Bio: My Name is Samantha Luong. I am a 4th-year Creative Center/CyberArts Student and a 2nd-year SHSM student in the Arts and Culture sector.

I always had art as a part of my growth, from magnetic drawing boards to digital screens. It was the foundation of my longing for a spotlight for myself to share my ideas.

Goal: I would say, “Art brings life to ideas.” But my goal is to expand on that and bring art to life with my creations. To do that, I want to explore motion and storytelling in my art.

How I’m getting there

• Co-running the Nhss Animation Club/ Studio and draw jam
• Directed, Co-Directed and produced films such as Wrens Adventure and OrderUp!
• Involved in;
  • Lakeside Animation CO-OP placement as Lead Concept Artist
  • Ontario Skills – 2023-25 (Won Bronze Medal District level [23], 11th place at Provincial level [25])
  • 24-Hour Animation 2023 and 2024 (Ranked 4th in High Schools and 92nd in Post Secondary)
  • Nelvana Mentorship
• Earned an Adobe Photoshop Certified Professional Badge
• Attended workshops and experiences with Toon Boom Software
• Pursued two Dual credit courses at Seneca PolyTechnic on Design – Composition and Creativity and Introduction to Advertising Layout and Design
• Practiced in Blender rigging, texture/weight painting, animation etc.
• Created a YouTube Account to share my art @Sam.Miyang and other platforms

Reach out to me: sammiyang.star@gmail.com

Improvement is a project I started after hearing a story about how owning a pet dog helped someone break free from an unhealthy lifestyle. I took that concept and made it into this!

You struggle to catch up to life after everything seems to be at odds with you. As you come back from your routine rounds to the convenience store, you come across an animal center. You’ve always wanted a pet but weren’t committed enough to get one; however, the foster care program piques your interest, and once you see the selection, you cannot resist. Watch and discover how both your lives change after this fateful encounter. Will you improve?

SpaceTime is a story-driven, turn-by-turn action game where characters explore the various regions on a new planet. After visiting villages and battling unfamiliar creatures of the land, they notice something strange as time goes on. Shadows engulf the sky and come to life with one mission.

As the crew learns more about the shadow creatures and their objectives, they delve deeper into the planet’s history, its vast regions, and the inhabitants who live in a constant state of fear, yet can still live freely despite it.

SpaceTime is not only an Animation produced by San Phung, but I’ve also partnered with the director to create this game concept as one of the many ways an audience can consume the story to its fullest extent.

HUGME – About affectionate and unaffectionate friends

DIGITALSTAR – About being sucked in and finding out about the digital world, creating who I am today