Matthew Knights Beautiful Monsters' photostream

I love to paint my characters and designs filling them with crazy amounts of detail and patterns. I grew up in Pakistan where I experienced one hell of a crazy and wonderful upbringing. The influence that country had on me has never diminished.I ended up back home in Northern Ireland during my teens which also turned out to be an eye opener due to the Troubles here. First I learnt of the Troubles or any religious background that I had was on the flight over 2 hours before my plane landed. I was so used to Eastern culture that Western culture has always felt quite alien to me. So I draw from all those experiences putting that into each and every character I create. I like my grey backgrounds as it reflects how dull the backgrounds can be compared to the characters in them where I concentrate all the colour. As my style developes you can expect alot more detail to come. Dots, patterns,collections,collage 2D and 3D elements will continue to feature more and more as I go.

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