Digital Portfolio

  Growing up, I have always had a creative mind and loved creating art to express my interests. When I was little, my parents sent me to an art school where I would take painting classes for five years, and a Chinese school where I would take Chinese calligraphy classes for two years. However, as the years went by, I began to grow an interest in digital art. My passion for digital art began when I discovered a sequence of videos on Instagram, where I saw people making fan edits out of anime series and k-pop idols. I was fascinated by how talented the editors were, and it inspired me to start video editing myself. Once I learned to use Adobe After Effects, I found myself enjoying editing a lot, and it easily became one of my biggest hobbies. Every day, I would come home from school and work on a video, totaling over 200 video edits to this day. As I began high school, I decided to take a 3D modeling course to see how much I would enjoy it. I worked on 3D art for two years but did no...

This week I did my investigation on title screens and loading screens in video games. Although I have already done this in the past, I felt like the research that I did months ago did not match the aesthetic that I was aiming to go for. Now that I have already worked on two title screens, I hope that this last one of the year will turn out the way that I want it to.  Specifically, I wanted to focus on the games that inspired my project, which are animal restaurant and animal crossing. To start off, I began by researching the title screen and loading screens that animal crossing has. As shown below, the loading screens for animal crossing are very simplistic but not too bland, which is something that I find satisfying. Next, I went on to search up images of animal crossing's title screen. I like how the title of the game has a wooden background behind it because I think it pairs perfectly with the aesthetic of the game. I love this style of display and will incorporate it into my vi...

This week I continued working on my project. I started drawing my characters on adobe fresco by using the charcoal stroke to the outlines more textured. This way, it'll look more similar to the "Animal Restaurant" art style that I am going for. I first started drawing my background for my title screen. This is how it turned out: After finishing the background for my title screen, I began drawing the characters that I would be customizing in my game.  Once I finished, I exported them all with transparent backgrounds and moved on to making the clothes for my characters.  Once I layer these clothes on top of my characters, it will look a little something like this: I am pretty much near to starting the editing process of my video, however, I still want to draw some accessories and hats before I do so. Work Log Monday: worked on drawing Tuesday: worked on drawing Wednesday: worked on drawing Thursday: worked on drawing Friday: worked on drawing