When I got out of high school and and when it was time for me to choose a college. I was debating between City tech or John jay college. So I asked a number of people that are fairly close to me. Everyone told me to go to john jay college because it had a better reputation compared to City tech. And plus the 16%  graduation rate in our school wasn’t helping either. Even though I wanted to go to city tech from the start for arts and design. I decided to follow what people told me to do and went to john jay. When I was over there I majored in criminal justice which I hated, I didn’t feel connected at all and I felt like I wasn’t using my creative side of my brain enough. I was not so happy. Eventually i decided to transfer back to my original choice City tech.

Over there I was happier. I felt like i can be myself.  I was able to talk design with my fellow classmates and i felt like i fit right in.  So the Moral of the story is simple. As cliche as it sounds, follow your dreams, create your own path and do not let anyone else create it for you because they are not living your life, YOUR ARE!

Ever since i was a little kid i enjoyed drawing.  I enjoyed everything about art.  From cartoon drawing to drawing still life.  I was always so fascinated when it comes to beautifully drawn figures and artwork.  When i was in school, art was my favorite subject and I also seem to do very well in those classes.  I always wanted a career in drawing and i have told my mom this but being in an Asian background it would be ludicrous to have art as your career.  My mom wanted me to wear a suit, have a 9-5 job and make the big bucks.  So to her, art was never in the picture.  She always told me that Designers are for girls and artist don’t make a lot of money.

As a graphic designer I am fascinated in the process of creating a design and seeing where it can be used in.  For example like a bookcover, after designing a book cover and seeing the end result of the book being used by a user satisfies me.  I am also intrigued by spacing and alignment.  When stuff are perfectly aligned and proportionate it really satisfies me.  I get really ticked off when I see something that is crook it.

I am a generalist because i feel that i can fit in to every category when it comes to design.  I love talking to people, i love to design layouts, logos etc.   A design that has meaning to this world is what i look for.  For me, to see the worth of designing a composition depends on how worthy it serves the public.  I get unmotivated when I am designing something without a particular meaning.  In life sometimes your are confronted with these problem and my job would be to turn something meaningless to something meaningful.  i am a problem solver!