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About Me

Hi! I'm Leaf, a self-taught digital artist and aspiring engineer. I started out drawing and animating, then discovered that the same creativity I enjoyed in art carried over surprisingly well to CAD, robotics, and programming. I'm currently a member of FRC Team 3598, where I've worked across mechanical design, building, programming, and team operations.

I built this website to get experience with web development, to showcase my artwork and share my journey as both an artist and a future engineer.

Art Gallery Commissions and Terms of Service
banner artwork
A little from my sketchbook
Team 3598 robot character artwork
FIRST robotics character illustration
Animated purple character portrait
Green and orange character illustration
Character scene illustration
Sylvie character portrait in purple
Sylvie character illustration
Sylvie digital portrait

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Full projects list

Look at some of the projects I've worked on! I started exploring engineering about a year ago, and I've quickly found my passion in this field. I started with CAD, building, and now its expanded to programming!

CAD render showing the Team 3598 drivetrain frame, wheel modules, and electronics layout
Drivetrain CAD
Photo of Team 3598
Team 3598

Robotics and

CAD & Team Safety Captain & Programming

I joined Team 3598 with an art background, and found new ways to contribute while learning alongside my team.

  • Mechanism Design
  • Subsystem Integration
  • Parametric Modeling
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Mechanical Design

I've worked on several parts of the robot, inlcuding the drivetrain, turret and climbing mechanisms. Building these mechanisms taught me a lot about design, being able to interact with what I've built is my favorite part of robotics.

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woooords. :D

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Team photo
Solar Regatta team

Solar Regatta

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Art, communications, driving, and boat-design contributions to our winning solar-powered boat.

  • Boat design
  • Art & communications
  • Race-day driving
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The project

The Junior class of The School of Engineering and Sciences won the Solar Regatta event. The team built a solar powered boat and competed against other teams in Rancho Seco.

My contributions

Roles: Lead Artist, Commmunications Lead, Boat Driver, Spirit Contributor, Boat Design Contributor.

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Frequently Asked Questions

I prefer digital art because it's portable and I like having multiple layers. In most of my artworks I use over 5 layers. My rendered pieces still take anywhere from 3-6 hours to complete. I sometimes do traditional art but I don't have the time for it.

I draw with an Apple Pencil. I have a 4th Generation 11-inch iPad. I also own an XPPen Artist 12 Line Friends tablet.

I use Procreate and Clip Studio Paint for digital art. For animation I use Toonsquid. I like to use 11 FPS.

Well, I never thought I'd like math, science, or any of that until I was exposed to it. My school kept giving me small projects to work on until I reached my junior year, where I got serious about engineering. I found that I could use my art experience to make learning these subjects easier. It made ideas easier to communicate when I joined team 3598. So now I love engineering, I want this as my career.

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