About Me

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‘About Me’ Section

My name is Jetty and I have a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from Illinois State University with a minor in East Asian Studies (Japanese). I spent a semester abroad studying Japanese art and culture at Temple University it Tokyo, Japan. I fully enjoyed my time living in Akasaka, but sadly my pre approved classes ended up not counting towards a Japanese major.

I have 21 years of administrative assistant experience and I have primarily worked in the admin field, but my passion is in 3D modeling and animation. I have also ran my own contract art studio since 2009 and worked for an animation house in New York for seven years as a 3D artist/Colorist.

I completed my master’s degree from Goucher College in Digital Arts and my thesis was focused on my game T.A.R.C. (The Adventures of Robo Chan) about a little robot who gets found in a love hotel and brought home to a new house and new adventures. Sadly, due to programming issues, the actual game did not work, however, I was able to complete all the assets to finish it at a later date.

T.A.R.C. The Adventures of RoboChan

The Ending Cancer in Our Generation (ECIOG) is the nonprofit I began working on in mid-2009 with it’s sister site : Jetty’s Brain Book and was officially formed in July of 2011. We received our official 501 (c)3 status from the United States IRS on October 31^st, 2011. We are trying to build a community of artists to support and build each other up through our art and cancer guidance and advice. It has been a goal of mine for a long time, maybe this year is the year.

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Fun Breakdowns

Jetty is my real name, it was my great grandmothers name and thanks to my sister’s miracle baby, I too get to watch MY namesake grow up, as my grandmother passed away as I was finishing up radiation treatment.  It is not a nickname and it is not short for anything. I love my name and I am glad Baby Jetty gets to enjoy it as well.

I am directly ‘Center brained’, I LOVE hiking and live remarkably close to state parks that I very much enjoy. I also am a huge entertainment and gaming otaku. I love to create art and I love to read books but I am just as happy with googles on behind a chemistry experiment or watching Sci Show videos on Youtube. I hate surveys that make me chose one or the other. I like them both equally and I do not feel I should have to choose. This is probably why I am a Slytherin but I also place in other houses depending on one or two questions I volleyed back and forth on the answers.

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I am a HUGE gamer otaku, I spend SO much time and money on games it is quite literally an obsession. My brain scarring has caused some issues in learning and playing certain games, especially FPS or games where active FP cameras must be used. However, I still enjoy being the 2^nd player in these games by solving puzzles and pointing out items since it’s the controlling the camera that causes me to get very sick. I really love quirky puzzle games and deeply complex games like Chulip or the Witcher 3. Plus, I have played Animal Crossing every day since it released! 😊

My passion is 3D modeling and in high school, I actually won the state and competed in Nationals in 3D Animation and Visualization two years in a row with Skills USA VICA and I was a finalist in the Gamers in Real Life competition. I feel as if I can model anything if given enough time and it is probably the only thing, I am truly good at, which is why it never gets worked on, ever. Between trying to make bills and build up a studio that could serve as an actual job consistent job and running a nonprofit while also battling health issues.  I do not even have a running animation software on this computer it is that bad sadly. I am sure my licenses ran out long ago when I was completing my capstone in 2015

TL;DR:

BA: Fine Arts;
Minor: East Asian Studies (Japanese);  Illinois State University;
MA: Digital Arts; Goucher College;
Started Japanese studies and trips in 2000 and would have been last every two years but the  pandemic stopped the 2020 Trip
20 years of admin experience, 7 years in an Animation Studio in New York;
T.A.R.C. is my Digital Arts master’s degree thesis capstone project; while not finished, all assets are complete;
I run a great nonprofit that offers a scholarship to a cancer survivor and a grant to a cancer caregiver, find out more here

Fun Stuff:

Yep, its my real name and it is not a nickname;
“Center brained”; love hiking and love making digital art and plying games;
HUGE Gaming Otaku everything from Chulip to the Witcher 3 and love some ACNH ^_^ ;
3D Modeling is my passion, but lack of time and money along with health issues has pushed it to the backseat.

I am just an artist who is making art that expresses myself and my own journey. It is my goal to make a *real* difference in the world and I hope over the next few years to do exactly that!

Thank you for reading all of this but I take no offense if you just jumped straight to the TL;DR.

Love Always,

Jetty