balance / duality
When I was a toddler, to distract me from crying for my mom, my grandma would hand me a pencil and some paper, and I’d happily draw for hours.
As a teenager, I wrestled with pursuing an academic career vs. an artistic one: my curiosity, meticulousness, and attention to detail made me a good student, but a mediocre fine artist. I spent my free time building websites on Geocities and making graphics for said websites in MS Paint.
After high school, I decided to pursue graphic design – a way to combine my perfectionism with my creativity.
Though I trained and graduated from an illustration and design program, I got my foot into the design industry via my front end web development skills. Although the bulk of my professional work is in digital/interactive design, I also have a deep appreciation for typography and lettering.
Nowadays, I enjoy getting back to my roots and making analogue art in my free time. In many ways, not much has changed since I was a toddler: I still cry easily, but art is still consoling and comforting.