Lim Pui Wan is a Malaysian miniature artist who discovered her love of miniatures at the age of 14 and has, since 2014 under “Picoworm”, become a full-time professional miniature artist. In 2020, she was even part of Ryan Reynold’s “Ryan Doesn’t Know” Snapchat series!

In this STIMY episode, Pui Wan shares what it takes to forge a path to becoming a professional miniature artist.

Highlights:
0:00 Growing up in a big family
1:50 Falling in love with miniature art
5:48 Making a lollipop as her first miniature art project
6:18 How Pui Wan scaled up
6:54 Joining competitions
8:22 Dreaming of becoming a miniature artist
8:56 Tomato Tanaka
12:03 Making her art realistic with dirt and stains
13:01 Favourite thing Pui Wan has captured so far
14:38 Why Pui Wan loves Chinatown
20:28 Doing technical engineering at Tunku Abdul Rahman University College
21:54 Whether Pui Wan was ever tempted to drop out of college to become a full-time miniature artist

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