Blog | Matt Myklusch

19
Feb

FROM MY SKETCHBOOK: BLACK PANTHER

Long live the king! #BlackPanther #WakandaForever

13
Jul

FROM MY SKETCHBOOK: THE RUSTOV

The Rustov (pronounced Roost-ov) are the main villains in the JACK BLANK trilogy. These alien invaders are cybernetic parasites who latch onto organic creatures and steal their lifeforce to survive. The […]

17
Jun

FROM MY SKETCHBOOK: CLASSIFIED

Who’s this, you ask? I’m not sayin’ nothin’.

Artwork Characters Magic Secret Project

28
Apr

INK ON PAPER: NYC

New York state of mind.

Artwork Ink on paper

16
Mar

FROM MY SKETCHBOOK: SPIDEY

You know, just your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.

Sketchbook

07
Mar

FROM MY SKETCHBOOK: AQUATICA

One of the locations from SEABORNE 2. A fortress-at-sea built on top of a volcano’s eroded crater. Legend has it Aquatica is an exclusive resort for Kings and Queens on holiday, […]

Seaborne 2 Sketchbook

05
Mar

FROM MY SKETCHBOOK: VADER

“You’ve got to ask yourself one question: ‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well do ya, punk?”

Sketchbook Star Wars

03
Mar

ON MY LIST: THRAWN

When I was in High School, I read Heir to the Empire, Book 1 in Timothy Zahn’s “Thrawn Trilogy.” Set five years after Return of the Jedi, these books (and […]

Books I Want to Read

02
Mar

FROM MY SKETCHBOOK: CITY OF ATLANTIS

CITY OF ATLANTIS: This is an early sketch I did of Atlantis, back when I was brainstorming for Seaborne 2. My concept for the city changed somewhat as I wrote the story, […]

Atlantis Seaborne 2 Sketchbook

23
Nov

COVER REVEAL!

Just because I feel like today is the day, I give you… SEABORNE 2! Mark your calendars for April 2017. Dean Seaborne is going to Atlantis!

Covers Seaborne Seaborne 2

19
Oct

SEABORNE 2 Cover Reveal… Coming Soon!

Seaborne Seaborne 2

04
Oct

FROM MY SKETCHBOOK: ABYSSIAN WARRIORS

These brash, formidable fighters hail from Abyssal, the deepest, darkest kingdom in the Mer-Realm. Find out more in Seaborne 2—coming April 2017!

Characters Seaborne 2 Sketchbook

07
May

I thought it was impossible… until I did it.

On March 9th, I was on Chapter 15. On May 1st, I wrote the last line of Chapter 37. Nothing is impossible if you refuse to give up. Success is […]

Seaborne Words of Wisdom Writing

20
Feb

“People who pour their energy into thinking about an approach and insisting that it is too early to act are wrong just as often as people who dive in and work quickly. The overplanners just take longer to be wrong.”

– Ed Catmull

20
Feb

Three. It’s a Magic Number.

When it comes to writing, I’m a big-time planner and outliner. I like to plot things out so I know everything that’s going to happen in a story before I begin. […]

Words of Wisdom Writing Tips