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I've always had a passion for art from a young age doodling stories and creating characters on every piece of paper I found (Including my school exam papers). I decided near the end of high school I wanted to try digital art and purchased a Surface Pro and iPad to start my digital art journey where I did animal portraits and character designs. It then inspired me to pursue it in University, where it grew into 3D art and I decided to try 3D animation alongside it.

When I was in High school I had a slight interest and after leaving school and experiencing different careers I wanted to pursue it full time.

I've always been into creative arts, I have been a professional architecture photographer for over 10 years. I am now looking to move into the digital arts and game programming field.

I stumbled across a 3D production pipeline video in high school and was fascinated at how the process operated. It gave me such an appreciation for the way content is created and how different specialisations work together. I’m super grateful to now be on the journey of making 3D content and looking forward to creating great work alongside likeminded people.

When I was studding architecture I fell in love with 3D modelling and visualisation and straight after I decided to return to school and expand my knowledge and learn new programs.

As a child I became obsessed with the behind the scenes of films and knew that the film industry is the path for me.

I've always wanted to be an artist or animator ever since primary school. I started with drawing lessons, hoping to maybe be a 2D animator one day. That dream morphed into a 3D artist/animator after I discovered Photoshop and Blender in high school.

Over the past few years I have been on an epic personal journey. After high school I had no hobbies or any idea what came next for me. I felt listless and lost, so I got on a plane and went to find myself. During this time I moved house more times than I can count, each time I would make do with my limited space and furnishings but I still made it my own sanctuary. It finally dawned on me that I loved to create an atmosphere and could do it every day as an Interior Designer.

After high school, I pursued filmmaking at Toronto Film School, gaining insights into cinematic production. Armed with a film production diploma and after discovering a love and passion for 3D design and animation during my free time while studying, I moved to Australia for 3D Design and Animation at Torrens University. I'm dedicated to excellence, investing time and effort to meet my personal standards. I'm a creative professional, embracing my passion for filmmaking, Design and 3D design.

Since the moment I became aware that brilliant yet relatable people make the many different types of entertainment I love and enjoy daily, I realised I wanted to push myself to create and produce stories that others can enjoy in the same way!

I have always created. Drawing and painting at a young age, these skills grew and provided an outlet throughout my childhood and teens to explore and create my own worlds. Naturally attracted to sci-fi and fantasy films, I was soon able to create whole fictional worlds that I now use as motivation for fashion design and branding.

I've always loved Animated movies and shows. I think the first time was when I watched Hercules (1997) and wanted to make things just like that. After that, I started to dabble in art and I'm learning animation as well.

Around 2018 where I gave up learning a degree in information technology and pursued a career in the video game/film industries. I started growing my portfolio ever since. Every year I learn more and more. I started growing my passion when I was around 13 years old, getting inspired playing video games like mirror's edge ,loving the level design. This grew into spending my free time in a level editor in the source engine by valve, making as many maps using BSP geometry as I could.

A long time ago! but due to real life i had to provide for my family so my creative streak was on on the back burner.

It was the time when I struggling with Business Degree in UNSW 2 years ago. I had decided to drop out UNSW and started an online street clothing store and learned design by myself. After touching all kind of creative work from designing graphic on t-shirt, taking photos and making short film, I decide to step further by getting a degree in Communication Degree so that I can be more professional with my future career.

I used to work as a Product Manager in a digital marketing agency, where I closely collaborated with developers, UX, and other designers. Over time, I discovered a deeper interest in their work rather than managing them. This realization prompted me to pursue a career change, leading me to enroll in a UX and Web Design course, which I am currently undertaking. I thoroughly enjoy every aspect of it; it feels like a hobby that I can engage in endlessly.

I knew the creative industry was for me from the moment I picked a Crayola crayon. I pursued creative subjects throughout school including Visual Arts, Visual Design, Photography, Textiles & Design, Dance and Design & Technology just to name a few. I gained crucial experience in customer relations with an 8-year long career in the fitness industry before deciding to study Graphic Design with Billy Blue - where I finally felt I found my dream career path and purpose!

After completing my studies in Italy, I wanted to start a Bachelor in Visual Communication Design in Sydney. At the beginning of this path, I also started developing an interest in working in this field.

Being involved in the creative industries was a natural instinct because I loved to draw and express my artworks and illustrations to please my audience and people around me.

I grew up surrounded by a father who was gaming since the 90's, and was shown the ropes of games for the first time, when I was gifted a pink, Nintendo ds lite in 2010. I had an avid interest in drawing from an incredibly young age. It wasn't until I realised, 6 months into a nursing degree that I could put what were just hobbies together, it make it into a lifelong career.

All through school I loved art and exploring ideas through it. I did work experience in graphic design when I was 16 or so and fell in love with being able to create and spitball ideas with people everyday for a job

growing up playing video games

It was a bit over 10 years ago I wanted to become an Environment Artist for video games. Sounds silly but it was through stumbling on a time-lapse video on Youtube of an artist creating an dystopian environment with lots of foliage and vegetation.