Hi! I’m Liko, annoying music enthusiast, die-hard introvert, part-time game developer, wannabe photographer and accidental comedian.

Since I’m still unemployed, there’s not that much to talk about me haha. I have a lot of free time though. I don’t use it that wisely to my regret.. Often I mess around in many programs like Adobe After Effects, Figma, Inkscape. Over the years I have built up a large and varied skillset that makes me a very versitile all rounder. My most favourite skill from them all is probably game development. I’m not a scripter or anything, I focus on the map and other graphical aspects. I love travelling and seeing places I’ve never seen before, hence a lot of passion goes into game/map dev. Apart from that, I sometimes mess around in Figma. Ever since I got my first phone I was always into both its hardware and software. I like sometimes designing or at least trying to design something.

Music

Outside of that, I’ve got a lot of hobbies. The first thing that always comes to my mind is music. I can’t function without a melody in my years. It’s gotten to a point where I can replay a lot of songs in my head without any headphones. My music taste is rather weird. I mean it in a good way. The main thing about my taste is the decline of the popular, general and plain music. My favourite tracks are very niche and not that many people share the same taste. My journey first began with typical radio music. With time I transferred more to Dance music, then in 2019 I discovered my first EDM music labeled by Lithuania HQ, from then to pretty much mid-2022 I was listening only to artists publishing their track there. When 2023 came around, a lot of things changed and with that my taste. My favourite music artist at the time (Scott Rill) diverged from Lithuania HQ and started experimenting. This opened me for more types of music. I came back to my old fav singer LP who I listen up to this day, I discovered phonk which I adore and many other genres.
From all the great artists I’ve heard, the ones who stuck with me the longest are: LP, Scott Rill, My!lane, Otnicka. Apart from those, I also listen to DVRST, Wilee, Willix, Plurr, Vestron Vulture, Palaye Royale, HGZ, Lucky Luke, Fella, Marcus Cardello and DRØOM.

Travelling

While music accompanies me basically 24/7, it can never go together with travelling. That’s something that I need to do in peace and feel it in its full potential. When you think of travelling, it’s either just driving, walking, hiking and maybe taking some photos, For me travelling is feeling the places I’m at. Everywhere I’ve been I associate it with a certain feeling or emotion. Reliving those places always gives me this massive sense of nostalgia.

Photography

Any time I go somewhere, my phone is always with me. Every time I go out I need to admit to myself that I’m either gonna come back with 100 new photos or full storage (it’s usually both). I can’t afford any DSLR camera so I need to do some work with my iPhone. Luckily the quality is just enough for my liking. I’m not a big fan of photographing people, I prefer nature. While I do a lot of “professional” camera work (setting up, camera angles, compositing, etc) I also developed a style of my own. My photography mostly consists of memories. I want my photos to tell a story rather than look phenomenal so every time I look at a photo I can relive the moment that I captured. Apart from that, I’m really into color grading which can be seen in both photography and video editing which I also do.
You can see my “history” styled photos here, and my more “professional” ones here.

Video editing

What’s something that combines music and travelling together the best? Editing all the clips and photos I’ve got of course. I love seeing short videos that have just a lot of going on in them. It’s so satisfying to hear a song and see everything follow its beat and melody. It’s something that can’t be explained, you just need to see that to understand.
My favourite thing recently is recording my walks or bike rides and compositing them together to my favourite music. I feel like I can express myself like that and show my personality by that without words.

Road enthusiasm

I’m a roadgeek. I’m into road infrastructure and everything that is somehow connected to it. You don’t even know how well it pairs with travelling! You take ride to neighbouring town and watch how the road curves its way through hills, how it crosses its way through other roads, or maybe connects to a highway? It’s so satisfying to see all the road lines so well painted, how the traffic lights switch, how the lanes join or divide. I also love road signs. It has always been my main point of interest. I even design my own signs in Inkscape.

Poetry

This one is the most recent. I write poems in free time. Only when I feel like it. My poems are mostly about my mental health which is a very private topic. That’s why I don’t publish them.

And many more…