Introduction to a future designer
My name is Kayleigh, but you can just call me Kay, and this is my blog!
I am studying Creative Digital Media and am in Year 2 and will be covering a variety of topics in my blog relating to this course. I'm enjoying this course a lot, and it's made me very interested in exploring game design, branding and identity design. I hope to learn more about these in my studies and to hopefully pursue one of them later on!
Speaking of games, gaming is quite a hobby of mine and I tend to spend a lot of my free time playing games.. I'm very fond of Nintendo (My first console was an original DS and I've been playing Pokemon religiously since I was 6!). I'm currently spending a lot of time playing Fire Emblem: Three Houses as of late, and I plan to get the new release The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening very soon. I discussed my favourite game in a previous blog, which you can find here!
I also enjoy drawing in my free time, both traditionally and digitally using a variety of tools and applications. I've been drawing since I could pick up a pencil basically so it's something I find lots of joy in. I actually managed to get a scholarship for a portfolio course in NCAD in the summer of my 5th year in secondary school based on my work! It was a great experience and I did lots of work there. I have always been a creative person so that's why I'm enjoying this course so much and hope to work in the creative field in future.
I'm a huge animal person- and when I say huge, I mean huge. I've grown up surrounded by a variety of pets since birth, including budgies, fish (even some exotic ones), dogs and cats. I currently have a dog and a cat- my dog is a Jack Russell and Chihuahua mix called Milo, and my cat is a Tortoiseshell cat called Minki. I also had another dog called Bonnie who passed away in April of this year.. I plan to get a tattoo of her pawprint on me in the near future.
Fun fact: I helped nurse an injured pigeon back to health over the summer! My dad and I made the little guy an enclosure and wrapped his broken wing up almost daily. The pigeon would grip my fingers with his feet similarly to how babies grip your hand when I wrapped him up! It was very cute. His wing healed up after about 3 weeks and he flew right off with the rest of his pigeon friends.
Bonnie (left) and Milo (right) in bath
Source: My gallery
Source: My gallery
Photo of Minki doing a blep
Source: My gallery
I also enjoy watching anime and reading manga! I've been watching anime for quite a number of years now and have read countless and countless of chapters of manga. Since coming to college I've met a lot of people who also watch anime which is great because I never really knew many people who did before. I have accumulated a fair amount of merchandise for several shows. My favourite anime series is The Promised Neverland, and I'm fully up to date on the manga. I also enjoy anime like My Hero Academia, Fullmetal Alchemist, Devilman Crybaby, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Mob Psycho 100 and Code Geass. (And many many more!)
If I had more free time and money, I would definitely consider learning sewing in order to make cosplays.
Food wise.. I live on coffee and noodles. Quite literally. Anybody that knows me well knows I need my daily intake of coffee to survive. And that I eat noodles and pasta. A lot. I frequent places like Wok In and Yamamori for their noodles and ramen when I'm out and about. Whenever noodles are available, I will eat it.
Another fun fact: I'm a pesco pollo vegetarian- meaning I dont eat red meat. I havent eaten a burger or steak in.. 7 years or so! I substitute with turkey- so I still eat burgers and spaghetti etc.
I think I've rambled on enough about myself for one day.. Feel free to ask me questions in the comments! I'm excited to read more about you all.
Thank you for reading my blog!
