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Matthew Sargent 🔜 Gamehole Con A17

@skippinginfinity.bsky.social

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Illustrator, TTRPG Player, Ska Listener, Pecan Sandy Devourer 🏁College of the Third Wave 🖍️Book of Coloring +1, +2, +3 🧑‍🎨Halloween + Holiday Wars linktree.com/skippinginfinity

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Matthew Sargent 🔜 Gamehole Con A17 @skippinginfinity.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hey, #PortfolioDay! I'm Matthew, a Chicago-based illustrator working mostly in TTRPGs, where I specialize in character design, maps, and cover art.

Illustration of a flying robotic rob with mechanical tentacles and two of its companions, which have replaced the heads of two mutant bodies, one small and sneaky, one massive and covered in chitin. Drawn for Denizens of the Blood Sands.

Black and white isometric dungeon map of a series of caverns populated by goblins, who are shown getting up to all sorts of shenanigans. Drawn for Three Curses for Sister Saren from Planet X Games.

Color illustration of a mosh pit of fantasy characters in medieval garb. Rising above them are a purple-haired dwarven woman playing a saxophone and a human man in an aloha shirt, trilby, and checkered tie, carrying a guitar and summoning magical trumpets and trombones. Wraparound cover art for College of the Third Wave.

Three black and white cutaway maps of old west train cars, showing the activities of the riders within. Drawn for Sunrise Limited from 321RPG.

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That's great! Congratulations!

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Matthew Sargent 🔜 Gamehole Con A17 @skippinginfinity.bsky.social · Sep 4

GAMEHOLE CON COMMISSION PREORDERS NOW OPEN!

I'll only be doing a handful of commissions at the show itself, so put your order in early to guarantee a spot (and get a better price)!

Message me for more details!

A photo of several pieces of black and white fantasy character art fanned out. It is overlaid with the following text:
Matthew Sargent’s Gamehole Con Commission Preorders Open!
Special preorder price: $50
4.5”x6” b/w character portraits
Order today, pick up at GHC
10 spots available

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Matthew Sargent 🔜 Gamehole Con A17 @skippinginfinity.bsky.social · 3d

Church Doodle Sunday!

Matthew Sargent 🔜 Gamehole Con A17 @skippinginfinity.bsky.social · 4d

Printed copies of Agents of the Gilded Palm arrived today. I’ll have them available at Gamehole Con!

Matthew Sargent 🔜 Gamehole Con A17 @skippinginfinity.bsky.social · 6d

If you see this, post a goth (or punk) girl 🖤

🏁How about a ska punk girl?🎺

Illustration of an elven woman with curly hair, dressed in a checkerboard tank top, studded belt, khaki capris, and combat boots, holding drumsticks that glow with magical pink energy.

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Matthew Sargent 🔜 Gamehole Con A17 @skippinginfinity.bsky.social · 6d

2 WEEKS TO GAMEHOLE CON - 8 COMMISSION SPOTS LEFT!

I'll only be doing a handful of commissions at the show itself, so put your order in SOON to guarantee a spot (and get a better price)!

Message me for more details!

Photo of two in-progress character commissions drawn in pencil. One features a cowboy character brandishing playing cards. The other is a tortle playing a sataer while a gremlin-like creature sits on his shell.

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Matthew Sargent 🔜 Gamehole Con A17 @skippinginfinity.bsky.social · 8d

It’s tricky enough to get a project to fund itself!

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Matthew Sargent 🔜 Gamehole Con A17 @skippinginfinity.bsky.social · 8d

Some monkey business up on the drawing board.

First-person POV photo of my hand drawing on a graphics tablet. On the screen is an in-progress drawing of a four-armed ape in front of a doorway carved in the shape of an ape face.

Matthew Sargent 🔜 Gamehole Con A17 @skippinginfinity.bsky.social · 8d

Clark Kent?

Matthew Sargent 🔜 Gamehole Con A17 @skippinginfinity.bsky.social · 9d

Could you get away with the Nies?🤣

Matthew Sargent 🔜 Gamehole Con A17 @skippinginfinity.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks! Always one of my favorite jobs of the year.

Matthew Sargent 🔜 Gamehole Con A17 @skippinginfinity.bsky.social · 9d

Now that it's airing, I can share that I did illustrations for the 15 season of Halloween Wars! This was my third season on the show, and it's always a great time.

Photo of a computer screen displaying an episode of Halloween Wars streaming in a browser window. The episode is paused on an illustration of a vampire child and mummy child on a playground. In another window, a rough sketch of the illustration is shown.

Matthew Sargent 🔜 Gamehole Con A17 @skippinginfinity.bsky.social · 10d

Church Doodle Sunday!

Sketchbook page filled with assorted ballpoint pen sketches.

Matthew Sargent 🔜 Gamehole Con A17 @skippinginfinity.bsky.social · 11d

Looking forward to tuning in to this!

Dank Dungeons @dankdungeons.bsky.social · 11d

We're finally doing the awards livestream for the Appx N Jam this Monday at 8pm est!
Stop by to hear about the big winners of the contest and a bunch of amazing honorable mentions!
#osr #rpg #itchjam
youtube.com/live/L8M8k-U...

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Matthew Sargent 🔜 Gamehole Con A17 @skippinginfinity.bsky.social · 13d

Happy National Comic Book Day, nerds! What are y’all reading today?

Photo of me standing in front of a spinning comic book rack. Bug Wars, Wolverine, and Stomped are visible on the rack, and an issue of Ultramega is in my hands.

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Matthew Sargent 🔜 Gamehole Con A17 @skippinginfinity.bsky.social · 13d

Happy National Comic Book Day, nerds! What are y’all reading today?

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Matthew Sargent 🔜 Gamehole Con A17 @skippinginfinity.bsky.social · 14d

I'm surprised you hadn't seen that one! I'll be sure to check out the episode.

Matthew Sargent 🔜 Gamehole Con A17 @skippinginfinity.bsky.social · 15d

As an Animorphs fan and TTRPG enthusiast, this is VERY much up my alley!

Adrián Mejía is Koboaing @latinerd.bsky.social · 17d

It's Latine Heritage Month so I'm really excited to announce a little side project I've been working on. Quickstart guide is available here: latinerd.itch.io/beasts

*In war there are no gods, no devils. There are only beasts.*

Art by @lucasnwd.bsky.social, logo by @lamalamuerte.bsky.social

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Matthew Sargent 🔜 Gamehole Con A17 @skippinginfinity.bsky.social · 17d

Had a great time bringing nerdy art to the people at the Bryn Mawr Block Party today!

Photo of my wife and I at our booth at a neighborhood festival. A variety of comics, coloring books, and art prints are on display.

Matthew Sargent 🔜 Gamehole Con A17 @skippinginfinity.bsky.social · 17d

These new covers are fantastic!

The real question is: will the new books have the morphing flipbook feature?

Katherine Applegate @kaaauthor.bsky.social · 17d

#Animorphs fans, I'm very happy to share that the first three books in the series are being rereleased next May with brand new covers. 🧊🦎

You can learn more here: thenerddaily.com/animorphs-by...

Cover artist: @creepcaptain.bsky.social
Book design: Cassy Price and Christopher Stengel at Scholastic

Matthew Sargent 🔜 Gamehole Con A17 @skippinginfinity.bsky.social · 18d

Chicago friends, tomorrow (9/21), I'll be bringing my art to the Bryn Mawr Block Party. Find me at booth 32 from 10-6. I'll have all my comics, coloring books, zines, and prints. Hope to see you there!

Map showing the layout of booths at the Bryn Mawr Block Party, between Spaulding Ave and Sawyer Ave. An arrow is pointing from my name to booth #32.

Matthew Sargent 🔜 Gamehole Con A17 @skippinginfinity.bsky.social · 18d

Those can be rough! In case it helps, today is Saturday, September 20th in the year of our Lord 2025. 😂

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Matthew Sargent 🔜 Gamehole Con A17 @skippinginfinity.bsky.social · 19d

Working on some monkey business.

1st-person POV photo of me drawing in Procreate on an iPad. The screen has several sketches of a four-armed ape creature.

Matthew Sargent 🔜 Gamehole Con A17 @skippinginfinity.bsky.social · 19d

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