My name's Matt and I have been a creative with audio, video, and technological aspects for over a decade.
2014 - 2018
While only having High School level and self-taught experience, many of my school electives and extra curriculums were related to music, publishing, and other creative and expressive topics
• 3 Semesters Graphic Design (mainly digital)
• 1 Semester Photography (+1 year extra curricular)
• 1 Semester VREP (Blender Animating Intro)
• 1 Semester Web Design (HTML Coding Intro)
• 1 Semester music appreciation (Studying and Hands On with audio stems using mixcraft)
• Extra help for photography in yearbook publications
Most of my work around this time was mainly to learn which styles i connected with most, however it started with race car liveries, both real and fictional, customized album covers, and school related projects.
01
The first ever Blender project outside of a class was for my first YouTube
YouTube Logo
02
A simple Doctor Who digital poster
03
Lyric art to Panic! At The Disco's "Victorious"
04
A fictional Vans NASCAR in the style of their Sk8 line
05
Today’s demo is another snippet for an expanding flex cards in accordion style.
what was used to start
• Adobe CS6 Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom)
• Audacity
• Blender
• Mixcraft
2019 - 2022
After graduating and going into the pandemic era, My focus shifted to more video-style content. Deep diving into that time, i had to get used to a switch from Windows to Mac for the first time ever. Being kept away from MAGIX Vegas and Hitfilm Express, I shifted everything to Adobe. I also learned some basics of upscaling video and images with Topaz software for a breif period of time
I also started creating art in a physical form more, including custom packages for cassettes and VHS tapes, as well as logo design and design director on two albums from Colorado band Strung Short
The editors of choice
• CapCut (iOS)
• Adobe Premiere Pro
• Handbrake
• HitFilm Express
• FiLMiC Pro
• Topaz Video AI
2023 - now
The past few years have been pretty stagnant while focusing on a job, but also still wanting to go into a creative field. I have not attempted tp
Mini side projects such as interest themed social media accounts, a tiny bit of homelabbing, and creating a startup in Retro Tech Library have kept me busy outside of digging up my past projects for this specific project