Matthew Laznicka's Page

Hometown:

Racine

WHO I AM

I studied Illustration & graphic design at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After working as a in-house designer & Illustrator in Milwaukee and Minneapolis, and Madison for about 13 years, I went NUTS and decided to become a freelance illustrator and do it full time. My work reflects my obsession with retro ad & pulp illustration from the past. I try to weave a contemporary perspective with a 50’s-60's b-movie poster flair. CLIENTS: Edios, Human Head, Telos Publishing, Seattle Sound Magazine, City Links Magazine, Carlton Books, Z-Man Games, Madison Magazine, Duluth Trading Co., New Times.

Relationship Status

Married

My Site

http://basement-productions.com

Favorite Music:

Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, The Cure, David Bowie, The Beatles, Beck, Soul Coughing, Cake, They Might Be Giants, Annie Lennox, The White Stripes, the Hives, Devo, The Flaming Lips, The Bonzo Dog Band, Tom Jones, John Denver, Stevie Wonder, Spike Jones, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Billy Joel, Blood Sweat & Tears, Jack Johnson, John Mayer, Duran Duran, Arctic Monkeys, Calexio, Halloween Alaska, New Order, Meat Puppets, The Sir Finks, The Police, Love & Rockets, Louis Armstrong, The Killers, Sara Mclachlan, Bare Naked Ladies, Radiohead, Nickle Creek, Dido, Green day, Danny Elfman, Oingo Boingo, Santana, The Strokes, Bing Crosby, Ministry, The Raconteurs, Ben Folds, Squirrel nut Zippers, Ella Fitzgerald

Favorite TV Shows:

I don't really watch TV, so here is a movie list:

The Seven Samurai, Star Wars, Evil Dead, Raiders of the lost Ark, Harold and Maude, Seconds, Citizen Kane, Children of the Lost City, Akira, Howls Moving Castle, King Kong, Any Alfred Hitchcock (Rope, Vertigo, Lifeboat..etc...) The day the Earth Stood Still, Forbidden Planet, The Time Machine (George Pal), Hidden Fortress, Fightclub, Army of Darkness, The Nightmare before Christmas, Corpse Bride, Dead Man, Ghost Dog, The Secret Adventures of Thom Thumb, Amelie, City of Lost Children, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Being John Malcovich, Fight Club, Batman Begins,The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, Bottle Rocket, The Outlaw Josie Whales, Open Range, Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Vanilla Sky, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Brazil, 12 Monkeys, Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail, Kill Bill (1 and 2), Resevoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction,Corpse Bride, Wallace & Gromit all!, Double Indemnity, Rashomon, All Lord of the Rings + Bakshi!, Hellboy, Things to Come, Donnie Darko, The Night of the following Day, Alice, Snatch, Lock Stock & two Smoking Barrels, Planet of the Apes (1969), Trainspotting, Bullit, Run Lola Run, The Magnificent Seven, Ed Wood, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Wizard of Oz, The Getaway (1972), The Good the Bad & the Ugly, James Bond, Von Ryan's Express, Pal Joey, The Lady from Shanghai, You'll Never Get Rich, The Thing, Stand by Me, The Alamo (John Wayne), Dark City, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Wolfman, Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, ..................these are just a few

Tell us about your inspirations:

Harrison Ford, Clint Eastwood, The Brothers Grimm, Tim Burton, Akira Kirusawa, Sam Peckinpah, Alfred Hitchcock, Tom Jones, Willis Obrien, Merian C. Cooper, Ray Harryhausen, Sam Raimi, Robert Rodriguez, Jimmi Hendrix, Tom Waits, Jim Jarmusch, Bruce Campbell, Dali, Trinke, Robert Culp, The Bolex brothers, Phil Dale, Will Eisner, Svanktmaijer, Isacc Hayes,Tarantino, Dean R. Koontz, Clive Barker, Isaac Asimov, Brom, My Dad and so many more

Favorite Artist:

listed above

Other Art Social Networks you belong to:

Mojizu, Illustration Friday