Matt Kuphaldt
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Matt Kuphaldt (born 1977) is an American illustrator and fan-gone-pro. Kuphaldt's start as an official Transformers artist came when his online artwork caught the eye of 88MPH Studios, who contracted him to create illustrations for the Genesis artbook. Among the other Genesis artists was Dreamwave's Pat Lee, who solicited Kuphaldt for work on the nascent Generation 1 comics. This, in turn, led to work with 3H Productions and Fun Publications, contributing to their comics as well as creating posters and various other illustrations surrounding the conventions and fan club.
Works
3H Productions
- Universe Featuring the Wreckers #2 (colors, page 1-5 and 11)
- Collectors' Club Magazine profile art
- Dreadwind (colors)
- Smokejumper (colors)
- Sunstorm (alt mode colors)
- "Who Shot Optimus Prime?" poster
- Voice-actor character pinups
- OTFCC 2004 magazine advertisement
Dreamwave Productions
- The War Within Preview (colors, pages 1-4)
- Transformers: Armada Volume 2 (colors, pages 5-8)
- Transformers: More than Meets the Eye profiles
- Big Shot
- Crankcase (robot mode pencils)
- Doubleheader
- Fastlane
- Flattop (robot mode pencils)
- Grit (robot mode pencils)
- Groundpounder
- Gunrunner (jet mode pencils)
88mph Studios
Fun Publications
- Fan-Club-exclusive prose-story illustrations:
Ask Vector Prime
- Matt was a contributor to Ask Vector Prime, consulting on an answer about the Machine Wars Starscream artwork he created for Genesis. A piece of his fanart was later commented upon by Grimlock when the column became Grim Grams.
Gallery
Notes
- Kuphaldt was originally assigned many more pieces for the Dreamwave More than Meets the Eye series (which can be found on his website below), though they ended up not being used due to a decision to stick with a Pat Lee/Don Figueroa "house style". Dammit!
