Misha Matchette Online Portfolio
The Truth Revealed
This was actually the first fully fledged Photoshop piece that I completed. The goal for this piece was to create a girl who was a member of the LGBT community who knows who she is but is only beginning to express her true self. Looking back on it now, I realize that I probably make it a cleaner piece but for me, it is important to remind myself of where I came from less than two years ago.
Binary
This piece was inspired by a book I wrote for NaNoWriMo, which is when you try to write a full length novel in a month. The book focuses on a perfectly balanced society made up of Ones and Zeros. In typical utopian's novel fashion, this caste system is heavily enforced, hence “They have you forever.” The technology based society is echoed in style of the poster, including the binary code which makes up the background.
Behind the Scenes
This piece was inspired by what I wanted to do after graduating college. At that point in time, I wanted to be a movie editor. Now, I hope to either do CGI work for movies or be a 3D game video game artist. This was my first exploration into paper cut out work, a style which I found to enjoy.
Today's Objective
This piece was originally created as a poster for Earth Day. When I was creating it, I decided I didn’t want to make it as a celebration of Earth but rather a warning of what could happen if we continue to ignore the problems that Earth is facing in favor of our own entertainment.
Lotus
This piece was originally done as a poster for a yoga club just for practice. About halfway through I thought it would look better as just something with clean graphics. The calming colors and poses still echoes the theme of yoga but I feel it is more peaceful this way as opposed to one with words that I originally was planning on making.
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