Biography
Matthew Fox is an artist who has pursued an education to achieve a Bachelor of Fine Arts in animation. He has been inspired by animated television shows of his youth, and strives to achieve the same effect with his art in adulthood. Matthew specializes in animation and illustration, but most of all, any art form that can tell a story. He is driven by works that reflect lived experiences, favoring down-to-Earth, emotional pieces. He continues to hone his craft in his hometown of Delran, New Jersey.
Artist Statement
From a very young age, I’ve always been drawn to the concept of storytelling through art. Like most artists, I was the kid sitting in the corner drawing comics during recess. I was also the kid drawing monsters, ghosts, and anything I read about in WeirdNJ. This all being said, it felt natural for me to make my thesis film about the most blood-sucking, evil creature to exist: A lawyer. And that lawyer just also happens to be a mothman. I became best friends with ToonBoom Harmony this past year to make this happen, and we’re going to be friends much longer, because there is infinitely more I would love to add to this story. These characters are near and dear to my heart, for multiple reasons. The chief of which being that, it is cathartic to craft a story about mundane conflicts between characters who would historically be put through the wringer. All my characters are monsters, and all my characters are trans. To create a sympathetic, light-hearted story between them is something I needed in this current landscape. Needless to say, this is a story that will be built upon, because working on this has been the biggest joy of my year. This is a story dedicated to non-consequential spats, the friends we made along the way, and of course, all my not-so-monsterous “monsters”.