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layout: essay
type: essay
published: true
title: Balance
date: 2017-08-31
labels:
  - Software Engineering
  - Learning
  - Changes
---

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As a little girl, I loved anything that had to do with art. My parents supported this passion by providing me with crayons, markers, paint—anything I needed to fulfill my artistic needs. This is a painting I did in the 1st grade. Till this day, it’s still framed on a wall in our home. But, slowly and surely, my need for art began to phase out because I felt that my artistic abilities sucked compared to others. I did, however find a love for design due to a graphics design class I took in high school and the making of my senior project website. 

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Computer and video games hold a huge part of my life and heart. One of the first computer games I played was a Lilo and Stitch game called *626 Sandwich Stacker*. I was hooked from the start, and that was only the beginning of my love for playing games. I juggled between computer games and videos games a lot. I liked playing on our Nintendo DS Lite, Wii, and PlayStation. But I also loved to play PC role-play games like MapleStory. Not only did I enjoy playing these games, but the graphics and structure interested me too. How did the creators design them? How do these games have so much elements that keep me coming back for more?


I’m glad I found something that will allow me to do it all—art, design, and technology. <commit_msg>Update balance.md<commit_after>---
layout: essay
type: essay
published: true
title: Balance
date: 2017-08-31
labels:
  - Software Engineering
  - Learning
  - Changes
---

<img class="ui medium left floated rounded image" src="../images/painting.JPG" width="600">
As a little girl, I loved anything that had to do with art. My parents supported this passion by providing me with crayons, markers, paint—anything I needed to fulfill my artistic needs. This is a painting I did in the 1st grade. Till this day, it’s still framed on a wall in our home. But, slowly and surely, my need for art began to phase out because I felt that my artistic abilities sucked compared to others. I did, however find a love for design from a graphics design class I took in high school and the making of my senior project website. 

<img class="ui medium right floated rounded image" src="../images/maplestory.JPG" width="600">
Computer and video games hold a huge part of my life and heart. One of the first computer games I played was a Lilo and Stitch game called *626 Sandwich Stacker*. I was hooked from the start, and that was only the beginning of my love for playing games. I juggled between computer games and videos games a lot. I liked playing on our Nintendo DS Lite, Wii, and PlayStation. But I also loved to play PC role-play games like MapleStory. Not only did I enjoy playing these games, but the graphics and structure interested me too. How did the creators design them? How do these games have so much elements that keep me coming back for more?


I’m glad I found something that will allow me to do it all—art, design, and technology. 
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