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Art & Design by Matthew James Taylor

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This website is where I bring together my two biggest passions in life; art and design. I hope you enjoy my work.

Learn more about me or contact me if you have any questions.

Responsive Columns Layout System

Responsive Columns: Build Amazing Layouts With Custom HTML Tags

How responsive attributes work

Responsive Attributes: Generate CSS Grid Layouts With Simple HTML

Responsive text size

Responsive Font Size (Optimal Text at Every Breakpoint)

A web developer in the engine room

Best Web Development Tools (Free & Paid)

Columns all the same height

Equal-Height Columns (CSS Grid, Flexbox, Floated Containers, & Table Methods)

Direct-to-Brain Augmented Reality (DBAR) with Neuralink & AI

Direct-to-Brain Augmented Reality (With Neuralink & AI)

Boggle dice shaker

Boggle Dice Shaker (Built With Javascript)

Padding bewteen desktop, tablet, and mobile

Responsive Padding, Margin & Gutters With CSS Calc

Holy grail 3 column layout responsive diagram

Holy Grail 3-Column Responsive Layout (CSS Grid & Flexbox Versions)

Footer at the bottom of the page diagram

Bottom Footer (CSS Grid, Flexbox, & Absolute Position Methods)

3 column product comparison layout

3 Column Layouts (Responsive, Flexbox & CSS Grid)

Open book two column layout

2 Column Layouts (Responsive, Flexbox & CSS Grid)

Is CSS margin top or bottom better?

CSS: Margin Top vs Bottom (A Trick You Should Know)

Detail of a male model in white charcoal

White Charcoal Life Drawing On Toned Paper

Charcoal still life drawing of my shoe

Still Life (Drawings & Paintings)

A pencil drawing of a stand of trees

Trees (Drawings, Illustrations & Other Artwork)

My optical illusion mural

Optical Illusions (Artwork That Tricks The Eye)

A close-up of my Ikea pig oil painting

Oil Painting (Still Life & Landscapes)

A close-up painting of pistachios with Gouche

Gouache Paintings (Still Life Illustrations)

Logo design concept & colors

Logo Design Concepts, Branding & Colors

A charcoal portrait of Angela reading a book

Portraiture (Exploring Different Mediums, Styles & Techniques)

Watercolor illustration example

Watercolor Painting & Illustration

Vector portrait of Crystal the Doll

Vector Art (Adobe Illustrator, CorelDraw, Flash & Inkscape)

Life drawings drawn with different pose times from 1 minute to two hours

Life Drawing & Pose Time (From 1 Minute to 2 Hours)

My standard life drawing equipment

Best Life Drawing Equipment (What to Bring to a Class)

A selection of life drawings in different mediums

Best Life Drawing Mediums (Examples, Tips & Techniques)

Graphite Pencil Life Drawing

Graphite Pencil Life Drawing (Rendering & Sketch Examples)

Graeme Frontbum

Graeme Frontbum (About the Comic Strip & Characters)

Ogga surfing

Ogga the Cane Toad (About the Comic Strip & Characters)

Sepia ink life drawing

Ink Life Drawing (6 Experiments with Nibs & Brushes)

An example of a printed MacBook Air

Printable MacBook Air! (4 Easy Steps)

Soul Search Graphic Story

Soul Search (2 Page Graphic Story)

Graeme Frontbum’s Pet World

Graeme Frontbum’s Pet World (14 Comic Strips)

Ogga The Cane Toad comic strips

Ogga The Cane Toad (85 Comic Strips)

A nice sharp pencil

The Art of Sharpening Pencils (Styles & Techniques)

A fractal tree made by recursive drawing

Create Fractals With This Amazing Recursive Drawing Tool

A black ball-point pen doodle

Doodles, Little Drawings & Sketches

Book illustration cover artwork

Book Cover Design & Book Illustrations

AI-generated art nouveau portrait

Art Nouveau (Drawings, Vector Illustrations & AI-Generated Art)

Black and white charcoal study of folded fabric

Drapery Drawing (Folded Fabric Studies in Charcoal & Pencil)

A fractal artwork of an owl in a tree

Fractal Art (Exploring Fractals & Art Based On Fractals)

A charcoal life drawing of a female model

Charcoal Life Drawing (Examples On White & Toned Paper)

The Bug Insects

The Bug Insects (4 Comic Strips)

An architect working on a computer

Hiring an Architect? 12 Questions to Ask them First

A rolled iron roof under gum trees

Do Architects Charge For Consultations? (Questions To Ask)

Architect sketches for a house design

Architect vs Draftsman: Which One Should You Hire?

How to add CSS to HTML

How to add CSS to HTML (With Link, Embed, Import, and Inline styles)

Custom elements plus CSS with no javascript

Custom Element Examples (Without Javascript)

A delicious soup made from custom elements

Replace Divs With Custom Elements For Superior Markup

Racing car made from custom tags

Custom HTML Tags (18 Things To Know Before Using Them)

ID vs Class CSS selectors

ID vs Class: Which CSS Selector Should You Use? (6 Examples)

Chalk life drawing with Conté Crayon

Chalk Life Drawings (Conté Crayon Vs Chalk Pencil)

Looking into an empty div

Empty HTML Tags (21 Weird Things You Need To Know!)

Terrace house renovation concept

Why I Love Architecture (My Inspiration & Design History)

An old man with fading synesthesia

Does Synesthesia Fade With Age? (My First-Hand Experience)

My colored alphabet including numbers

My Synesthesia Story (Colored Letters & Numbers)

Four-leaf clovers standing out as a different color

Synesthesia Helps Me Find Four Leaf Clovers

Beautiful centered menus with CSS

CSS: Horizontally Centred Menus (With Optional Dropdowns)

Ads that can change size to fit any screen size

Responsive Banner Ads with HTML5 and CSS3

A wide entrance hallway

Hallways: Are They a Waste of Space?

Printed house plans

Floor Plan Copyright: How To Legally Build From A Design

Open floor plan kitchen and dining room

Open Floor Plans And House Value (Trend Analysis)

Small house blueprint

13 Small House Design Principles (The Illustrated Guide)

Flowers growing in a tiny house window flowerbox

12 Small House Benefits: Why Building Tiny Makes Sense!

3-meter wide driveway house floor plan

3-Meter Wide Driveway Houses (Examples, Photos, & Floor Plans)

Watercolor painting of a small house in a field

What is Considered a Small House? (Handy Size Guide)

Superman blocking styles

Style Blocker: How To Prevent CSS Cascade With Shadow DOM

Responsive house plan

Responsive House Plan (Web Design Meets Architecture!)

Lyndal the flower girl

Art by Matthew James Taylor (Paintings, Drawings & Digital Art)

Fractal gravity

Fractal Gravity: The Solution Must Also Explain Itself

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