Matt Collins

Product Designer & Illustrator

Illustration

Circle App Crab Illustrations

Circle wanted to come up with a fun identifiable icon for their digital currency app. After some sketching we settled on the concept of a beach crab using sand dollars as currency to allude to sending and receiving money.

The crab was used as a hidden easter egg in the financial app that could be found by swiping left in the UI. I also developed an ongoing series of costumed crabs for interal & seasonal marketing use.

Initial sketches of Circle crabs
Original Circle crab illustration holding sand dollar with beach pail and shovel
Illustration of Circle crabs dressed as Santa and elf giving child crab presents
Illustration of Circle crabs as pilgrims holding blunderbuss and cultery with Thanksgiving basket
Illustration of Circle crabs dressed up for St Patricks Day with a rainbow and a pot of bitcoin
Illustration of Circle crabs celebrating 4th of July with a cookout and fireworks
Illustration of Circle crabs gardening for spring with watering can
Illustration of Circle crabs toasting for new years with champagne
Valentine's Illustration of Circle crab as Cupid shooting a love arrow at opposing crab
Illustration of Circle crab child disappointed for back to school with happy parents
Illustration of Circle crabs throwing snowballs next to snowman
Illustration of Circle crabs dressed as Dracula and mummy next to carved pumpkin

Gnarly Election Series

Bernie Shreds Gnarly Election graphic of Bernie Sanders on a skateboard
Harris Crail graphic of Kamala Harris on a skateboard
Frontside AOC Gnarly Electrion graphic of Alexandria Ocasio Cortez on a skateboard
Joe Grindin' Gnarly Electrion graphic of Joe Biden on a skateboard
Trump Scoots Gnarly Electrion graphic of Donald Trump on a scooter
Air Warren Gnarly Electrion graphic of Elizabeth Warren on a skateboard

Brightcove Video Editing & App Icons

Icon of scissors
Icon of paint palette
Icon of pencil
Icon of celluloid film clip
Icon of clock with arrow encircling it
Small icon of blueprint
Icon of projector screen with play button
Icon of film segment in folder
Large icon of blueprint
Large icon of blueprint
Training icon of blackboard and paint palette
Icon of dollar bills and various change
Settings icon of gears
Icon of clipboard with lined paper notes and post-it
Icon of red toolbox with tools
Icon of grey toolbox with tools in three-quarter view

Brightcove App Cloud Launch Graphic

Sketches of app cloud Apps on Tap graphic
Final Apps on Tap graphic of beer with iPhone

Wintersmith's Ice Baller - Product Instructions

One of my favorite commercial projects was to illustrate the instructions for a product that makes round ice balls for cocktails. The client sent me a production prototype with some copy, and I had to stage different refence photos of each step to illustrate.


I love the challenge of illustrating hands, and particularly enjoy projects where the main objective is clear visual communication.

First page of ice baller instructions
Second page of ice baller instructions
Third page of ice baller instructions