With the end of a decade and the start of the new one, I began to reflect on my journey in animation and how far it has taken me. In 2010, I was drawing comics for my school newspaper for $10 a comic… dreaming about someday seeing my characters move, being able to animate and potentially work in television and share my art with everyone. Over this past decade, I’ve been able to see and enjoy the fruits of my labor and be able to work in the industry. I tried to boil down my journey through the years with all the highs and lows below:

It’s hard to believe that we’ve already been in Los Angeles for 5 months now! I got my first animation job as a storyboard artist on Joe Murray’s show Let’s Go Luna for PBS. It’s been such a whirlwind of a transition (from moving to starting the full time job) that I’m now ready to write about my journey into the field! I’m breaking it up into 4 parts because it’s honestly too much for one post!