Jack Myers Lecture Notes

• Worked in animation and motion graphics
• Moved to New York in 2000
• In 2001 he and his partner Matthew Robins launched "Art Fool"
• His main motivation is to provide inspiration to students
• He is from Hot Springs Arkansas.
• He worked on a lot of movies in high school.
• He was a former student of MCA
• He ended up switching his major to Illustration
• He didn't plan on being an animator when leaving school
• He got a job at Kinkos and was hired as a designer and he designed logos
• He later decided on working on an animated short
• He did often feel like his work wasn't any good.
• He sent in a piece called "Food" to a film festival and later got an email from PBS asking if they could show his film.
• He later got a studio job at Curious Pictures
• Today he is a freelance animator
• His partner Matthew Robbins worked with Martha Stewart magazines.
• Advises on taking risks because you never know who will see you work and who will discover you.