He recalls his first try at the Academy of Art entrance exam, which included a drawing test. "I finished in two hours, and couldn't add another stroke. Then I saw the others slowly working as their drawings took shape, and I knew for sure that I wasn't going to get a very high score," he says with a smile.
第一次進入考場，兩天早上的素描考試，「我兩個小時就畫完了，不知如何再下筆，看著別人慢慢才成形的畫稿，心裡很清楚分出高下了，」陳慧坤笑著回憶。