As someone who went to study animation on my own accord and out of sheer curiosity, after a year of being involved in the animation I can definitely say that going down the animator path isn’t something that I’m willing to do if I want to get into the industry. It isn’t because I feel the lack of skills, but because I’m lacking one important aspect of an animator-patience. To me patience always means a lack of dynamics, and something that’s lacking passion. The concept of doing something, only to get a satisfaction by the end when seeing the finished product is something that occurs as very uninspiring to me. After working on LIAF and having my pitch chosen for trailer selection for Long Shorts, I realised how much pleasure I get when working in preproduction. The visual development grips me the most, potentially because I have background in illustration, design and fine art. One part of my creative conscience that I always try to push first is branding myself as a comic artist. I’ve been engaged in visual storytelling since the very young age.
