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Education

2021 - Present

Art and Design: Games and Playable Media, B.A.

University of California, Santa Cruz

Festivals & Exhibitions

2025

Open Studios Winter 2025, March 14, 2025, Santa Cruz, CA

Open Studios Fall 2024, December 06, 2024, Santa Cruz, CA

2024

UCSC Family Weekend, November 02, 2024, Santa Cruz, CA

2023

Open Studios Fall 2023, December 08, 2023, Santa Cruz, CA

Open Studios Winter 2024, March 22, 2024, Santa Cruz, CA

GDA Fall Fair Jam 2024, October 13, 2024, Santa Cruz, CA

List of Works

2025

You’re Cooked • Unity, Procreate • Production, Design, Character Art, UIUX

produced with Haien Liang, Ikenna Ohiaeri, Kareem Wellington, Kevin Hong, Monika Ortiz, Sam Trejo, Ashley Knapp, Tyler (Ven)

 

𑁍 designed core game mechanics and art style for a 2D/3D alien cooking game

𑁍 presented at Open Studios Winter 2025, March 14, 2025, Santa Cruz, CA

Dicey Decisions • Unity, Procreate • Digital Board Game • Character Card Art


𑁍 designed and illustrated 8 playable cards for the main character, Trixx

Wheel Pets • Unity, Procreate, Aseprite • UI Design


𑁍 worked on making general UI elements and scenes for a dashboard game, where you play minigames with your pet and obtain cosmetics

2024

Mors • Unity, Procreate • Production, Design, Character Art

produced with Alondra H. Polanco, Kareem Wellington, Kevin Hong, Monika Ortiz, Samantha Trejo

 

𑁍 visually-designed a story game based on grief, focusing on illustrating various original pixel art characters and all game interface assets

𑁍 presented at Open Studios Winter 2024, 12.06.2024, Santa Cruz, CA

Midnight Riff • Godot, Aseprite • Rhythm Rogue-like • Environment Art

produced with Jarod Spanger, Conner Lowe, Raul Mojarro, Thomas Wessel, Ares Atlas, Emily Wen

 

𑁍 created the in-game UI and environment art of a rhythm rogue-like with creatures in a mystical forest

Princely’s Masquerade • Immersive Experience • Prop Making

produced with Fall 2024 ARTG-129 class

 

𑁍 designed a social deduction masquerade experience, collaborating with 20 other students to diagram interactions and create props

𑁍 performed at UCSC DARC, 12.06.2024, Santa Cruz, CA

Piece of Heaven • Unity, Procreate • Production, Design, Environment Art, UI

produced with Alondra H. Polanco, Kevin Hong, Monika Ortiz, Samantha Trejo

 

𑁍 practiced game production and design mechanics, and environmental art in creating a story narrative game around a person’s memory

𑁍 presented at UCSC Family Weekend, 11.02.2024, Santa Cruz, CA

𑁍 presented at Open Studios Winter 2024, 12.06.2024, Santa Cruz, CA

Haunting of the DARC • Immersive Experience • Prop Making

produced with Fall 2024 ARTG-129 class

𑁍 built a world for people to experience a haunted house with a touch of magical realism and fantasy reality

𑁍 performed at UCSC DARC, 10.30.2024, Santa Cruz, CA

Draw Dice • Game Art and Design


𑁍 roll custom dice to receive prompts to create a drawing that incorporates random characters, settings, objects, and actions

Puzzles of the Past • Game Art and Design


𑁍 piece together mosaics using templates or free play

Cache Em’ All • Game Design, TinkerCAD, 3D Modeling/Printing


𑁍 scavenger hunt to locate 15 custom-made tokens using provided coordinates

Zootopia City Patrol • Javascript, HTML, Tiled • Game Art and Design

produced with Mahir Camci

 

𑁍 2D pixel platformer made based on Disney film, Zootopia

Uncharted Realms • Immersive Experience • Prop Making

produced with Winter 2024 ARTG-134 class

 

𑁍 a space for others to experience a collective, narrative vignette

𑁍 performed at UCSC EX Theater, 03.10.2024-03.12.2024, Santa Cruz, CA

2023

ClassHub • FIGMA • UIUX

produced with Cho Wing Koon, Connor Hill, Elliot Crisp, Justin Xu, Scott Crittendon

 

𑁍 interactive APP prototype designed to assist student needs

Feline Frenzy • GDevelop, Procreate • Game Art and Design

produced with Hanna Nunnelly, Kareem Wellington, Samantha Trejo

 

𑁍 web browser narrative, murder-mystery, puzzle game

𑁍 presented at Open Studios Fall 2023, 12.08.2023, Santa Cruz, CA

Tramalfadore Experience • Blender • 3D Modeling & Animation

 

𑁍 3D model based on a scene from Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut

𑁍 presented at Open Studios Winter 2023, 03.22.2024, Santa Cruz, CA

Forgotten Knowledge • HTML, Javascript, CSS, Procreate • Background / Prop Art

produced with Bianca Urban, Hilton Mai, Leeza Lamb, Nishant Suria

 

𑁍 interactive infographic, looking through the eyes of an elderly person afflicted with Alzheimer’s

2022

Journey of the Centuries • Construct3, Procreate • Game Art

produced with Ashely Knapp, Prabhjot Kaur

 

𑁍 fiction themed pixel platformer

Work & Volunteer Experience

Synergy Badminton Academy Front Desk • Fremont, CA

 

handled customer inquiries, class registrations, court reservations, proshop sales and payment processing in a sports facility

2024

California Badminton Academy Front Desk • Fremont, CA

 

managed front desk operations, logging proshop inventory, utilizing excel to track sales and reservation add ons

Live Streaming • Twitch Affiliate

 

worked on art commissions while live streaming, engaging within a gaming community

2022

Teen/Senior Center Mural Painting

 

painted a mural for the Milpitas Teen Center

2020

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Charity Auction

 

created two artworks to auction, helped write about the event in the school newspaper to raise public awareness

Thomas Russell Middle School Homework Center

 

volunteered as a tutor, worked with teachers and other volunteers to assist middle school students in math

2018

Humane Society Silicon Valley Compassion in Action

 

learned and educated others about humane animal treatment and the behaviors of cats and dogs

Honors & Awards

2024

Irwin Grant

 

received a $580 grant to fund project materials to create Realm of the Underworld for the Uncharted Realms immersive experience

Dean’s Honors List

 

recognized for maintaining a high GPA and academic excellence

Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Winter 2023, Fall 2023, Winter 2022

2022 - 2024

Scholastic Art & Writing • Photography • Honorable Mention

 

received Honorable Mention for photography work in a national competition showcasing young artists and writers

Scholastic Art & Writing • Drawing/Illustration • Silver Key

 

awarded the Silver Key for exceptional drawing and illustration, representing the top 7-10% of submissions regionally

Scholastic Art & Writing • Drawing/Illustration • Honorable Mention

 

received Honorable Mention for noteworthy drawing and illustration representing the top 20% of submissions regionally

2019

2020

2017

Scholastic Art & Writing • Drawing/Illustration • Honorable Mention

 

received Honorable Mention for noteworthy drawing and illustration representing the top 20% of submissions regionally

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