I never planned on being a designer. It really started back in pre-school when I would draw on walls constantly and the teacher had to tell my parents that next time they'd have to pay for someone to professionally clean the walls.

After school, like a lot of "good students", I took the safe, sensible route and chose computer engineering. But writing backend code always felt like speaking only half a language. Creatively, I was running on empty.

During COVID, I picked up pencils and charcoal. I started spending 80-100 hours on single hyper-realistic portraits, obsessing over every pore, shadow, and reflection. When I started selling my art while ruining my posture, my uncle bought me an artist's easel. Art taught me how to actually slow down and see.

Soon I realised that Design was the inevitable middle ground. Moving into multimedia design wasn't me abandoning either disciple - it was the moment they finally clicked together. I decided to master the craft and flew half-way across the globe to do my Master of Design at Monash University, Melbourne.

Now, I work across branding and motion design, taking everything I learned from code logic and fine-art patience to teams that care about both structure and soul. I'm still the same person who gets lost in the tiniest details and loves figuring out how things tick; just with cleaner files, a lot more keyframes, and the tools to make it move.