Here are some of the things people say about
Bev and Digital Elf Studios

"I have the pleasure of serving on the Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH board with Beverly Standish, in our capacities as chair (myself) and secretary (Bev). I am fortunate to share professional interests and association and have often been pleasantly surprised and delighted by her professionalism, enthusiasm for computer graphics and knack for working with people.

After she stepped up to hold the reins of SIGGRAPH's fledgling membership, she demonstrated initiative and responsibility to find an application that could be used for administrative purposes, complete a feature-length live motion and originally animated movie, establish working relationships with well-respected CG luminaries. Her team leadership is evident in her ability to both blend-in with rock stars of the insdustry and encourage and mentor beginning learners.

I respect Bev's work, determination and positive energy. I would recommend her CG skills for instructional design, medical modeling and 3D illustration, musical scores that accompany animation, corporate training, and the gamut of modeling and animation production in movie, gaming and multimedia horizontal markets. Her skills range over such a vast area of expertise that her unique gift is her ability to move in many areas; to understand multiple applications and communicate effectively with team members of all types. She is a people-person with many technical and training skills to bring to the table.

Feel free to contact me regarding my recommendation of Beverly Standish, 503-367-1522."

Demetra Gilmore Arnett, MS
Chair, Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH, Instructor, Visual Design, ITT Technical Institute,
Information Architect, Ruby Ray Design
phone: 503.367.1522


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"It gives me great pleasure to have been requested to write a recommendation letter for a person who holds my esteem, respect, and admiration. Bev Standish and I met while serving on the Board of Directors for the Association of Computing Machinery’s special interest group focused on computer graphics called, “Cascade SIGGRAPH’. Ours is a shared passion for computer graphic imagery, animation, videography, teaching, learning and the creative process. Bev has an added level of expertise; she is an accomplished concert pianist and composer (very knowledgeable in classical and many things musical).

Over time I have become increasingly aware of Bev’s fine character, amazing integrity, wit, charm and such a playful sense of fun. She is in all senses of the word delightful.

Technically, her curious, musical, mathematical, problem solving mind is always “on”. Ask Bev a question or ask for help to find answers and she’s there, present and focused and she gets results! Personally, I attribute this to the early years of dedicated practicing and playing piano. At times, she can hardly wait to get back to the keyboard to create. She knows and owns more computers, software and musical instruments than anyone I have ever encountered. Her passion is clearly manifested.

Any project would be greatly improved with Bev’s presence and influence. She spent lots of time playing, really well with others and is masterful in her talent and ability to discover and bring out the best when working along people. An awesome talent, I’ve witnessed time, and time again."

Kathleen O’Reilly

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"Skills as a teacher: In the short amount of time I have known Bev, I am very impressed
with her patience and skill as a teacher of children. She has been working with my son teaching him the piano. Because my son has ADHD, he has challenges with paying attention and motivation.
Bev has instilled motivation and creativity in my son and is much more confident with his skills.
Bev's strength is in building creativity within the student and guiding them in their search for
their style in their craft. I have watched Bev in her animation techniques also,
and she is a very skilled animator and craftsperson in whatever she seems to take on.
I would highly recommend her as a teacher in animation and music."

Leslie Baird
Graphic Designer, and parent Quinn Thompson (her student)

More Praise

"Bev Standish was my daughter's teacher, both in the classroom and in private piano lessons for four years. Throughout that time, she demonstrated the patience, creativity, and maturity only the best teachers have.   Her classes were never about her, they were always about the kids and what was good for them. Using her longstanding interest in computers, her knowledge of music, and her desire to develop the fun, educational narratives she had started in school productions, she began work on her film, The Escape of Middle C. My daughter was lucky enough to be part of the early stages of this production, and again Bev demonstrated the sort of generous, patient creativity that has characterized all aspects of her career. My daughter has learned a great deal by working with her."

Sue Brower, Assistant Professor
Department of Theater Arts and Film,
Portland State University


Praise from Students

"I took Ms. Standish's computer animation class for 2 years and it was extremely fun. It gave me a better understanding of what goes in to making movies. The art side of this class was very important and it helped me understand the geometry in all of the characters that we created. She really knows what she's doing and she has fun doing it!"

Brody Wear
16 year old Wilson High School Student

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"Bev Standish has been our music and computer animation teacher for over 5 years. Throughout that time, Bev has both educated and encouraged us along with challenging us individually to show our
own creativity. Bev has been a supportive,
thoughtful and caring instructor and has always gone above and beyond “normal” teaching methods to enable us to feel and be successful. She even accompanied us to an 8th grade talent show where we performed a guitar piece we composed under her instruction. One of Bev’s greatest assets is her willingness to allow her students to express to our individuality while learning the fundamentals of music and computer animation. Bev Standish is the kind of teacher we will remember with fondness for the rest of our lives."

Austin and Sam Aplin
17 year old and 15 year old
Tualatin High School Students