I wanted to create a series of artwork that expressed the experience of forming my multicultural identity in the diverse city of Los Angeles. Moreover, I wanted this work to encapsulate my father and uncle’s early childhood experiences in LA suburbs after immigrating from Korea. This led me to create the digital illustration, “Playing with Toy Cars on the 710,” which was printed on metal and exhibited in Downey, CA. Depicted in the illustration are two young boys, representing my father and his father when they immigrated from Korea at the ages of 6 and 7. They both struggled to learn a new culture and language, assimilating to the best of their ability at a young age. This illustration also recalls my experience of learning to drive through Los Angeles traffic as a teenager. Somehow the daunting task of tackling the 5, 10, 101, and 710 freeways does not reflect the imaginative act of playing with toy cars. This illustration relays a level of disconnect between childhood dreams and adult reality. This concept becomes metaphoric for the experience of growing up in an area from which you will eventually become priced out. The fantasies sparked by the glamor of Hollywood eventually fade into gradual realism. In my digital illustration, “Playing with Toy Cars on the 710,” I depict the child-like sense of play that I seek to maintain when navigating the concrete jungle of LA. I see the act of imagination as a sort of intervention and reclamation of innocence. I created another digitally illustrated artwork entitled, “I Do Not Understand” in which I depict myself seated in a Korean elementary school classroom (chodeunghakgyo). In this illustration, I am learning Korean fundamentals, such as the hangeul (hangul), and the Native Korean number system alongside elementary school students. I am portrayed towering over my peers as the only adult learner in a classroom of children. This illustration carries the underlying sentiment that I am leagues behind in my rudimentary Korean education.