Entries tagged with cons

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Post-Con Print-Sale!

NYCOMICON 2010; in the practice of "If you have nothing good to say… say nothing at all" I haven't recapped. It wasn't dire but it was a mess, which is something I've come to expect. Elisa Lau | Pinkimoon, table-mate, artist, designer, food-wrangler extraordinaire certainly improved the experience. But it was the handful of friends and fans who found me out that made it worthwhile. Gracias, Thank You, Merci, Arigatô, Danke, etc! Truly. :D

Next time I'll be over on the NYAF; I don't know about anyone else but I felt more welcoming there, more organic, festive even!

I know, location-wise, NYAF was put upon, but the ComciCon side was just a mess, a wash of lookie-loo's and industry people flooding the talent, vice-versa. It didn't make for a very creative or happy environment to cultivate... did I mention that I love Elisa? Really, truly, we're meaning to do this again just with much more of a joint effort and NEW items! [On SHOP NEWS I will keep you posted!]

Loads of my prints are outdated or on their last run. That being said PRINT-SALE!! as low as $1, because;

I'd like them to have happy homes. This will be the lastprinting for more than a few of these.
this will cover cost, did I mention NYCOMICON was a bit of a bust,
it will buffer future endeavors, as I endeavor awesome things on behalf of the Future~

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Current Music: Fiona Apple - Extraordinaire Machine

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[Fanmix] Whose F*cking Who?

Do y'know what blows about Polls?

That if I wanted to gauges interest in ...oh, I dunno, chibi Doctor Who buttons, lets say a lot of 'em, it means people have to pick their favorite only and can't select multiple things; Why does picking our favorite companion mean ignoring our favorite baddie? And if we really

The Doctor, should we have to pick only one?

In good faith to there Series I'm not making them in the right order or slowly, more like a mad dash, you're more than welcome to push in your input. So far I have...

Little Amelia - praying to Santa.
Little Amelia Pond, w/ flashlight
Star Whale (aka Starship UK)
Nurse Rory Williams w/ cell phone
Amy Pond - Police Woman
11 - Raggedy Man w/ apple
11 - w/ Fez
Liz 10 - w/ mask & gun
Smilers
River Song in Fatigues
9 w/Sonic + Rose

So, you, faithful viewer, tell me Who you'd like me to bring with?

*I've every intention in drawing ALL of these, as well as whatever other you might suggest, but I can only make a few into buttons. Whatever gets the most feedback comes with to NYAF. Will make left over available post-con.

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Appearance @ Comicon [NYC]

New blog post! Small fly-by post: I’m off to New York Comic Con!!www.seekatiedraw.com

I’m off to NYCOMICON!!

The talented and amazing Elisa Lau just offered up table space. Me, not being an idiot I said yes. [More rightly 'Yes! Yes! A Thousand times Yes!!"] We'll be at the Javits [Artist Alley is 3E Hall, table is D12].

*Oh, I should also point out, due to family obligations I'll only be at there Friday and bits of Sunday.

Talk about last minute, this might damn well be a record, even for me. :D

See you there!

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Q's & A's

Hello.

Went m.i.a. for perfectly legitimate reasons. ( Specifics )
tl;dr - new house + fixed cat = Art Sale!;

$10 busts and/or chibis
$15 sketches
+$5 for additional person(s)
+$whatever shipping might cost should you need it sent.

I'm can only take requests till Friday. That's when the phone & cable guys are supposed to transfer things to the new place. So, accessibility is wonky after then.

(Feel free to link to or re-post accordingly, you know if you like saving kittens, feeding artists and shiny new homes!)

Current Mood: weird
Current Location: a hole in the ground

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Most Uncouth!

Ah, Sing it Sheldon!

/via jonwithabullet/

Friday my website was reported for having malware and disappeared for a bit, which although not being true, scared the crap out of me. Fixed now. Breathing easier, finally.

other uncouth things: What with their new image, watching SciFi Channel coverage of SD Comic Con is very off-putting.

Since SyFy is to Syphilis, like H.I.V. is to doing the Hivy.

Its... Just wrong.

Current Mood: busy
Current Location: The Homestead
Current Music: The Feeling - Join With Us

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Catching up on things...

( ...on lots of stuff. )

Current Mood: excited
Current Location: The Homestead
Current Music: MGMT - Can You Hear My Kids Now (MGMT vs. Lil Kim)

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Happy Year of the OX!

I have people poking at my home. They will be doing so all week. She's been needing a facelift for some time now, it's all very exciting, in a head-achy sort of way. So, to be sure I'm not to forgetful I'll list a few things worth noting.

NY ComicCon is a go!* Deliberating on which kid(s) to bring.**
Leaving on the Feb 9th to Florida for ceremonious things. Back on the 17th.
Thinking of having an art-sale to keep me busy whilst I'm away....
...only ali_wildgoose & heidi8 should really get back to me with specifics, since they're my only outstanding (which I haven't heard from)***.
Guess whats? I've got a President I can respect. Never thought I'd see the day. Also, I voted for him. Equally shocking realization, each and every single morning.
akickinthehead? Dude. While I predicted this, I'm still greatly saddened by it.
Sending postcards out late, but I made a variety of three kinds, so despite this image no one knows what they'll get. Stealthy!
This year? Already masses better than the last... and its just begun!

*Might have to miss Friday due to house pokings.
**How to choose? RL should have poll options for all things.
***Outstanding Commissions is the ban of my existence. Can't sleep, can't eat, muses'll eat me.

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Current Location: The Collective Unconscious

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It's time for yet another Last-Minute, Get-Val-Outta-The-States Sale!

It has been a while, hasn't it. I'll be booking a flight in a couple of hours, but I need the extra $200 to cover taxes. Its insane that taxes is nearly as much as the flight.. I suppose that because its so last minute.

In any case; this means EMERGENCY Art-Sale. I can do twenty $10 sketches... or something of that variety.

Color would be minimal. Traditional media only (meaning pencils, pens and whatever copics I can fit into the overhead) since I can do those on the road and when I get back for MangaNEXT.

If anyone is crazed enough to still want chibi's, I can work that but it'd have to wait till next month when I'm near my computer.

Pay Pal only, (to bhanesidhe @ ohshush . com) since time is of the essence. Any takers? Really, only have three hours to sort these finances out ^^;
( Slots Have All Been Filled. Thanks for the interest! )

Current Mood: chipper
Current Location: The Collective Unconscious
Current Music: Mirah - Person Person

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Con Anti-Harassment Project Launched.

Regrettably I'm a patient person. I take a lot of hits to the chin before I rant... and then I rant and rant and rant tirelessly until things are resolved. And honestly if I'm pushed to the point to ranting, dear world, you deserve what's coming.

But I realize now, I post more often the rants than the resolutions. So, concerning my previously ~~subject~~ rant, I'm (happily) obliged to report on Con Anti-Harassment Project!

This isn't to say 'oh, something is being done, so I can sit back and feel secure'. Exactly the opposite! Something is being done because we're doing it!

So, Go, Poke-Prod, Contribute, RePost. Inform the masses... thanks for reading and for the little peace of mind that's granted me. ^_^

Conventions can't completely eliminate harassment. They can be prepared to act upon it when it occurs, and send a clear message to harassers that they are not welcome.
read more : http://girl-wonder.org/girlsreadcomics/?p=208

Current Mood: indescribable
Current Location: The Collective Unconscious
Current Music: Sleater-Kinney - #1 Must Have

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"Zero tolerance for harassment or violence against attendees."

Comics oughta be fun. Comic book conventions ought to, as well. But as long as harassment goes on and there is no clear-cut official written rules on convention behavior and what to do in circumstances or physical or mental assault, our hobby runs the risk of alienating and endangering those within it.
By John DiBello, and crossposted from his friend Bully's own site:

( In My Own Experience... )

There has to be an even medium. Turning a blind-eye isn't an option...neither is going into a blind rage. This isn't a feminist thing, it's a humanist thing. Because we are human first. We should start acting like it. Cross Post. ReBlog. Do Something. please.

from http://girl-wonder.org/girlsreadcomics/?p=202

Current Mood: bouncy
Current Location: The Collective Unconscious
Current Music: Kasabian - By My Side

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MoCCA Art-festival & Orphans Works Act

As I replied elsewhere is a significantly less eloquent manner, this whole Orphan Works Act thingum has brings out the petty in me. Which is of course the best way to get me to produce works, piss me the fuck off and I'll create a world in which to martyr your kind.

Note the effort:

Portfolio fodder is hard and never fun, but like most vengeful, petty and utterly self-flagellatiing things, the end is ever so satisfying. ^_^

So, my response to (even the concept of) the act, Big Hideous watermarks on Everything. The End.

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Meanwhile: MoCCA Art-Festival is this weekend! ( Skip the Rigmarole: Times, Tables, etc. )
There's a handful of people here I know are going. I wonder how many others will be scuttling under my radar?

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Lastly: I want to do

nanomango soooo bad, it's shaming. I've just got this itch, to do everything and to Do It NOW! Maybe I'll just lose my mind before day's end, how neat would that be ^_^

- cross posted to

far_eviler

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Current Location: The Collective Unconscious
Current Music: Our Lady Peace - The Wonderful Future

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Steps 3.c, 2.c & 4, respectively.

Step 3.C] RE: Holiday Sale. If I haven't replied yet to your commission request or comment that does not mean I'm not doing. Quite the opposite actually, it took more time to write up the "No, I can't take on your work load and here's why" e-mails than I'd thought. You'll be hearing from me soon.
Just sort of wanted to clear up a thing that happens to be biting me on the ass lately. ( Read more )
Thank you kuchisake_onna for making such a lovely specimen with which to poke at.

Step 2.C] RE: 2008 Conventions. Every comment, e-mail and response was noted and it cleared up my head in a big way. I can't express my thanks enough, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, no really. Because now I can move onto bigger things.

Like the long awaited...

Step 4. I've been offered a show in LA. I'm to understand it's an infamous Comic Shop that hosts art shows for local artists year-round. A friend, whose cousin owns it, threw my name into the hat and I said yes. [My exact words were "oh, maybe. I don't know, uh, I can't think of--well, I'd like to but I don't have anything--can I get back to you-won't take no for an answer will you?"] There is a bit of contract signing and schedule okay-ing but I'm aiming for spring [preferably April] which gives me from now till then to put together something resembling productivity, creativity and sense. That's good, yeah? :D

As soon as I get confirmation from them I'll have things, like Dates, Times and Location but I'm playing it fairly close to the chest until then.

One major difficulty is wrapping my brain around setting up a gallery when I'm on the other side of the continent. But I'm a big picture girl, the rest will sort itself out...or I'll make an ass of myself, which I'm pretty fine with as well. This is pretty much why I solicited help from a faery, that and handholding.

If by some miracle this manages to work out the show will be dragged then to London, possibly August. And honestly, wherever else I wrangle an invite and a couch to sleep on.

Actually, I think the more difficult part is deciding what to put in it. I'm good with organizing galleries, mounting and transporting things, insurance and reassurances, but I've never been the ~~artist~~ victim in the hot-seat before. Heheh, oooh nerves, they're all tingly just thinking.

This leads to Step 5., no, not the tingling.

Current Mood: bouncy
Current Location: The Homestead
Current Music: Arlo Guthrie - Alice's Restaurant Massacree

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Steps 2.b & 3.b

Happy Thursday! . . . it is Thursday, right?

My house is a vortex of time-suckage so I'm not sure.

Just want to post about two quick things with regards to the master plan;

Step 2. Looks like MoCCA is much more a Go than I'd have thought. My dad is being amazingly encouraging and I want to see if I can strong-arm my cousin Ronnie' into showcasing art there, to validate the table size and price. Also, I'm now going to NY AnimeFestival. I wasn't before but then Jo Chen announced she was going and I had my credit card in my hand before the page was finished loading. :) I'm weak I know it, but I wouldn't have it any other way. It's good though I always feel a bit stupid to miss out on an event in my own backyard because I couldn't be bothered to get on the D-train. It's nice that East Coast is being rather kind to me lately...unlike the West Coast, who doesn't want to pick up the damned phone.

Step 3. Holiday Art-Sale! I wanted to add, if you want a product, like the Personalized Calendar I did last year, or Prints left over from cons previous, or even items on the CafePress store [before they get pulled down], feel free to ask. I'd be pleased as punch to share things and not just commissions. Fact is, ready made would probably be less stressful than newly made and holiday timely.

That's all for now, so back to the festivities. Funny hats, fancy drinks and Food Comas All Around!

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Current Location: The Homestead
Current Music: Avatar - Season 2 Finale

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Step 2.

2] Creating a Convention Schedule for 2008. <--I could use Friendly help with this one. POLL TIME!!

- In 2006 I managed 13 conventions in 12 months. My god, I wont EVER being doing that again.

- In 2007 I swore off conventions entirely from being burnt out. I did still attend a three but never the whole con; AnimeNEXT as a Food Runner, NYComicCon as a Booze Runner & Cookie Pusher and AnimeBoston doesn't exactly count, because while I managed to have a table I spent the whole convention napping under it feeling ill. And that's that.

- In 2008 I'd like to pick just three or four conventions to actually work [not just attend or booze/food run]. It would be ideal to have one per season, but winter is very difficult on my legs so travel is messy.

[Poll #1091911]

There are a couple of others not included because my interest wasn't exactly peaked; Big Apple Con, Dragon*Con, YaoiCon, NYComicCon. By that I mean I'd be willing to attend but not to work it, if cost weren't so high or I could share a table I might be persuaded. [Otakon is omitted because its shit.]

I don't need to go to cons but I like to. There is something of a community there that I've been without for a year now. My art has suffered for that, so I'd like for this "One Con a Season" scheme to work out, permanently. Just, you know, rotating conventions yearly so I can see more people, places and friends. Not to mention it's profitable with some effort put.

I'll post Step 3 later on tonight.

Current Mood: excited
Current Music: The Laws Have Changed - The New Pornographers

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Going off Radar

Alright then, since I'm about to disappear for the next 40-ish hours in preparation for the rest of April-related doom, I thought I should update beforehand instead of losing my mind trying to play catch up later this week when it would be entirely inconvenient to do so.

Wednesday - The perfect reason to dye my hair something silly and purchase and wear a stupid shirt. Just what I needed to shake the ghetto skank off my skin, yeah bitches XD Placebo @ Roseland

Thursday - While not my actual birthday there will be a party to celebrate the event. Incidentally, I will not be there as my Sibling Sister and Wife!J are hosting so I'll be home sitting with the childrens. But if you're up for it, you should go for two very good reasons; 1) rounds need to be had in my absence 2) funds go to pay for my nieces' education, etc.

~~Friday~~ - AnimeBoston or Bust! ^_^

Edits: Yes the Con is next week, yes, I'm an idiot for over-cramming shits into my April, no I haven't slept yet.

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Current Music: 'tis of Thee - Ani DiFranco

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and all before 9am...

A bit of Nay:

Otakon held my check because it was made out to "Val France". Of course, they didn't get a hold of me to let me know. And that information they make us artists fill out in duplicate; USELESS. I haven't been a victim of this level of dumdassery since high-school.

A bit of Yay:

SoCo's Voodoo Music Experience is back in New Orleans for the first time since Katrina. While this might be very random to you, it is very-very fuckin' YAY to me XD

Right now, I really just want to break some ~~faces~~ things, blow off the East Coast and live in the bayou. >_>

Current Mood: chipper
Current Location: half-passed a monkey's ass

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Conic Dreams

Woke up in a cold sweat just now, on account of said 'Nightmare';

confuzed!bhanesidhe: [on street corner]
suddenly!ali_wildgoose: *v. concerned* honey, what are you doing here? I thought you weren't coming to otakon.
shocked!bhanesidhe: *realizes Sidhe's standing in front of Otakon2007* OMG-NNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOEEEEESSSSSSSS! :O :O

Y-Con is this weekend. Have I mentioned how happy I am that I'm not going. Oh So Much.
Got a friendly table-invite for NYC Comic-Con. Am I considering this thing. Oh So Much.
Here's to stepping up in the world. Now to get off ass and be productive. Must find new pr0n resource...

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Current Music: Suicide City - Diemonds

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[Photo Filter] MangaNEXT 2006

( MANGANEXT 2006, 4pix )

Current Mood: chipper
Current Location: home <3
Current Music: Pearljam - Faithful

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Farewell & Goodnight, last one out turns out the light....

V. special thnx to

aegeus &

otemen
for going above and beyond the calls of companionable duties. <3

Before I sit down and write out a full-bitch rant about how Otakon is "teh suck-fest" of conventions [and this, right after I thought nothing could be worst than Yaoi-Con's utterly illogical/impractical set up] I wanted to thank friends and fans who showed up in spades despite bad weather and bad moods.

I really wanted to say goodbye to ota-things in style and while nothing went as planned, everything went down pretty much as expected.

The experience, while worthwhile, was you guys. It's all you baby, god love ya.

Current Mood: aggravated
Current Location: my sister's couch

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Weekend Re-Cap

Friday: So many kids, so much of the time. Overheating fries my blow dryer.
Saturday: aegeus, jlh and the adorable wordplay join us for the viewing of anime. Minutes before, overheating fries my TV.
Sunday: Brooklyn is achieved through no small feat. mr_cutiepants & akickinthehead are far too indulgent of too many kids. Masses of White Fudge Cookies and Cheese Taquitos. Overheating fries my brain.
Today/Tomorrow:Hibernation
Wed: Prints Getting, supply acquiring, hair dying, last chance for laundry.
Thursday: Otakon or Bust!

*People missing from the equation, should really try and reach me at the homestead. Because I'm all about the being fried and not having time for stuffs....