We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Rui (Grey) Han. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Rui (Grey) below.
Rui (Grey), first a big thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and insights with us today. I’m sure many of our readers will benefit from your wisdom, and one of the areas where we think your insight might be most helpful is related to imposter syndrome. Imposter syndrome is holding so many people back from reaching their true and highest potential and so we’d love to hear about your journey and how you overcame imposter syndrome.
I am a story artist working in the animation industry. Even though it’s always hard for a creative person to overcome imposter syndrome entirely, I would say I have made some significant progress over the years. For me, my approach to overcoming imposter syndrome over time is to put in more work every time the anxiety of not being good enough occurs to me. I would immediately start putting in time to either take a class or do more practice on a specific skill set that I feel insecure about so that imposter syndrome would eventually turn into the fuel for me to elevate in skills.
Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?
I am a storyboard artist who has work experience at Studios including Pixar Animation Studios and Netflix Animation. The most exciting part about being a storyboard artist is that I get to work with world-renowned directors as well as other amazing artists to help bring fun stories to big screens and people around the world. Each project I get to work on and each challenge I need to conquer every day excites me and motivates me to keep growing. I’m currently working on a project that I’m super excited about, and I can’t wait for people to see it in a year or two! Stay tuned!
There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?
The three things that have had the most impact on my career journey so far are my skills in anxiety management, being a person who is easy to work and connect with, as well as solid skills in my professional area. The advice I would give to artists who are early in their journey and aspire to work in the entertainment industry is, don’t lose faith, put all your time and dedication into getting better at your crafts, and try to be nice to people around you and be grateful to people who have helped you along the way.
Any advice for folks feeling overwhelmed?
There have been so many overwhelming moments through my journey of becoming and working as a story artist in the industry. My approach to dealing with anxiety or feeling overwhelmed is to find the cause of it before digging into resolving any physical or emotional crisis. Once I get a hold of what is in the center of the storm, it becomes easier for me to find the solution to it and calm the situation down. In short, I would say finding and resolving the main issue first is the key to crisis management.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://greyhan.weebly.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hrgreygreygrey/
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grey-rui-han/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJzAkPBrqC49PA4MOxBs5lQ
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Rui (Grey) Han
