Featured Artist | Matthew Taylor Wilson
You may recognize this month's featured artist, he is well known amongst Studio Calico enthusiasts. Matthew Taylor Wilson, is the head in house designer for Studio Calico. Matt is always making us laugh with his perfectly timed one liners and making us smile with his perfectly unique designs. Many of the items in your kit this month were designed by Matt (aka @thewellkeptthing) and we like to brag on him now and then. Look for Matt and follow his updates on studiocalico.com/meet-the-team.
What's your role at Studio Calico?
I'm the Sr. Designer at SC and my role is to design product. I do a lot of that. I draw, paint, stamp, jump, cartwheel, breakdance & consume caffeinated beverages to make whatever it is that I'm tasked with producing.
Can you tell us about your creative process? What mediums do you work with, what inspires you?
My process is a simple one: I draw stuff whenever possible. That is the short version. The more detailed version is that I draw everything and then I used the Adobe Creative Suite because it's industry standard and you can't get away from it. I have a pentel colorbrush that I use & love. It gets used as often as I can work it in. I work mostly in black & white, which has always just kinda been a preference of mine but it also stems from my impatience with scanners. If I draw everything in high contrast black & white I can use my iphone to take a photo. It's not the industry recommended process for digitizing traditional media but...I'm punk. I don't care. I clean up the lines and shapes to an acceptable degree in photoshop and use a tracing program (that will remain nameless because you can't give away all your secrets). Once it's vector I can better manipulate the images into whatever I need them to be. That is the general idea for most of my work.
We’d love to see more of your art! Could you share a couple of your favorite projects?
I did a series of illustrations for Goodreads.com when they started sending a Young Adult Newsletter. That was a fun project. It was a really loose, collaborative project and they were super fun to work with.
You can also find me here : http://society6.com/thewellkeptthing
Would you mind giving us a peek into your creative space?
Thank you, Matthew, for giving us a peek behind the scenes!
I'm actually so glad you posted this...I wanted to send Matt some love after I saw that he designed things in the August kit. You're a wonderful artist! Thanks for sharing your gifts and talents with all of us! Absolutely love the artwork you shared and the art on the link. I hope we get to see even more of you're awesome work in the future! Maybe some more of your quotes and hand drawn things because those would be incredible as PL cards - just saying.
I'm in awe and completely jealous and envious of your talent. Do you need an intern because I want to learn how to do that. LoL just joking - actually no I'm not.
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P.S. My favourite of your prints is the "I love you in the morning" and the "Tea Time. Anytime" ones. Can those please, please, please, please, .... please be made into PL Cards!!!!!!! Please.
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I love your print titled "buildings!"
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You rock.
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So glad you get to do what you love! Draw away!
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Seriously awesome. Now I know where to get a cool shower curtain! Hello, had no idea you sold your art like that! Love it all! And love that you are here with Studio Calico.
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You are my fave and I love you!
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Loved reading this! You are awesome.
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u are totally awesome.
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Go Matthew! Love ya! :)
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This is so great! I loved reading a bit about his process and seeing his workspace. Very cool!
I love your work, Matthew! Thanks for all the awesome designs!
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Super fun to read! Love your art Matt!
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You are so insanely talented!!!
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freaken awesome..and amazing talent! Thanks for sharing :)
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That face cracks me up...I feel like I do that exact look once a day...usually followed by a "Welp, that should do it"...so funny.
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Thanks everybody. :)
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Matt is as awesome as he seems. We're having a great time making stuff over here. =)
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Ok, so I basically need those four pieces of artwork as PL cards and 8x10 prints and printables and everything else you can think of. They are awesome and so is Matt.
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Matthew Taylor Wilson is great writer i like his work and really enjoy his work.
ladies books
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