My Japanese Works/私の日本作品

アカデミックコミュニカシオンの授業ためにお作りしましたよ

“Quarantine Changed Me”

This animated short reflects on how the isolation of quarantine led to a powerful personal transformation—letting go of toxic friendships, embracing self-prioritization, and learning not to waste energy on things beyond one’s control. From high school struggles to newfound confidence in college and abroad in Japan, it’s a story about growth, self-expression, and making the most of the energy we have while we’re young.

Visual Works

In our end-of-program art exhibition, I featured a mock-up ticket of a Kikuo concert, three posters based on children’s books I read in the library for practicing Japanese, and two posters of Tamagawa’s annual music concert: Coalescence (2024).

3D Printing: Banana Cat

For our 3D printing final, we were tasked to create something using skills we’ve learned on Fusion 360 with the help of Creality Print. My idea was to create something I could utilize in Akihabara, with one of my biggest issues being: holding my 100 yen coins at arcades/game stations. I combined my love for gachapon and coin purses to make a figure coin bank, in a sense. With the idea of potential things like customizable faces and characters, these figures would be able to hold your coins, become a keychain, or become a regular character stand.