About Me
Hello. My name is May Camp. I’m 22 years old and will soon be graduating from a University of California. I was born in a small town in Southern California and lived in the same house all my life with my parents. As an only child, I had my own room and tended to keep to myself. I’m an introverted type of person (very shy) and instead of going out with friends, I stayed home and found other means of entertainment. When I was little, I loved making crafts of any kind. I created origami, made many small things with clay and play-doh, drew large pictures on whiteboards with my multi-colored dry-erase markers, and many more creative means. When I was eight, I took piano lessons for a few months. After those few months, I decided that I did not want lessons any more because they were rushing me too much, so I learned on my own. Later on, I made up songs on the piano, and I now have several that I continue to add on to and play for my friends.
During high school, I started to get serious about drawing. I experimented with it in all of my free time. At school, I would always have time after a test or assignment to draw and that is why I have so much artwork during those years. As I transitioned into college, I had less and less time to create; now, I barely have any.
During my high school years, I also started to explore writing. I wrote poetry, and rhyming came quite easy for me. It was easy until I started to free write poetry that had no rhyme schemes and I lost part of my rhyming touch, but I can easily develop it again if I read rhyming poetry. I also started to learn more about writing novels. I found out about a challenge called National Novel Writing Month (Nanowrimo) where one tries to write a 50,000 word novel in the single month of November (that’s 30 days to write a 50,000 word novel!). I tried it for a few years, and finished the challenge a few times. I personally like to write short things, like poems or short stories. All in all, my life is focused on creativity when I have enough time.
The only art class that I have taken was Art 2 (Art 1 was too easy for me) in high school my senior year. This only goes to show that you can create amazing things without a teacher. Art 2 only helped me learn about other artists and their styles. The one problem with Art 2? I now feel like I need a theme whenever I draw something. Most of my old drawings were just experiments; I was coming up with art and had no particular care about how it would turn out. It just turned out nice. Then in Art 2, I would only draw whenever the teacher gave an assignment and not just because I felt like it. So after I graduated, I felt lost without someone telling me what to draw, what guidelines to follow. Now, I am building back up to setting my own guidelines.
Moving on to college, this is a busy time in my life, and I do not have as much time as I used to. Before college, I had little experience in programming. The most I had done was a bit of html coding and I learned a small amount in Adobe Flash, though I’m not sure if this really counts as computer programming. In college, I've learned some Python, C, C++, Java, Verilog, Scala, Matlab, and Mathematica.
In taking these Computer Science classes, I'm starting to develop enough skills to start writing my own games. I'm constantly going about my time thinking up game concepts that I hope to create all on my own. Hopefully, I can gather the courage to start it and I'll be able to put a few games on my website for everyone.
Perhaps after college, I will have the time and resources to update my web site more regularly. I hope you enjoy what I have already!
~June 1, 2014
During high school, I started to get serious about drawing. I experimented with it in all of my free time. At school, I would always have time after a test or assignment to draw and that is why I have so much artwork during those years. As I transitioned into college, I had less and less time to create; now, I barely have any.
During my high school years, I also started to explore writing. I wrote poetry, and rhyming came quite easy for me. It was easy until I started to free write poetry that had no rhyme schemes and I lost part of my rhyming touch, but I can easily develop it again if I read rhyming poetry. I also started to learn more about writing novels. I found out about a challenge called National Novel Writing Month (Nanowrimo) where one tries to write a 50,000 word novel in the single month of November (that’s 30 days to write a 50,000 word novel!). I tried it for a few years, and finished the challenge a few times. I personally like to write short things, like poems or short stories. All in all, my life is focused on creativity when I have enough time.
The only art class that I have taken was Art 2 (Art 1 was too easy for me) in high school my senior year. This only goes to show that you can create amazing things without a teacher. Art 2 only helped me learn about other artists and their styles. The one problem with Art 2? I now feel like I need a theme whenever I draw something. Most of my old drawings were just experiments; I was coming up with art and had no particular care about how it would turn out. It just turned out nice. Then in Art 2, I would only draw whenever the teacher gave an assignment and not just because I felt like it. So after I graduated, I felt lost without someone telling me what to draw, what guidelines to follow. Now, I am building back up to setting my own guidelines.
Moving on to college, this is a busy time in my life, and I do not have as much time as I used to. Before college, I had little experience in programming. The most I had done was a bit of html coding and I learned a small amount in Adobe Flash, though I’m not sure if this really counts as computer programming. In college, I've learned some Python, C, C++, Java, Verilog, Scala, Matlab, and Mathematica.
In taking these Computer Science classes, I'm starting to develop enough skills to start writing my own games. I'm constantly going about my time thinking up game concepts that I hope to create all on my own. Hopefully, I can gather the courage to start it and I'll be able to put a few games on my website for everyone.
Perhaps after college, I will have the time and resources to update my web site more regularly. I hope you enjoy what I have already!
~June 1, 2014
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