Home is where my life is

2012

2012-01-21T18:49:00.003+01:00

I know its been ages and ages. But no worries, I m doing fine :)
What happened since the last time I updated
-Did a small interview on radio station in amsterdam about street art
-Having a gallery thingy at fiends project in Antwerp
-Tottally addicted to longboarding, its ridiculous
and I am doing some small projects

First street art of 2012 thanks to Anonymous Psychonauts for the invite and the free cans!!

Hogwarts

2011-12-21T00:30:00.002+01:00

Face studys from no particular movie
Haven't been using my wacom for quite some time

Milestone

2011-12-05T01:36:00.006+01:00

Past 2 days.. milestone in my life. Never ever thought it was possible.Everything just fell into the right place
I'm so scared that I will wake up and find out it was a dream.
But to be honest I fell quite a few times but then I woke up and I was still there..
The life is better than the dream
Thankfull

Midnight city

2011-11-23T00:43:00.004+01:00

Time to move again

Best news ever

2011-11-22T03:12:00.004+01:00

Insane, still can't believe it..
And its cat time in Amsterdam..

Tattoo

2011-11-18T11:32:00.007+01:00

I'm planning for a next tattoo. Im trying to get this amazing guy to design/make it but I just cant get a hold of him.. So meanwhile I was just obsessing a little bit about it and drawing and studying tattoos.This is one of the sheets I made and the other are just skull studys. And a picture of my foot

The predatory cat

2011-11-17T00:30:00.003+01:00

Trying out cans

Dont you worry

2011-11-03T01:52:00.004+01:00

Ball points

Flightless Bird

2011-09-28T01:16:00.009+02:00

Toecarve, Keylockbreak, Lazybarf, Vacuummobbed,ParkSun,Lazerbeamed.

I dont know why, but after a day or two I kinda always hate my latest post.I just want to upload something else so it wont be the first thing I see when I load this page.
Anyway I cant resist white walls anymore.
I actually never had that fase before in my childhood. My mum would have soo whooped my ass!

Bizie Bizoe

2011-09-08T02:04:00.006+02:00

Something unfinished on the street up north and something sketchy.

Cats and dogs

2011-09-06T02:14:00.005+02:00

Moved. blue ombre. Quicky street art. Puppy dog for a puppy fred.

Twin Flames

2011-08-22T01:40:00.006+02:00

Bubble crazy weekend

Something made last week.

Lets make a robot

2011-08-07T19:13:00.001+02:00

Apple times are over

2011-08-02T03:55:00.005+02:00

Horcrux

2011-08-01T02:34:00.004+02:00

Packing Black

2011-07-20T01:07:00.007+02:00

Isis

2011-05-26T02:41:00.000+02:00

Sometimes I feel like I'm the transgender from cycle 11 ANTM

Rotten Apple

2011-04-10T21:55:00.005+02:00

Watercolor-Acryl-Gold-Gold-Gold

Tsjernobyl

2011-03-17T00:23:00.004+01:00

Making pancakes is defenitly an art on itself

It's not really possible to get the colors right here, because I used fluorescent and gold paint (you can't really see it be he got a golden grillz, totally gansta)

Chikatilo

2011-03-01T01:06:00.004+01:00

Read and saw a lot of disturbing things. I' m so not future-becoming-serial-killer material

Bruin Brood

2011-02-20T19:22:00.006+01:00

First week internship was awesome. I'm totally overwhelmed by the kindness of the people in the studio.I've already learned a lot of things, I'm curious of what's yet to come!

Anyways, a short film I made together with Xander Clerckx.
Music by Flying Lotus.

Le Chat qui rit

2011-02-02T16:48:00.009+01:00

Finally caught live on tape.
Shot by me.
Music by Flying Lotus (Please do watch it full screen!)

Skull is in your brain

2011-01-18T17:27:00.003+01:00

The first last exam is comming.. soon!
Skull made out of paper.. I ve made this ages ago. But never had the chance to make some pictures..

Elephant gun

2011-01-14T22:04:00.005+01:00

It has truly been way too long that I ve posted here.. but I must admit I haven't very productive.. at all.:(
I ve been trying to capture some crazy ass creatures and show it to the world they do exist goddammit!
Trying to shoot an Origami creature with Xander Clercks and a huuge Kitty Cat!!

Nightwalker

2010-12-07T00:36:00.009+01:00

The end is so near of my student-being-ness.
Having a lot of computer troubles, nothing really works anymore.Hopefully tomorrow they will get fixed and my pen-pressure will work again!!

My R e e l

2010-11-18T18:02:00.005+01:00

Finished my reel.. for now.Will be completed later with compositing and tracking work.
Song is by Explosions In The Sky - The Birth and Death of the Day

Cara To Reel from Cara To on Vimeo.

Arrr...

2010-11-10T22:08:00.008+01:00

I hate my internet it' s so slow..
I have been working on a gazillion projects at the same time.
This one is a hack and slash game I'm working on together with 7 other beautiful people :).
Here are some Concept Art, environment art and a 3D model made and textured by yours truly.(there are still more to come)

Lucy

2010-11-08T21:47:00.005+01:00

Loads and loads of unseen work of Lucy.
To show you how she could have looked like,wireframe and the hommade rig I made for her.
Please do note the heart shaped fingernails I modeled for her <3

One for all and all for one

2010-11-02T00:33:00.005+01:00

Self Portrait day at ConceptArt.com!
And just a painting mixed media.

CaraToes.com is aliive!

2010-11-01T13:02:00.008+01:00

Finally after a lot of research on how to make a site and actually making the site.
I present you: http://www.caratoes.com/!!
I still have tons of work waiting to be uploaded, so stay tuned.
And in the meanwhile any comments to make my site better is welcome!

If only you would melt in me

2010-10-30T12:10:00.005+02:00

so I would never be alone

We looked like giants

2010-10-19T10:24:00.002+02:00

Yesterday I saw a robot dinosaur eat an entire house.true story

Panic at the circus from Cara To on Vimeo.

Pomana

2010-10-03T18:07:00.003+02:00

Project I worked on for 3 months.
These aren't the final results, still have to take some screenshots and record a fragment of it.
Im very glad this is finished.There were some problems , but I learned out of it and thats the important thing.
Anyho,beside all that, I did my best to make it look as good as I could.Everything you see is modeled,textured and designed by me.
Programers: Roel Coucke and Tili.

Dinner with schmucks

2010-09-27T01:46:00.004+02:00

Funny movie.
Although it seems like all the comedy's nowadays has the same cast
(click on the picture to see a bigger size)

Shoeshine

2010-06-22T12:21:00.005+02:00

Watercolours and the last one acryl
First one is based on a picture out of Dolly Verbiage 's life.
Thanks for letting me use it and happy birthday :)
The colours look way better in real tough.

Size: 37 X 28 cm

Exravaganza Gay

2010-06-01T23:19:00.005+02:00

I have so much stuff to post.. dont know where to begin
so this I start with the most recent things.
Concept art, 3D modeling , texturing , skinning done by me.
I ve taken a zilion screenshot of it..
Sofware used: 3D studio max, Z brush, roadkill, Xoliul shader,photoshop
PS: buy a mac to watch these pictures, colors are ugly on other screens

Vespertine

2010-05-18T16:48:00.013+02:00

My skin looks like an old toad
The colors look awful in this picture, the real deal is so much more prettyer
size: 37 X 28 cm

Collab with Xander
Size: A2

Coco Rosie

2010-05-16T00:46:00.008+02:00

Was jumping jumping
Ik was voorbereid op het onverwachte, iets mysterieus en beknepen kiekenvelmomenten.
Onverwacht was het zeker, ik waande me enkele seconden zowaar op een Tiesto feest(maar dan met heel goeie muziek )
Hoe 1 operazangeres,1 kweetnie-hoe-ik-haar-moet-omschrijven-maar-ze-zingt-mega-cool-zangeres, 1 keigrote vleugelpiano-speler, 1 drummer,1 beatboxer en een tafel vol met oud speelgoed zo een goede combinatie konden zijn.
Feest
I like.
Ik zou zelf geld willen betalen voor de live opname van die show.(zelfs geld e!)

Iets waar Xander en ik 2 dagen geleden aan gewerkt hebben.

Some Kind of Nature

2010-05-14T21:58:00.006+02:00

Got a gazillion drawings yet to come.
A few drawings from when I was in San Fransisco, best place to get stuck.
I wanted to say something interesting, but I m kinda brain dead now.
A, 2 days ago sat in the train with Bent Van Looy.
Not a fangirl, but that guy got style.

Rhinestone Eyes

2010-05-08T23:24:00.004+02:00

Mijn voeten sliepen
Net ik dringend naar de plee moest

msn-scribbles

Plastic beach

2010-05-02T23:10:00.003+02:00

Muchos quickpaintings , that one portrait took like 5 minutes.
But I like it.

I love kaleidoscopes and cute animals

San Francock

2010-04-29T17:06:00.001+02:00

Ik ga een plaag starten

11-Lucian Freud

2010-04-03T00:30:00.007+02:00

2 Days Paris. That city always know how to sweep me off my feet.
It must be the first time I ve went home without buying anything.
Waw, I must be really broke.
But I did went to a very inspirational exposition: Lucian Freud.
Every painting was like a fairy tale..
I think this was my favorite of the show

Something based on the work of Eugenio Recuenco, made in Painter.

10

2010-03-29T14:01:00.004+02:00

The big 10! 355 to go!
Maybe I should stop acting like I m doing a 365 :/
Made in Painter
Based/inspired by the crazy photographer Eugenio Recuenco

09-Gidy

2010-03-27T01:05:00.003+01:00

Totally digging my sketchbook.. forgot how much fun it is to draw
I just want to draw everything I see

08-Muscle pain

2010-03-24T00:53:00.003+01:00

I bought 2 brand new sketchbooks. waw!

Pomana

2010-03-14T17:29:00.007+01:00

Something I ve been working on for a while
It s an educational game , school project in a team of 4 people

My responsibility:
-Base idea of the game
-overall look of the game
-concept art of characters , birds, enviroment and tree
-3D modeling (except for the fruit and the base of the tree)
-texturing
-rigging, skinning and animating the birds

The menu

Concept art
These are cute and girly versions based on the astroboy model from a while ago

This is all 3D except for that one child her face and hair is painted

A render of the tree alone.

07-zon

2010-03-09T13:01:00.004+01:00

Dit weekend naar de bib geweest,super lang geleden,omdat heel ons familie daar zo goed als verbannen is sinds enkele jaren.(maar dat is een ander verhaal)
Ik bekijk een boek(ok, strip) die ik 6 , 7 jaar geleden eens geleend heb.
En vind terug: een schets die ik innertijd gemaakt had tussen de paginas.
Bizar.

06-eh?

2010-03-06T01:31:00.001+01:00

So we are cool right?

RIP wacom

2010-02-24T09:47:00.003+01:00

He passed away overnight
He was so very precious to me
Wish I could show the last thing he worked on.. but that is confidential stuff
He really enjoyed this new program he' s been taught,Zbrush
Too bad he will never get any better at it ..
He will be remembered

05-I m not a quitter

2010-02-12T01:01:00.000+01:00

I m not a quitter
I m not a quitter
I m not a quitter
I m not a quitter
I m not a quitter
I m not a quitter
I m not a quitter
I m not a quitter
I m not a quitter

04-I dreamed we became friends again

2010-02-07T11:44:00.005+01:00

Something of yesterday, isnt finished at all. But dont have the time.
I found out that you loose a lot of color quality if you safe your thing as a Jpg in painter, really didnt knew that before.

03-Greys

2010-02-06T01:19:00.005+01:00

Doctor, doctor!

02-My wacom died

2010-02-04T09:41:00.000+01:00

He only works sometimes .. sucks monkey balls
HA and yes I am cheating already and its day 2 of my 365, no way I already painted something this early. But a post is a post :)

365

2010-02-03T12:38:00.005+01:00

Got this great idea from Klaas (http://klaasvdm.blogspot.com/) to start a 365.
In other words.. to draw and paint daily and post it here..
Hope I can keep this up, I m just kind of lazy and also scared to mess my blog up with ugly drawings I dont like.. but I have to try it

I am scared of fish.. even more when they are dead or out of water.. I just somehow imagine what sounds they would make if they could.. screaming they cant breath anymore or are in a lot of pain cuz they have a hook down their troat
But nevertheless.. I dug up this fish head from a bin.. just to paint it.. and it smelled o my god

Speedpaint from life

Games

2010-02-03T11:50:00.006+01:00

School assignments games I worked on in team
Hugon in Ridderland a game for kids from 6-7 year

A pick up design I made that I kind of like, didnt even knew what a pick up was before..

Concept

2010-01-24T15:08:00.003+01:00

I am exhausted

I fell in love with a dead boy

2010-01-19T17:16:00.003+01:00

-Antony and the johnsons-

Presenting Lucy Van Mattel
Designed, modeled, skinned, rigged and textured by me

If you scroll a little bit down to my previous posts, you can find my concept art for Lucy

H e a d s wi l l r o l l

2009-12-11T11:21:00.001+01:00

Work from a few weeks ago, from life 30-40 minutes, wish I made more, but..

Four letter word

2009-11-07T21:01:00.006+01:00

The airport is officially my inspiration cave
these are a few from this summer

Apfle made by my personal muze

Cerveja Sagres

2009-11-04T01:19:00.004+01:00

I do quite like the weather and the internet here

A stroboy

2009-10-30T21:03:00.003+01:00

textured and cute

Snoopy is green

2009-10-30T16:08:00.004+01:00

First night Faro-quote.
My first room-paint paint, I like it more than I expected I would
Character sheet of a character I designed for school, will be made in 3D.

Beautiful boyz

2009-10-17T23:44:00.005+02:00

I just adore the version of Coco Rosie together with Antony
Trying things out

Low poly Astroboy made in 3D Max
He is also fully rigged

In for the kill

2009-10-10T12:39:00.011+02:00

Eating chocolate for breakfast
Loving La Roux Internet
My day couldnt start better

It has been so long that I ve posted something
I have still tons of work to upload..
I might be too lazy..

Size: 37 X 28 cm

Size: Squared A2 Gift for a friend

B r o o k e S h i e l d s

2009-08-15T00:21:00.006+02:00

The most beautiful girl I saw when I was very little ,in Blue Lagoon?
That I didnt knew, neither that Lady Gaga could play the piano,sing and have a little dick.

Alice in wonderland

2009-07-28T14:43:00.006+02:00

Movie by Tim Burton with Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp (suprise, suprise) comming in 2010.
Ben al aan het aftellen :)

Had toevallig enkele accessoires gekocht geïnspireerd door dat zot boek.

N e v e r l a n d

2009-07-08T19:28:00.003+02:00

2001 A Space Odyssey

2009-06-21T01:28:00.004+02:00

Eddy Wally die eet in ons restaurant
Leuke onverwachte vrienden die dit lezen :)
2 spiksplinterverse schetsboeken

few renders of my Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT Veloce
3D max 2010

Rotte bananas

2009-06-02T23:38:00.002+02:00

all over the place

collab mit den Stees http://boolzi.blogspot.com/

My eyes hurt

2009-05-28T02:04:00.006+02:00

Hope I wont get blind

Al bliksemend

2009-05-26T02:00:00.006+02:00

kijken naar het raam uit mijn zweet
Gigentische flashfotos

Mijn leven is waterverf

It Breeds No More-design

Super Mario Bros

2009-05-12T00:13:00.004+02:00

sucks

did a portret painting of the nose-fluter
and..some random cool embryo

- Ik heb gehoord

2009-05-10T01:02:00.005+02:00

dat jij ook chinees bent-

zonder enige twijfel quote van de week

painter

B i g B a n g T h e o r y

2009-05-03T23:46:00.006+02:00

finito

Still trying to figure out how painter works..
short colour studies

A p o c a l y p t i c a

2009-05-02T22:16:00.007+02:00

is comming to my home town!
thats crazy! (and alice cooper too, big names)
Aah! I m just dying ...that I 'm going to have to miss them... Aaahhhg

other news
I offiicially enabled myself to ever have photoshop ever again on my laptop ..
Just when I started to get along with that program

So I gave Painter a first try..lots of.. possibilities

Just small

Pre-painter

Painter

And my Iron I made with 3D max

Z o o d a y

2009-04-11T17:39:00.006+02:00

practicing violin : el tango de roxanne from the moulin rouge movie
hungry for: Brahms hungarian dance No 2

I know I should upload more, but to be honest, this mind here.. not that productive anymore..
and.. not really satisfied with the work I do make..
schoolstuff.. I really dont like it, hate it that I spend so much time on it.. hate the face even more
I just dont know what I want to do..

b o o t c a m p

2009-04-08T01:49:00.005+02:00

on my mac, yay
this is really the picture that could crack me up on my downest days
not that I m down

F a r t

2009-04-05T23:37:00.005+02:00

digital exercises, trying and trying to get it right.
But dont want to spend too much time on 1 painting, because.. the stupid thing about digital painting is you can keep painting forever on details no one will notice unless you make some special close ups..

Also a huuge acryl painting, also just for practise,
Ok its 56 x 56 cm, not that huge, but one of the bigest size I ve ever painted.

Aand some pages out my sketchbook
Still have so much work I have to upload..

I also want to thank a very special person, who has been far out the most encouraging person I ve ever met. You gave me the confidence I ve never really had.

btw what the hell is with the new version of msn? its like everyone is having problems with annoying viruses..

edit: forgot to mention first 2 paintings are inspired on the most beautiful photobook called Heroïnes by Bettina Rheims, loved this book even more than Lachapelle' s one.

J a j a j a a

2009-04-05T23:18:00.007+02:00

vakantie!

I .. have no words for how..
creative I wanna feel.
But I feel like I dont have enough time for all the stuff I wanna do.
nevertheless I can tell you I am very proud that I have:
-made 2 acryl paintings
-lil photoshoot
-started to digi paint
-bought new strings for my violin AND played
-I started reading books again! yay, altough it is for school , still "The picture of Dorian Gray" was a book I always wanted to read.

so in the mood to do more!
why do people need sleep now and then?

I almost feel sorry I m about to post so much new stuff..
should I do it in different parts?
perhaps

w e a t h e r t o f l y

2009-03-29T21:37:00.004+02:00

still training ps painting skillz
dont like it very much, but just posting so you can watch me get better
I .. hope :)
wish I could have used my sisters camera this weekend, cuz i have so much cool stuff waiting to be digitalised..

luv lamp (poor webcam-shot) ,now my room is perfect and ready to inspire :)

I n L o v e

2009-03-28T02:07:00.004+01:00

with David Bowie again

Some sketchbookstuff and photoshop try out stuff

G u e s s w h o s b a c k

2009-03-23T00:23:00.006+01:00

Bob is back :)
lovely sunny vintage trip tu Brussels

loads and loads of work still to come and post
some stuff from maroc

T r a m s

2009-03-17T23:47:00.010+01:00

ontelbaar achter elkaar gerangschikt
om onbekende reden.

B w i z z y

2009-03-13T23:44:00.007+01:00

amper tijd gehad om op het internet te zitten
blog een beetje verwaarloosd
in het kort:
- crazy trip
- 2,5 schetsboek vol
- got myself a new lifestyle
- schilder terug
- compleeet verslaafd aan kleren maken :o
..

Kan nie wachten om nieuwe dinges up te loaden
maar helaas heeft mijn trouwe camera de zotte reis niet overleefd :(
laatste beelden + mijn examen van 3D
stay tuned
..

w e e p

2009-01-25T12:54:00.002+01:00

I c a n

2009-01-23T03:41:00.000+01:00

handle this crap

t h e f r o z e n w o r l d

2009-01-20T01:49:00.006+01:00

by Emilie Simon

I have watercolored yesterday!
its crazy!
I still have have to practice some more to get back to my old level..

Exames zijn goed voor Het Creatieve
no doubt about that
juist voor ik mij terug aan mijn schoolwerk wil zetten
voel ik de creativiteit in mij opborrelen..
ik word helemaal warm
ik krijg kriebeltjes in mijn buik
alsof.. ik oogcontact heb met een extreem aantrekkelijk persoon

maar sinds ik mij heb voorgenomen om met acryl te gaan werken
werd mijn creatief gevoel gedoofd
toen ik besefte dat ik moest wachten op het drogen van de net aangebracht gesso laag op mijn stuk plank

ik kan haast niet wachten op de volgende vlaag van creativiteit
om echt aan de slag te gaan

I c r y

2009-01-17T00:32:00.004+01:00

when I read the papers

L o v e w i l l t e a r u s a p p a r t

2009-01-12T21:34:00.009+01:00

Ik ben altijd voorzichtig geweest met fotos van mijzelf op het internet posten
Het lijkt zo ijdel
Ik wil altijd de fotos posten waar ik helemaal niet op mijn eigen trek
Dat lijkt me een leugen
Om er dan bij te zetten dat ik dat ben
Het draait meer om kunst dan de kunstenaar zelf
maar de kunstenaar is zijn kunst

ik word de laatste tijd zo geinspireerd door de kunstenaars zelf
gewoon door hun zijn
dat ik mijzelf zelfs inspirerend begin te vinden
stel je voor

hierbij
introduceer ik mijzelf
met
ja
een collage
dit zijn ik niet

(en ik ben ook een beetje trots op mijn jas ,
die eigenlijk toebehoorde aan mijn zus toen ze 4 was.
Daar nog eens bij mijn prototype Cranky die ik maanden geleden eens heb gemaakt,
maar ik kon er geen deftige fotos van trekken mits ik mijn nu teruggevonden camera-oplader kwijt was )

dit is een voorbeeld van 2 tekeningen die compleet niet bij elkaar passen

deze foto is zelfs geen introductie meer, dit is meer een essentie

S i n g e r

2009-01-05T02:37:00.006+01:00

vervroegde verjaardag
een droom
hun twijfel
eerste naaimachine
of
eerste gucci tas

eerste naaimachine

zot

3 januari
was een dag van ongekende inspiratie

en er was nog meer!

Pokerrage

2008-12-27T01:30:00.009+01:00

rare blokperiode..
havent used my wacom much for painting
more as a ..mouse

it s so stupid,it s something I wanted so bad for so many years
when I finally get it.. I just want to do traditional arts again..

mm

Size: A3

Old work

2008-12-21T17:25:00.008+01:00

going from 2004 till 2006
didnt do much for 2 years beacause I didnt have any time
posting this to show my past
all in aquarel and ballpoints
I m tired of doing all those litle details
I want to just focus on .. drawing correctly other than ..emotions

size:37 X 28 cm

Size: A3

Size: 37 X 28 cm

Size: A3

Size: A4

Size: 37 X 28 cm

VV Day

2008-12-19T01:45:00.002+01:00

This is officially the day I got my first wacom ever (ok, yesterday)
and with this I learned a very importend lesson:

zolang je betaalt krijg je alles wat je wil

sorry btw tegen alle mensen die ik per ongeluk heb voorgestoken

gratis 5 euro sur le grond

2008-12-17T01:39:00.005+01:00

How a simple knock on the door can prevent a long series of awkward situations and feeling
If only more people dare

ok apparently I do want to draw stuff out my head
and yes the subjects are starting to change
maybee over a month I ll get out of my old stupid drawing-subject routine
looking forward

although they are just simple doodles during long photoshop saving/loading time..

I have this huuge weak spot for old used stuff
I have this whole collection at my place that keeps on growing everyday
but I soo adore my deer-head :)

2008-12-14T14:54:00.004+01:00

I feel like I m not ready to draw people and stuff from my imagination just yet, like I did in the past.
I feel like I have to start from the beginning.
I want to change my old drawing style.

I m so glad I went to the conceptart meeting
I ve learned so much about the truth of the art-world
Its so cool to talk and share ideas with other people who has the same intrests

nothing of this has to do with my current school

I have this bad feeling about the intentions of my school
I dont like it

some thumbs of robot-arm designs

The Avatar

2008-11-30T21:39:00.005+01:00

is echt cool

heb een bamboo wacom kunnen lenen (van de waldo) voor het weekend en ik wou hem echt zo goed mogelijk benutten

Halve Amelie

2008-11-29T00:47:00.006+01:00

kom thuis
kijk in de spiegel
en zie:
mezelf met een mega chocomond
waarschijnlijk nog van tijdens de middag
..
nadeel van in een klas te zitten met praktisch alleen jongens..

stuff

wish I had a wacom

kinda loving my life right now

wake up in the mornings

I just feel plain happy

kinda tired though

wish I had a wacom

The Sequel

2008-11-15T20:42:00.004+01:00

quick paintings because I missed the real thing

party mit d'O

2008-11-10T01:50:00.007+01:00

sexy

had the greatest week ever

hope it will be voor herhaling vatbaar