signed dated and numbered.

clicky HERE

celebration

2010-08-29T15:38:00.000-07:00

First in a series of images for a children's educational magazine,

a young girl ponders the various joyous occasions throughout the year

gigi and benedict

2010-08-16T07:22:00.000-07:00

hula

2010-08-15T03:50:00.000-07:00

over the meadow and through the woods...

2010-08-15T03:43:00.000-07:00

courier

2010-08-14T09:26:00.000-07:00

beachfront

2010-08-12T15:14:00.000-07:00

living off the land, sea and sky

2010-08-07T17:49:00.000-07:00

one stitch at a time

2010-08-07T14:53:00.000-07:00

he's got a ticket to ride...

2010-08-03T10:03:00.000-07:00

playtime park

2010-08-03T09:11:00.001-07:00

a small flash animation game for Scholastics education,

with bits and pieces moving and making lots of wonderful sounds.

I'll post a link to the game once it's available.

ocklynge

2010-07-16T04:48:00.000-07:00

LIMITED SIGNED PRINTS FOR SALE

2010-07-16T03:15:00.000-07:00

Just a little shameless advertising......

My shop is now back up and running and i have some limited,

signed prints for sale yet again.

each piece is lovingly printed,signed, dated and numbered.

If your looking for a piece thats currently not for sale,

just get in touch and i'll see what i can do.

Clicky HERE

space cadet bobby

2010-06-08T06:56:00.000-07:00

cookies

2010-06-07T14:30:00.000-07:00

land ahoy!

2010-06-06T13:00:00.000-07:00

explorer

2010-06-05T14:02:00.000-07:00

another really quick piece, i'm starting to enjoy working

at a faster pace and not putting myself under as much

pressure and stress as i normally do.

oh so many more coming...

Feast

2010-06-04T10:37:00.000-07:00

yea...

2010-06-03T10:59:00.000-07:00

king raam

2010-06-02T09:53:00.001-07:00

the final delivery

2010-05-31T17:27:00.000-07:00

expressions

2010-05-27T04:00:00.000-07:00

really quick commission showing various expressions.

Some recent projects have helped me learn to work a lot faster

and not to spend forever tweaking small bits that won't be be noticed

by anyone but myself. (at least i hope so..)

Sun

2010-05-25T14:30:00.001-07:00

crew

2010-05-16T06:49:00.000-07:00

some members of the team, one of them sadly jumped ship...

1. first mate laurence the walrus from florence

2. caesar chimp the swabbie wimp

3. seaman shrew the fastest of the crew

bo-bo's

2010-05-09T10:03:00.001-07:00

witch, tell us the color...

2010-04-19T09:26:00.000-07:00

Skip over...

2010-04-14T14:19:00.000-07:00

premonition

2010-04-08T13:21:00.000-07:00

jigsaw

2010-04-06T12:51:00.000-07:00

small vignette which was part of a business card design request

1%

2010-03-18T06:40:00.001-07:00

bookend...

2010-02-22T15:21:00.000-08:00

another piece from a recent book project.

again, not one of the main pages but an endpaper of sorts

Owl post

2010-02-15T13:22:00.000-08:00

A small preview for one of my upcoming (long overdue)

Children's books that has been very painful

and troublesome to produce....

the first cut is the deepest i guess.

If you were quick enough to see the last image

i posted and then hastily removed, i apologise.

A media embargo of sorts still exists.....kind of......

leaving me only able to show you the b sides.

INTERVIEW WITH LITTLE CHIMP

2010-02-08T04:35:00.000-08:00

i recently finished an interview with little chimp society,

if you click on the link you can find out all kinds of great secrets

like what i really think about ant and dec....

shout-out to Jane and Darren Di Lieto for all their help.

LINK

Cartoon Network- Elliot's zoo

2010-01-27T06:29:00.000-08:00

Some video snapshots from the animation i helped out on last year at the Cartoon Network development studios in London.

The show is called Elliot's zoo and was created by Dave Needham.

It was a big change for me to be working alongside so many other people but i learnt a lot in a short amount of time and finally realised how much time i would save if i bought a wacom.

decay...

2010-01-22T15:17:00.000-08:00

another urban decay piece.

it's nice to return to a project after a three year absence,

i'm a little slow and rusty with these images but i think i should

hopefully begin to pick up pace after a few more.

urban decay...

2010-01-22T15:08:00.000-08:00

another urban decay piece, it's nice to return to a project after a two year absence...

i'm beginning to remember a lot

2 years wasn't enough...

2010-01-20T13:10:00.000-08:00

having a clean through my hard drive i stumbled upon a lot of old university pieces including around 2 years worth of urban decay watercolors. I also found a lot of sketches which were unfinished so i've decided to go back and finish some of them

and start a few new pieces.....

Christine Newton, if by any chance your reading this

my hat comes off to you...

sundown serenade

2010-01-10T08:24:00.000-08:00

Trying to loosen and speed up my image making.

it's my best/worst asset that i find it hard to not keep adding

more and more to my images so i'm trying to force myself

to keep it simple sometimes.

the western bar and haystacks/cowskulls will sadly have to wait....

Mountain Wolf

2010-01-07T06:07:00.000-08:00

hello 2010... i'm ready for you now,

don't even think about pulling a 2009 on me......

MINI BOOK - 'THE DIVER' NOW ON SALE

2010-01-05T04:01:00.000-08:00

My first mini book 'THE DIVER' made back in 2007 and winner of the cheltenham illustration awards is now on sale over in my etsy shop, its a short book but at a low cost so hopefully someone will buy one.....maybe even you....

LINK

Animalphabet

2009-12-19T16:52:00.000-08:00

part of my animalphabet, i have the full set finished but i'm still playing around with the design of the whole piece....

ON THE ROAD AGAIN...

2009-11-29T14:25:00.000-08:00

2010 calendar

2009-11-11T12:49:00.000-08:00

2010 calendar is now finished and ready to purchase from my etsy shop, each one is professionally printed and bound.

i'm really pleased with how they turned out

and am sure you will too........

each one is signed and numbered, limited to 50 copies

SHOP

hour

2009-10-28T08:50:00.000-07:00

pots

2009-10-24T09:13:00.000-07:00

i think i just missed another summer...

2009-08-31T15:35:00.000-07:00

pika land interview

2009-07-14T08:53:00.001-07:00

I have an interview up at pika land please have a look and fell free to give any comments, your feedback is always welcomed.

LINK

OXFORD PRESS

2009-06-19T06:06:00.001-07:00

Some more artwork from my recent book working with Oxford Press on a new series of books.

It's been great to work with a such a short and strict time limit as it's forced me to be a little less precious and more spontaneous with my images

NIckelodeon magazine

2009-06-19T05:49:00.000-07:00

I recently received a copy of Nickelodeon magazine with my cover for the comic section inside.

I was a little worried it would print too dark

but thankfully it was just right.

Thanks again to Chris Duffy and Caitlin Keegan for all there help

footsteps on the roof...

2009-06-04T17:51:00.000-07:00

Been really busy lately with a book for oxford press and i'm still working away at my first major childrens book for simon and schuster so i haven't had any time to post updates, now that these projects are moving along i can continue with updates,

the images above are 2 small pieces from my book with oxford press, a mythical tale based on native american folklore.

i'll post more images from the book shortly...

2009-04-05T12:31:00.000-07:00

Another personal piece.

I had a lazy sunday i thought i would stay in, this is the outcome...

pop apricot

2009-03-05T14:43:00.001-08:00

The very talented animator and etsy conqueror Julia pott has posted an article about my work on her new site dedicated to selections of artists and designers.

the site is called pop apricot and features some very nice work from a wide range of people

the link to my article can be found HERE

i also seriously recommend the following animation which i seem to have had on constant repeat for some time now.

Kirsten lepore and friends

i can only bow down to your magnificance...

watch the full animation via pop apricot HERE (turn up the volume)

MODERN CLASSICS

2009-03-05T11:26:00.000-08:00

The kind author of modernclassics has put up a selection of my work on her website,

you can view the full article HERE

thanks jaimee

Nickelodeon magazine

2009-03-04T13:15:00.001-08:00

My cover design for nickelodeon magazine's comic book

available may 2009

this was a great project to work on, all of the people at nickelodeon magazine have been incredibly helpful and very nice about my illustrations,

i can't wait to work on a project with them again.

i'm particularly pleased with the lion sitting at the computer, his expression resembles my own after 2 days of solid computer work, slightly comotosed and distant

FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT

2009-02-02T07:54:00.000-08:00

My etsy shop is now up and running.

A3 PRINTS are available and my final remaining packs of postcards are also on sale

artist and illustrators magazine

2009-02-01T04:13:00.000-08:00

another article about my work was featured in Artist and Illustrators magazine last december, big thanks to Steve Pill for the review

yes i really do guarantee there not watching TV right now.......

(click pic for full scan)

Rum and Meredith

2009-01-31T06:09:00.000-08:00

another early concept piece for my 2nd/3rd childrens book currently in progress.

(Rum encounters meredith the octopus)

2008-11-29T03:57:00.000-08:00

another commission,

this time a great request, someone wanted a giraffe drawn with thorny branches below and green leaves high up, personally i can't think of a more enjoyable commission.

the final image changed drastically color wise, but for the better, the decision to move away from the typical overly bright oranges/reds worked really well.

2008-11-29T03:50:00.000-08:00

my attempt at a christmas card, the image is folded and then placed into a card which has holes in to lead the viewer around the poster before he/she opens it up to discover what's really happening.

i probably should have just drawn a reindeer on the front of a card to save time but i can't leave seem to leave anything simple, the extra time and energy was worth it i think, i hope so anyway

1924

2008-10-27T14:22:00.000-07:00

My website has been updated with newer pieces and a small re-design.

also my first book 'the diver' won first place in the student category of the cheltenham illustration awards.......

nice to know those days locked away during last years summer were worth it.

Also the shop on my website is almost done, i will be selling framed prints at very cheap prices.

in the meantime just contact me via email if there are any pieces of artwork you would like.

-1924-

2008-10-02T04:16:00.000-07:00

new article about me and my dodgy eyes up on the kingston press website...

shades of khaki?

link to full article below

http://www.kingston.ac.uk/pressoffice/latestnews/2008/october/1-I-never-wanted-to-be-a-pilot-anyway-says-artist-on-landing-major-book-deal/

bears

2008-09-15T09:47:00.000-07:00

postcards

2008-09-02T05:43:00.001-07:00

my packs of 10 postcards are now available on etsy, all were painstakingly handmade by myself in between my recent exhibitons.
i only have 6 packs left from an edition of 20 so better move fast........
http://divinepaperhouse.etsy.com

welcome

2008-09-02T05:38:00.000-07:00

welcome to my new blog
i will mainly upload new pieces here as well as a few oldies
whilst my website is being ignored
(dam you flash)
please let me know what you think
i am currently excepting freelance work whilst my first childrens book is in the early stages of production