Hello!! My name is Abi and I am a Junior (Animation) at Freestyle. I draw (duh), animate (duh), but also write and play video games! I LOVE dragons and have been drawing and reading about them ever since I was a little kid. Uhh yeah, I’m a video game addict with a burning passion to tell stories (and yes I have OCs)!! On the left is my dragon sona, and on the right is me in the REAL life.

I am a big person on creativity, imagination and chasing your dreams. I think everyone should follow their passions and what makes them happy. I’m a huge creative person and dabble in all kinds of creative hobbies, drawing, writing, music, video games, editing, etc. I LOVE seeing other people’s art (not just illustrations!)

Currently I am most passionate about making and developing one of my worlds, Paxyo. Paxyo is a fictional country in a very (like millions and billions of years) distant version of Earth. Notably, in the world there are creatures called Baby Earls and they are my hyperfixation right now (and I draw them everywhere!!) Baby Earls are small blue baby dragons that are kept as pets by the people of Paxyo. Other than these stupid fellas, I’m currently designing a (hopefully) unique government system and characters. I hope to completely develop the world one day : ) 

I chose to become a Freestyle student because I really wanted to join a community that was creative! I wanted to take a class where I could make something awesome and something I could be passionate about. Also, I really wanted to continue to get better at animation, as it is something I want to do in the future.

For my core values video, I decided to do as many values I felt represented me, not just the bare minimum. As I’ve grown, I’ve developed and found more core values about myself that only add to the ones I’ve written about as a Junior. For most values, I decided to pick out a unique font (outside of just what After Effects provides you) and a color I value it with to really give a feel of each core value. I made one side of the core values cool colors, and the other side warm colors, and in the middle, the word “Creativity” being a bit of both. Creativity and Perseverance are my two most important core values currently, hence why I made one the beginning of my video and the other at the end. I also tried my best to pick a transition preset that matched the best with the value. Finally, I picked out a song that was “fantasy” related and sounding, and made a quick gradient-like background to really give the feeling of a “personal” video– which is what it’s supposed to be, something that means something to me.