Hi I'm Liam!
Art and animation student
In a past life I did AI research and data eng
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Hi I'm Liam!
Art and animation student
In a past life I did AI research and data eng
Home
Art
Blog
Recipes
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November
Art
Left my job to study art full-time
Made an
animated music video
Wrote
Why I Left Tech to Pursue Art
Wrote
Spotify Wrapped 2022 except it's about me and there's a playlist for each month
Fun
Started playing piano again daily
Animation and Layouts, 65 Hours
October
Art
Joined a study group to prep for Sheridan's portfolio application. Finding peers with the same goals is great
Character design -- first time drawing without reference!
Started going to weekly irl life drawing sessions
Fun
Visited SF to finish my last month at Numerai
Character Design, 69 Hours
September
Art
Learned how to draw flowers, insects, and birds
Decided to apply for
Sheridan's animation program
. Portfolio applications are due in Feb 2023
Watched Cyberpunk Edgerunners
Fun
Moved to Waterloo, living on a college campus for the first time has been fun
Perspective 2, 44 Hours
August
Art
Read
Blankets
by Craig Thompson
Made an
animated music video
with After Effects
Fun
Moved out of my SF apartment
Lived in NYC for the month, saw Polyphia live, and made lots of new friends at Interact's symposium
Figure Drawing 2, 24 Hours
July
Art
Bought an iPad for drawing
Drew 160+ boxes while learning perspective
Fun
Went to Vegas for a friend's birthday and lived in the penthouse suite where Elvis used to live
Journaled every day (my first time being consistent)
I'm leaving my job in November to self-study art full-time!
Perspective 1, 40 Hours
June
Art
Started
art home school
Wrote an essay about why I'm pursuing art
Researched art schools: FZD, Brainstorm, and CDA
Fun
Hosted a dinner for 12 friends in SF for Interact
Played DDR for two hours straight with friends
Redesigned my website
Head Anatomy 1, 26 Hours
May
Art
Started drawing for the first time in my life after reading a
collection of essays
by Hayao Miyazaki and watching this
sketchbook tour
Fun
Started playing DDR regularly
Watched the sunset in East Bay
Saw Honne perform live
Figure Drawing 1, 32 Hours