Matt Stroud started out as a graphic designer from Malta but made a career shift after realising that his true passion is visual storytelling. Now Matt is an illustrator and animation artist who uses his design background to inform his clean look and bold colours. Matt's illustration work has varied from illustrating award winning children's books to creating material educational material for The National Literacy Agency. His concept work for animation has covered short films, preschool animated series, educational government videos, advertising and philharmonic orchestra concerts.