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

Hello my name is Kaydance but you can call me Kay! I am a student at LCC and I am currently in the animation program. I chose the animation program because, well to put it simply, I love animation and am very passionate about it! I can’t wait to start animating my characters and other cute little critters.

I love all things art related and have dabbled in all sorts of art mediums. From theater, dance, choir, poetry, painting, and drawing. I also have some experience sewing, felting, and sculpting. I also like to do cosplays and have made a few costumes myself. For example, one Halloween, and eventually comic con, I dressed up as Hinami Fueguchi from Tokyo Ghoul. I’ve also cosplayed Nezuko Kamado from Demon Slayer. Note to other cosplayers, if you ever want to cosplay a character that requires you to use body paint, please reconsider, it’s miserable. Other things about me is that I love studying history, folk lore, myths, and odd facts. I also know a bit of French and am currently learning Japanese for fun.

I do not like to take pictures of myself. Thankfully, we’re allowed to use “artwork” of ourselves instead so I hope you enjoy this drawing that represents me.

By Kay

Just because, test.

Hey! My name Is Mary Kirkpatrick. I’m currently following the Multimedia Design: Animation degree here at LCC. I was a Programming major last year here at Lane, but decided to switch and see if I liked art any better. Programming/Computer Science are both very interesting and can be fun, but I’m just better at being creative and artsy. I hope to one day get to work in the Games Industry, either making concept art, character designs/animation, or similar.

I have tons of Hobbies. Some I have are playing video games (obviously), drawing, cosplay, and 3d printing.

A few of my favorite video games have to be Dark Souls, Halo, Doom, Pokemon (especially the Mystery Dungeon Series), Overwatch, Mario Kart, and Destiny. I play almost all genres of games, and tend to hop to different games every month or so. I play a lot of Minecraft and Fall Guys with friends, they can be pretty good games to play when hanging out with people.

As for drawing, I usually prefer drawing digitally, but traditional art can be a nice difference. I try to post my art to my Instagram as a way to see my own progress. I would love to do commissions for people some day, and maybe sell some stickers of my art online too.

Cosplay and 3d printing kind of go hand to hand with each other. I love printing out props and armor for costumes, and painting them all. To be able to see where you started, from nothing, and eventually create a full costume is insane. For the past half a year or so, I have been making a Boba Fett cosplay for a convention coming up. I also like printing out different figures to paint and put on my shelves.

Hope this blog post helps you get to know me better. I am excited to meet new people and see what we learn in this class!