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Hi! Welcome to the about me :D Hey Im Kirra (or zombee/bee). I am 20, with my DOB being 05/05/04. I am a proud Maori Australian and love to draw (shocker I know).





REALLY EARLY DAYS: For as long as I can remember I have been starstruck with animation and visual story telling. Some of my earliest memories were sneaking out under a tree to spend hours animating on my nintendo dsi or watching the behind the scenes extras they used to have on old animated movies like eldorado, ben 10, coraline and pinky and the brain. I used to watch these comantaries on loop. When I was 8/9 I wanted to be able to draw so badly that I would pause dvds and carefully trace different cartoon characters from the tv and added them to a portfolio that i took everywhere.

ANIMATION MEMES (Early highschool): In highschool (2017-2019) I wasn’t able to do elective arts due to the only teacher we had being unsupportive which through me off at first, however, I accidentally came across a small youtube community online called the animation meme comunity. Animation memes were 30 second to two minute animation trends set to popular music or viral sounds, they were called memes because of the repetitive trends/templates that most sounds had, most animation memes werent necessarily made to be funny.

I had a few supportive online friends that would draw together with me on an old site called amino. At the time we used a free app called FlipaClip, and I drew on my old samsung tablet by finger. Though I have lost alot of my old animations i did upload a couple to my youtube, here is an example of one of the animation memes I made in early year 8 with an online friend;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-qLXkKCJXc

The animation took a week and a half to make (after school.) and I drew everything except the pink rabbit.

I have a couple of more flipaclip animations saved on a usb however Im not sure how to upload videos on HTML (its been a really long time).



LATER HIGHSCHOOL DAYS: May 5th 2020 my hard working and supportive mother bought me a new samsung tablet (which i still use to this day! :) in order to replace my old cracked screen. She encouraged me to draw more, which was especially helpful due to the pandemic and for the first time I tried to properly sit down and put effort into my art. At this time I was very much into the band Gorillaz and the american show Sam and Max. I would spend hours trying to replicate the art styles and It definitely shows in my current art.

My main and favourite subjects for years 11 and 12 were ITM (Industrial Technology Multimedia) and Biology, as i have later commed to learn that my ideal learning style is extremely hands on and visual. Though I am not the brightest I absolutely adored learning new things in biology, from videos and diagrams to practical experiments. However my probable favourite subject was ITM.

For my major project I was designing a halloween themed top down rpg from scratch using unity (self taught how to use Unity in early 2017). I studied and created both 3d models and 2d sprites using photoshop and blender. And i believe i used python at the time (though it could of been c++ as i have used both in the past). The main sprite was a kid in a ghost costume. inspired by an angsty character I created in 2015/2016. However I was unable to complete the game due to a series of events;



2022: (Please note this is a very very simplistic summary) Unfortunately my family was dealing with alot during my later years of highschool, especially in 2022. We moved in with Oma, my grandmother, to support her through cancer treatments and later palliative care. Unfortunetly she passed just prior to the HSC exams. Along with this we were helping maintain her farm, pets and unfortunately dealing with a series of disgusting criminals that were breaking in, stalking, stealing from the property and taking advantage of our family and threatening us during this time.

Especially at the end of 2022. At this time not only did I feel scared for my family’s wellbeing at night (anxiety, insomnia and CPTSD), The times I should be asleep felt like the only times i was ‘allowed to have a break’ Even though mum was always looking after us and enforcing healthy breaks and healthy delicous meals despite the farm and school work. I used art late at night as a form of escapism and stress relief to help calm the nerves. Though most of it was messy I was drawing nonstop every opportunity I had. After graduation I wasnt sure what to pick for university and went into the Radiology pathway, mainly due to it being one of the only things on my mind. (though I did love biology and thought I wanted to get into a specialist medical feild in order to help others, just for a chance to be able to help even a bit).



ONLINE ART GROUP: I wasnt sure whether to include this or not but right after the loss of my oma i was manipulated by a mutual friend (long gross story, but as stated earlier art was my escapism at the time). However even though he was very demanding of art, he was a content creator that did end up using my designs as merch for one of his sticker collections. Which someone bought and used on a phone case. (image will be added if I have enough time). Though the situation with him was horrible, I will say it meant alot seeing a stranger review my art in high regard and use it on their phone case despite it being a quick sketch.

At the very end, around/past graduation I was invited to an online friend group from a couple of mutuals. The group was filled with artists and writers which created ‘Original Characters’ or OCS. connecting and creating scenarios with our characters together and drawing eachother gifts was incredible. It made me extremely nostalgic of my old animation meme days and comforted me knowing others my age had similar artistic interests. While studying radiology I would connect with this group in my spare time and exchange art, scenarios ect. As you can see in alot of my doodles and sketches my character is a zombee (undead girl with bee features) named Ashley. (loosely based on an ashy mining bee).

Being with such supportive friends and family I decided to finally reach out to expand my art. I never though I would be good enough for art school and honestly still not sure. Sometimes it feels embarrassing that I havent made more progress on my own, however, Looking back if 12/13 year old could see some of my current work I think she would be proud (Which says alot because she was an edgy teenager that hated everything).



WHATS NEXT?: Honestly I dont know. The industry is extremely competitive especially with over 200,00 estimated job types to be lost or effected with how ai is going I genuinely dont think its a realistic carrier to follow my dream of becoming a story boarder or even working in the industry. However my strongest trait is my determination and stubbornness. I dont think my future will go as I hope but that doesnt mean I wont do as much as I can to interfere and work for it. I understand It probably wont lead to a stable income or job however creativity and art has been one of the few things ive naturally been drawn to and feel at home with for as long as I remember. So whether this leads to unexpected pathways and carriers or something new entirely. Im excited and honestly just proud Ive gotten to this point.