@Koepel, Thank you for your constructive reply. We were actively working on his project so we didn't get a chance to reply sooner.
We decided to have him just do an animation with his 8x8 led matrix instead of incorporating a bunch of other stuff. The youtube videos of his animation are in the following links and we want to give a shoutout to ViralScience on Youtube for having a great tutorial with how to write and edit the code for this.
8x8 led matrix animation - YouTube - Project presentation
Led matrix animation - YouTube - Just the animation