Hello! My name is Matt Hogben (also grown up with the nickname Hoggy 😊) and I am a digital artist learning to be a 3D artist.
I have lived in the UK my whole life. It has become a big hobby of mine (along with gaming). When I started studying games development at college I learned how to use my art digitally using Photoshop which is where I decided I wanted to be a digital artist. I am currently trying to learn to be a 3D artist and I LOVE IT!!
I started drawing from a very young age since the day I could hold a pencil, drawing things like Pokemon, Sonic the Hedgehog and Mario and I'm slowly building my way up and getting better and better the more art I do.
I'm always finding things to draw by being inspired by many things from games and movies /TV series'. I love what I do and I always will!
I LOVE ART (AND GAMING)!!
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I'M IN A GAME!!
I drew one Fall Guy collab per day for an entire year and I actually did it! 365 fall guy drawings!
The whole team at Mediatonic absolutely loved seeing them and to celebrate the achievement they created a Hoggy costume to add to the game!
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It's honestly a massive achievement to actually be PUT IN A GAME!! I will remember
this for the rest of my life!
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I have ACTUALLY got to meet my hero, the one and only Hideo Kojima!! Actually amazing and my dream has come true! I just dunno how to explain haha!!! I've loved the man for like... EVER haha! He is who made me the gamer I am today! And he is my inspiration!And that's not it! ANOTHER legend I got to meet too, Yoji Shinkawa!! A favourite artist of mine who done art for Metal Gear Solid (my favourite game series of all time) and now for Death Stranding and other stuff too! Was just amazing! Check him out he is SO good! I have even got one of his Metal Gear Solid pieces tattooed on my arm!
It was all part of a Death Stranding Tour in 2019 called the World Strand Tour! I got there nearly 5 hours early for a chance to meet him! AND IT HAPPENED!!
So lucky!