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Entries Tagged as 'June2007'
Amusement with Tokyopop
So, this will be amusing to maybe like 3 people out there. But that Tokyopop book that me and Mike worked on a few years ago is finally coming out with what we assumed to be all new art and an all new artist. Only the cover they used to solicit the book in Preview is not only the one Mike and me made but also lists, on that cover, that Mike is the artist on the book.
I’m assuming this is a mistake because we only drew 2 chapters and Mike isn’t listed as the artist in the write up. So yeah, this is sort of bait and switch and weird and stuff. Still, if they do use the cover that’s going to really suck for new artists. I mean, he doesn’t even get to make his own cover for the book he drew. =[
Anyway as far as we know and judging by the listing below the cover, the book shouldn’t have any comic pages by us inside it…
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Saiko and Lavender, The webcomic
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A list and Kitten!
Things I’ve done
Estimated Tax payments
Passport
HPV vaccine
Cobalt Flux
Health Insurance
Color correction
Kitten bite toy
We found a kitten outside our back door on Thursday. I think that his mom must have been moving him or being the stubborn butt that he is maybe he walked off. But anyway there he was meowing. I’m calling him “Maximum Bitey” or Max for short. He is really cute if bitey. So far he really doesn’t seem to sleep I’m sure he must but not when I’m watching. The vet says he’s 6-7 weeks old and thankfully gave me flea control stuff for him. I love it when fleas just die, that’s awesome. Here’s some photos:
Taking care of kitten is hard work and I worry too much. I need more sleep. Thankfully I’ve got him on food that doesn’t make him throw up and so far the only issue is the biting and me being tired. He likes to attack the bars of the cat carrier when I take him in the car like no cat I’ve had before. What are you going to do kitty against metal? Narrrrgh, he says.
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Things to do… Akon
Money suck:
San Diego Comic Con plane ticket
Cobalt Flux
Estimated tax payments
Printing for Anthro-con
Shipping
Work… or lack there of:
Color correction
Drawing new art
Coloring art
Stop sucking
Make a Comic Plan
Write comics
Layout layout layout comics
Sketch comics
A-kon is over and done with and after looking at the receipt books I’m thinking I might not go back. Well, at least not to sell things. I was briefly dismayed that not one thing I put in the art show got bids and then I realized that I haven’t been drawing fanart. So really, what was I thinking? I mean it is an anime con and I’m not making fanart? No wonder I didn’t really sell anything at the art show. Shrugs. I just haven’t been feeling the fanart in awhile and my art is far enough away from anime to not be in the style. Considers, I think I need to work on building up a larger base of people interested in my art. Which means I need to stop slacking so much and start making enough things, art, comics, bits so that people care about my characters and such.
I also need to stop touching my face. Gah, oily hands! Sits on hands to stop myself.
Sales have been declining at A-kon for me. Not sure if it’s any one thing that’s the cause. The crowd has changed so much over the years and I’ve changed as well. I don’t feel like doing the things I need to do to really sell stuff to the current market- fanart, anime portraits, prints and the like. Also I’d much rather walk around and talk to people, take photos of terrible hip hugger jeans and the skinny people that somehow look fat in them, and buy art from awesome artists. Which I can’t do manning a booth with only me working it. Randomly, don’t scritch me it’s weird and creepy. Sorry, but no.
I did find the love for my digital camera. I like taking photos of hot people in great clothing and real people in poor clothing choices. It makes my day to stealth photo weird lumps and boy hips created by awkwardly wrong sized hip huggers. Designers need to make better… ie. not shitty pants, again. Studies photos for drawing normal people. Oh my god, I didn’t know I was drawing folds so poorly. Examines clothing more.
The sad thing is that the fun parts of the con were the parts that weren’t me sitting behind a table and selling things. I usually do have fun doing that cause I love selling things but not his year. I would rather hanging out with artists and people I never get to see. Sadly, I couldn’t do that because I was stuck at the table. I should just drive up for the day with my friends and wander around the con and talk to people instead of trying to run a booth. Plans for next year.
I really want that metal DDR pad. Watching late night infomercials on crappy exercise machines makes me really want a working pad so I can dance like a monkey again. I killed my medium Red Octane pad awhile ago and miss the work out/video game/spastic flailing of it all. Sticker shock is the main issue since I have money for it stocked away. I should go ahead and get it I need the exercise.
