My New Banner!

+ I decided to give my blog a bit of a face lift, here is the original drawing.

Illus. Friday: Instinct

+Though, one does wonder whats in the cave that's so fun....+Another idea i had, so I'll include it!

New website in the works!

+Yes, I've begun laying out my new website, i think this new one will be much cleaner and easy to move around in. I'm also pretty excited about showing a new style of illustration I've been playing with, its much simpler and looks like old childrens book illustrations, but i really enjoy making a simple drawing have character, so it's a go as far as I'm concerned.

+ In the mean time, still check out www.mattchapmanart.com

Illus. Friday: Celebrate

+ Celebrate: True, a funeral is not the first place you think of when you hear the word "celebrate", but i think its fun twist on a not so fun event.

It's just too cold

+ I'm dying to get outside and do some hiking or walking or moss collecting..anything that has to do with being outside. However, as the title of this post states, "It's just too cold". some days its nice enough, but, I'm at work- looking through our giant windows hearing how nice it is outside from people coming and going.

+ I'll get out there soon enough, then all will be right once more-

A Place to Nest

A nest is such a difficult thing to capture, the sticks are arranged in an order, when drawing it, i realized, to make it look "natural" i really had to randomize my hand in the direction it went when drawing the sticks.

Illus. Friday post: Time

Out of Time

Illustration Hallow

Hello Hello!
Welcome to the blog of Matt Allyn Chapman. I'm an illustrator working out of Lancaster PA, a recent graduate of Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, and I have a passion for the natural world (the woods, forest, mountains, caves, streams & waterways of the like, and all of the life inside them) More than anything this Blog will serve as my meeting place for my sketches, finished pieces, and my thoughts on an estimated chimera of topics. My Illustrationfriday submissions will also be found here! So welcome and i hope you have as much fun looking around as i will Posting.

-turn a new leaf
M. Allyn Chapman