Matt Groening is an American cartoonist and animator. He is best known for creating and drawing for The Simpsons and Futurama. His first comic strip, however, was called Life in Hell. He creates his own characters, but has been known to take actual people and make them into one of his characters, including himself. Matt works digitally. He has 12 Emmy Awards for his two television shows. Groening also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Matt Groening drew this self portrait of himself to look like one of the characters from The Simpsons. It is not known what year he drew this in or what the official title of the piece is. This was made digitally. The size and setting are not known either. The drawing is additive. In the drawing, Matt is holding a drawing pen and an action figure of one of his other characters from Futurama. The elements and principles of design that pertain to this piece are line, color, and shape. Line pertains to this piece because they make up the details of the face and figure that he is holding. Color also pertains to this piece because of the background and vibrant red details on his skin and jacket. Finally, shape pertains to this piece because of the details in the figure of Bender from Futurama. The elements arranged to order and control are emphasis and contrast. Emphasis pertains to this piece because the only point of focus is Matt himself. Contrast also pertains to this work of art because of the shadows on his head and hands, as well as the vibrant colors. This piece by Groening tells a story. It tells of all his accomplishments through television with the Bender figure and because of the fact that this is drawn in the same style that The Simpsons themselves would be drawn. I think Matt Groening created this piece to do exactly that, and create an image for himself in some of his episodes. This piece is an important work in art history because the style is instantly recognizable because of The Simpsons. This style had influences on people like Seth MacFarlane, the creator of Family Guy.