Matthew Curry - Boy vs Dragon - Where to Find Inspiration for Art

Matthew Curry is an award-winning graphic designer and illustrator with Two Grammy nominations. He is a long-time album art designer for Thievery Corporation and his artwork is included in collections worldwide. In today's discussion, Matthew walks through his award for political cartooning while still in high school, what he learned at RISD, his first design jobs out of school, becoming recognized for his acclaimed album art, and his evolution into a full-time artist with a broad repertoire of styles.

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0:00 Introduction
01:40 Where Matthew Curry finds inspiration
05:16 Originally an art career was a vague, wide-open thing
08:10 Being able to see how art was created, an expert's eye
15:28 Doing things that interest you
16:40 An early love for illustration and cartooning
20:30 A restaurant where starving artists go to eat
23:17 First graphic design job
35:40 Street art and Riot films
39:03 Scales in Matthew's work
43:40 Recurring dragon themes
48:55 Pokemon North America
52:30 Album art