Stage play poster for Disney's The Little Mermaid

I'm very happy with how this turned out. 20 hours with pencil, Clip Studio Paint and Photoshop.

Caricature

I'm really happy with how quickly I was able to get this one done. 2 hours including the pencil sketch, inks in Clip Paint Studio and color in Photoshop.

CarbageBag Boardroom Animation

This project was SOOOOOOO much fun to animate!

Grumpy Girl

My artist friend and co-worker Kristi Harmon has had an influence on me lately. My cartoon characters have always been pretty flat-looking. Kristi's making me want to add more texture to my art. Here's a sketch from the park, colored in Photoshop. 1.25 hours

My wife is a saint for letting me sit with her at the park while she watches the kids and I'm off in la-la land sketching people.

Dashner family caricature

What happens at Comic Con?  Magical things happen at Comic Con.  I've attended all 3 of them in Salt Lake since they began 3 years ago.  I enjoy meeting lots of artists who have the same passions I do. I got lucky enough to sit in on a panel where James Dashner (author of the Maze Runner series) was speaking with Brandon Mull.  During their speaking, I drew caricatures of each of them.  My had was shaky and I was nervous.  I gave them the caricatures afterward and they seemed to appreciate them.  They were both kind enough to sign my books.  A few days later, I got a call from James' wife asking if I could do a caricature of their family!  I was excited to have the opportunity. 18.5 hours mostly in Manga Studio.

Hutchings Caricature

This was a fun Christmas project. 

5 hours in Manga and Photoshop.

Wacom Cintiq caricatures

Here are my first two caricatures I've done using my new drawing stylus.  I'm having a tough time getting used to the machine. I'm still much more comfortable with my Wacom Intuos 4 Lg, but I'll keep trying at this and hopefully I'll get used to it. I like how these turned out though.

The first one was done on a 22" Cintiq that I returned.  The second one was done on my Cintiq Companion Hybrid while I was sitting on a pew in church.

Matt Watts Caricatures Facebook page

I've been drawing caricatures of my friends of Facebook for a few years and I've gotten a lot of positive feedback from them.  So I started my own caricatures business and Facebook page!  Now I'm doing caricatures for hire and live events.  'Like' my Facebook page to see all the latest and hire me sometime if you'd like your very own caricature!

Commuting by Jetpack

Question: What do you do when all your brother wants for his birthday is a jetpack?  

Answer: 15.5 hours in Photoshop.

April

I tried out a new painting technique I learned from my class.  It was fun.  Now I get to apply this to my Grizzly Bear project!  Yay! 3.5 hours Photoshop.

Happy Family

This was a Christmas present for some friends.  

24 hours in Photoshop and Illustrator

Corbin

I'm trying to learn how to use Illustrator for all our illustration needs at work.  This one was fun.  I kind of miss my feathered-looking shadow edges, but I suppose the crisp shadow edges have a place.  This illustration was a fun caricature I did of a friend.  It probably took 2 or 3 hours as I was playing around in Illustrator.

Nikki

Here's a friend going through a very rough spot in life.

I hope this brightens her day.  1.5 hours Photoshop

Willie & Momma J

My in-laws from Louisiana.  2.5 hours Photoshop

Say "Cheese!"

What's Mother's Day without moms and cameras?

About 2 hours in Photoshop

Tooth Parade

And the winner is... GOLDY!  

For best of show and for consuming the most candy.

60 min Photoshop sketch.

Brother Paul

My friend Paul has done so many nice things for our family, 

that I HAD to do something for him.  I hope he likes it.  

60 min Photoshop.

Creepy Guy on the News

Ok, so this probably looks creepier than what he really looked like, but that's what caricature is all about right?  Pushing the first impression you get.  There you go!  30 seconds memorizing his face on the news in the morning...  40 min in Photoshop later that night.

Sketchbook

Any other artists out there have FIVE sketchbooks they're currently working on?  This is all stuff I've done since August 2012.  It's so fun for me to cartoon people I see as I'm biking, watching TV, listening at church or creating out of my imagination.  People can look SO DIFFERENT from eachother!  I find it fascinating.  I used to only care about mutant animals and monsters when I was a kid, but my perspective has changed a lot.  Anyway, almost all of these were sketched in pen, some while I was walking.  I thought it would be fun to experiment on the lady with the frilly hair in Illustrator.

Stick Shift Band

Want to hear some fun bluegrass tunes?  Check out my brother's band 

Stick Shift. http://www.stickshiftfiddle.com/  4+ hours. Photoshop.

I re-did the caricatures here and I like some of them better.