My name is Amelia, I’m a freshman Mechanical Engineering Major, and I’m also attempting to get a teaching license. I’m originally from Western Massachusetts, but my family moved to Southern Maine when I was pretty young. I was very into art and theatre when I was younger. I competed in the Peace Poster Competition for three years in middle school, and won for my state in the 8th grade. I also started acting in the 4th grade and ran wardrobe (3 years) for my school theatre company. In high school I became heavily involved in my school’s robotics team and engineering program, leading me to WPI.
My first real experience with digital art software was actually in a CAD/technical drawing course at my high school. My TA for the course ran a unit on using Blender for 3D modeling and animation. You can do some pretty detailed work with the software, but we stuck to basic animal modeling and animation, given the time restrictions. I dug up an old photo for a model of a gazelle when it was nearing finalization.
The summer of my senior year I got interested in drawing using tablets and online software. I bought a cheap drawing tablet and worked using FireAlpaca just for fun. I mostly doodled and experimented with various styles and with the capabilities of the program. Below are a few thing I did while testing it out.
For my Low-Res Icon I chose to make an icon of a pine tree in the snow. We’ve got a lot of pine trees up in the pine tree state so it makes a good symbol of my home. Also, when I was a kid my siblings and I spent a lot of time playing in the woods, so I have a lot of strong memories associated with the nature of Maine, especially in winter (plus, they’re really pretty, especially in the snow).