I came from a small coastal city in Northeast China. My parents decided to kick me out of our home and country when I was 15 so I could see the world via my own eyes. 2023 marks my 8th year studying abroad in the States on my own, meanwhile I became a big rebel in my family by choosing animation as my major in an academic university(Brigham Young University). The school is fantastic with incredibly kind and talented people and equipped me with knowledge of Unreal Engine, Maya, substance painter as well as procreate, Adobe Photoshop and Storyboard Pro. I can quickly block out rough models to help make my designs functional in a 3d aspects or apply lightings and design a game level in Unreal using the value and color theory from my vis dev background. This is what happened if you showed an Asian kid unaisan amount of freedom and had them convinced that it might work out!