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Recent Aquisition - The PC Engine!

Recent Aquisition – The PC Engine!

Recently a Facebook friend of mine Jason Li was selling some of his old consoles and he decided to ask me if I wanted first dibs on what he was selling. I got two pictures, one of a Super Famicom with Street Fighter games and two arcade sticks (I’ll discuss in a separate post) and [...]

Flea Market gaming pick ups!

Flea Market gaming pick ups!

As most people who know me will know I collect video games. In particular I like retro consoles like the NES, and Atari. I was inspired by Pat the NES Punk’s Flea Market Madness videos and decided to find some good flea markets in the area and try my luck. The first market my husband [...]

Summer Tram Doodling!

Summer Tram Doodling!

Summer and trams don’t mix. I drew the picture above as a commentary on what the trams are like in Melbourne, in the summer. No air con, no air for that matter, the smell of sweat, people and stuck in traffic. Needless to say I can’t wait to see summer gone!

Now the fat guy was just begging for me to draw him. He was a blob with a head on it. But the shape was just unreal. Be sure to check out my Facebook page for daily sketches.

An Animators Observations - Smoking Ettiquette.

An Animators Observations – Smoking Ettiquette.

This is a topic I have finally decided to post about… why? Well I have been traveling on trains and trams for almost a year now and I have to say, societies manners suck. There seems to be this complete lack of awareness of the people around you. My parents brought me up to think [...]

Mo-Cap and How to handle it.

Mo-Cap and How to handle it.

With mo-cap on the rise as a technology to get great, realistic animation fast it’s good to have a handle on it. Film and especially games are moving more and more into this technology and it’s easy to see why, it’s quick and requires a lot less man hours to create. Problem is, as intelligent [...]

Greetings from the Void!

It’s been a real long time since I started this blog, and an even longer time since I posted anything.  So because of this injustice I have decided to post again at long last. First what’s new with me since my first post. I finally found a new job at EA Visceral Games in Melbourne. [...]

Greetings Internet!

Greetings Earthlings, I am Tara Caruso, a 25 year old animator living in her parents house at the moment looking for work. I needed an outlet for my creativity so I decided to start up a new blog. I used to blog quite a lot when I first started, so I hope this space can [...]

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