See you tonight!

August 9, 2023 ~ Suzanne Skaar ~ Leave a comment

The South Side Animation Club returns to The Grand Cinema from 6 – 8 p.m. on August 9 (tonight)!

Animators looking to collaborate, work on projects, or showcase your progress, this is for you! This meeting is free & all ages; children are welcome with adult supervision. Some general supplies such as newsprint and light tracing boxes will be provided for shared use, but feel free to bring laptops, tablets, sketchbooks, tracing paper, pens/ pencils, or anything you need to work on your own project. The Grand is providing a projector and screen so that we can share works in progress, so please consider bringing a USB drive with your work if you’d like.

Indie game devs, writers, voiceover actors, composers, sound designers, and more, you’re welcome, too!

Thank you to The Grand Cinema for hosting us, as well as the City of Tacoma Arts Commission and Office of Arts and Cultural Vitality for sponsoring the Animation Club as a 2023 Community Arts Project.

See you at The Grand, and bring a friend! 🙂

Suzanne

South Side Animation Club July Details

June 16, 2023 ~ Suzanne Skaar ~ Leave a comment

Join the South Side Animation Club at the Grand Cinema (606 Fawcett Ave Tacoma) on the second Wednesday of every month from 6-8 p.m.! Free and all ages. Presented by No, Mine! Studios, with support from The Grand Cinema.

Please help us get the word out!

Thank you!

Suzanne

What’s New

September 29, 2021 ~ Suzanne Skaar ~ Leave a comment

Over the past year and a half, in addition to teaching myself Unity, I have been working on sound design and experimental compositions. I have received positive feedback from the few who have heard my behind the scenes work. With encouragement from friends, I will be releasing an ambient EP in October.

It’s out of my comfort zone, but then again, so is a global pandemic.

In the spirit of putting out a new project in a new field, I was encouraged by others to choose a moniker. Apparently my last name is pretty popular with Norwegian musicians, so DJ Living Wage is now on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook. [Cough, cough <political statement> cough.] I’ll release excerpts of the project soon.

Illustration of woman walking uncomfortably into room. Suzanne Skaar. 2021. All rights reserved.

In the meantime, preparations are still underway for the upcoming Arts at the Armory event in Tacoma on the weekend of October 16 and 17th. I am looking forward to sharing progress on my game with interested individuals, as well as taking a look at all the beautiful work that will be on display. If you’re looking for unique gifts by local artisans, this will be a great opportunity. For my part, I’ll have a limited supply of dinosaur stickers and buttons for sale. (Rawr.) I joined city staff and the Vice President of the Tacoma Arts Commission to talk about the event on TV Tacoma’s City Line last week. If you’d like to learn more about Tacoma Arts Month in general, click here.

If you like what I do and haven’t yet, please follow No Mine! Studios on the following social media platforms:

Thank you again for your support!

— Suzanne

Impeach Trump

October 13, 2019 ~ Suzanne Skaar ~ Leave a comment

Impea¢h Trump. Stencil, sharpies, poster board. Make this! Suzanne Skaar

Im”peach”es. Cardstock. Make this! Suzanne Skaar

The news is infuriating, heartbreaking, disgusting.

Watching what’s happening on a domestic and global scale with Trump in office is too much to bear.

Today, in more than 60 cities across the country, activists are holding Impeach Trump rallies. As host for Tacoma’s downtown rally (in front of Union Station, noon – 2 p.m.), I’ve been contacted by an activist who has stated they are driving 4 hours EACH WAY just to join our rally. That’s how much this means to them. We can no longer allow Trump to get away with criminal activities. Our elected officials MUST hold him and his cronies accountable.

Find your rally today. If your city doesn’t have one, make signs and get out on the streets! Make your own rally! Exercise your First Amendment rights before they’re taken away.

Weekend Illustrations

September 9, 2019 ~ Suzanne Skaar ~ Leave a comment

On Saturday I trekked around town with my favorite local dance studio and took pictures. Due to concerns about copyright infringement/ intellectual property theft based on recent experiences, I am being more cautious about sharing photos. So on Sunday I began working on some new watermarks for my images. From doodles to digital versions, here’s some of what I came up with. {Considering a lot of my work is typically serious in nature, I have a few more designs in the works as well.}

Cheers!

Suzanne