TheJLD

Hey All-- I've submitted a design for the Cute Monster T-Shirt Contest through DeviantArt. Feel free to take a look and vote as many times as you'd like... http://fav.me/d4ptsde Many thanks! Matthew JLD Rice

Hey All-- It's been a while, I know. A lot has happened in my personal life since I last posted and I've had to keep my nose to the grind-stone. Having two little ones also makes life exponentially crazier! Anyhow, we're still rocking our web-comic, "Birth of Venus", and lately we've been posting a prequel to the series that we first put together before beginning the series. It sat fully inked, gathering dust in my archives until we realized that we needed to kill a little time in the wake of our colorist's absence. But instead of posting those pages in black & white I ventured into new territory and attempted once again to add some monochro

Hello fellow Deviants! Impassioned by my love of this spooky time of year, I decided to submit a new monster drawing every day this month. There's no reason NOT to! I don't spend too long on each one (and usually crank out a batch at a time) but I figured this was a good way to keep the skills sharp and to share my love of monster with y'all... Oh, and I did begin this little exercise on Facebook and only now realized I should be following suit here on DeviantArt. Like, DUH! So feel free to find me on Facebook and read a little something about each of my monstrous creations. And if you like my MONSTER-A-DAY idea, why not create a few yours