AMA #25 theMattBoard

Background:

I started at VT right after high school. It was my first choice of college for a couple of reasons. My brother attended, it was in-state, it wasn't too close to home, etc.

While I loved my time in Blacksburg, I had a real hard time actually going to class. As a person who rarely ever had to study and found school pretty easy, I suddenly found myself in a position where I had to work at it and was completely unprepared for that reality. So, I ended up on academic probation and then headed home to Tidewater Community College.

From there I studied graphic design and really enjoyed an animation class I took there. After I got my associates, my animation teacher told me I should apply to a school called SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design) which I had never even heard of. I talked it over with my fiancée and she informed me that if I didn't at least apply, she wouldn't marry me and (the joke's on her) I got in.

We got married and moved to Georgia. I got my BFA in animation and ended up back in Hampton Roads for work. What was supposed to be a one-year job to polish my reel and head off to LA/London/Vancouver/etc. is now in year fifteen.

Now, I do art occasionally while my job pays the bills. I paint, teach a few drawing classes/paint nights and do some graphic design and motion graphics on the side. Despite graduating from two different colleges, I am still a Hokie. Whatever they injected me with my first week during band camp still hasn't worn off.

I love food (baking, cooking and eating), PC gaming and animated movies. If you want to see some of my art, it is available at themattboard.com.

Edit: and I just noticed that Wix updated their auto-titling for galleries on my site. I wonder how long everything has had names like 125365741894 instead of actual titles. Sigh

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