Podcast Interview with Matt Reno
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About Matt:
Hi. I’m Matt, an independent graphic designer and printmaker in Lexington, Kentucky. Grids and typefaces are understandably boring for most people, but I nerd out over those kinds of things. I love creating logos and more for businesses, non-profits, and more in a range of styles.
When I’m not pushing pixels, I enjoy getting my hands dirty with linocut printmaking. You can often see my work around Lexington, and you can purchase prints here.
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Fun Quotes from Podcast:
<q style="background-color:#f6f6f6;color:#747474;" class="fusion-clearfix">I just have to keep telling myself, there’s no use comparing yourself to someone else. There’s always someone better but who cares? If you love it, just do it.
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<q style="background-color:#f6f6f6;color:#747474;" class="fusion-clearfix">“It’s hard. Don’t expect to just start something and then magically, you’re a success at it.”
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<q style="background-color:#f6f6f6;color:#747474;" class="fusion-clearfix">You’ve got to work. You’ve got to learn. You have to be able to take criticism, maybe if you’re doing something entrepreneurial. You’re working for a client. They’re not going to like everything you hand them. You’re going to have to do it over.
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Transcript of Podcast:
The Sandi Savage Show
Matt Reno
Sandi: Well hey everybody. How are you doing? Sandi Savage here and I am here with Matt Reno. He’s a fantastic artist and all-over, like, does lots of different things. I want you to get to know him too. We’re going to jump right in. Are you ready?
Matt: I’m ready. Let’s do it.
Sandi: All right, awesome. Tell me about yourself. Where are you located? What are you doing? Give us the low-down.
Matt: I live right here in Lexington. I originally grew up in Massachusetts, lived in Vermont for a while. Vermont’s awesome in the summer. I don’t visit in the winter. Yeah, a little too cold. I moved down to a warmer climate in 2000. My wife is from Lexington. We’ve been living here since and it’s great. This is a really cool city. So much fun stuff to do. When I was in Vermont, I was working as a radio DJ. I was on a classic rock station. That was so much fun. Free concert tickets, got to meet the Beastie Boys, all that stuff. When we moved, it was a little harder to get a radio job. Just depending on a different market so I had to start looking for something else, maybe something a little more grown-up. I eventually ended up working in marketing and now I have a full-time job at the Kentucky Blood Center in that marketing department which is great. Encouraging people to donate blood, save lives, it’s great. To get that creative outlet, again, I’ve got a couple things that I do on the side. I taught myself graphic design and more recently, printmaking. I’m a member of Bluegrass Printmakers. That’s where I found out about printmaking. My wife found a class online. They had an Introduction to Linocut. I didn’t even know what that was, so I took a class and learned, “Oh you put a little drawing or whatever on this block of linoleum” and then you just chip it away with this knife-like thing. I did it and was like, “Wow. This is really fun. I can make some cool stuff.” I really got into that and then I decided, after taking t
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