![hey, friend :) Elana, painted in rainbow colors](./dist/hex_elana.png)
Hi, I'm Elana Bell Bogdan! I'm a game designer and UI engineer with
nearly a decade of experience. My passion is for crafting accessible,
immersive experiences to help make the world a better place.
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Video games
Live-action games
Other projects
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Hobbies
![Elana holding a flute](./dist/elana_flute.png)
Music
Growing up, I took classical piano lessons for nearly 10 years. In college, I studied and performed Japanese taiko drumming. I also had the privilege of organizing & hosting a concert celebrating sci-fi & fantasy scores, featuring live performances by nine different student groups! Nowadays, I try to teach myself flute whenever I have spare time.
![Elana juggling three clubs, with one leg raised to throw a club under it](./dist/elana_juggle.png)
Juggling
I've always loved the controlled chaos of juggling. As a kid, I had the rare opportunity to meet & learn from two professional jugglers in The Flying Karamazov Brothers. More recently, I've found Taylor Tries to be a fantastic educational resource & connection to inclusive juggling community. I'm currently learning to juggle 5 balls, but I also enjoy working with 4 balls, and sometimes even things on fire!
![Elana looking through the lens of a DSLR camera, held sideways in portrait orientation](./dist/elana_photo.png)
Photo & Video
In college, I often served as the photographer & videographer for campus events, using a Panasonic DSLR and GlideCam stabilizer to capture smooth and expressive imagery. I offered free portraits to many of my friends, and took candid portraits of many others! I mainly use Final Cut Pro to edit video and Photoshop to edit photos, but have also worked in Shake, GIMP, and other software.