CHARACTERS · VIDEO · DESIGN · ENVIRONMENTS · CASE STUDIES · EURYLAE · FIRMAMENT
INVENT. RENDER. BELIEVE.
Artificial/Matt is the generative image practice of Matt Shadbolt.
Original characters, invented worlds, and cinematic animation, built from still images and brought to life in motion.
Original Characters
Characters
A growing cast of original figures, each designed as a still and brought to life in a cinematic screen test.
World-Building
Environments
The places the characters live: landscapes, interiors, and structures that hold an invented world together.
Animation & Previz
Motion
Stills set in motion. Character animation, cinematic concepts, and previsualization for imagined productions.
Design & Objects
Design
Collectible objects, posters, typographic experiments, and the visual systems around the characters.
Process & Outcomes
Case Studies
Selected projects followed from first idea to finished work, with the thinking and decisions behind each one.
Visual Index
Firmament
Five years of machine-made pictures in a single view. A map of the whole Artificial/Matt project.