urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:stikmancomics Comics, illustration, art and design stikmancomics 2009-03-31T11:49:51Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:stikmancomics:133947 2009-03-31T11:49:51Z 2009-03-31T11:49:51Z Here is the LiveJournal feed for my blog,<a href="http://syndicated.livejournal.com/matthuynhrss/profile"><img width="16" height="16" style="border: 0pt none ; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 1px;" alt="[info]" src="http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/syndicated.gif" /></a><a href="http://syndicated.livejournal.com/matthuynhrss/"><b>matthuynhrss</b></a>, which has packed up and relocated over to my website <a href="http://www.matthuynh.com">http://www.matthuynh.com</a>. <br />Thanks <span class='ljuser' lj:user='fluffyduck' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://fluffyduck.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://fluffyduck.livejournal.com/'><b>fluffyduck</b></a></span>&nbsp;!<br /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:stikmancomics:133851 2009-02-04T16:22:27Z 2009-02-04T16:29:41Z <div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br />&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 80px;">Please note that all my future blog-tivity will be found at my website - <a href="http://www.matthuynh.com">http://www.matthuynh.com</a>. <br />Here is the <a href="http://www.matthuynh.com/news/?feed=rss2">RSS address</a> for the savvy - thanks for all the good times LiveJournal-ers!</div><br /><br /><br /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:stikmancomics:133501 2009-02-04T16:11:58Z 2009-02-04T16:11:58Z <img src="http://www.matthuynh.com/blog/Invitation_DSP.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />See you there! Here's a sneak peek -<br /><br /><img src="http://www.matthuynh.com/blog/das_preview.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:stikmancomics:133213 2009-02-04T15:57:14Z 2009-02-04T15:57:14Z <img src="http://www.matthuynh.com/blog/dassuperpaper.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />I'm on the cover of #2 of Sydney's new and free Arts street press,<a href="http://www.dassuperpaper.com/"> Das Super Paper.</a><br /><br /><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><em>Das Superpaper</em> fills the gap between high-end,<br /> high-priced art periodicals and a street-press community<br /> that finds its art between gig guides and social photos.<br /> With this divide it is hard for a public, not embedded<br /> in exhibition openings and art-schools, to remain<br /> up-to-date with the art world. Our aim is to bring<br /> Australia&rsquo;s best up-and-coming artists and their works<br /> to the wider readers of street-press publications.<br />&nbsp;</div>There is also a ten page feature on myself inside.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.matthuynh.com/blog/DSP_ISSUE_2.pdf">Read the issue in its entirety.<br /></a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:stikmancomics:133010 2009-02-04T15:52:54Z 2009-02-04T15:52:54Z <img src="http://www.matthuynh.com/blog/bw.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />I love the new promotional package from the <a href="http://www.jackywinter.com/">Jacky Winter group </a>- an exquisite corpse style card game in vintage packaging, with three distinct flip animations under each deck and a book of illustration work. My contribution appears above.<br /><br />Take a look behind the scenes at <a href="http://blog.jackywinter.com/2008/10/06/six-months-of-promo-in-pictures/">the making of this package.</a><br /><br /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:stikmancomics:132849 2009-02-04T15:46:17Z 2009-02-04T15:47:30Z <img src="http://www.matthuynh.com/blog/acrobatpromo.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />I've just returned to sunny Sydney after a whirlwind three month <a href="http://www.dhub.org/articles/1112">worldwide traveling scholarship </a>trip I undertook to develop my comics practice. I had the good fortune to meet and work alongside some of my greatest inspirations, including<a href="http://www.jilliantamaki.com/"> Jillian&nbsp;Tamaki</a>, <a href="http://www.sampaints.com/">Sam Weber,</a> <a href="http://www.toon-books.com/about_francoise.php">Francoise Mouly</a>, <a href="http://www.toon-books.com/about_art.php">Art Spiegelman</a>, <a href="http://www.mattmadden.com/">Matt Madden</a>, <a href="http://jessicaabel.com/">Jessica Abel,</a> <a href="http://yukoart.com/">Yuko Shimizu,</a> <a href="http://davechoe.blogspot.com/">Dave Choe</a>, <a href="http://www.seabread.com/">R. Kikuo Johnson</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.danicanovgorodoff.com/">Danica Novgorodoff,</a> <a href="http://www.paolorivera.com/">Paolo Rivera,</a> <a href="http://www.gbtran.com/">G.B. Tran, </a><a href="http://www.bryan-talbot.com">Bryan&nbsp;Talbot,</a> <a href="http://www.leviathan.co.uk/">Peter Blegvad, </a><a href="http://www.klimowski.com/">Andrzej&nbsp;Klimowski,</a> <a href="http://www.random-international.com/">random International,</a> <a href="http://www.mr-jones.org/">Crispin Jones,</a> <a href="http://www.selfmadehero.com/manga_shakespeare/manga_team.html">Manga Shakespeare's Emma Hayley and Doug&nbsp;Wallace, </a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Sabin">Roger Sabin</a>, <a href="http://www.simonelia.com/">Simone Lia, </a><a href="http://mcbess.com/">McBess</a>, <a href="http://www.katieyamasaki.com/">Katie Yamasaki</a>, <a href="http://kiteretsu.robot.co.jp/akinobox/">Akino&nbsp;Kondoh,</a> <a href="http://a-new-elegant-universe.blogspot.com/">Ulises Farinas</a> and <a href="http://www.neilswaab.com/">Neil Swabb</a>. More on this later!<br /><br />In the meantime, here are some postcards featuring my work.<br /><br /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:stikmancomics:132559 2008-12-24T06:07:27Z 2008-12-24T06:07:27Z <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stikmancomics/3132814078/" title="snowman by stikmancomics, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3224/3132814078_49cdcb9d86_o.jpg" width="650" height="867" alt="snowman" /></a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:stikmancomics:132189 2008-12-19T06:50:43Z 2008-12-19T06:57:18Z <div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="http://www.australianedge.net/2008/12/matt-huynh/"><img alt="" src="http://www.matthuynh.com/blog/austedge.jpg" /></a><br /><br />I'm featured on the Australian creative showcase website, <a href="http://www.australianedge.net/2008/12/matt-huynh/"><strong>Australian Edge</strong></a>.<br />&nbsp;</div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:stikmancomics:131949 2008-12-14T06:17:24Z 2008-12-14T06:17:24Z <br /><a title="Gabe by stikmancomics, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stikmancomics/3006544293/"><img width="620" height="877" alt="Gabe" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3165/3006544293_b052508756_o.jpg" /></a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:stikmancomics:131792 2008-12-12T03:16:40Z 2008-12-12T03:16:40Z <a href="http://benchilada.livejournal.com/738917.html?page=4#comments"><img src="http://www.matthuynh.com/blog/bigshill.jpg" alt="" /></a><br />Buy stuff, sell stuff.<br /><br /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:stikmancomics:131413 2008-12-11T19:57:25Z 2008-12-11T19:57:25Z <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stikmancomics/3097722425/" title="middle of the road (city) by stikmancomics, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3083/3097722425_3237c169d0_o.jpg" width="650" height="488" alt="middle of the road (city)" /></a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:stikmancomics:131094 2008-12-11T19:56:50Z 2008-12-11T19:56:50Z <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stikmancomics/3097722325/" title="middle of the road (country) by stikmancomics, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3129/3097722325_aa6d557a99_o.jpg" width="650" height="488" alt="middle of the road (country)" /></a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:stikmancomics:130852 2008-12-11T19:56:17Z 2008-12-11T19:56:17Z <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stikmancomics/3098557254/" title="middle of the road by stikmancomics, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3223/3098557254_18171b4f30_o.jpg" width="650" height="488" alt="middle of the road" /></a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:stikmancomics:130622 2008-12-10T17:59:42Z 2008-12-10T17:59:42Z <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stikmancomics/3094157237/" title="unresponsive horse by stikmancomics, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3107/3094157237_ec71ecf490_o.jpg" width="650" height="488" alt="unresponsive horse" /></a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:stikmancomics:130334 2008-12-10T17:59:07Z 2008-12-10T17:59:07Z <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stikmancomics/3094998298/" title="cold and cliquey sheep by stikmancomics, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3052/3094998298_89f671103d_o.jpg" width="650" height="488" alt="cold and cliquey sheep" /></a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:stikmancomics:130243 2008-12-10T17:58:09Z 2008-12-10T17:58:09Z <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stikmancomics/3094998388/" title="cold and lonesome apple by stikmancomics, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3128/3094998388_676037e523_o.jpg" width="650" height="488" alt="cold and lonesome apple" /></a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:stikmancomics:130033 2008-12-09T06:07:23Z 2008-12-09T06:07:34Z <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stikmancomics/3049288313/" title="rooftops by stikmancomics, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3287/3049288313_1ec75cb7b9_o.jpg" width="650" height="867" alt="rooftops" /></a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:stikmancomics:129629 2008-12-09T06:06:50Z 2008-12-09T06:06:50Z <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stikmancomics/3050127942/" title="closed window by stikmancomics, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3023/3050127942_25fa356878_o.jpg" width="650" height="488" alt="closed window" /></a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:stikmancomics:129401 2008-12-06T06:28:32Z 2008-12-06T06:31:43Z <div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.viaalley.com/products/media-book/midnight-morning-6/"><img alt="" src="http://www.matthuynh.com/blog/midnight-morning_cover.jpg" /></a><br /><br />My illustration book, <a href="http://www.popperbox.com/midnightmorning/">Midnight Morning</a>, is now available for purchase from <a href="http://www.viaalley.com/products/media-book/midnight-morning-6/">Via Alley.</a><br />&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: left;">Shop 2, 289 Liverpool Street<br /> Darlinghurst NSW 2010</div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:stikmancomics:129275 2008-12-04T08:12:26Z 2008-12-04T08:12:26Z <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator/howto/?promoid=DRHWY"><img src="http://www.matthuynh.com/blog/shell_city_final_650.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /><br />The above image was developed as content for Adobe's new Illustrator CS4 program. I don't usually work in vectors, but this was a lot of fun to do and I honestly found Illustrator CS4 a pleasure to use. A full tutorial as well as the illustrator file is available from<a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator/howto/?promoid=DRHWY"><strong> Adobe's Illustrator CS4 resource page.</strong></a><br /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:stikmancomics:128901 2008-11-30T14:10:33Z 2008-11-30T14:10:33Z <div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br />I'm featured on <a href="http://designtavern.com/2008/11/30/matt-huynh-illustrator-and-visual-aritst/">Design&nbsp;Tavern</a>, an Australian arts and architecture portal.<br /><br /><br /><br />&nbsp;</div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:stikmancomics:128559 2008-11-30T06:13:52Z 2008-11-30T06:13:59Z <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stikmancomics/3070382914/" title="Flying lights by stikmancomics, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3162/3070382914_d0fcf19d97_o.jpg" width="650" height="867" alt="Flying lights" /></a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:stikmancomics:128274 2008-11-23T10:41:06Z 2008-11-23T10:41:06Z <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stikmancomics/3049288585/" title="Lantern wall by stikmancomics, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3055/3049288585_546c031f99_o.jpg" width="650" height="488" alt="Lantern wall" /></a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:stikmancomics:128144 2008-11-22T11:21:27Z 2008-11-22T11:21:27Z <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stikmancomics/3050127858/" title="field of lights by stikmancomics, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3252/3050127858_674a54d514_o.jpg" width="650" height="488" alt="field of lights" /></a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:stikmancomics:127839 2008-11-04T16:17:52Z 2008-11-04T16:17:52Z <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://myspace.com/vraw"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3181/3003137216_ebe8e27c08_o.jpg" alt="" /></a></div><br />This was developed for <a href="http://myspace.com/vraw">V-Raw's Myspace</a> campaign and is available for <a href="http://myspace.com/vraw">download</a> from their site as this month's featured wallpaper/calendar.<br /><br />