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So it was around 2014 when I first went to OCAD And I went there to study their animation program.

I first started out pixel art when I was in their 4th year.

Me and my friends wanted to try out a group project together

And we thought the best way was for us to all do pixel art together.

We make this really cool website where we meshed together

all our sprites and backgrounds. looking back on it now it looks kind of ugly,

but you know, it was our first time and I really enjoyed what we did.

We also started a hashtag call #pixember on instagram

where we would draw one pixel art everyday for that month.

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and we made a lot of progress, like one by one

we would see a lot of improvement and we'd always be trying new things

and trying out new animation techniques

trying out new patterns, color palettes, things like that!

and we would all see improvement among our peers

So after I graduated I started doing more conventions(selling artwork)

I work at a graphic design company, I worked in animation and now I'm a fulltime freelance artist.

and I usually do pixel art and some illustration as well.

I mainly focus on backgrounds and prop design.

A lot of my backgrounds have a really heavy nostalgic feeling located in Asia.

And that’s where I spend most of my childhood.

So I would have like a lot of backgrounds

in Hong Kong or Taiwan or Japan.

I’ve also been using a lot of colour palettes that emanate that kind of nostalgic and laid back

feeling, and animating on top of that gives a very chill vibe to it.

There’s something about drawing an everyday place or object in a nostalgic way,

There's something about it that I really like.

and that’s what emanates throughout a lot of my work.

I used to play a lot of pixel games when I was a kid

stuff like Maple Story and Metal Slug

Nowadays I play a lot of pixel games like Enter the Dungeon or Stardew Valley

things like that just really interest me.

I also got a lot of inspiration from my pixel art friends.

They're always pushing the boundaries of what pixel art can really be.

And I'm always excited to see what they make next.

I got a lot of inspiration whenever I travel to Asia.

I always take a bunch of pictures and videos and save it as a reference for my drawings later.

Also, just everyday objects peak my interest

things that I find around the house and things that I like to eat.

I probably want to make more video games and animations in the future.

I want to make my own really big feature film.

kind of like what Makoto Shinkai does.

To be honest I wasn’t expecting myself to be so interested in pixel art

since I only started to pick it up maybe 3 years ago. Since I like it so much,

it’ll probably stick around for a long time.

I think what makes me happiest is seeing people’s reactions to my work.

Sometimes people would comment that they get a warm nostalgic feeling and bring up a fond memory

that they used to have.

One thing that I really like about pixel art is that it’s a really niche and tight knit community.

and seeing that a lot of people are interested in pixel art more now than ever

is really exciting to me.

All right, that's about it!

Thank you guys so much for watching, that was a bit about me!

Now I want to know a bit about you guys!

What do you guys do? What are your interests? Please comment down below!

So am I next video on going to be talking about

the kind of hardware and software that I use for pixel art.

I'll see you next time. Bye guys!