I see my own art as stepping stones in my journey to better myself and eventually progress my way into the industry. While developing my skills at the University of Florida, I have become proficient in several different industry-standard software, including the Adobe Suite, Autodesk Maya, Toon Boom Harmony, and Unity. Although I find myself knowledgeable with these tools, I am aware that I am not even close to mastery with any of them, and I'm constantly looking for ways to implement their capabilities to project my own abilities to greater heights. As a student artist, everyday is a constant battle between my desire to improve and my own habits that hold me back from actively seeking out opportunities to improve and develop a strong routine. During my education thus far, I've immersed myself in multiple disciplines of digital art, including 2D and 3D animation with characters and VFX, as well as illustrations and graphic design. However, I'm looking to develop better habits as I progress as an artist and refine my fundamentals before I can pursue any greater aspirations, and I'm hoping that my time will be well spent at my university balancing between my school and social life. It's always been a dream of mine to get involved in the video game or animation industry in one way or another, and I'm constantly looking for ways to get involved or draw inspiration from these sources. My favorite game of all time is unfortunately League of Legends, and I play at a collegiate level competitively for my university. However, I make myself aware of all forms of media around me, and I can't help but feel a sense of awe seeing the amazing productions that the industry is able to output, from Horizon Forbidden West to Netflix's Arcane. As a student, I look to these sources as milestones for my own learning, as I find ways to immerse myself in these settings that are crafted from the work of hundreds of thousands of hours of work from animators and studios. It is my aspiration to one day join one of these studios and find my name at the end of one of these productions, and develop my skills to the extent where I can finally say that I'm happy with where I'm at as an artist.