I am a college student residing in Honolulu, currently majoring in animation at the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Academy for Creative Media. I enjoy making things look nice and have a interest in all things design, comics, and animation. I like to present things in a clean, neat, and organized manner but still maintaining good visual quality. While I have not officially studied web design, I constantly keep myself updated by reading design blogs and gaining inspiration from both the online and real world. My hobbies include watching TV shows/dramas, movies, and reading novels. I’m currently offering services in web design, art, as well as animation.
The Beginning
In my childhood years in Hong Kong, I was constantly exposed to creative design including but not limited to manga (Japanese comics), anime, as well as print design (that was my parents’ profession at the time) so my interest in creative design caught on at an early time. We later immigrated to the US and that is where I found my interest in web design. From there, I learned HTML and CSS and created my first website in FrontPage. The feeling of satisfaction was so great that I continued to build my skills and creating more complex web layouts.
During high school, I was introduced to a new film and animation department at the University of Hawaii known as the Academy for Creative Media, founded by Chris Lee (producer of numerous movies including Jerry Maguire, Superman Returns, and Valkyrie). In college, I applied to ACM to major in animation. Currently, I have created three animated shorts, “Fanning Temptation”, “Strive”, and “Sqawk”. While it was tough work, the feeling of my animation moving is very amazing. I am eager to create more animated shorts in my own time.
Branching Out
At the same time, I began to try my hand at drawing comics. I’ve always liked reading comics and even though I’m not that great of a storyteller or comic artist, I decided to try making one myself. Eventually, my one-shot “63” managed to be selected for inclusion in ShockPop’s World Manga Anthology in late 2008. It’s currently waiting for publication. This lead to my drawing comic strips at my college’s newspaper division, Ka Leo O Hawaii. However, that soon ended so I could concentrate on animation.
