It's alright it's just a matter of time 'till I find my feet

One of my goals for a while now has been to learn how to storyboard. I've been feeling a bit discouraged--like the resources I need to learn this skill are inaccessible to me--so I decided to jump in and learn by doing. I plan to storyboard short scenes from a variety of my favorite movies. I need to learn the basics, and for now I think that this will provide me with plenty to work on. (If anyone has experience storyboarding and feels like giving me a critique either in a comment or an e-mail, I would appreciate it. I have no ego about this--just trying to learn.)

Here's my first attempt:




It's from the beginning of this clip from Kill Bill Vol. 1:

All the joy life sends family and friends

New art:

We'll sing a happy song and you can sing along

Folks, we are just 5 weeks away from Emerald City ComiCon!

I will be sitting with Periscope Studio at space 122 (see the floor plan here). And did you hear the news? I've officially joined Periscope!!! I put my name on an overnight drawer yesterday! :D

Something in my mind just got away

More Fringe fan art! I have so much love for that show and for Olivia! <3 <3 <3

The sun has left and forgotten me

Had a night reminiscent of my last-minute research paper nights in college. I got my priorities a bit backwards this week, and left myself with a hefty number of pages to pencil in 4 days. So what do you do when you find yourself in that position? Without hurting yourself (taking breaks, never working through pain, and remembering that the world will not end if you miss the deadline), you pencil every waking hour, drink a good amount of coffee, and make yourself a pump-up playlist.

You know what makes for the best pump-up playlists? Disney songs. Fo sho.

We can't rewind we've gone too far

I got last-minute tickets to the Hood to Coast premiere last night at the Keller Auditorium here in Portland. I took my roommate Hannah and we concur: that movie is fantastic. If you live in the northwest, you've got to see it. Portland/Oregon looks soooo beautiful in this film, and the people they interview are just awesome. I had a huge grin plastered on my face for the entire thing (minus the parts where I was crying...the good kind of crying, I promise). The Thunder and Laikaning team was my favorite part - Hannah and I burst into laughter during pretty much every scene they were in.
People at the premier dressed up but wore running shoes--adorable! Wish we had gotten the memo in time to join in.

Tell me what you want from me

Hey! I'm going to be on the radio tomorrow! :D

94.7 fm is a Portland radio station. They play a different listener's 5-song 'Perfect Playlist' every weekday at 5pm. Mine will play tomorrow, and I will be in the station to talk with DJ Gustav between songs. I am very, very excited! If you want to listen but are outside of broadcasting range, you can listen online here! :)

If you are curious about what I've been up to in these seemingly quiet months, you'll want to tune in! Or, you know, if you are just curious what my 5-song perfect playlist is. :P (Hint: IT'S ALL HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL SONGS. ALL OF IT.)

Edit: Here's my playlist :)

1. Garbage “Tell Me Where It Hurts”
2. Fastball “Drifting Away”
3. Jet “She’s A Genius”
4. Cake “Let Me Go”
5. Ben Folds “Video Killed The Radio Star”