professional practice 5

had a workshop on biographies and what/how to write them, here's what I came up with

''Well recognised in the field of Illustration, Lawrence Matthews grew up in the small town of Sidmouth in England. This was where he first discovered his passion and aptitude for drawing. Educated at the Exeter college of Art and Design, then later graduating from the Arts University Bournemouth, he showed a great amount of skill in illustration, later choosing to make a career out of his passion as a professional illustrator.

Personally identifying as a “Super Geek”. His love of pop culture, Japanese illustrations and Anime, works of science fiction and fantasy have obviously influenced his work. 

The themes of his practice has helps him deal with personal experiences with past illness both mental and physical. these experiences have lead to his mantra of learning as much as he can. he has a great love of learning new skills and techniques and has always said that there is so much to learn and we get so little time to learn it. This varied approach in the way he creates and utilizes this diverse way of making, which is then refined depending of the brief.

Proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Flash, Toon Boom, and all manner of traditional mediums, he has always credited caffeine as his greatest resource due to his nocturnal nature and somewhat vampire like feelings in regards to the sun.

His personal work gravitates towards character design and story boarding for his current self initiated project of picture book making, experimenting with graphic novel and manga styles.

His work personifies the juxtaposition between comedy and tragedy with his favorite subjects being dystopian in nature.

Most recently he has developed an interest in model making and casting, exploring how 3D can be used to present marketable illustration and design."

Also a first person statement:

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bonus drawing: