Hello!
Art has always been something that I want to bring into school projects or different aspects of my life. In school, I’ve always wanted to approach class projects in a different way which normally translates to an artistic approach. For instance, we had a very open ended project in an English class in high school where we could interpret readings into anything we wanted to make- most people wrote passages in a journal or painted what they thought the scenes would look like. For my project, I created a shadow box representing themes from the passages we had read.
Outside of school, I’ve always loved to do creative art projects, but not anything like drawing or painting. In high school, I had a mini cake decorating business where I could create cakes and decorate them in many ways. I then progressed to pumpkin carving where every year I push myself to do something more intricate and complicated. I can now create my own patters or just freehand carvings to make pumpkins of things that I want to make.
Some pumpkins I have carved:
I haven’t had a lot of experience with technology in the sense of coding and designing electronics. The types of experiences that I have had don’t necessarily entail building or designing things, but knowing and learning how it works. When I worked for Disney, my first co-op involved running three different attractions in Tomorrowland, and my second co-op was with Engineering Services in Magic Kingdom. I have learned and played with a lot of technology that is used all over the parks from attractions to shows to parades and more. Being able to see how certain effects happen is something I can draw from and use.
Other creative arts I enjoy include piano and theater. I have never been in a play or musical, but I am very passionate about the shows and have worked a little backstage. I have seen many plays live and loved all of them! I have been playing the piano since Kindergarten and like to mess around on the piano in my free time.
As far as creative inspirations, I don’t think there are any specific people that inspire me. My career is focused on working for a themed entertainment industry with the top companies being Disney Parks and Resorts and Universal Studios. The work that they do to bring a story to life so people can experience and live in inspires me. It also works in the opposite ways where I see other inspiration and I imagine where I can involve or include it in an attraction or experience at a theme park.
As I mentioned before, my goal is to work for Disney or Universal. I have completed two six-month Co-Ops with Disney and this has confirmed the fact that I want to work in this industry. My artistic goals are included in this career goal because I hope to help with the creation of an attraction or, bigger picture, a whole park. I want to assist in having people be blown away at how something happens and leaving the attraction wondering how it happened. I like to work with senses and make people feel something as they experience whatever it is they are experiencing; it’s not just ‘pretty’ and ‘cool’.
My recent creative projects are probably my pumpkins that I carved. I started to just freehand designs and while I know that they aren’t my best work, I am still proud of being able to carve what I want to carve. Next year I hope to take more time to draw out a pattern and create a cool new design. I am excited to see what I can do in the future from school work to professional work and work in my own time.
