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^^ me at the tender age of 7 in 2008, about to burn someone's house down ^^
WANT TO KNOW ABOUT LITTLE YOUNG ME? YOU'VE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE!
A LITTLE HISTORY TO SATISFY THOSE MYSTERIES..
I STARTED USING THE INTERNET AT A RIDICULOUSLY YOUNG AGE, BACK WHEN IT APPEARED TO ME AS THE WILD WILD WEST. LIKE ANY OTHER STUPID CHILD, I WOULD TYPE WHATEVER GIBBERISH WOULD COME TO MIND ON MY WINDOWS XP COMPUTER TO SEE WHERE IT WOULD TAKE ME. THIS OBVIOUSLY LED ME TO DOWNLOADING A LOT OF VIRUSES, BUT I KEPT ON TRUCKING.
THE WORLD WIDE WEB ENDED UP BEING HOW I GOT INTO ART! AS I DEVELOPED MY CHILDHOOD INTERESTS, I SEARCHED ENDLESSLY FOR CONTENT RELATED TO POKEMON AND SUPER MONKEY BALL. I WOULD WATCH SPEEDPAINTS AND FIND FANTASTIC ARTISTS TO LEARN FROM. I WOULD IMITATE THEIR STYLES AND EVENTUALLY TRY TO TURN IT INTO SOMETHING OF MY OWN. THIS LED TO PAGES UPON PAGES OF CRAPPY POKEMON DRAWINGS--MOSTLY DONE IN CRAYON & COLORED PENCIL--FILLING UP MY ROOM AND OUR DOWNSTAIRS CLOSET. HERE'S ONE I'VE KEPT SINCE THEN:
AWFUL, ISN'T IT? MOST KID'S DRAWINGS ARE. BUT I WAS FUELED BY INSPIRATION THROUGH THESE BATTLE CREATURES TO CREATE MORE AND MORE ART. HAVING A JOB AS AN ACTUAL ARTIST WAS ALWAYS AT THE BACK OF MY MIND, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE. I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS AN ENTIRE INDUSTRY DEDICATED TO WHAT I WANTED TO DO! I ALWAYS PICTURED IT AS A "STARVING PAINTER" STEREOTYPE. SO I REFUSED TO TAKE ART CLASSES, AND LEARNED HOW TO DRAW ON MY OWN INSTEAD, WHICH ISN'T THE BEST ROUTE TO TAKE.
IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, I EASED UP & FINALLY TOOK AN ART ELECTIVE. HERE IS WHERE I LEARNED ABOUT "OCSA," A HIGH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS. THAT'S WHEN IT CLICKED THAT THERE ARE CAREERS DEDICATED TO DOING WHAT I LOVE (WOW!) SO I TRIED OUT AND GOT ACCEPTED FOR DIGITAL MEDIA.
FLASH FORWARD TO SENIOR YEAR--CLASS OF 2019 BABY! I APPLIED TO ONLY ONE COLLEGE (LIKE ANY SMART PERSON WOULD DO) AND THROUGH *TOTALLY LEGAL MEANS* I GOT ACCEPTED. NOW I'VE SOLD MY SOUL TO LAGUNA COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN AND WILL BE STUDYING FOR A BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS DEGREE IN ANIMATION!
BUT MY STORY HASN'T ENDED YET SINCE I'M ONLY (current age here.) MY EVIL PLAN IS TO HAVE A *TOTALLY NORMAL* CAREER IN THE ANIMATION FIELD, JUST LIKE MOST SOUTH ASIAN FAMILIES STRIVE FOR..WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?
MUSIC: Word Disassociation - Lemon Demon (Neil Cicierega)
