Salutations!
So who am I and why should you care?! Well I am Kendrick Taylor, a student of the University of Oregon and LCC. A few of my hobbies include Track & Field, baking, gaming, playing piano, and drawing. A few of my favorite shows/series include: Supernatural, Criminal Minds, FMA, and Game of Thrones. My favorite movie is between “Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring” and “The Legend of 1900” ( The Hobbit was terrible). I enjoy playing the piano, all though I was never formally taught. My favorite games of all time are: Super Smash Brothers Melee, Halo ( all but the 4th!), Timesplitters, Kingdom of Hearts, and WOW ( everything after WOTLK doesn’t exist). As for music I enjoy anything from New Age music to the hip-hop genre. Ratatat to Kendrick Lamar. Drake to Whitesnake. The Killers to Boyz ll Men. Hans Zimmer/Howard Shore to Wu-Tang. Just about everything across the board!

So what do I wish to accomplish with my skills and education?
When I finish the Media Arts program here at Lane, and finish my Digital Arts degree at the UO; I would like to continue to the Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD). From there I will internship and finally land a job at Blizzard, a giant in the gaming industry. At Blizzard I plan to be a concept artist/cinematic animator. I want to bring the entirety of my wild imagination and stories to life. By that I mean all the characters, plots, environments, and everything that I have ever thought of; forged into a tangible concrete creation that can be experienced by all. I want my creation to join the melting pot of media that forms a pillar of one’s youth, in which years later someone will still remember and hold my creations dear; much like the experience I had growing up. Whether this be through creating a Massively Multiplayer Online game (MMO) or through drawing, I want my stories told!

Overall I’m pretty much an athletic geek, so if you ever want to go on an outdoor adventure, make obscure references, talk about why the eagles couldn’t just fly The Ring to the fires of Mt Doom, or just bake brownies; I’m your guy!

The picture at the top is of me running Track & Field for UO-RC on the University of Oregon’s Historic Hayward Field!

  By: Kendrick Taylor

Salutations!
So who am I and why should you care?! Well I am Kendrick Taylor, a student of the University of Oregon and LCC. A few of my hobbies include Track & Field, baking, gaming, playing piano, and drawing. A few of my favorite shows/series include: Supernatural, Criminal Minds, FMA, and Game of Thrones. My favorite movie is between “Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring” and “The Legend of 1900” ( The Hobbit was terrible). I enjoy playing the piano, all though I was never formally taught. My favorite games of all time are: Super Smash Brothers Melee, Halo ( all but the 4th!), Timesplitters, Kingdom of Hearts, and WOW ( everything after WOTLK doesn’t exist). As for music I enjoy anything from New Age music to the hip-hop genre. Ratatat to Kendrick Lamar. Drake to Whitesnake. The Killers to Boyz ll Men. Hans Zimmer/Howard Shore to Wu-Tang. Just about everything across the board!

So what do I wish to accomplish with my skills and education?
When I finish the Media Arts program here at Lane, and finish my Digital Arts degree at the UO; I would like to continue to the Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD). From there I will internship and finally land a job at Blizzard, a giant in the gaming industry. At Blizzard I plan to be a concept artist/cinematic animator. I want to bring the entirety of my wild imagination and stories to life. By that I mean all the characters, plots, environments, and everything that I have ever thought of; forged into a tangible concrete creation that can be experienced by all. I want my creation to join the melting pot of media that forms a pillar of one’s youth, in which years later someone will still remember and hold my creations dear; much like the experience I had growing up. Whether this be through creating a Massively Multiplayer Online game (MMO) or through drawing, I want my stories told!

Overall I’m pretty much an athletic geek, so if you ever want to go on an outdoor adventure, make obscure references, talk about why the eagles couldn’t just fly The Ring to the fires of Mt Doom, who would win between Captain America or Wolverine (or any fictional characters), or just bake brownies; I’m your guy!

The picture at the top is of me running Track & Field for UO-RC on the University of Oregon’s Historic Hayward Field!

  By: Kendrick Taylor

My name is Justice Bishop.  I am from Prineville, Oregon but moved to Eugene to study Multimedia Design at Lane.  Though this is my first year at Lane I went to Central Oregon Community College last year, so I pretty much know my way around when it comes to school.  My interest in the field of Multimedia Design are video games and film so I decided this major so I can explore my options.  Though I enjoy playing video games, I also very much enjoy making them.   I have my own Gamejolt dev account and have one game up right now and plan on uploading more.   I’ve never done much with film yet but would love to learn and try it out.

My hobbies outside of school are watercoloring and flying stunt kites.  Pretty lame hobbies to some, but it’s really nice and I like the calmness of it.  I have a Flying Wings Laima(this one is my favorite) and a Prism4D Ultralite.  I’m trying to grow my collection of watercolor paintings beyond just trees and mountains.

I’m really excited to be a part of this program and really hope I can take the skills that I learn here to a job.  It seems like Lane has a really good thing going on here.

I am Carrie Ann Strong. I love to dance, do photography, play piano, play the flute, sing, paint and draw. I love animals, I own two dogs, two birds, and one guinea pig. I have a beagle named Hope, a dachshund named Dexter, two cockatiels named Snowy and Erin and my guinea pig is named Sven. I started dancing when I was three and continued on with it through out my life. The styles I have danced are Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Lyrical Jazz, Modern, Contemporary, Tumbling, Hip Hop, and Mime. I learned how to play the piano in elementary school, then when I started middle school I learned how to play the flute. I played the flute through middle and high school. I learned how to draw and paint in high school. My dad is a music teacher, he taught me how to sing. I have a younger brother, he is 17 and a senior in high school. I have done photography for three years and am going to school for it. When I am finished with Lane’s Media Arts program I would like to do wildlife photography. Right now I take pictures of Oregon’s wildlife, but I would like to travel and find and photograph other wildlife. I also take pictures of infants and enjoy doing it.

By: Carrie Ann

I am Carrie Ann Strong. I love to dance, do photography, play piano, play the flute, sing, paint and draw. I love animals, I own two dogs, two birds, and one guinea pig. I have a beagle named Hope, a dachshund named Dexter, two cockatiels named Snowy and Erin and my guinea pig is named Sven. I started dancing when I was three and continued on with it through out my life. The styles I have danced are Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Lyrical Jazz, Modern, Contemporary, Tumbling, Hip Hop, and Mime. I learned how to play the piano in elementary school, then when I started middle school I learned how to play the flute. I played the flute through middle and high school. I learned how to draw and paint in high school. My dad is a music teacher, he taught me how to sing. I have a younger brother, he is 17 and a senior in high school. I have done photography for three years and am going to school for it. When I am finished with Lane’s Media Arts program I would like to do wildlife photography. Right now I take pictures of Oregon’s wildlife, but I would like to travel and find and photograph other wildlife. I also take pictures of infants and enjoy doing it.

By: Carrie Ann

My name is Keasey, and I have been stumbling through existence for almost 22 years now. I thoroughly enjoy taking photographs of other weird little human beings, isolating myself from reality, and cats. I also unconditionally love movies and the art of film making. When I am a big boy I want to be a cinematographer more than anything else in the whole wide world, so I have enlisted in the Multimedia Design program to hone my skills and absorb as much knowledge as my squishy brain can handle. I have a very dark sense of humor and my mind has been corrupted by growing up breastfed by American television, so if I offend you I wholeheartedly apologize. I really like smashing things with hammers, eating pistachio ice cream, and secretly eavesdropping on your conversations. One time I accidentally gave a ‘thumbs-up’ to a blind guy on the bus. I don’t play any instruments, but I strongly believe that learning how to play the piano should be a requirement in all elementary schools. One day I want to be that cool uncle who gives his nieces and nephews illegal fireworks and sips of hard alcohol. Mr. Rodgers and Che Guevara are my biggest heroes because they both promoted truth and love, though in very different ways. If we become friends I will share cigarettes with you and make fun of everything you do, but secretly care a whole awful lot about how your day went and what your fears are. Thanks for taking the time to get to know me, and remember that the time you just spent reading this is irretrievable and you are one step closer to your inevitable death. So go ride your bike or something.

By: Keasey Freed

My name is Keasey, and I have been stumbling through existence for almost 22 years now. I thoroughly enjoy taking photographs of other weird little human beings, isolating myself from reality, and cats. I also unconditionally love movies and the art of film making. When I am a big boy I want to be a cinematographer more than anything else in the whole wide world, so I have enlisted in the Multimedia Design program to hone my skills and absorb as much knowledge as my squishy brain can handle. I have a very dark sense of humor and my mind has been corrupted by growing up breastfed by American television, so if I offend you I wholeheartedly apologize. I really like smashing things with hammers, eating pistachio ice cream, and secretly eavesdropping on your conversations. One time I accidentally gave a ‘thumbs-up’ to a blind guy on the bus. I don’t play any instruments, but I strongly believe that learning how to play the piano should be a requirement in all elementary schools. One day I want to be that cool uncle who gives his nieces and nephews illegal fireworks and sips of hard alcohol. Mr. Rodgers and Che Guevara are my biggest heroes because they both promoted truth and love, though in very different ways. If we become friends I will share cigarettes with you and make fun of everything you do, but secretly care a whole awful lot about how your day went and what your fears are. Thanks for taking the time to get to know me, and remember that the time you just spent reading this is irretrievable and you are one step closer to your inevitable death. So go ride your bike or something.

By: Keasey Freed

Layered. When asked to describe myself using one word, that’s my typical response. Now, you may be wondering, “what does that even mean?” It means I’m an overly complicated, deep, philosopher-like person. Not really, it just means that there are things about me that you may never know, and that’s on purpose. It takes me a long time to fully open up to new people, or old friends for that matter. Thus, I use the word “layered” to emphasize the idea that there are layers you’ll have to slowly pull back to get to the root of who I am as a person. Much like an ice cream cake that has fudge and cookie crumbles in the center. Yep, you got it, I’m essentially nothing more than an ice cream cake, waiting to be enjoyed with a plastic fork.

Anyway, enough about that. Where to begin? Well, my name is a good place to start I suppose, and it’s Forrest. Forrest Emery. I was born in Manteca, California, adopted at birth, and have lived in Springfield for about 18 years. I’m extremely passionate about music, specifically drums. I started playing when I was about 13 and I’ve been entirely self taught since the beginning. The whole reason I decided to come to Lane was an experience I had in a recording studio with my band. I enjoyed the process, as in mixing, editing, and post-production, so much that I knew I wanted to pursue a career in audio engineering, or, at the very least, something to do with multimedia.

My ultimate goal is to become a successful audio engineer. Whether that’s in music, TV, live events, or anything in between doesn’t really concern me. In fact, doing all of that sounds great, and hopefully at some point I’ll be able to. Even though it’s only been a week, I’m convinced that Lane is going to give me the tools, experiences, and connections I need to not only pursue my dreams, but achieve them, and I look forward to the ride.

Oh yeah, here’s a picture of me, taken by one of my good friends as a “Man Crush Monday” post. (Spoiler alert: It’s back when I had cool hair).

P.S. Check out one of my most recent bands in the link below to hear me drumming and singing.

Layered. When asked to describe myself using one word, that’s my typical response. Now, you may be wondering, “what does that even mean?” It means I’m an overly complicated, deep, philosopher-like person. Not really, it just means that there are things about me that you may never know, and that’s on purpose. It takes me a long time to fully open up to new people, or old friends for that matter. Thus, I use the word “layered” to emphasize the idea that there are layers you’ll have to slowly pull back to get to the root of who I am as a person. Much like an ice cream cake that has fudge and cookie crumbles in the center. Yep, you got it, I’m essentially nothing more than an ice cream cake, waiting to be enjoyed with a plastic fork.

Anyway, enough about that. Where to begin? Well, my name is a good place to start I suppose, and it’s Forrest. Forrest Emery. I was born in Manteca, California, adopted at birth, and have lived in Springfield for about 18 years. I’m extremely passionate about music, specifically drums. I started playing when I was about 13 and I’ve been entirely self taught since the beginning. The whole reason I decided to come to Lane was an experience I had in a recording studio with my band. I enjoyed the process, as in mixing, editing, and post-production, so much that I knew I wanted to pursue a career in audio engineering, or, at the very least, something to do with multimedia.

My ultimate goal is to become a successful audio engineer. Whether that’s in music, TV, live events, or anything in between doesn’t really concern me. In fact, doing all of that sounds great, and hopefully at some point I’ll be able to. Even though it’s only been a week, I’m convinced that Lane is going to give me the tools, experiences, and connections I need to not only pursue my dreams, but achieve them, and I look forward to the ride.

Oh yeah, here’s a picture of me, taken by one of my good friends as a “Man Crush Monday” post. (Spoiler alert: It’s back when I had cool hair).

P.S. Check out one of my most recent bands in the link below to hear me drumming and singing.

Hello, world!

My name, as you may know, is Azlyn K. Moncrief. If you like, you may call me Azzy. I’m a Multimedia Design student. Once I finish the program I plan on returning to LCC for a game design/programming program. I am a rather shy and anxious person, but I try to be as friendly as I can. Don’t be afraid to approach me; I’m more afraid of you than you are of me.

Some of the things I enjoy are…

Art! Graphic design, digital drawing and painting, 3D art, animation… I’m passionate about art because it offers numerous opportunities to bring your ideas and thoughts to life in a way that people can enjoy. Even games could be called art!

Speaking of games, I also really enjoy those. I pour a lot of my time into fantasy games. My favorite genre has to be MMO/RPG. I sometimes dabble in FPS, but I don’t have any consoles so I’m a bit limited in what I can play sometimes.

Another one of my passions is music, however I don’t plan on pursuing a career in it. I would like to learn how to play guitar, but I never really have the motivation to begin teaching myself. A couple of my favorite genres, ranging from broad to specific are: Hardstyle, melodic death metal, folk/symphonic metal, power metal, swing and various other types of techno. I’m rather open minded to music, however I don’t often find enjoyment in rap or country.

Writing! More specifically, Role-Playing! The process of designing, developing and using characters takes up a lot of my free time. I have way too many OCs- that is, original characters- but I can’t seem to stop making them! I could talk for hours about my most developed ones.

Well, that’s a little bit about me. As you can see, I’m a bit of a geek. Is that really a bad thing, though? I hope to make a few friends here at LCC, so if you do too, come talk to me. I don’t bite… Hard, anyway.