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I realised that I wanted to work in the creative media industry whilst in high school. I did a subject called Industrial Technology: Multimedia and enjoyed it far more than any other class. I had the opportunity to learn new software and hardware and build upon my desire to create unique experiences.
In 2018, I took a week long Creature Creation summer camp with AIE, where I was first taught how to sculpt in Zbrush. It was extremely fun and refreshing to jump into a new art medium, and I wanted to learn so much more. However, I think my passion for the art of video games began whenever I first got my hands on a 3DS. I wasn't able to play very many video games before that moment, but having the ability to experience story-rich games that required my own input truly inspired my creativity.
When I was in middle school I took a liking to Minecraft and building in the creative mode. I start off building small towns for my villages and worked my way up using different styles and time eras. I was able to develop my skills and I started reaching out to the community and asking to build for them on their games. There were a few limitations to using the set of blocks given to me so I started looking into creating a more organic environment. This lead me on a path to my current school AIE.
When playing video games while I grew up, I always wondered to myself how the games I was playing were made of and how they functioned. That curiosity brought me into researching and learning more about game production and eventually lead me into enrolling into a game art and design focused college.
I've been a fan of 3D animation and creative media and entertainment since when the youtube video "Animator vs Animation" and a Youtuber that goes by "Slamacow" worked on a minecraft video called "revenge" came out when I was younger. I thought it was awesome back then when I had no idea how these things were even made and I thought it was created with magic.
Since I was young, I have always had a passion in creative fields. For me, my journey began in music perfomance and composition, and spread to digital graphic and web design then 3D and VFX thoughout high school. I still produce art in all these fields and continue to explore new ways to express myself!
My aspirations started when I was about 10 and I opened the iMovie app for the first time. I started out making little trailers in iMovie and then moved on to making short films with it. From there I wanted to get more advanced so I moved onto Sony Vegas and quickly realised that VFX was what I really had a passion for.