Matthew Lyons
Absolutely killer illustrations by Matthew Lyons. My first assumption was that these pieces were very old, and the work of a grizzled old artist, who had developed exceptional skill and craft over years and years of animation grunt work. I was incorrect. Matthew is actually a 21 year old student at his final year at the Loughborough University in England. He’s clearly a natural. Not only is his eye for color and composition spot on, he also clearly has a vast imagination. I want to get in my spaceship and explore each of the scenes he has presented.
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January 13th, 2010 at 11:09 am
This kid has some serious skills.
January 13th, 2010 at 11:15 am
stunning work. great find
January 13th, 2010 at 11:16 am
I want most of these on my walls at home and definitely as a computer wallpaper. That first one – Polar Employees – would be incredible as an animated cartoon.
January 13th, 2010 at 11:17 am
Funny that Mark should be the first to comment on here. I thought of Mark’s work immediately when looking at this. A totally different compositional take, but both evoke that same feeling of having travelled somewhere in a different time/place – like a parallel universe that is almost the same, but stuck in a beautiful color and textural palette where aliens and robots hang out in mountains and caves and fields and thats just the normal thing to do.
Beautiful find Alex – these are really cool.
January 13th, 2010 at 11:26 am
Whoah! Third one down… Absolutely georgious way of illustrating the ocean!
January 13th, 2010 at 11:28 am
lol @ Michael
I was seriously going to write that. Planet 4570 definitely reminded me of his work. They both love their desaturated colours and off whites too.
I’m jealous as hell. Partly because I’m a shitty illustrator, and partly because he’s a year younger than me.
January 13th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
Yeah, this guy is awesome.
January 13th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
F-ing greatness indeed.
January 13th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
[...] concur with Kitsune Noir and ISO50: Matthew Lyons is [...]
January 13th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
These are great- file under young artists so talented that it angers you
January 13th, 2010 at 1:34 pm
This dude is serious! Mad good.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:24 pm
Those illustrations are actually f**king incredible. I’m finding it hard to rationalize how a 21 year old could produce such mature artwork.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:53 pm
These are excellent! I love the retro feel they have.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:04 pm
I wonder if Pixar is in his future.
January 13th, 2010 at 6:53 pm
Really beautiful and creative work. Great find! I love that building lying over the ocean.
January 13th, 2010 at 7:34 pm
They must be mine. Where can I purchase? Tell me quick, before I die from the awesome.
January 13th, 2010 at 7:46 pm
Stunning illustrations. The typography needs work, but again, the illustrative work is a TEN!
January 13th, 2010 at 8:01 pm
Such talent!
It’s interesting to see such young talent emerging.
January 14th, 2010 at 12:05 am
great illustrations!…even better that he’s representing the youngin’s.
January 14th, 2010 at 12:48 am
NICE!
I’d love to see some of these animated, they are so well stylized. This guy has a great future ahead of him!
Thanks for sharing
January 14th, 2010 at 4:56 am
Unbeaten! It has a story and mood.
See also http://orlov-...ejournal.com.
Russian illustrator Iv Orlov
January 14th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
In my humble opinion, the “Late Night” illustration is best because it avoids the scthickiness (I hereby copyright that word) of the others. The angularity, and textures are absorbed pleasantly by the realism.
I enjoyed looking at the Russian illustrator of the previous post.
January 15th, 2010 at 9:48 am
[...] via ISO50 [...]
January 15th, 2010 at 1:18 pm
[...] and inspired by these images from Matthew Lyons. I originally ran across Matthew’s work on Scott Hansen’s (ISO50) blog. These give me a sense that I’m looking at an alternate version of the 1960s, but in the [...]
January 28th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
That guy is amazing. The way he plays with the lights, the textures and brushes he uses. I look at it and cannot quite understand how he did that. I just love it!
February 8th, 2010 at 10:00 pm
Amazing color and typography , ISO50 should have an interview with him