Otakon Art

Original art I'll be putting up for auction at Otakon. Check my Twitter for real-time updates as I scurry about the convention center and engage in shenanigans in the artist alley.

Otakon 2009

...has come and gone. I only broke even in the auction (weekend expenses - profits from auction), so I'm a little disappointed with that... at least I can say that I didn't lose anything at all from attending the convention.

I have decided, however, that I absolutely must get a booth next year. Whatever it takes, I need to take it to the next level to avoid stagnating in the con scene.

Been building up a portfolio of my past digital artwork, whipping up some new stuff to add to the collection...

I'm really feeling fired up about this booth thing. Especially because I know what I'm up against... and who I'm teamed up with. I've seen how many good artists there are that I want to buddy up with... and I've seen artists that need to be overshadowed.

Gonna get in the fray and change some lives.

chronicles of otakon

Business Card

Mega Man

Persona

Princess Tutu

Shadow of the Colossus

Kefka

inb4 "y so srs"

The Jimbo Cave

Ladies and gentlemen, time draws short. I must resort to more primitive methods of artistic focus: isolation and meditation.

Found a desk in the loft of the barn at Old Mine Ranch, one of my part-time jobs. Joe said it was cool if I went up there and worked for the rest of the week on Otakon art.

Things are really starting to get tight... At the pace I've been going, I won't be able to finish my 15 planned pieces... which isn't the end of the world, since that's kind of a lot of art to flood the auction with. Still, I figure, why not do it? More art, more money, more exposure. The only reason to not show it is if it's not my best work.

But there lies the problem. In order to get things done in the time I have left (5 days as of this writing), I would have to rush much of the art. This will not do.

So, plan B - I set up a mini-studio in the loft. Surrounded by dust, moths, and animal feces (and a family of chickens, they're pretty cool), I work. No music, either ... I find that I make every movement and thought count when there isn't miscellaneous noise to be processed. Something about the filth and forgotten oblivion of this corner of the ranch helps me focus, so I'm going to take full advantage of it and seize the remaining time I have.


Spent 11pm - 1:30am there last night - got a lot done, but I'm still behind. I need to set aside bigger blocks of time at the loft to see if I can catch up. If not, oh well - but I will continue to push until Friday.

This should be interesting.

L4D pt.II

Otakon 2008