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Why I Left Tech to Pursue Art | LiamHz

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I've spent 240 hours the past 6 months drawing, and I'm eager to go all-in. I'm planning to apply to Sheridan's animation undergrad program in February, and have been busy preparing a portfolio for it. Here's some of my recent work, and a lil music video featuring my progress over the months. In middle-school I competed in Canadian nationals for the board game Go, and gave up on my dreams on going pro when AI defeated the world champion. In the 7 years since then, the thing that has remained constant in my life is programming. I grew up building AI and computer graphics projects for fun. I skipped class in high school to work at startups. I worked on early versions of Midjourney in September of 2021. I'm aware of the irony of pursuing an art career now. I've really enjoyed these years, but I want to explore more of what life has to offer. I don't enjoy working in tech anymore. I'm good at it, am compensated well, and the job is fairly painless. But when I started my first full-time job

Why I Left Tech to Pursue Art | LiamHz Why I Left Tech to Pursue Art Today, I left my job at a tech startup to study art full time. I've spent 240 hours the past 6 months drawing, and I'm eager to go all-in. I'm planning to apply to Sheridan's animation undergrad program in February, and have been busy preparing a portfolio for it. Here's some of my recent work, and a lil music video featuring my progress over the months. In middle-school I competed in Canadian nationals for the board game Go, and gave up on my dreams on going pro when AI defeated the world champion. In the 7 years since then,

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