About
Dossier File // Subject: The Archivist
DOSSIER FILE // SUBJECT
The Archivist
Alias: Matthew R. Stitt
Division: Broken Prints — Relic & Artifact Recovery
Background Record
Raised in Jackson, Michigan. Catholic upbringing, class of ’92. Completed eight years of U.S. Army service before transitioning into civilian technical work. Current dual role: software tester by day, digital archivist by night. Known for balancing precise logic with boundless imagination.
Assessment
Subject demonstrates a continuous pattern of discipline meeting creative drive. Military structure instilled order; digital art became the outlet for restlessness. Through Broken Prints, the Archivist transforms personal history into myth-coded artifacts — a mix of survival instinct, symbolism, and quiet rebellion.
Creative Output
All visual records are created in Procreate on iPad hardware. Works are categorized as Relics (wearable records: shirts & mugs) or Artifacts (fine art prints). Each release is treated as recovered documentation from a fractured Archive — part memory, part myth.
Conclusion
The Archivist is not merely an observer but a conduit. Every piece released is a recovered fragment: part confession, part creation, part survival note.
The World of the Kimerians
At the center of this world live the Kimerians — hybrid beings navigating human systems that barely tolerate them. They take on human jobs, walk our streets, attempt to blend in, and remain watched, misunderstood, and never fully welcome.
Through relic shirts, field journals, prints, and document-style artwork, I explore themes of alienation, labor, identity, and quiet resistance. The monsters aren’t fantasy; they’re metaphors for what it feels like to be different.
Not every figure is a character. Some, like Max, are cultural leftovers — advertising mascots and propaganda tools built by a fictional system to disguise its control mechanisms. Max isn’t real, even inside the story. He’s a mirror of what the system wants you to believe.
A Living Archive
Each design is a document — part memory, part warning, part survival story. Whether you’re examining relic apparel, browsing artifact prints, or wandering the Field Journal’s recovered records, you’re stepping deeper into a world that shifts with every discovery.
— Matthew R. Stitt