Happy Halloween..!

Happy Halloween boys and girls! Have a great time..!

Today also happens to be the anniversary of my last website update. I have decided to celebrate by updating my website! mattdixon.co.uk

The Contemporary Illustrated Pin-Up

'The Contemporary Illustrated Pin-Up' from Schiffer Publishing is a 128 page hard cover book showcasing the work of 15 modern pin-up artists. I'm very pleased to be one of them, alongside the likes of Dave Nestler, Erica Hesse and Armando Huerta.

The book has almost 300 full colour illustrations covering a range of art styles and themes. Everything from horror, fantasy and science fiction to low brow, comics and, of course, a generous helping of classic cheesecake. Tasty!

Want one? I have a small number of advance copies for sale at the discounted price of £25 ( plus postage ) and, just because you're all so super, I'll be including prints of 'Love Is' and 'Along Came a Spider' free of charge with every purchase! No, I can't quite believe it either. Naturally I'll be happy to sign any or all items if you wish.

To buy, please email sales@mattdixon.co.uk with your shipping address. I'll work out the postage costs and send you PayPal request for the total amount. ( UK postage will be £5. )

What's that? An ideal Christmas gift for Great Uncle Bertie? Damn straight.

Lost

Breinz..!

Love Is...

Autumn update!

Wow. Six months go past quickly in the blogosphere! Weird to look out of the window to see the leaves on the trees starting to go brown and think that last time I posted here they were just buds. Nature, eh? That's some crazy shiz right there.

Enough foliage talk. Here are the headlines:

My new book is complete! Girls on Top 2 is at the printers and will hopefully be on sale in time for the holiday season. I'm enormously proud to announce that the foreword has been written by the first lady of fantasy, Caroline Munro. Famous for her appearances on screen in films such as Starcrash, The Spy Who Loved Me, Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter and The Golden Voyage of Sinbad amongst others, Caroline's roles often combined glamour with strength and confidence; a very appealing mixture and something I try to portray in my own work so I'm delighted to have her contribution. Here's a little taste of what you can expect in the book:

May 16 was the second anniversary of the death of Ronnie James Dio. Listening to the Holy Diver album on repeat I was inspired to paint this in memory of one of the great voices of metal:

 

It's been a great summer of conventions, and I'd like to thank everyone who has stopped by my table at the shows this year so far. Just two more to go:

Entertainment Media Show. Olympia Grand Hall, London. October 6 - 7.

Memorabilia. NEC, Birmingham. November 24 - 25.

Got to dash. Halloween flavoured pin-ups don't paint themselves. See you later in the month..!

Lemmy

Quickie for the Caricaturama Showdown group on Facebook. Always a joy to paint Lemmy, and it was fun to compare against the last time I tackled him, back in 2006.

Randy Blythe

Illustration of Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe for Metal Hammer magazine.

Selene

Electric Angel

Aneira Coldthigh

Not keen on Blogger's new image viewer. If you want to see the pic at the intended resolution, just right click and select 'view image'.

Fixed thanks to the wonderful Paul Richards. Thanks, Paul!

Advice from a Caterpillar

Warcraft, Tumblr and Memorabilia

Time for another little dump of work done for the World of Warcraft TCG. Nothing pleases me more than selecting the appropriate Manowar album, gulping on a hot mug of tea and getting stuck into something green, toothy and thoroughly bad-tempered..!

These images will also be popping up on my newly-started Tumblr page - follow!

Finally, a reminder than I'll be in attendance at the Memorabilia show at the NEC in Birmingham, UK - November 19 and 20. Pop in and say hello if you're in the area.

Peace, love and heavy metal!

Self portrait

As if the Halloween pin-ups weren't horrific enough - today's post is a self portrait! It's ConceptArt.org's International Self Portrait Day. Join in here.

I'm not entirely sure why my self portraits always seem to come out so serious. I guess I must have to concentrate pretty hard while I work..!

Albert's Outing

All this year's spooky offerings can be found in a dedicated Halloween gallery on my site - click! Happy Halloween boys and girls!

Moon Milk

Love Bites

Caught Changing...

Halloween is coming.

Earache

 

I like Metal. I would think that's no surprise to anyone who knows my work. So to have the opportunity to work with Earache records, who I've admired since I picked up a copy of 'Scum' by Napalm Death back in 1987, was a thrill to say the least.

This piece is the cover for their upcoming 'Maximum Metal' DVD. Four hours of footage of Deicide, Municipal Waste, Morbid Angel and At The Gates. Available to pre-order at Amazon now - Maximum Metal

Bad Cupid