Practicing artist with a creative mind but a love of logic and analytical thinking. I am currently learning Ruby and JavaScript, and my arts background is in soft sculpture about theoretical physics. Tech excites me because it is incredibly similar to spoken language, but it is even more straightforward and logical, as well as it enables me to live wherever I have internet.

I taught myself HTML5 and CSS off of Codecademy, and proceeded to build my own website from scratch. I have a good sense of design so I find CSS very intuitive and I enjoy the creative aspect of it. HTML5 I found to be relatively simple and easy to learn, as it structurally makes a lot of sense to my visual brain. You can view my HTML5/CSS coded website at www.laneandersonart.com

I have been learning Ruby for just over a month now, and was able to complete all of the Codecademy lessons and numerous Kata between 8-6 Kyu on Codewars in the span of 5 days. I find it to be a very programmer friendly language, although some of it is less technical than I'd prefer. I am still experimenting with Ruby, and I understand that I have a lot to learn, but at this stage I do feel relatively comfortable with the language. You can view my Ruby practice at https://github.com/melanieanderson1995

Similar to how I approached Ruby, I completed all of the Codecademy lessons and numerous Kata in the span of about a week to teach myself the fundamentals of JavaScript. While I am still quite slow at it, and I need to experiment with all of the various methods more, I find that it is more analytical so I prefer it to the other languages I know. You can view my JavaScript practice at https://github.com/melanieanderson1995

Being a practicing and training artist for the past 8 years, I am proficient in Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator. I have previously worked as an illustrator and I was a tattoo artist and designer for 3 years, so I relied very heavily on the Adobe Creative Suite to complete my work for companies such as KnitHub 24 (London, UK), Plan 9 Tattoo (London, UK), and Jester's Court Tattoo (Pittsburgh, PA). You can view my illustration work on my website (listed above) and at https://www.knithub24.com/ 

• OOP, TDD, MVC, DDD
• Agile/XP
• Ruby, Rails, JavaScript
• RSpec, Jasmine

• Masters of Arts and sciences, specializing in soft interactive sculpture and installations pertaining to theoretical and conceptual physics
• B
• Participated in numerous exhibitions, all my work can be viewed on my website

• Bachelors of Humanities and Arts, Fine Arts and Japanese, specializing as an illustrator
• 3.5 QPA, equivalent to 2.1
• Participated in numerous exhibitions, all my work can be viewed on my website

Trained as an artist for 8 years, so my creative problem-solving is very strong. 3 years in the service industry taught me how to work well with clients one-on-one, and my communication skills are well honed. I speak and read Japanese at a proficient level, and I can understand some German and Spanish.

Knithub24, KH24 (Jan 2020 - June 2020) Illustrator, graphic designer, social media -Creative thinker and proficient in the Adobe Creative Suite, as well as design

Plan 9 Tattoo (Sept 2018 - Oct 2019)
Designer and Tattoo Artist
-Ability to work one-on-one with clients and work collaboratively, studied design extensively

Jester's Court Tattoo (April 2018 - Aug 2018) Designer and Tattoo Artist
-Ability to work one-on-one with clients and work collaboratively, studied design extensively

I love studying linguistics and spoken languages, logic puzzles, and I am outgoing and chatty. Deep love and passion for art and physics, I specialize as a knit and textile artist. I love playing video games, as well as watching a lot of horror and cartoons.