About ME
I moved to California, when I was 5, but I still go back to Bulgaria every so often. I even got my artistic start in Sofia one summer visit. I have considered myself an "artist" ever since I unexpectedly won an art contest in the park when I was 11. Shorty after that I took my first oil painting lesson that helped me create my portfolio for the Orange County High School of the Art (OCHSA) audition. I have been at OCHSA since 7th grade and will graduate this year as a Visual Arts major with an emphasis on animation.
My favorite art form is animation and this past summer I attended the California State Sumer School for the Arts (CSSSA). My dream is to someday work in the film industry as a storyboard artist for a production studio such as PIXAR. I plan to keep up with my other art forms as a pursuit of happiness on the side. Some of my other hobbies include:
- People Photography: I enjoy taking student's headshots and senior photos to practice capturing people's indivdual spirits.
- Traditional Photography: I also do black and white film and plan to start instant film photography through a Fuji Instax camera.
- Cooking: We spend our whole lives eating, so I figure I might as well master culinatry arts at a young age.
- Graphic Design: I create T-shirt designs and logo's for family and friend's businesses.
- Ballroom Dancing: I am part of a professional preformance team: Los Salseros Inquietos.
- Figure Drawing: What started out as a college requirement turned into a favorite observational past time.
- Traveling: I have been around Europe, but not as much as I would like, and want to explore Asia, Australia, and South America.