I saw others post an #artdecade collage so let's join in ^^
Looking back at the past decade it's crazy how much has happened and how easily it could've gone otherwise.
Looking back at the past decade it's crazy how much has happened and how easily it could've gone otherwise.
These years didn't just teach me a lot professionally but also developed my social skills & character tremendously!
I found out who I wanted to be and how I can do it :D
During the last years of school in 2010/11 I discovered 3D art for myself and kept dabbling in it out of curiosity. But without the 1 year internship at KUBUS Creative in 2012/2013 I don't think I would've pursued it as much as I did.
My boss Remi actively supported that early spark and offered me time, resources and motivation to work on 3D art.
My boss Remi actively supported that early spark and offered me time, resources and motivation to work on 3D art.
After that my sister Celia and some co-students of her involved me in some short film projects at her university.
This was years before I would've studied myself and I can't express how helpful these early experiences were!
In 2014 when it came to looking for place to study, my portfolio at the time instead landed me an apprenticeship at SEHSUCHT
(Back then still called LIGA 01).
In those 3 years I got my first real work experiences in advertisement and film production by working with and being taught by professionals who had many years of experience already on their belt.
During that time I also continued to reach out to other people, artists and joined in more collaborative projects.
These years were some of my most active and motivated and they were incredibly challenging but also very rewarding.
After all of this I seemed to have made enough of a splash in the Blender community that Ton Roosendaal emailed me with a job offer.
Since the end of 2017 I've been working at Blender, my first official job, with all the feelings of impostor syndrome that come with it :D
I finished a short film project in which I had the an amazing (and frightening) amount of agency and responsibility.
This position also lead into more time spend in short film production, tutorials, courses, public talks & presentations and so much more than I thought I would do.
Not much longer than a month ago I was giving a presentation and demo at DreamWorks which still boggles my mind.
This position also lead into more time spend in short film production, tutorials, courses, public talks & presentations and so much more than I thought I would do.
Not much longer than a month ago I was giving a presentation and demo at DreamWorks which still boggles my mind.
All this makes me already anxious about the coming decade and all the surprises it has in store for me and so soo thankful to all the people that made this possible by believing in me and supporting me! <3
I wish you all a Happy New Year/Decade and all the best!
I wish you all a Happy New Year/Decade and all the best!