What is your specialty, what makes your work unique? Or place your artist's statement.

Since before studying at the HKU, I've been dreaming about working on fantastic, large scale films to tell exciting stories and intruige audiences.
When I started my education I didn't have much more than a penchant for character-, and background design.
I'm proud to say that, over the years, this has blossomed into a broad array of skills and interests varying from scriptwriting, to color design, to storyboarding.
What I love to do most is coming up with interesting plot elements and characters, and positioning them like chesspieces across a script, or storyboard.
Inspired by the Atmospheric and heavily stylized works of creators like Craig McCracken, Robert Valley, and Genndy Yartakovsky, the bar has been set high. Much of their rugged yet streamlined designs and clear shot compositions can already be found in my work, which I try to expand on by leaning heavily into bold colors and attention to detail.
Although my focus on detail can be distracting sometimes, during my thesis film I've learned to shift priorities fast when I notice the pipeline slows down.
In my critical eye 'Wizard of the Ashes', my final work at the HKU, may not be as polished as I had envisioned, but it contains a boatload of authenticity, style, good animation, and interesting ideas. It still makes a great showcase for my newly developed skills as director and visual developer.
Constantly learning and cultivating my skills is paramount to me and I hope to do so until im 2 feet down in the ground. This is why I can't wait to enter the professional field of animation and learn more about the industry process to one day become writer, director, or showrunner to live the dream I started this journey with!

What are your ambitions? What do you want to be in five years?

I love writing and most aspects of visual development. In five years I love to be able to pitch my film and show ideas to larger studios with confidence. By that time I also want to have finished at least one long-form personal project.

What is the most important thing you have learned during your studies?

The three most important things I've learned during my education are this:

- Create what you can and don't focus on what you feel you 'should be able to create'.
- Of all things I love the pre-production phase of a film the most.
- A production pipeline doesn't have to be set in stone, and it's OK to change tactics.