Who am I?
I am a graduate student at University of California, Berkeley’s School of Information. I am doing a research project on how people use the internet for their art and creativity.

What am I doing here?
I am hanging out on deviantART as a way to learn more from you. How do you define art and creativity? How do you go about making the “stuff” you make? What made you get into creating the stuff you create in the first place? What inspires you? Where do you think this all taking you? How do you share it with others? These are some of the questions I am interested in. I’m also trying to learn more about dA as a site where there are lots of people making and sharing lots of interesting things. From what I can tell thus far, the site’s breadth and depth is quite amazing.

Like I said, my hopes here are to understand from you. I have seen a lot of things written that don’t really take the perspectives of people into account. So, I am trying to understand the worlds of artists and creators from their perspectives, as best as I possibly can. That’s not an easy thing to do, considering how many different perspectives there are!

Along the way, I will be writing about that experience. My work will generally be appearing in academic journals or conferences (well, I hope they will be). In the future, if I am lucky, I’ll be able to write for a wider audience. I know that there are others that find all of this as interesting as I do.

What do I know about art?
Of course, that depends on how you define “art,” and I am more interested in how you define it than how I do! However, since I was young, I have been interested in something I called art. I spent most of my childhood and teenage life drawing, but slowly moved away from it as I pursued other interests. I was fortunate to be able to go to Florence when I was in high school and see the work of Renaissance and Baroque artists. In college, I become interested in digital animation and computer-related design activities. I had the opportunity to go back to Florence and work on a project that involved creating digital models of some of Michelangelo’s greatest sculptures, including the David. I know it’s not easy to get there, but if you happen to have the chance to see the David in person, take advantage of it!

Meanwhile, I’ve worked on a few digital art projects recently, including a series of gallery installations, which I may elaborate on later. I still doodle a lot and have phases of diving back into sketchbooks. A few years ago I learned how to use charcoal and had a lot of fun with it. I wouldn’t mind getting charcoal everywhere a little more often than I do now.

Send me a note if you have any questions! I am happy to answer.

Some other links that may be useful:
Even more about me (my website): [link].
More about the School of Information at UC Berkeley: [link]

UPDATE
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