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Matt Aytch Taylor @matthtaylor.com · May 8
Hey! I'm Matt Aytch Taylor!
I'm an illustrator and comics maker that love old boats, weird history, cowboys, space, oceans & beaches, and witches!

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A two story building, painted off-white with navy blue trim stands to the left of a one-story stucco-covered shop that once appeared to have been a convenience store and deli, but is now directing patrons to the "Surf Hut" Surfing Supplies and rental store next door. AT the front door of the two-story a wizard, happy and waving appears to in high spirits for his surf-shop. A couple of palm trees frame the taller building, as well as a large leafed plant. There's an ice machine in front of the one-story building and next to it is a drinks vending machine advertising "WIZ COLA" and the machine is filled with various bottles, drinks, and elixirs. To the right of the machine is a trash can and next to that is a board with information about the beach down below the berm that makes up this shop's location. To the right of the board is a souple of signs indicating that swimming is permittable at the beach far below. A handful of beach umbrellas can be seen far below. The water is blue and welcoming with waves rolling into shore. Behind the Buildings is a parking lot which currently holds a small yellow car and an older looking camper van from which two bikini-clad witches had hopped onto their brooms. The first witch holds her broom parallel to her body, gently lifting off in her pink and periwinkle swim attire, her matching sandals and hat are stark against the billowing clouds in the sky. The second witch has a surfboard (a rather small one) tucker under her right arm. She appears to have landed on her broom, ready to zoom down to the water. A vivid Blue horizontal landscape, for Sci-fi TTRPG "Stations and Starships" by Frigid Pigeon Inc. The central focus of the piece is a tall wedge'shaped ship half in the water and half above. On its large dorsal wing are two smaller "fin" wings to which sails are attached - one in full sheet to the wind. Around this ship in the distance are other ships, similarly designed all with different configurations of wings and fins and flying flags of all colors. Further back a sort of docking station above the roiling ocean below, from which a distant ship is leaving. In the sky far above another planet and its moon can be seen through partial cloud cover. Below the waves of the planetary ocean is teeming with all manner of life -- most notably large deep blue/purple whale like creatures that swim along side the starships floating in the water. There are also schools of fish and smatterings of jelly-fish-like creatures stretching into the far distance of the sea. A spread from my fantasy western, Hexslingers. On the left main character Katie nervously exits the scene of and an onlooking crowd. She grabs her pointed tan-colored witches hat from the ground, knocked off her head by a spell - which as also left a hole in the main body of the hat. She stuffs it onto her head and mounts her blue spectral horse, telling another figure "Doc" Thorn Willoughby, that it's "time to go." He agrees with an "mmhmm" On the right a splash page featuring a large wooden trestle attached to a cliff upon which sits a western style town. at the tip a crowd is hustlin and bustlin, all while screaming, "We're free! Justus [an evil deputy] is dead! Down with Mancers!" below heading down the path we see Katie and Doc making their escape. With three inset panels we see Katie speaking to Doc. She says, " Doc... frightful sorry 'bout yer arm" to which doc replies, "Don't fret. When we make camp I'll give it a look" Full Candlenights 2024 Poster by Matt Aytch Taylor (that's me) From left to right: Justin McElroy, Clint McElroy, Travis McElroy, and Griffin Mcelroy having a cozy rest beneath a heatlamp-esque wing of Terry the Nondenominational Gift Delovery Dragon. The boys are enclosed in the dragon, who is curled up like a cat in a dug-out snow-bank. Justin, Travis, and Griffin and all holding steaming mugs of tea or cocoa. The snow around them has a purplish glow from the orange of Terry, while off in the distance the blue of a winter's night settles over downtown Huntington, West Virginia. Art by Matt Aytch Taylor The stars in the sky and blocky 5 point stars and a few 4 point diamonds. Above the guys and Terry are the words, "JOYOUS CANDLENIGHTS 2024" The image is watermarked with the McElroy family Logo - don't download it and print your own go buy it from the link in the post, it benefits the Harmony House which is a great cause!
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remembering the time i attempted to draw Pedro Pascal as John Marston
a digital sketch of Pedro Pascal as John Marston from the Red Dead Redemption video games
November 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Ballet [1/4]
A cartoon crow looks up at a poster for a ballet studio that includes art of 6 ballerinas dancing and a guide of the first 5 ballet feet positions. The crow marvels that humans can glide on the ground as birds do in the sky. The crow decides to try dancing too, following the illustrated poses on the poster. The crow crosses their legs and bounces.
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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wildstarpress.bsky.social
How We Made the Moon Cry - WildStar's Fourth anthology is now open for submissions!

Submissions Open: Nov 10th - Dec 29th
Where to apply: www.wildstarpress.com/current-proj...

Can't wait to see what you come up with!
How We Made the Moon Cry Submissions are open from Nov 10th to Dec 29th! How We Made the Moon Cry Submissions are open from Nov 10th to Dec 29th! How We Made the Moon Cry Submissions are open from Nov 10th to Dec 29th!
November 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Unfortunately my shitty weather photos always bang so that makes me keeping going out in shitty weather to get more 😂
A faraway federal building in the snow at night A boat in a driveway in a snowstorm A street lamp in a snowstorm A telephone pole in a snowstorm
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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jwillustration.bsky.social
Dare ye cross the path of the dark prince? 🐈‍⬛

todays #dailyart , 1hr 45min on the clock
Digital painting of a wooded path with steps leading upwards, strong sunlight casts dappled shadows. A black cat sits in a tree stump at the top of the steps
November 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Go on then, roast me
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November 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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November 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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cleanse me of the chaos 😭
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November 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Big news today! @laynemorgan.bsky.social and I are teaming up with @charliestickney.bsky.social to bring you, RUN, the 1st creator-owned project at White Ash Comics.

And you can grab an early peek in THE GAME campaign, live on Kickstarter now! (🔗 below)
Cover for RUN showing a running figure, part of her partially off-page as if running by the viewer. Her right arm trails behind her clutching a baton that is covered in blood.
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Last day of summer 💋☀🌊
Sunni (the artist's siren oc, or original character) poses on the beach in a landscape digital art image. She is completely horizontal with the ocean and a bright blue sky behind her. She has water arms, legs, and neck, and wears a cream bikini. She also has tan skin and green eyes. The piece is in a pinup style and would look great as a desktop wallpaper!
September 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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frovo.bsky.social
The mamdani sign meme that reads OH FOR FUCK’S SAKE because i’m pissed as hell with the fucking spineless democrats that just caved to the fucking nazis and got absolutely nothing in return
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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that thing going around last week, about the "rude" filter? y'all gotta deactivate that so you can see my rudeness on the timeline
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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i would like to play

i also accept boats as a character i remind you of
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November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Doing the yearly ✨calculations✨ and I could do with a shorter-ish project or two between now and Q2 2026 👀

Let’s chat about bringing some stories to life!📚
November 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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gavin mcinnes doesn't wash his ass
November 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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mythjae.bsky.social
I've been thinking on this for a while, and instead of a holiday season sale, Bonedust Press will instead dedicate 10% of all direct sales to the San Diego Food Bank.

Times are tough and since I have to do the marketing song and dance anyway, I'd like to accomplish a little good with it.
#booksky
bonedustpress.bsky.social Bonedust Press @bonedustpress.bsky.social · 4h
Shop small for the holidays, support independent publishing, and do some good!

From now until Dec. 31, we will donate 10% of every single direct sale from our site to local food banks.

Treat yourself to our debut title, The Traitor & The Wretch, or gift it to a friend!
www.bonedustpress.com/shop
A trope map image for The Traitor & The Wretch (cover art by Amy Phillips) written by Jasmine Walls and illustrated by Rowan MacColl. It reads: Minor villains dungeon-crawling their way to a happy ending. On the run from an entire kingdom that wants them both dead. This guy (the wretch) helped raise a Chaos God to bring about the end times (he's not coping well) This guy (the traitor) tried to kill the Prophesized Hero (it ended badly) Enemies-to-Lovers Mutated cave creatures! Undead horrors! Endless pitch black caves! Somehow, it's a romance!
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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i would like to play

i also accept boats as a character i remind you of
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November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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i love the way viktor draws arthur man 😭😭😭
nooskadraws.bsky.social 🌿viktor aleksander🌿 @ available for work! @nooskadraws.bsky.social · Oct 2
replaying arthur morgan horse girl sim ✨️🌿🐎

[ #rdr2 #reddeadredemption ]
Old sketchdump and studies inspired by Red Dead Redemption 2. 1. Doodle of Arthur and Albert Mason shaking hands. 2. Doodle of a rifle. 3. Study of a screencap from the game. Arthur leads his horse in a grassy, hilly area. The sun is low. 4. Rough study of Arthur's face. 5. Doodles of herbs: creeping rhyme, ginseng, and oleander.
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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nooskadraws.bsky.social
replaying arthur morgan horse girl sim ✨️🌿🐎

[ #rdr2 #reddeadredemption ]
Old sketchdump and studies inspired by Red Dead Redemption 2. 1. Doodle of Arthur and Albert Mason shaking hands. 2. Doodle of a rifle. 3. Study of a screencap from the game. Arthur leads his horse in a grassy, hilly area. The sun is low. 4. Rough study of Arthur's face. 5. Doodles of herbs: creeping rhyme, ginseng, and oleander.
October 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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nooskadraws.bsky.social
hello chapter six, here to break my heart once again 🦌
nooskadraws.bsky.social 🌿viktor aleksander🌿 @ available for work! @nooskadraws.bsky.social · Oct 2
replaying arthur morgan horse girl sim ✨️🌿🐎

[ #rdr2 #reddeadredemption ]
Old sketchdump and studies inspired by Red Dead Redemption 2. 1. Doodle of Arthur and Albert Mason shaking hands. 2. Doodle of a rifle. 3. Study of a screencap from the game. Arthur leads his horse in a grassy, hilly area. The sun is low. 4. Rough study of Arthur's face. 5. Doodles of herbs: creeping rhyme, ginseng, and oleander.
October 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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samyoungman.bsky.social
Nobody wants to join a gutless chickenshit party.
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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my favourite art improvement technique is getting frustrated and putting down the pen for like a week or two and then coming back and suddenly I'm cooking
November 8, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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OHO. BIRD ART, YOU SAY?? i don't even know where to begin #art #🪶
cartoon illustrations of some very round birds. a suspicious red-breasted nuthatch a sweet little snow bunting a shellshocked redpoll a smug blue jay a grumpy cardinal a dark-eyed junco who i imagine is thinking “u WOT m8??”
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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i made lamb koftas over the weekend and just whipped one into an egg in a tortilla for breakfast
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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I get people are allergic to criticizing capitalism and explicitly advocating for socialism in this country but please get over it you look more cowardly and opp like every day it’s annoying
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM