Graphic | Matthew Palizay

Portrait 5
Portrait 4
Portraits 2 & 3
All the Jedi
First Impression
Larry, for Chris
Decaying Self Portrait
Imbalance
For the Fences
34 Blast
Cheeseburgers, Matty.
Primary Politics 2016
Bronx Rain
New York State of Terror
The “Untold” Series: Story 1
Johnny Rooster Style Guide
Johnny Rooster is a superstitious baseball player with a lot on his mind. Johnny, originally created for a clothing line, became a character I used for a number of comic strips. This body of work includes style guide sheets and some examples of the comics, ranging from single image, daily strips, and a sunday strip.
Daily Series: The Wrong Halloween
After watching Nightmare before Christmas when it first came on to Netflix, I started thinking about who these characters could “dress-up” as for Halloween. I found that quite a bit of them go well with Batman’s rogues gallery, and so the fun ensued. These works are part of my Character Chop Shop daily sketches.
Dark Side Over The Rainbow
Mariachi Party
The characters and matter of creating a mariachi band were sprung from ideas for a birthday party with hot pepper invites, armadillo cake, featuring a mariachi band. Those were ideas being tossed around for a birthday party that I was asked to help develop an invitation for. This poster became that project instead and was featured at the event.
Vesper
Capt. John’s Hops Cannon
The illustration was developed for a beer label for a gentleman named Steve Witt. Steve creates his own batches of brew, and for this one in particular he wanted the likeness of someone he knows (John). So although this illustration is what Steve used for his own label system (sans type), I wanted to create a version of my own for a can.
Red Cross
I wanted to create a set of images that might inspire someone to go do something good. I landed on doing a set of ads for Red Cross that takes true stories and puts them into form. Each image is a blood line that tells the true story of the person who was saved by donors.
BlindSided
This was my take on an article I found in GQ magazine about a young man who's identity ame into question after becoming a high school basketball star. I modified the page design slightly, but I wanted to try and create this editorial illustration within the confines of the magazine's urrent design.
Mike Haftel
This mark was commissioned by Mike Haftel, a creative who studied over at the Creative Circus in Atlanta. Mike wanted a mark to represent himself that has elements (such as the tenticles) that could carry throughout his book.
Killebrew Rootbeer
Character development project based on Twins player Harmon Killebrew. These were used to present a new direction for Killebrew Rootbeer, a top seller at Target Stadium.