Category Archives: P3 Roadtrip Nation

P1-About Me

Hello, my name is Tonari Abiori. Other names I go by are Ton (like wonton), Mr.TonTon and Tontonium. I work at Fred Meyer, currently as a dairy clerk. My hobbies include playing video games, using Adobe’s media software, and collecting figures, plushies and pins of anything r related to Nintendo, Sega and Sanrio. I despise being seen in public, so I try to stay home as much as possible. My parents, however, keep me up with their grocery needs. I graduated from Willamette High School in 2018 and became relived because I don’t have to deal with that hell anymore for the rest of my life. During my high school years, I didn’t have any career goals to pursue because I knew I would lose all my friends. While in my senior year, I wounded up a graphic design class for a semester and I ended up making the instructor so impressed she moved me up to the advanced digital arts class the following semester. Since then, I’ve decided that if I were to pursue a career, it would be graphic design.  I’ve been at Lane Community College since 2018, aiming to get my associate degree in graphic design. I started immediately after high school surprisingly and been studying at the college for over five years now. I’ve been taking a lot of breaks because I needed money and then COVID happened. Starting in fall 2022, I managed to balance out my schedule and hopefully, after taking this beginner’s class into media arts, I can use that knowledge to expand in my graphic design.

by: Tonari Abiori

P3 Roadtrip Nation – Tony Baeza

Mark Foster: Founder of Heroin Skateboards. Active since 1998 this small company took off appearing in skater magazines and promoted in various websites. For 25 years now it continues to carry a loyal fanbase. From his dad trying to talk him out of an art career, to losing both his house and girlfriend, to taking a chance with nothing to lose is leading his company to great success.

By: Tony Baeza

P3 RTN

By Kahu Ekalani

Stacy Spikes was born and raised in Texas. After graduating high school, he was supposed to go to college but instead joined a band and moved to Los Angeles. In L.A he got a job at Motown Records working in the marketing department, then by the time he was 21 he was managing  Boyz II Men, Queen Latifah, and Eddie Murphy. Later he managed Stevie Wonder as well. 

He went on to work as the Vice President of Marketing at Sony, Miramax and Focus Features. In 1997 after noticing the lack of diversity represented in film and being told by Sundance film festival in response to his concern with the lack of diversity being showcased that “if it was good we would show it” Stacy founded The Urbanworld Film Festival, one of the largest internationally competitive festivals representing diversity in film. Urban World is held in New York City annually.

Link to my full report: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P3PqUz5ZUimhB3fTIxyiKNuq8KDZxmxOHPUpv7CBm-g/edit?usp=sharing

RTN Report: John Richards

By George Hendrickson

John Richards is a Radio DJ at KEXP in Seattle, Washington. He had no idea what he wanted to do with his life, but he did always want to do something with music. So one day at the University of Washington he went to the local radio station on campus and volunteered as much of his time as he could, then the KEXP door opened up for him from there.

John Richards Spotlight

RTN: Wayne Unten

Wayne works as a character animator at Disney. Making an impact on people is very important to him, and is one of the things that he loves about his job there. He started college as a graphic designer, but he decided that it wasn’t for him. He takes great care of the art he makes and he likes to think of the characters that he animates as though they were his children, and I think that the time and effort he puts in is admirable.

– Violet M.

P2 Slimy Riddles – Tonari Abiori

One sheet, two-sheet, three sheets or four…some use less and some use more. What am I?

Toilet Paper

What has arms and legs, but no head?

A Chair

What can’t be burned in a fire nor drowned in water?

Ice

Open I have a big mouth and I’m quite a load. I’m not gossip, but I get involved in everyone’s dirty business. What am I?

A Washing Machine

Stepping out? Wear me first! I’ll protect your feet from the worst.

Shoes

Tall and strong, I stay outside. The sun, the rain, they’re by my side. I give birds homes and help you breathe. I even give you fruit to eat.

Tree

Here I come and there I go. I move really fast, anywhere I go. That’s why you take me when you’re in a hurry. When I zoom by, I might look blurry in Spaces

Car

Kick up your feet, if you will. I’ll keep you company through Netflix and chill. Though you might not notice, I’m always here, to hold your zines, your snacks, and beer.

Couch

You say we’re pals, that we’re best friends. But only until the morning ends. You say I give you fuel for the day. And when we’re done, you’re gone away.

Coffee

 

Don’t frown at me, I made it clear. Won’t make a difference if you’re near. Just stand in front and I’ll show you exactly how the world will know you.

Mirror

by: Tonari Abiori

P2 Riddles By Mason

Toilet Papor (strange)
CHAIR! (I literally only have one chair in my house and it doesn’t have legs)
Water ( I think its water? water picture, I dunked my phone in water before taking this one)
Laundry machine (would the phrase dirty laundry be too obvious)
Socks! (funny of you to think I can find any socks but the ones I’m wearing right now)
Tree (this BABY is doing good, out here blooming)
Car ( haha no license plate for you)
Coffee Table (this table was not clean before this picture)
Coffee (I don’t drink coffee, blehK)
Mirror (!!! WHO?, me)

P1 About me, Mason Perkins

Mason, they, them, Multimedia student (Animation focus)

Self Portrait

I like to perform In media of all forms although I’m not confident my performances are good because I need experience to refine the craft. I love to brainstorm, especially with teams. I will always have suggestions if you ask me, although I only interject my input when I feel it’s important to the current conversation so I don’t tend to mix things up on my own without prompting. I also enjoy post production although, like performance, I feel I need to make more personal projects to refine my craft before I consider my current final work to be actually finalized in my eyes. I haven’t made many personal projects because my love for filmmaking was formed mostly by taking these classes about it, so I’ll need time outside of college to create something at all, let alone make something good.

Oh yeah another interesting thing to note, I already took every other class for my degree and missed this one so now I’m taking a 101 class at the end of my second year like a professional. And even funnier than that is that taking all the classes I did wore me out to the point where just getting up to do a 101 class is difficult. I would rather lie in bed and try to recover some years of lifespan stolen away by math classes and *shiver* writing classes.