Hi everyone I’m Jon; I’ve lived in Eugene for almost a year now. I originally hail from Tampa Florida and after being in the Air Force for four years and after having lived in South Korea and Japan I didn’t really want to move back to Florida. It was in Japan that I picked up my current hobby of collecting vintage game consoles and video games. In my spare time I enjoy reading especially comic books and graphic novels, my favorite being Superman comics but really anything is fun. I’m trying to get into film making so I hope the multi media program can offer me a good stepping stone.

 I am Jon Conway and I live in Eugene Oregon in the US I enjoy gaming(duh), Anime, cooking, and all kinds of other stuff. When I complete the Media Arts program I would LOVE to get into concept and design work because I feel that this is where my niche is. I draw my inspiration from many sources including the works of H.P Lovecraft, Edger Allen Poe, Robert E Howard and Anne Rice. When it comes to gaming I do not call myself “Hardcore” because I do not believe in labels, those are for items not people. Clan Malkavian for life! Hahahahahaha!!

Gamer. 28 yrs old. Full time college student. Full time graveyard baker. Yeah….that last part….

If you’re taking time to read this then let me fill you in on a little bit about my life! I was born and raised in Clovis CA and moved up to Eugene in 2012. I had desires to get my transfer degree at Lane and attend the University of Oregon but things have changed in the last few years. I originally wanted to go for Family Human Services but of course like any college student, I have decided to change majors and go with my passion: Media Arts.

I worked on staff at a local church in CA for several years and ran their Media Department. I made anything from flyers, videos, promotional videos, small production, moderate graphic design, and beyond. It all started with being sat down at a Mac that I knew nothing about and was asked to make a video with given footage. Knew nothing about the program let alone how to navigate anywhere on the comp. And I’m here today fully confident in creating projects and working in the media arts realm. Bring on the Multimedia Major! Not entirely sure what specific area or what I want out of the program but hoping to find something along the way.

Hobbies: Hiking, Photography, Music, Movies, Gaming, Settlers of Catan.

I also have an almost 1 year old Pug named LP (short for Little Pimp) and a boyfriend of almost 3 years.

Thanks for stopping by!

// Travis //

Hello Everybody, I’m Mark and I’m creating a Blog for my Multi-Media class at Lane Community College in Eugene Oregon. I am a long time Stagehand/Lighting Tech and also have 12+ years as an Electrician/Grip in the film and TV industries. I’m back at school to update my skills and learn new technologies related to those fields. It will be interesting to hear from other people in these fields and share stories and experiences of shows they are working or have worked on. Also to talk about any new equipment or gear they are working with. In the coming weeks I will talk about some things I am involved with and hope to hear others. Until then, Thanks, Mark.

Hello, my name is Matthew Curry I have chosen to take this class to help better my skills for game development/computer simulation major here at Lane Community. When I have free time I usually spend it chatting with friends and family, playing video games, watching movies, drawing and being an all around nerd of comics and anime. Ever since i was a child I believed that i was born in the wrong century with a feeling of detachment to everything that I came upon, if asked what time period I should have been born I will generally answer that I should have been born in the 1400’s being either a pirate or working as a merchant traveling around Europe. As I grew older I soon realized that I sought to become a game developer wanting to create a gaming system that is both interactive and virtual reality where your mind is the controller and that your imagination will be your greatest weapon in a world where you can be what you choose to be.

this is my journey into the field of multimedia , Ive been a sketch artist and tattoo body art practitioner  for 37 years. Im also a founding member for (CASPSBA) the California alliance for the promotion of safe body art. We created lectures and events to educate artist and health inspectors alike into better awareness of blood borne pathogens and there risks. Today I’m shifting my art skills to a different medium in hopes of a rewarding future. kraig santo aka olioartist

Hello my name is Jack Murphy. Im 22 years old. Before starting my arts education I was a chemistry student and found the lack of hands on work forced my mind to seek other avenues of expression. I am beginning my study of multimedia at Lane with the hopes of transferring back to the University as a digital arts student. My primary focus right now however would have to be sound design. I have been teaching myself how to use Ableton Live for the past 4 years, and I have recently acquired an analog drum machine and mono synth that I enjoy recording. Recently I was introduced to Native Instruments Reaktor which has been taking up huge chucks of spare time. The music scene that existed between Detroit and Berlin during the 1990’s has been heavily influencing my artistic expression for the last years. I really enjoy the futurist yet dystopian atmosphere many pieces exibit from this time period. The sculpting of noise and ambience into solid yet expansive sonic landscaped. My primary foci in art are space, noise, pattern, repetition, monotony, deviation, and time. I look forward to being able to explore some of these concepts in both time dependent and independent media, as well as being introduced to new concepts worth exploring. Currently I am learning the basics about photography using my iPhone camera, coming from audio, pictures has so many tweakable perameters it seems impossible to settle on a final finished image. I have some experience with video via a class in high school, however that was so long ago I have very little left over skill wise from that. Looking forward to a gainful quarter.

Hello, my name is Jon Campollo I’m 19 and I’m studying to become an animator or cartoonist, my friends nicknamed me Jay, I am of filipino ancestry and grew up away from their culture and all that, after college I wish to take a trip to Japan and learn study some art there. On my free time I love to draw, fence and game hard sometimes, but there is not a second that my head is either in asketchbook or looking up art to draw. I’ve drawn multiple different cartoon characters and I’ve even created my own comic, though it was not successful. I am currently redesigning it and changing the plot and character development.

and I am a student at Lane Community College pursuing my AAS in Multimedia Design. I was a jack of many trades with a ridiculous amount of ambition in my twenties, but now going into my early thirties I am quickly realizing my true passion is in design and concept. My goal is to help create a design company with a group of fellow students with hope within a few years I lead the design strategist department with plenty of portfolio work under my belt.

I figured instead of explaining my history, interests and future plans in depth, I would list ten things about me that I find interesting and hopefully you do as well:

10.) I have ran and started two successful businesses in my lifetime (pool service, DJ/KJ) I once sold a company I started for $2000 to another company for $40,000. I currently own and run a lotion bar company by myself. Super Natural Lotion Bars

9.) I once was obsessed with Texas Hold-Em poker and ran a league for three years, I also won a seat and played in the world series of Poker in 2009. Now you know where the $40,000 went (for reals).

8.) At the age of 19, I was cast to star in a MTV reality show called “FM Nation” it ran one season and it was terrible. The silver lining here was my introduction into acting and multimedia. Link to show

7.) Since high school, I have created various song parodies and humorous rap songs (20 total). I won a battle rap competition in the year 2000 and was a semi-finalist various times on rapbattle.com. Trust me, it was always satirical and not serious. My father raised me around 1980’s metal. (explicit content) One of my songs

6.) I constantly strive to enter the YouTube comedy market. I spend a lot of time writing and producing pilot shows with hopes they get picked up by online comedy syndicates.

Here’s an example of a show I wrote, directed, produced and directed(explicit content)

5.) My grandmother on my mothers side was Italian (rest her soul) and on my fathers side was okie-Cherokee. During her lifetime it was not acceptable to be native american, therefore she was ashamed and hid it from the government. Alas, I am not allowed to receive native benefits (but I still love and miss her dearly nonetheless). My combined heritage is; Italian, Cherokee, Danish and Irish.

4.) I was the lead in a full feature length comedy movie called “Border Brothers”which is due out this year and will most likely be on Netflix. I also helped with parts of the screenplay, stunt driving, and edited the unofficial trailer.

The movie trailer (explicit content)

3.) I grow four different types of hair color due to my mixed genetics. I started to grey at 20, my hair also shows black and brown, my beard grows red (ginger) with some brown. I share a good amount of my gene pool with my grandfather on my mothers side.

2.) My biggest dream in life is still to write for a sketch comedy show or a sitcom, I was voted in high school “most likely to be on SNL”. For over ten years I have been writing, directing and producing YouTube skits. I was in theater for 6 years between high school and early college, as well as choir and pursed stand up comedy for 4 years with a decent amount of success.

My first comedy show

1.) I moved to Eugene to better myself, I wanted to start over with school, make more friends and expand my creativity. Though I miss my friends and family, it was the best decision I’ve ever made so far in my life. I have a little one of the way and I take my career path more serious than ever.

I am very excited to expand my knowledge and network with my fellow design students!

Hello, my name is Matthew Curry I have chosen to take this class to help better my skills for game development/computer simulation major here at Lane Community. When I have free time I usually spend it chatting with friends and family, playing video games, watching movies, drawing and being an all around nerd of comics and anime. Ever since i was a child I believed that i was born in the wrong century with a feeling of detachment to everything that I came upon, if asked what time period I should have been born I will generally answer that I should have been born in the 1400’s being either a pirate or working as a merchant traveling around Europe. As I grew older I soon realized that I sought to become a game developer wanting to create a gaming system that is both interactive and virtual reality where your mind is the controller and that your imagination will be your greatest weapon in a world where you can be what you choose to be.