We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful He Huang. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with He below.

He, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today What’s been the most meaningful project you’ve worked on?

Typically with a question like this, I always like to say: “It’s the one I’m working on right now :)” But in all seriousness, part of me actually does believe in that. I’m not a person that has a ton of confidence in my skills and craft, not at this stage at least, and I don’t really believe in that “equal rates of return” nonsense….. But I do believe that if you put all your effort and heart into something and spend tons of time and try to perfect every detail you can possibly think of, then at least you’ll have a piece without any regret. I guess all I’m trying to say is that I believe it’s a good mindset to have for treating every project you’re working on as your most meaningful project at the moment.

Throughout the years I’ve been living with that notion, so I’m comfortable saying that all my works are meaningful to me. But the work I want to share today really took that commitment up to another level for me personally. It’s called The Seeker.

Here’s a brief background about it. The Seeker is a 3D animated short film that is part of the Night Lights Denver project. For those of you who don’t know, Night Lights Denver is a collection of light and projection-based art installations throughout Downtown Denver, including “The People’s Projector” at the Daniels & Fisher Tower, the unique two-sided projection on the Kittredge Building, and multiple SPARK window exhibitions. (You can find this exact explanation on their website) The seeker was projected at the Daniels & Fisher Tower for exhibition.

Some fun backstory is that this film was my first 3D project ever, at that time I just got into Cinema 4D and this opportunity came up. So I told myself: Wouldn’t it be awesome if I made my first 3D piece as memorable as this?” Now in retrospect that’s probably a way too reckless thing to tackle but that’s indeed what I was thinking back then. For me the key within every film is its story, so I started by writing the script and what I want to convey to the audience.
In the end I decided that this should be a piece about seeking love. At the same time I decided that this should be an abstract piece with optical illusion elements since that could be really cool projected onto the tower. It ended up being a film about a robot finding his heart through the waves of the cube over the seasons.

After I got the script done, goes the execution. At the time I didn’t have a powerful PC to support 3D softwares, fortunately the school I go to University of Colorado Denver has a lab and PC that can support it. So I ended up going to the lab Sunday to Monday from 7am(when they open) to 1am (when they close) in order to catch the deadline. I was also using 7-10 pc to speed up my rendering process when no one’s around. I have to say, that was the worst two months I had experienced…. Until now since I’m working on something much worse…..

That is for the entire story, I feel like I have covered everything that I remembered. In retrospect I felt like I definitely learned a lot, although the piece is not perfect and might seem immature, (it definitely is) I feel like at least I have no regret working on this piece and I’m proud to say that I’ve done the best I can do at the time.

If you want to watch it here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F7CkPb5PP0
Thank you for listen to my story~~~

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

Hi my name is “H”~~~

I’m a motion designer / video editor. I’m currently still a undergrad study in digital design, but I’ll be graduating in the coming May. I love all things film related and love to a visual storyteller (If I’m not already)

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

I feel like for me the most rewarding aspect of being a creator is the art itself.(Although I don’t really consider my piece “art”, I’m just not there yet) But I feel like the pure nature of art is the wants and the needs for expression. Sometimes it’s not necessarily about the audience or addressing any particular issue. Sometimes you just want to make your ideas into reality, and sometimes just that is enough.

Do you think there is something that non-creatives might struggle to understand about your journey as a creative? Maybe you can shed some light?

I feel like every single person on this Earth is creative in their own way, we just might not share the same language. In moments like that understanding and communication will goes a long way, Try to accept the other side’s perspective. We don’t necessarily have to agree with each other, as long as we’re being respectful for each other, that’s all we need. In the end, the world will be a boring place if we’re all the same person, right?

Contact Info:

• Website: https://hgallery.org/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/h._____h_/
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/he-huang-46080624b
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@HGallerymotion

Image Credits

all by me~~