Here goes nothin'..

Well I might as well get started on trying to write a daily/weekly blog of my happenings. Just a little about me first for any readers, if I get any.. who don't know me.

Also before anything, wanna say thanks to my sis who got me started on this.

Now then,

 My name is Matt Codd I am 22  and I am a rookie 3D and digital artist currently studying for a Diploma in games development thanks to Futureworks in Manchester. I have been drawing since I could remember with this also branching out in figurine painting and other creative work, from this I have moved form drawing to painting then, with a gift in the form of a pallet, digital art, concept artwork and a dabble of photo-manipulation . Also being an artist I am an avid gamer and any free time from drawing and writing I am usually found perched in front of an Xbox360. My hobbies include... Well you get the picture, after all this is my blog and not a dating site.

So today... Well at the moment I have hit a massive wall and for the past few days now all I have been doing is going on runs, playing too much Rainbow Six and Halo reach, eating cereal and watching Arrested Development, basically doing nothing and feeling like crap cos of it. It also does not help that it is coinciding with my art period, - That's what I call it when I have them days when I just feel like giving up and questioning why I want to do this for a living and looking at other peoples material and thinking, THAT IS SO AWESOME, WHY CANT I  DO THAT ARRGGHH - thinking about it that properly does not help.

This is going somewhere, promise.. So whilst playing on Halo Reach I noticed that the back grounds for the game were all photoshopped and look awesome and that, even the starting menu. So I had a bash, hell if they can do it so can I!

Yes they have probably forgot more about drawing than I know and probably have shining portfolios but its the attitude that counts!

So here it is, the piece is called ' Invasion'   

Invasion