Greetings, I’ve a passion for a number of random things including getting into uncomfortable situations around the world, under-proofing my sourdough loaves and taking the occasional black and white film photo, letting it sit in a random backpack for years and developing it in my bathroom a few years after finishing the roll. I have tried starting business, failed and tried again.

In a previous life I got an AA from LCC transferring to the UO with a BA in Ethnic Studies and a minor obsession with poetry and film classes. After the UO I left the country as fast as humanly possible moving to Thailand where I got an MA in Thai Studies. I’ve learned to write and forgotten to write, learned languages and now also forgotten them, silkscreened and sold t-shirts, worked in numerous random jobs and wandered and taught. Feeling at home while on the move I’ve spent several years taking stock photography and videography as well as written a book sized thesis about discourse analysis using Gramscian and cultural studies theories analysing advertising imagery in Thai lifestyle media. Currently I am attempting to finish my second year of a daily drawing/animation three hundred and sixty five day project.

My dreams from the animation option of the multimedia program is to be able to design, animate and do art on a beach somewhere while saving for a house and small farm in northern Thailand. Essentially to have enough skills to live outside the US but not have to completely rely on English language instruction as a primary career. As such, I hope to start or run my own small multimedia design firm working in realms of the bizarre and strange including games, videos, photos, storytelling, animations and design.

Danaan

Hi! My name is Carsen Perry and this is my first year at Lane Community College!

About Me: I really enjoy listening to music and watching movies and shows. Some hobbies of mine include snowboarding, riding quads, and making videos. In the future I would like to get more involved in music production as well as learning how to play new instruments.

So far College has been going well. The only thing that can be a little annoying at times is the travel. I live all the way out in Sweet Home and it’s about a fifty mile drive just to get here, but fortunately I currently have a job so I can afford to drive here every day. Right now I’m working at Dutch Bros and It’s a pretty great job, the people I work with are super nice, and it pays really well. In the future I would like to be a director of some kind, either working for tv, movies or even directing smaller projects such as commercials or music videos.

I’m very happy with the classes that I’m taking right now and all the teachers are super chill. Hopefully I can impress myself this year with some of the work that I complete, and improve my film and art skills overall!

Thank you, Carsen

I love photography, and going on long random road trips where I get to experience something new and capture it with my camera.  I also like sewing small projects, my most recent project was making some curtains for my kids’ windows upstairs, so they can play their PS5 without any interference from bright daylight on their tv screen.  The most recent hobby I picked up is leatherwork. It’s amazing how much goes into leather work, but the finished product is very satisfying to look at, knowing it was made with your own hands.  

I was hesitant to go back to school after 13 long years, but I found the courage to finally put myself first, and ask what would make me happy at this point in my life.  I always wanted to finish school, I just wasn’t sure for what, but I have to act fast because I’m not getting any younger, but I still don’t feel too old either. 

I’m majoring in Multimedia Design with Web Design, and I don’t have an exact direction of where I want to take this, but I know it’s all going to be a great ride, and I’m looking forward to the good, the bad and the ugly. 

by: Sandra Osorio

Ok be honest. who else read the title and thought of the song? …. no one, just me?.. ok… Anyway!

Hi I’m Alyssah but you can call me Aly! I’m 19 and in my second year here at lane! I’m going for a multimedia degree with adding the website design certificate. I added the certificate because I took a class that taught me the coding to make a website and I feel in love with the process. I really want to be my own boss and have people come to me to ask for help creating advertisements and to build their brand.

Something about me is that I love music with a really big passion. My playlist is a mixed of a lot of different genres, and I seem to be able to get a long with someone based on music. Some of my passions beside music, is Camping, Fishing, watching movies, and spending time with family! I also Have dyslexia and I take pride in how far i’ve come with it!

I’m really excited to be in this class and what im going to learn in this class! i’m looking forward to meeting you guys and getting to se everyone’s work and take on the project.

By ~ Alyssah Trautman

Hey, I’m Chris and I’m a multimedia major at Lane Community College. I am very interested in videography/photography and have been since I was a kid. I love making music videos for local artists and have been blessed with the chance to capture some big artist’s live shows as a media worker. I also love to write and be able to express my mind through topics that I’m passionate about. I am looking to grow my work and brand through multimedia and learn how to network precisely. I also would love to learn how to use bigger equipment and be able to skill build with others to work together outside of class and make great relationships with a lot of like minded people. If you have any questions for me or want to pick my brain, feel free to ask me(:

When I’m not focusing on media work and all that, my interests would include sports, music, food/cooking, dogs, etc. I have lived in Eugene for 16 years so I know this beautiful place a little too well. I love to move and be active so if you see me dancing with head phones in then know that I am in my element. I also don’t take myself too seriously and love others with a sense of humor.

By: Chris Alvarado

Hi, my name is Nicole. It is my first year in college, l also just learned how to ride the bus at the end of summer. I didn’t get into all of the classes that i wanted. i was planning on getting intro to drawing, into to media arts, intro to animation, and design tools. but i only got in to two classes, media arts and animation.

for my major i am studying animation to become an animator. my favorite type of animation is 2D. I like 2D animation because its very easy to find videos on the internet to learn about animation. I can make fully fledged animatics but still trying to find the time to actually animate.

for animating i like to use procreate to draw out the frames in animatic form. then i like to export it into iMovie. sewing the frames together and placing for how many seconds the frame needs to stay on screen. i usually have three seconds for things like dialogue, two seconds if i feel it needs to be shorter. One second for fast movements like a character quickly snatches an item from another character. After that i would import from video into rough animator but i just haven’t found the time.

Hi, my name is Madoka. I was living in Osaka, Japan my whole life. I came to Eugene last year to study abroad. I love Japanese food, especially sushi. I was back home in Japan this summer. I already miss Japan. I hope I can enjoy this place so much that I don’t want to go back to Japan, and I can speak English better! Things I usually do in my free time are watching movies and playing basketball with my friends. 

I also love traveling. I always want to travel when I have vacations! Since I came to the here, I have visited the famous cities, Los Angeles and New York. I would like to visit Hawaii next. If you know of any other famous cities or your recommendations, please let me know!

This is my second year at Lane Community College. I’m currently enrolled in the Multimedia Design program at Lane. So far I have taken classes in Animation, Video Production, Art and Photograph. I have enjoyed all of the classes because they were in different categories in which I can experience different kinds of fields. If things continue as they are now, I will graduate in three terms, including this term, but I have a slight interest in web design, so I am not sure when I will graduate. After finishing school, if I can find a job in here, I would like to work related to the media.

Thank you for reading:)

Hi, I am Liz!

I am from Warm Springs, it is about 3 hours away from Eugene. I am 19 years old. Something interesting about me is that my birthday is 1/2/03. I have a cat, named Clementine!

I attend COCC in Bend and I majored in Chemistry. After a year of doing chemistry I don’t think it was the right major for me. I am now a Multimedia Design major! I am currently just testing the waters of every area in this program to see what I like the most. I have the most experience with photography and I am excited to expand my knowledge.

I love playing games, video and board games. I have been very obsessed with playing Minecraft and Fall Guys at the moment. 

 I have been getting back into drawing and painting. I want to learn more about watercolors and learn how to paint landscapes. 

During my free time I watch way too much TV, my favorite shows are The Walking Dead and Supernatural and Gilmore Girls! I have basically watched all of the well known shows.

I am taking some French classes here at LCC so I can travel to France at some point! Traveling to France has always been on my bucket list. 

My name is Ashley O’Connell and I have always been a pursuer of art. When I was younger I was constantly stopping to sketch my surroundings, and as I got older my interests in different mediums, styles, and techniques of fine arts grew. In high school I had the opportunity to take different art classes with painting, clay sculpture, and my favorite- a glass lamp working class where I got to make beads and pendants. This class is what ultimately brought me to Oregon.

I was born and raised in Sandpoint, Idaho, and moved to Oregon in the fall of 2018. My goal was to find a way into the glassblowing/ lamp working community and to possibly find an apprenticeship. However, different events changed my path. I decided I wanted to go back to college, and so I started classes at Lane that following spring. I continued taking classes while holding a full time job, finding time to spend with my partner and time for my hobbies which include painting, jewelry making, pyrography, reading, and going to the coast. When the pandemic took hold, I decided that the best thing for my success was to focus on my family, work, and myself so I took a break from school while the college was closed.

During this time I did a lot of self reflection and took the time to decide what it was that I wanted to get out of my future schooling experiences, how I wanted to move forward with my art, and I landed on Multimedia Design. Moving forward this year I am excited to learn the technical and executional differences between my experience with Fine Arts and what I have to learn about Media Arts.

By Ashley O’Connell