How do you feel when exploring the most uncomfortable parts of your being? While it may sometimes be difficult, these experiences are ultimately a prerequisite for our continued growth and development. Life can be a strange experience at times, but we must move through these sentiments instead of attempting to navigate around them. Bringing together both the bizarre and the beautiful, "Within Reach" sets the scene for curiosity and surprise. While creating, I often like to explore where I am internally/externally and how my present state relates to my interactions and experiences shared with others. Even though life has been strange for all of us lately, there is still so much beauty to be found in each moment. This piece ended up being a journey to reconnect with that. Using VR sculpting and modeling, uncomfortable sentiments expressed themselves through the realization of this unique figure and this particular method of creating enabled me to play with the human form in new ways. Later combining this with motion graphics and 3D animation, I brought the character to life and embellished its surroundings with prismatic allure. No matter how weird or uncomfortable this life may feel, beauty and wonder are always within reach.
