Matt Sheridan

I really enjoyed the lecture my Matt Sheridan last week.  He seemed like a really cool and down to earth guy for all the success he's had.  I was not expecting at all for him to have been an animator on Daria.  That was one of my favorite shows when I was younger.  It's also really funny that he directed Blues Clues for a while.  It clearly isn't the coolest thing to be doing,  but I can only imagine the money that could go alone with it. His art didn't fully make sense to me in the end.  The figure drawings out of water color, however, I thought were incredibly gorgeous.  His early work appealed more to me than his animated installation in the end.  I like the idea of deconstructing paintings and strokes, but the music and dialog connected with the pieces just didn't work in my head.  But I really think it was an inspiring talk and shows that people will have many jobs in this field and that doesn't mean they aren't successful.  It's just getting your name and artwork out there for more people to see.