about me
Hello! I'm Justine, a Filipino-Canadian artist and designer based in Toronto.
Growing up, I had a fine arts background and loved to make photorealistic graphite drawings and surrealistic oil paintings. In high school I learned graphic design, photography and filmmaking, and fell in love with video editing. After entering university, my digital skillset expanded tenfold as I was exposed to front-end web development, interactive electronics, creative coding, 3D modeling and printing, and animation. It was here that I discovered games as a potential career path and as an excellent way to amalgamate all my creative skills and experiences.
I mainly want to challenge myself with how to reflect real life experiences and emotions through gameplay. I like to draw inspiration from multiple sources whether it be classes on Games Studies or Animation, film and TV, music, and of course games I’ve played in the past, and using all of these to guide the player through a specific designed experience.
I also love listening to music, exploring big cities, and chairs.
EDUCATION
2025 OCAD University, Bachelor of Design (Honours) Digital Futures
2024 OCAD University, Minor in Games & Play
AWARDS
2025 OCAD U Medal
2025 Nora E. Vaughan Award
2025 Jeff Watson Memorial Digital Futures Award
EXHIBITIONS
2025 GradEx 110
2025 Level Up Showcase
2024 Digital Futures OPEN Show
2024 Toronto Game Expo
2024 VRTO Spatial Media World Conference & Expo
2024 Level Up Showcase
skills
Game Design, Design Documents, Storyboarding, User Flows, Wireframing, Prototyping, 3D Modeling, UV Mapping, Rigging, Weight Painting, Animation, Texturing, Shaders, 2D & 3D Animation, Style Guides, Motion Design, Video Editing
TOOLSET
Unity Engine, Adobe (Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator), Substance 3D (Painter, Designer), Autodesk Maya, Figma, Google Workspace, Microsoft Office
DEVELOPMENT
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, p5.js, Unity C#