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When I graduated from my college, I realized I want to be a illustrator.

When I first started to draw, so when I was in a very young age (around 3rd grade maybe earlier) . I was blown away by creating and showing my imagination without using words.

when I was 9 years old, I want to be a game developer~ https://www.artstation.com/level2048

In the year 2013, when I found that I really love games and want to draw something.

I realized I wanted to work in creative media/the entertainment industry sometime in high school, though I've been passionate about art for as long as I can remember.

Originally from Italy, I decided to come to the United States at a relatively young age to pursue my dream of working in the entertainment industry. My first interest was games, reason why I pursued a Bachelor in Game Art and Design. During my studies I learned about all the different production departments and instantly become passionate about character rigging, which became my main focus.

When I was a child, I liked animation very much. When I grew up, I was deeply attracted by the cool art design and unique interactive narrative of the game. At that moment I feel like I want to do it as the career of my life.

After I got a B.A. degree in Studio Art, I wanted to learn 3D to work in the movie industry. I was interested in Sculpture, but it wasn't the answer to work in the entertainment industry. Therefore, I've changed my major and start to learn 3D modeling since 2016.

I've been interested in painting and drawing since I was a kid, but it wasn't long before I choose in my career. I decided to be a Visdev artist since 2018.

When I was in university, I always had a dream to work in animation and film industry

Every time I got to watch behind the scenes of the making of any animated movie I knew it was a place where I wanted to be at one day. I was around 14 when I discovered you could actually go to a school that would teach you these skills. I have always loved both movies and games so I just couldn't see myself doing anything else but that. I want to be able to tell great stories through my art, whether it's film, games or any other medium.

As soon as I recognized my sexuality, I realized that I had to work in the creative industry.

I've been a well fed artist all my life. By that I mean, Ive have a supportive network of family and friends who have always told me to keep following my dream.

As a Silicon Valley/Bay Area kid, always building stuff with stories behind them. Spent my time roller skating to and from movies. Lived to be a part of the scenes up on those screens.

Around 2016 when I realized my passion and ambition for animation and then later on, concept art for games.

I was an engineer and turned to 3D design after working in 3D printing. I found that I had a passion for design.

I was born for art. You will never see someone as creatively inclined as I am. You could say that my stats were min-maxed in a sense, as, I have ADHD, Dyslexia, Dysgraphia and Dyscalculia. It just means that I have a different method of learning through visuals and sounds rather that the traditional stuff. It was inevitable that I ended up in this field, I live breathe, creativity and I will change the world with my art. Don't miss out on snatching me, I'm an impressive hire.

I wanted to be an artist ever since I was in Kindergarten.

I got that realization when I was around 5 years old. Animated movies and shows were a huge part of how my little brother and I communicated . The dream and idea kept growing as I got older and realized that creative media can help shed a light on different subjects, issues, and dilemmas that need to be talked about on a bigger scale.

I've always been creative even when I used to teach I tried to make lessons fun and creative, but soon I craved to just be in the creative industry. I tried to get as far as I could on my own before deciding to attend school so I could also pursue the path of professor.

When I started an internship at an architectural firm. That is when I realized, though I liked designing spaces, I do not like the technical aspects of it such as structural designs , plans etc. I enjoyed visualizing spaces without such constraints. Environment art seemed very apt for that.

Well from a very young age I have been dedicated to cartoons and games, so that made me curious to learn more about it.

When I felt my character is alive on paper, while I was drawing on my sketchbook.