I've always been deeply interested in the arts.
I started my first art class when I was 9 years old. It was centered on color pencil and watercolor. I just fell in love with at first copying images and pictures, and then creating my own masterpieces. More recently, about 5 years ago to present day, I switched into charcoal and oil paint, exploring as many approaches as I possibly could to really discover the one or two special mediums that I enjoy the most. But, the form of art that I enjoy the most is, without question, digital art. I never fully explored digital art until about a year ago, when my family got an iPad Pro. I've always been fascinated with digital creation because of the technology behind it, but I didn't have the correct resources for it, and drawing with a mouse was basically impossible. And it's not like my parents wouldn't have provided me with those materials either; I was just too modest to ask them for a tablet, stencil, and software. However, like I mentioned before, after we received the iPad Pro from a family friend as a gift, I downloaded a couple free digital drawing apps, including MediBang Paint Pro, which to this day is definitely still superior out of all the free options out there, and started exploring and getting used to the Apple Pencil as opposed to traditional materials. The iPad Pro belongs to my family as a whole but honestly I keep it in my room all the time and none of my family members really use it anyway, so it's essentially mine now, LOL! The discovery for my passion of digital art was sparked during college app season. Back then, since I was just starting my journey, I wasn't sure if it was something that I could make a living out of, so I stuck to a safer approach and chose the business path as my major on all my applications. A big part of it was also that I didn't talk to my parents. I thought that they didn't want this specific career path for me; they were both business majors and I always remembered in the back of my head that they wanted me to follow in their footsteps. However, some time after submitting my college apps, I don't remember how, but my parents and I got into a conversation about college and my future life in general, and I discovered that they just wanted me to do whatever I felt right doing. I said that I wanted to change my major to the digital arts when I got to college, and they were very supportive, and actually excited for me as well. I still need to do more research on all the colleges that I have applied to and have been accepted to, but for now, my plan is to attend SFSU because they have the major Visual Communication Design which I can switch to ASAP, and something special about SFSU is that they have an minor specifically centered around animation, something that all the other colleges that I applied to lack. And anyways, SFSU is a great college for the arts and humanities. By switching my major, I'll be better able to prepare for a job that I actually want to have in the future, whether it be a graphic designer, creative director, animator (which is probably my dream job, working for companies like Pixar and Disney), or anything related to digital design and art. I'll also enjoy my college experience way more if I'm studying something I'm passionate about. Anyways, I just wanted to talk more about myself and one of my passions. Hope you enjoyed reading, and happy Sunday! - talk about my passion - talk about how i already have unconventional asian parents (both majored in business, both (as i now understand) don't care what I major in, as long as I'm doing something I like) - talk about how at first I applied to major in business because that was what i thought my parents wanted me to do i was too chicken to talk to my parents - but i did talk with them and about how i love graphic design / animation / the arts in general and they were like dude just go for it man - and that's why I'm switching my major now - i feel like I'll better enjoy my college experience if I am successful in switching my major
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