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I can't remember a time that I didn't want to work in creative media and entertainment industry, from the moment I played a Super Nintendo for the first time I was hooked.

I have always been connected to art and games since I was little, so I knew I would like to pursue an artistic career, it was when I was in highschool that I heard about 3D art and what the possibilities were by becoming a 3D artist that I started exploring. Eventually I applied to university in a Games Art course in England, and basically, found my passion in creating interactive worlds.

In 2018, I was really enjoying building worlds in 'Planet Coaster' when a friend of mine who's in the games industry suggested I give 3D environment art a go, I fell completely in love, got myself qualified and am now studying Games Art at university.

Being able to express myself in a creative and artist form brings more happiness and mental clarity. I enjoy being able to create something from nothing by using my own creative mind, this is one of first things that made me think that i wanted to pursue a career in creative environment for a job.

I realised that I wanted to work in the creative industry at the age of 16 at the middle stage of me nearly completing secondary school because I saw the endless possibilities that art can have and that I use art as a way of expressing myself as well as that with me growing up I was always surrounded with anything that had a connection with art.

I have wanted to work in games for as long as I can remember however, during my time at university my passion for games and my knowledge of games have both grown exponentially. I am particularly interested in environment art and I have been exploring this interest both at university and during my free time.

I've always been interested in taking on a creative career, originally through 2D art, however, i fell in love with creation through 3D at my University's Games Art Course.

While I was deciding what I wanted to do after my GCSEs. I had a lot of creative hobbies, including pixel art and writing, and none of the A level options at my school appealed to me. I was inspired by my older sibling to look into Games Development, and fell in love with 3D modelling while in college.

Art and Games was something I pursued since I was young, so it felt almost natural to strive for a job in the creative industry. Especially during my teens I got interested in game development and 3D modelling.

First game I played was, I believe, was Duck Hunt. I had a Pegasus console, eastern European version of Nintendo Famicom, and it was best time of my life. Then I was exploring a world of games and animated movies; form the first Far Cry through TES IV: Oblivion to Metro 2033. I was playing games and watching movies, but it was not enough for me. I was curious, curious what behind it. In 2015 I moved to United Kingdom to study and in 2020 I received my bachelor diploma in Games Art!

I first realised that I wanted to work in the creative industry towards the end of my A-Level school years. I have always been drawing and creating art from a young age and had studied Art through GCSE to A-Level, which was when I knew that I wanted to be in the creative industry. I've had a burning passion for video games ever since I was little playing on the PS1, and I couldn't imagine anything more awesome than mixing my two favourite hobbies: Art and Video Games, so that's what I did!

It was about 2012 when I was in my first job making stained glass windows. I love being hands on with a project. about a year later I found a course that would help me study in Games Design. Since then I have tried out so many different things and eventually got hooked on creating VFX.

When i started to draw a lot and found out i could do it digitally so i continued to do it and enjoyed it .