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VR Avatar Castle Backpack, 2022

Blender viewport: an untextured magenta anthro character seen from behind, wearing a black backpack modelled as a cluster of pointed castle towers. A reference photo of the real spiked backpack is pinned on a plane behind.

VR Avatar Castle Backpack

2022

Inspired by Undercover's SS06 Evil Clown runway collection, I created this togglable accessory for my VRChat avatar to adjust for its larger lowerbody and smaller upper body proportions. I build the shape off reference images, added physics to the zippers, and weight painted the straps to move with my avatar's shoulders.

Backpack in the render viewport

Wearing my avatar in virtual reality with the backpack toggled on (VRChat)

Skills

3D Modeling (Blender)
Unity 3D

Dangling Earring Asset (for VRChat), July 2021

Blender edit mode: the earring modelled as a small planet — a ribbed sphere inside a flat ring — hanging from a straight chain, its wireframe selected in orange and cyan.

Dangling Earring Asset (for VRChat)

July 2021

Based on Vivienne Westwood's Soverign's Orb/Saturn hybrid logo earring design, I modeled these in Blender as my first ever 3D modeling project. These were created as accessory assets for my VRChat avatar model, including 'physic bones' to simulate the chain physics of the earring.

Modeled the earring from scratch using basic shapes and then added 'bones' and weight painted each vertical section for each bone

Finished earring on my avatar's ear (close up)

Another angle of the finished earring on my avatar

Skills

3D Modeling (Blender)
Unity 3D

Giraffe Fursuit Head, March 2025

A black foam head base on a mannequin, taped and glued at the seams. One eye socket is filled with a hand-drawn white eye on paper; the muzzle is blocked out in plain foam.

A workbench with the black foam head base at the centre, its eye holes cut and a white stripe painted down the muzzle. Red and green furred ears sit either side, and clipped red fur pattern pieces lie in front of it.

Red fur pattern pieces pinned together with colored sewing clips on a black desk, numbered in marker on the fabric backing. The unfinished foam head sits behind them.

A grey mannequin head covered in duct tape and marked in pen with pattern lines and letters — the taped pattern being drafted directly on the form. A finished red furred head lies beside it.

Close view of the duct-tape pattern at the neck and shoulders, cut into flat panels labelled B and C in pen.

A black zip sewn into the edge of a piece of bright red fur, laid flat on a dark table.

A hand holding open the zip at the back of the red fur head, showing the inside: a black elastic strap harness and two mesh-screened eye openings.

The finished red fur head held up by its brown floppy ears, showing the face — green and black eyes, a dark red muzzle and two nostrils — with green fur visible behind.

The finished head on a foam stand on a desk: a red furred creature with lime-green ear fur, long brown horns and ears, green eyes and a white fur ruff.

The back of the finished red head on its stand, showing the full-length zip closure running down the centre and the fur brushed straight over it.

The finished head photographed outside on a porch table, three-quarter view, with the text overlay "PREMADE FOR SALE $700 OBO & ON AUCTION".

Giraffe Fursuit Head

March 2025

Initially intended to be my first commission, I used the Kemono Style Head Base Pattern I created for my Etsy store as the base for this giraffe head. Unfortunately, the commissioner fell through on payment, but I was able to sell it on my Etsy store later on.

Building off the template head base, I added nostrils and filled seam gaps using clay foam

I started by lining the inside of the head with foam padding to sit on the forehead and cheeks of the wearer, then applied minky fleece to the nostrils and horns; then patterned, sewed, & attached the ears after

Next step was patterning and sewing the face

Tape patterning the back of the head

Tape patterning the neck

Adding a simple zipper to the back of the head

A photo of inside the head after the fur and eyes were added

Positioning and adding the brown locs to the top and sides of the head

Once the rest of the brown locs and green locs were added, the head was complete besides some finishing touches

Back of the head with the zipper

The thumbnail I used for my Etsy store to sell the head

Skills

Fabrication
Patterning
Sewing
Painting

Hyena Fursuit Head, June 2024

A white upholstery-foam head base held up in front of a workbench, its eye sockets and jaw outlined in marker. A glue gun and a printed fursuit pattern lie behind it.

The foam head base on a bench with the eye holes cut out, the layered foam muzzle and cheek pieces beside it marked with blue and black guide lines.

A hand holding the foam base up to the camera, the built-up muzzle now attached and its contours drawn on in blue. A reference drawing of the character is open on the monitor behind.

The foam head from the front with paper mock-up eyes taped into the sockets and two large foam ear blanks resting either side, checking the proportions before the fur goes on.

The whole foam head covered in masking tape and drawn over in black marker — the fur pattern being traced directly onto the form, with markings for the eye, the ear and the nose.

Close view of the taped pattern around the eye socket, covered in pen lines, blue registration ticks and small arrows marking the direction the fur pile should run.

The head part-furred: brown and tan fur laid over the muzzle and brow with the raw foam ears still bare, seen from above on a work surface.

The finished head seen from above on a checked tablecloth: a hyena face in brown and tan fur, dark purple nose and eyelids, and two yellow-green mesh eyes.

The finished head at an angle on a porch table, showing the cream chest ruff, the tan eyebrow markings and the spotted crest running back over the skull.

The back of the finished head on its stand, showing the dark brown mane and cream neck fur brushed out, with the grey foam base visible underneath.

The finished head from behind and slightly above, the mane's blend from dark brown through cream into ginger visible across the back of the neck.

The finished head tipped back to face the camera, showing both mesh eyes, the purple nose and the open mouth with its white teeth.

Close view of the open mouth held in one hand: a stitched cream jaw with sculpted teeth and a pink fabric tongue set into the black lining.

Hyena Fursuit Head

June 2024

After using a pattern off Etsy and EVA foam for my first run at making a head, I decided to try the 'traditional' method of handcarving upholstery foam for my next project. While the process was very similar, I had significantly more control over the shape. I sold this one on my Etsy store a few months after completion.

I started by making a 'bucket-head base,' cutting out holes for the wearer's ears, eyes, and nose/mouth. I then glued together several sections of upholstery foam, carving it down into a top and bottom muzzle using scissors and box cutters

Once the snout started taking shape, I glued it to the base and continued to shape the head

Adding and carving away at sections of foam allowed me to sculpt the shape on the fly and correct for mistakes; I added some large ears and paper eyes to draft the approximate final look

Once satisfied with the shape, I began patterning one side so that minor inconsistencies in the symmetry of the foam would be tucked in by the layer of fur

Adding seam markers so the patterned pieces would match up properly and arrows for the direction of the fur, which is an essential step for a smooth, clean shave

Patterned and half sewn layer of faux fur, which I opt to shave after application to ensure I do not overshave early on and leave seams too visible

Adding in the handpainted eyes and giving a rough preshave lets the personality of the final product shine through, with the bottom of the chin left unsewn so I can properly adjust the fur as I glue it down

Added a nose, some eyebrows, eyeliner, and hair tufts as the final additions to this hyena's design

Right side/front diagonal view of the head

Angled back view of the head, where the hair tufts are longer and more prominent

Front view of the snout, which you can see has some slight asymmetry; something to improve on but also something that gives it a bit more personality

I also made teeth and a tongue for the inside of the mouth, later gluing and sewing down some felt to cover the seams between the faux fur and the mouth lining

Skills

Fabrication
Patterning
Sewing
Painting

Head Base Pattern, August 2024

A mannequin head wrapped in teal cling film with a rough cardboard and tape muzzle built out over it, seen from the side — the armature the pattern will be taped over.

The same head from the front, now fully covered in overlapping white tape so the whole face is one smooth blank surface.

Side view of the taped head, the white tape shell stopping in a clean line partway back where the bare teal cling film continues to the nape.

The taped shell held up in one hand, drawn over in dark pen: a centre line down the face, the brow and jaw seams, and small registration marks in the panels.

The drawn shell from above and behind, showing the crown seams and the numbered panels marked in pen before the shell is cut apart.

Two printed sheets of the finished pattern on a desk — flat black outlines of each panel, with notches and small shape symbols marking which edges join.

A black foam head base built from the pattern, sitting on a green cutting mat with its ruled grid, the glued seams visible as pale lines across the panels.

Head Base Pattern

August 2024

Since my journey making costumes started with the help of a downloadable pattern off Etsy, I decided to try making one myself from scratch. Using scraps of packaging materials and a mannequin head, I sculpted a slimmer form factor and smaller snout head base that matched a more Japanese 'Kemono' style, and then turned that into a pattern. The end result was a PDF containing instructions and the paper pattern, which I currently sell on my Etsy store.

First step was padding up the base around the mannequin head, for which I used packaging filler, packing tape, packaging plastic wrap, and cardboard

Front view of the taped head once I was happy with the shape

Side view of the taped head

Dividing the taped head into general shapes and sections, limiting the twisting or bending each piece of EVA foam would have to do when assembled using the pattern

Top view of the taped head with pieces each marked by a unique symbol

Cut the pieces off the head, attached them to paper, scanned the paper, cleaned the shapes up in Adobe Photoshop, and created a PDF of the pattern

Used the pattern to cut and assemble the EVA foam pieces, creating this base

Skills

Fabrication
Patterning
E-Commerce

Fursuit Head (first attempt), January 2023

A black foam head base on a drying rack, its panels labelled in gold marker, with white blank eyes and two large mint-green ear blanks standing up behind.

The character's reference art overlaid on the same photo: a grey and purple canine face with red-brown eyes, dark purple ear backs and a shaggy purple fringe.

The foam base from the front on a table, now with a mint-green foam nose glued on and both blank eyes in place.

Mirror selfie wearing the unfinished foam base, showing how the head sits on a person and where the patterned eyes fall.

The head half covered in masking tape: the right side is bare black foam, the left is taped and drawn over in red and black — the pattern being traced on one side only.

The back of the head on its stand, one ear still taped in pattern paper and the other stripped back to black foam with its green foam core showing.

The taped pattern seen from above, the crown, brow and neck panels drawn in red with the mint nose visible at the front.

The black foam head on its stand by a snowy window, with the cut-apart paper pattern pieces laid out in order across the carpet in front of it.

The paper pattern pieces pinned back onto the head to check the fit, each numbered and marked AP or PL for which fur they belong to.

A folded length of pale fur laid face down on carpet, the pattern traced onto its backing in red pen ready to cut, with a red-and-blue pencil beside it.

The head part-furred, seen from above: lavender and dark purple fur laid over the crown and brow with the bare foam nose still showing through.

The finished head from the front on a stand in a workroom — lavender and purple fur, dark purple brow markings, a grey nose and two rounded ears.

Close view of one finished eye: a purple mesh iris with a pale marking, set behind a white eyelid blank, with paper eyelash pattern pieces pinned above it.

The finished head straight on, both eyes and the grey nose centred, the purple brow markings and white horns clearly visible.

The finished head turned to the side in daylight, showing the depth of the fur on the cheek ruff and the shaping of the muzzle.

Wearing the head outdoors, crouching beside a white car with bronze wheels under a deep blue sky, a purple tail at their back.

A spun-blur photograph of the suit worn indoors, arms folded, the lights streaking in a circle around the head.

Wearing the head on a hillside trail, in a white t-shirt, with dry golden grass and wooded ridges behind.

Wearing the head at an outdoor table on a terrace above a city street, downtown towers rising on both sides.

Fursuit Head (first attempt)

January 2023

After trying on a friend's fursuit head a few months prior, deciding I wanted one for myself, and realizing I did not have the income or savings to commission one, I decided to make one myself. The overall process has 3 major steps: creating the base, usually some kind of foam (upholstery/EVA); making the 'skin' by creating a pattern from the base and sewing the faux fur together; and applying the 'skin' to the head and shaving it. Beyond the standard features, I embedded magnets just above the eyes for removable/swappable eyelids, attached wires to the ears for posability, and added some little horns for fun. The wires broke over time and exposed sharp ends that poked through the fur; I removed those, chopped the tops of the ears off of the base, and added some weights for a more authentic floppy ear effect.

Starting with a head base pattern off Etsy, I cut and glued together EVA foam to create the base shape, adding in a modified 'bucket-head' to make it wearable and cutting out holes for a set of 3D printed eye blanks I also bought off Etsy

I used Adobe Photoshop to create a quick 'draw-over' for the design for reference and to establish an end goal; fearing that I would mess up on my first attempt, I opted to give myself some creative freedom regarding character design instead of trying to replicate an existing character of mine

Side view of the head base during this elementary stage

Carved and added a nose from upholstery foam, which is the same material used to raise the edges of the ears

Handpainted white plastic mesh and glued those to the eyeblanks, giving me a 'skin-less' but wearable product

Front view of the taped head, with plenty of markings for fur direction, fur color, and seam alignment

Besides documentation, these photos also served as valuable visual guides to double check how I was attaching each piece together and where it fit in the overall form

The exposed side on the back view is where you can see the modified bucket-head top that extends down to my cheeks and chin in the front

Taping only half of the head not only saves time and materials, but ensures the 'skin' is symmetrical across sides

These are the tape pattern pieces laid out, applied to paper and given a generous seam allowance (which I learned was unnecessary for handsewing)

I also pinned the pattern pieces to the head and took a photo as another visual reference/guide

Each pattern piece was traced onto the back of faux fur, with the direction of each piece intentionally positioned for the fur to all flow the same way once sewn together

Pre-shave application of the 'skin' to the head, with certain seams left unsewn to ensure each piece was glued properly

Post-shave, with magnetic eyelids and posable ears

Was not a fan of the empty space between the ears and wanted to stay closer to my original design, so I started patterning out tufts of hair

I opted for two-colored hair and added white horns to bring in some grey tones, pulling the fur through the back of the hair tuft pieces with a rough bristle brush to make the edge pieces double sided with fur

Front view of the finished head

I ended up adding some pieces of dark purple fleece around the eyes for eyeliner to hide the seam, which was done at a much later date

I've now had this fursuit for several years and have created a set of paws and a tail to go with it as well; a photo of me with my suit posing next to a Toyota Chaser

I often go on trips and party with friends who have their own fursuits, which always make for fun photoshoots

Posing for a photo on the Monte Bello Trail

It's always nice to have friends who love photography and photo editing, which convinced me to start messing around with Adobe Lightroom. This was from a casual photoshoot my friends and I did in San Francisco

Skills

Fabrication
Patterning
Sewing
Painting

Paws (first attempt), April 2023

A worktable with lavender fur laid out and the printed handpaw pattern pinned to it — sheets labelled TOP OF HAND, UNDERSIDE OF HAND, MIDDLE FINGER and WRIST CUFF — with a marker, scissors and a cutting mat.

A cut fur panel face down on the table with the palm outline drawn on its backing in gold pen, a dark purple finger piece beside it and sewing clips scattered around.

A grey minky palm pad pinned onto a lavender fur panel ready to be sewn on, with the smaller finger pads cut and waiting on the table behind.

Dark purple finger pieces laid out in a row, each with its grey pad already attached, next to the fur palm panel with its large pad sewn in place.

Close view of the assembled paw showing all five padded fingers and the large palm pad, the grey pads reading clearly against the purple fur.

The finished paws seen from the back on a desk, white claws sewn to the fingertips, with a headset and a games controller behind them.

A finished handpaw worn on one hand, palm to the camera, showing the grey pads on purple fur and the lavender wrist cuff.

The same handpaw worn with the back of the hand to the camera, showing the long lavender fur and the white claws on each finger.

Wearing the finished head and both handpaws in a teal sweatshirt, hands crossed at the chest.

The same, one paw raised palm-out to show the pads and the other resting at the waist.

Paws (first attempt)

April 2023

To go along with the costume head I had recently created, I found a pattern off Etsy and started making a pair of paws. Materials: minky fleece for the paw pads and claws (stuffed with poly-fill); faux fur for the fingers, palm, and wrist; a sweat wicking athletic fabric for the lining; a standard polyester blend for the wrist cuffs; and heavy duty polyester thread to handsew it all together.

Prepping the pattern and outlining the pieces

Handsewing the faux fur

Adding paw pads to the palm

Adding paw pads to the fingers

Palm side complete

Completed the back of the paw with stuffed claws

Finished paw (Palm side)

Finished paw (Back side)

Together with the head

Skills

Patterning
Sewing

Shoe Tape Replica, September 2023

The tape-and-paper replica beside the real Raf Simons Ozweego it copies, both on a grey backdrop — the replica in white and black, the original in worn cream and grey with black laces.

Replica and original photographed head-on, side by side, so their toe boxes and lacing line up for comparison.

The replica alone in three-quarter view: white paper and tape over a cardboard shell, the panel lines and eyelets painted on in black.

The replica from behind and above, its open collar showing the raw cream paper lining inside.

The heel of the replica, the painted black bands across the counter and the black taped pull-loop at the collar.

The replica in three-quarter view from the toe, the black taped laces threaded across the tongue.

The replica head-on from the front, the toe bumper painted black and the laces crossing above it.

Close view of the toe: layered paper visible under the white paint, with brushed black lines standing in for the moulded panel edges.

Close view of the midfoot showing the construction — overlapping paper strips, tape and paint building the panels rather than any stitching.

Shoe Tape Replica

September 2023

For the first project of my 3D art studio class, I created a tape replica of my favorite daily shoe; the legendary Raf Simons X Adidas Ozweego. The shapes and design details, from the unique mid/outsole to the bubbles and panelling, each feel intentional as genuine design decisions and crucial to the overall look. I strongly believe in the concept of sentimental value and personality carried through years of wear that have altered the colors and texture, with each scuff and tear marking memories both known and unknown to me.

Side by side (Angled)

Side by side (Front)

Front angled view

Side view

Rear angled view

Front angled view

Front view

Detail (Toebox)

Detail (Upper)

Skills

Fabrication

Digital Model to Physical Pattern Pipeline (first attempt), 2023

Blender viewport: a low-poly green head base in three-quarter view with two tall purple ears, their triangulated wireframe showing.

The same model head-on, symmetrical, with both wireframe ears swept back and the eye sockets cut through the green shell.

The model seen from behind, showing the inside of the two ears and the back of the skull.

The model from above and to one side, showing how the ear meets the skull and the depth of the eye socket.

A black foam head built from the model, held up in front of the monitor still showing the 3D file it was cut from.

The foam head half covered in masking tape, one side drawn over in black pen with numbered panels and registration marks and the other still bare.

The finished taped pattern held to the camera, the whole face mapped into numbered panels with seam lines, arrows and match marks in pen.

Digital Model to Physical Pattern Pipeline (first attempt)

2023

With access to a library of VR avatar character models from my time on VRChat, I started experimenting with ways to turn those forms into wearable masks. I retopologized a 'Wickerbeast' model head to simplify geometry and used Blender's built in paper model export add-on to create a rough shape, then cut it into fewer large pieces that I used to develop a more simplified pattern to use with closed-cell EVA foam. I then smoothened out the shape with foam clay to further refine the pattern.

My retopologized 'Wickerbeast' face and ears

First EVA foam model, made from simplifying the paper pattern exported from Blender

Further refining the pattern with clay foam

Skills

3D Modeling (Blender)
Patterning
Fabrication

Khao Sok National Park, Surat Thani, Thailand · December 2025

View forward from under the canopy of a wooden longtail boat, its red-trimmed bow pointing at a limestone tower rising straight out of the lake, with cliffs on both sides and scattered cloud above.

A lawn and a bank of magenta bougainvillea above the reservoir, with a colorful Thai-script arch sign at the water's edge, a longtail boat crossing behind it and karst ridges on the far shore.

From the bow of a red kayak on clear green water, looking up at a jungle-covered limestone cliff whose bare grey face rises above the treeline.

A sheer limestone wall dropping straight into dark green water, densely forested from the waterline up, with a single longtail boat moored at its foot for scale.

Looking up between two cliffs in silhouette at a bright cloud-streaked sky, a lone rock spire with a plant growing from its tip standing against the light.

The reservoir at golden hour, a forested point in the foreground and two limestone peaks catching the last light behind it.

A high viewpoint over a wide valley of rubber and palm plantations, with rounded karst hills in the middle distance fading into blue ridges at the horizon.

The Rajjaprabha Dam seen from the water in evening light: a long dark embankment across the frame, transmission pylons and a visitor building on the green bank above it.

Khao Sok National Park

Surat Thani, Thailand · December 2025

Khao Sok National Park serves as a preservation for a portion of ancient rainforest estimated to be over 160 million years old; both older and holding greater biodiversity than the Amazon Rainforest! Had the pleasure of visiting this place with my dad when we made the trip to Phuket for diving, and we spent most of our time at this park on the Cheow Lan Lake that was created by the construction of the hydroelectric Rajjaprabha Dam back in 1982.

View from the boat on Cheow Lan Lake

A photo opportunity spot for tourists overlooking Cheow Lan Lake

One of the many limestone cliff faces from the view of a kayak on Cheow Lan Lake

A tour boat about 15-20 feet long dwarfed by the limestone cliffs, which I couldn't fit even half of in frame

Silouette of some rock unique limestone rock formations sticking out from the water below

The edge of Cheow Lan Lake, with limestone ridgelines in the distance that reminded me of The Grand Canyon

A view inside the national park about 30 minutes away from the lake

The Rajjaprabha hydroelectric dam, with cars driving atop its walls and powerlines in the distance

Skills

Photography

Monte Bello Open Space Preserve, Los Altos, CA · 2020 & 2026

A dirt trail curving up a bright green spring hillside, framed overhead by the bare mossy branches of an oak, with fog sitting on the forested ridge behind.

The same kind of trail in late summer: a narrow path through dry golden grass, deep in the shade of a big live oak, under a hard blue sky.

A long view over rolling gold grassland dropping into a dark evergreen canyon, with ridge after ridge fading blue toward the horizon.

Waist-high dry oat grass filling the frame against a deep blue sky, the hilltop cutting a clean line across the top.

A sunlit golden knoll dotted with low shrubs in the foreground, backed by a wall of dark conifer forest and a bare ridge beyond.

A faint footpath through tall dry grass toward a scattering of oaks on the skyline, a single contrail crossing the blue sky above.

Monte Bello Open Space Preserve

Los Altos, CA · 2020 & 2026

Up in the Foothill mountains of the Bay Area, Monte Bello Trail was the go to spot for my friends and I at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rolling hills of grass on the left, forests and dense forest on the right, and the valley splitting them down the middle created an awesome backdrop for a picnic and hike.

My favorite picture I've taken (2020)

Revisiting the same spot (2026)

Rolling golden hills (2026)

Endless fields of tall grass infront of a cloudless blue sky (2026)

Looking out across the valley (2026)

Start of the trail near the carpark (2026)

Skills

Photography

Mount Tallac Trail, South Lake Tahoe, CA · July 2023

A rocky stretch of trail past a huge weathered silver stump and a standing pine, with a snow-streaked granite ridge visible through the trees beyond.

A single-track path through a high green meadow flecked with lupine, running toward a line of pines, with snow-patched Sierra peaks along the whole horizon.

A small alpine lake ringed by pines and a grey boulder field, bleached driftwood in the clear shallows in the foreground.

Looking straight up a steep field of angular grey talus toward a jagged rock crest, the sun flaring at the top of a deep blue sky.

A hiker with trekking poles standing on the boulder slope, with Fallen Leaf Lake below and the far blue expanse of Lake Tahoe behind.

A hiker in a yellow t-shirt and daypack pauses on the rocky slope, Fallen Leaf Lake directly below and Lake Tahoe and its mountains filling the distance.

From a rocky perch near the summit, past the edge of a Patagonia pack, down to Gilmore Lake in its bowl of pines, with snowfields on the peaks beyond.

A hiker in a yellow t-shirt and cap sitting on the summit rocks looking out, with granite ridges on one side and the full blue sweep of Lake Tahoe on the other.

Mount Tallac Trail

South Lake Tahoe, CA · July 2023

Probably my favorite and most frequented mountain, the Mount Tallac trail and summit boast a variety of environments from beautiful streams and lakes to pure rock scramble and fields on the elevated flats. The 5 miles each way and variance in grade provide a challenge that makes each view so much more rewarding. I highly recommend this trail for anyone looking for beautiful scenery earned through an extra challenge.

The contrast between vegetation and geology is often blurred with fallen trees and aged wood as pale as the rock faces themselves.

The trail along one of the countless fields sitting atop elevated plateaus near the peak

Floating Island Lake

Rock scramble section of the trail

View of Fallen Leaf Lake and Lake Tahoe

View of Gilmore Lake

Sitting on the peak of Mount Tallac

Skills

Photography
Hiking

Round Top Peak, Kirkwood, CA · June 2020

Looking down from a rocky summit at a hiker in a sun hat resting just below the crest, with a deep bowl of red-brown scree and snow-streaked ridges beyond.

A hiker in a striped blue jacket, bucket hat and sunglasses sitting on a granite slab beside a deep blue alpine lake, a raft of ice still floating on it and snow on the slope behind.

A hiker climbing a steep snowfield toward a dark rock summit, passing wind-bent whitebark pines under a hard blue sky.

A hiker in a striped jacket and bucket hat standing on a broad sandy plateau streaked with melting snow, with Caples Lake and the Sierra crest spread out behind.

Round Top Peak

Kirkwood, CA · June 2020

A month before I was to go back to Singapore to begin my mandatory military service, my dad and I went up to Lake Tahoe for some mountain biking and hiking. While not as steep as other peaks we've hiked in the area, the patches of snow made it a little more interesting and the views a lot more stunning.

Enjoying the view from up near the peak

Short stop at Winnemucca Lake

On the way up near the summit with some snow scramble

Crazy views

Skills

Hiking

Sleeping Bear Dunes, Glen Arbor, MI · August 2022

A lone walker on a narrow sand ridge between grassy dunes, with the turquoise shallows and deep blue of Lake Michigan filling the horizon.

Looking up a steep dune face pocked with footprints, framed by green leaves, with dune grass along the crest against a cloudless sky.

A wide grassy dune bowl with a bare sand blowout in its middle, a wooded ridge along the top and a small pine growing in the foreground.

Sleeping Bear Dunes

Glen Arbor, MI · August 2022

Some photos I took while hiking Sleeping Bear Dunes with my dad. Just having moved back from Singapore after my mandatory military service, it was fantastic to be hike somewhere so scenic; although it was still a bit underwhelming compared to the elevation gain back in the Bay Area, CA.

Photo of my dad walking along the ridgeline of a dune

The initial climb up the first dune was the steepest, emerging out of the vegetation

Clear blue skies above the dunes that reminded me of California

Skills

Photography

Corridor Wreck Trek, West Palm Beach, FL · August 2026

A crab tucked under a ledge of reef, its pale claws raised, surrounded by red and green encrusting sponges and algae.

A scuba diver swimming along the deck of a large sunken ship, past an algae-covered mast and crow's nest, their exhaled bubbles rising through the blue.

A diver in a black wetsuit finning across the wreck's deck with a stream of bubbles going up to the surface, superstructure and mast standing over them.

The wreck with no diver in frame: an open cargo hold in the foreground, a mast rising from the deck and the bridge structure fading into the blue haze.

A collapsed section of the wreck, now an arch thick with soft corals and sponges, with small striped fish and sea fans over the sandy bottom.

Corridor Wreck Trek

West Palm Beach, FL · August 2026

Had the pleasure of diving the Corridor Wreck Trek with my dad off the coast of West Palm Beach and taking some cool photos and videos with a brand new GoPro, which we had unforunately gotten only after swimming within kissing distance of Lemon Sharks and Goliath Groupers the previous 2 days. Also got to practice some photo editing in Adobe Lightroom Classic.

A Carribean King Crab, with a carapace about a foot wide

A photo of my dad swimming across the main deck of The Ana Cecilia

Main deck of The Ana Cecilia

Remains of The Mizpah

Skills

Underwater Photography
Photo Editing (Adobe Lightroom Classic)
Scuba Diving (Nitrox Certified)

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