Hello World!

Published 8/29/2025

This website may not be my first time coding anything — I've messed around with a couple programming languages in my time, and I've tried to code websites in the past — but it's still a significant "first" for me. This website is my first major project that I've posted publicly. It's out on the internet for all to see, with all its rough edges and unfinished sections.

This site is significant for me because it represents a dream I've held onto for as long as I can remember. I want to create things. Things like comics, video games, animations and even animated series - all of which might take an industry veteran years to complete. And I want to go the indie route: just myself and (possibly) a small team against the world.

I'm no industry veteran, though. I've never even completed a creative project that is remotely close to those in scope before, which makes it much more difficult for me to pursue this goal. Sometimes, the pursuit even feels hopeless. Am I delusional? Perhaps. But what's the harm in trying?

Every time I tried to start working on a major creative project, my biggest problem was that I always bit off more than I could chew. I have this habit of mine where I take on these massive, lofty goals far beyond what any sane person at my skill level would do. Sometimes, I succeed at reaching my target. Usually though, especially when it comes to big creative projects, I would tackle it head-on for a few days, doing enough research to get me started, start writing and planning... then get demotivated by the sheer magnitude of the project. Alternatively, I might spend a long time on a project, adding little details here and there, but would never finish because I didn't think it was "perfect" enough.

That's because completing a larger creation was something I've never practiced. Long-running personal projects require a certain amount of self-confidence in your abilities — or at least a lack of doubt when things don't work out right away. And that level of confidence usually comes from practicing and applying your skills over and over again. The more you succeed at something, the more data your brain can use to prove it can be done yet again. The more new challenges you successfully tackle, the more you begin to realize that you are capable of taking on more, even things you haven't done before.

I need that kind of outlook if I want to achieve my goal of "making it" as an artist and creative. Besides being a fun creative project and a means to make my personal hub on the internet, my hope is that building this website will teach me to maintain a hopeful attitude throughout the full creative cycle of a project, as my vision slowly but surely comes to life.

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