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Autumn Dream Awaits!! Update on Tables

Mon Oct 5, 2009, 2:36 PM
OK! I'm a little confused but I found out more information on the table thing. According to the Autumn Dream Forum, Autumn Dream Venue Info, The tables Jianre and I will be at are numbered 23-26 on this: Map of the Gardens. As far as I understand it. Artist Alley will be open from 10am to 7pm(to 5pm on Sunday).
Also I found out that the programs are not going to be available at the convention so if you want to know whats going on then you need to print out the program ahead of time. It's a 15 page long PDF and here is a link to Autumn Dream Program of 2009.
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The 9th to the 11th of October is *Jianre-M and my next convention(It was known as Ani-Magic before). We have 1/2 tables #17-20. if that means anything. I can't find a map of the room yet so we will see.
This Anime Convention is in Lancaster, California and it's the second time Jianre and I will have gone as artists. So I'm really excited.

That's about all for now but I'll update this journal when I get more info.

If you have any questions please comment or send me a note!

Marbles:
The pieces I make with these are the majority of my produced Jewelry. I or a customer picks a marble and wire to wrap it in so someone can wear it. To see some of the stuff I have made for people and myself take a look through my Marble Gallery.

Chain Link(Chainmaille):
One of my favorite mediums to experiment with; but also one of the most time consuming. My Chain Link Gallery is slowly growing as I try different things.

Feathers:
One of my experiments that has gotten a few double takes is my Feather Pendants. I made a gallery especially for them and hopefully that will get me to post the pix I have for it. Feather Arts


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Schedule for Conventions:
'09:
:phew: Anizona [Phoenix/AZ] (April 9-12 '09)
:phew: Fanime [San Jose/CA] (May 22-25 '09) - Artist Alley
:tears: A-Kon [Dallas/TX] (May 29-31 '09)
:phew: Califurr [Irvine/CA] (June 5-7 '09) - Dealer's Den
:phew: Anime Expo [LA/CA] (July 2-5 '09) - AA Table
:phew: Comic-Con [San Diego/CA] (July 23-26 '09) Art show table!!
:phew: Anime Festival Orlando [FL] (July 31 - August 2 '09) (AA table pending...)
:tears: San Japan [SAn Antonio/TX] (August 14-16 '09) decided not to go
:tears: Sac-Anime [Sacramento/CA] (August 28-30 '09) -no Artst Alley
:tears: AnimeFest [Dallas/TX] (September 4-7 '09)
:tears: Dragoncon [Atlanta/GA] (September 4-7 '09)
:tears: Nan Desu Kan [Denver/CO] (September 11-13 '09) Tables Sold Out
:excited: Autumn Dream(Ani-Magic) [Lancaster/CA] (October 16-18 '09)
:bulletpurple: Saboten-Con [Mesa/AZ] (October 30 - November 1 '09)
:bulletpurple: Pacific Media Expo [Monterey Park/CA] (November 6-8 '09)
'10:
:damphyr: Anime Los Angeles [CA] (January 8-10 '10)
:damphyr: Further Confusion [San Jose/CA] (January 21-25 '10)
:bulletpurple: Sakura-Con [Seattle/WA] (April 2-4 '10)

~Legend of Emotes~
:excited: = Got Badge and Table!!(or Other Exhibit for Art, or a Shared Table)
:bulletgreen: = Got Badge.
:bulletpurple: = Planning on attending.
:bulletblack: = I WANT to attend! but can't... so far
:tears: = Can't go or decided not to
:phew: = Con is done and went well!!
:damphyr: = Dreaming of the Future... :giggle:

  • Mood: Distracted
  • Listening to: the wind chimes outside my window
  • Reading: Autumn Dream Forum
  • Watching: Kekkaishi

The Sneakyness of Time

Sat Aug 22, 2009, 4:51 PM
I have to apologize. I have been neglecting my DA account lately.
My reasons are mainly frustration. I keep getting interrupted in the middle of whatever I'm doing and so it just piles up(and/or I forget something) So I'm sorry.

On to work!!

I never finished my post on Comic-Con '09 or AFO '09 (part of my frustration[I was in the middle of it 4 times before I let it go]). So I will put them here. Beware they make this journal long.

40th Comic-Con International in San Diego, CA

There were tons of things to do and *Jianre-M and I tried to do a lot of it. Blue/Green screen pictures were very popular this year at the booths. Some of the stuff we/I got:
:bulletgreen: A Yu-Gi-Oh token card with my picture on it(Green screen). It's an actual card but it's not part of your deck if you don't know about the game.
:bulletgreen: A picture with Jianre on the cover of the new Wii game for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles(Blue screen).
:bulletgreen: A picture with Ironman(Green screen). Though that one was sorta disappointing cause the lady taking the pictures squished me shorter on the final pic. I look all scrunched. :giggle: not that i'm not short enough as it is(5'3).
We also stopped by a couple of our fav online comic booths like the Keenspot booth where we talked to some of the writers and artists that are involved in 'Marry Me', 'Last Blood', 'Dreamless', 'No Need For Bushido', etc and the booth for Girl Genius. I think we even got a couple pictures in.
Jianre and I also stalked the Viz booth. Great people there! We were there everyday; at least 3 or 4 times. They had this claw machine that they stuffed with Naruto plushies. Umm... Naruto, Kakashi, Neji, Shikamaru, Gaara, and --- I think that was all. I could be missing one. :shrug:
But the second day we were in line to try to get a plushie and it came up to Jianre's turn. Now know that between the two of us we had tried this thing like 18 times over the two first days. She really wanted Kakashi, but only succeeded in putting him right out on top. Then it was my turn. I'm like 'this guys mine!!! HAHAHA!!' so I carefully position the claw and drop it. I got him!! it took him up and over the out bin and opened the claw but he didn't drop!!!!!!! Then it took him back out to the main bin and he fell back in. :tears:!! so not fair.
So the next day we were there again. Of course right? :)
Jianre did it again. Right out on top begging me to get him. 'This time, You are MINE' I spend my time wisely looking and positioning the claw and then I drop it..... and it brings up a Kakashi
And A NARUTO!!! People started to cheer but I put up my hands to stop them as cheering seems to make the plushies drop early. The claw hit the top, it moved over the drop bin, and they were IN!!! Then we all started cheering(and in my case jumping). And the Viz people were laughing and saying that it was karma or something. :rofl: It was really fun. Jianre and I decided to share both plushies. Right now she has the Naruto and I have the Kakashi.
But the last day was my favorite. I went to see the Aspen booth. I loved Michael Turner's stuff and followed it from when it was published by topcow(or was it Image?). It was horrible when he died. So since it was my first Comic-con I had to go say hi and maybe ask the people in the booth to sign a paper or something to commemorate. The people there were very nice and fun. I had several spazz attacks talking to the artists. They teased me mercilessly at times but it was great! :blushes:
I'll post up the pic of what I ended up with soon! Promise.

10th Anime Festival Orlando in Orlando, FL

So we get to Florida, and as were getting to our gate I look out the window and it's like GREEN and really landscapy in a way that you want to paint it type thing(I'm weird I know) and were then hit by the humidity. KA POW - Kitsune was there to pick us up and the hotel she got us was awesome. This is the first time I got to really speak to her and she was really interesting.

A little downside was discovered the next morning when Jianre was getting ready. Turns out that Southwest messed up some of her stuff. 9 or something of her Copic markers were dried out 'cause somehow the caps came off. The plastic case they were in was broken, the top shattered, and just to make it interesting all but one corner piece was missing. :shrug: Go figure. Also my necklace stand was cracked at the base and on one of the attachments. But what really disappointed me was that two rings to our button machine were gone. -totally. So even though we brought extra papers and pieces to make more we only had what was already made. So we lost money on that. Oh well. Over all we did really well. If this con had been a local one we would have made some but it was in Florida. So yeah. :giggle:

So we get there, find pre-registration, and there is a little problem finding our badges but they are promptly found and we get intro'd to the new Artist Alley organizer. We actually got a whole table together (right in front of the pre-reg window a little ways from the bulk of AA) and so set up our stuff. Originally I wasn't going to sell much of my stuff since my jewelry wasn't allowed; but after talking to the staff it turns out that I could sell it if I wanted. In the end I think our buttons really carried us in sales.

The staff at AFO are some of the most friendly people I have come in contact with. They even asked us if we wanted to put anything in the art show, which I did since I still had the displays from Comic-Con. They also checked up with us throughout the whole con to make sure everything was cool and to chat.

Jianre and I loved this convention. There was interesting panels (I attended a panel on Kimono and learned a lot about them. Such as the time frame = to what was used to make the Kimono and what techniques were used. Also the different types for male and female. Both Jianre and I was ecstatic that they had a good number of Fullmetal Alchemist voice actors there. She even drew a group shot of everyone attending AFO and got all the signatures to match!! It was awesome. I think the only things we bought was three of Vic Mignogna's CDs. He's really great and all three of us enjoyed his concert together. Vic's a character in more ways than one.

We both are really looking forward to going next year and hopefully we will be able to do better and still have the fun we did this year.


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Schedule for Conventions:
'09:
:phew: Anizona [Phoenix/AZ] (April 9-12 '09)
:phew: Fanime [San Jose/CA] (May 22-25 '09) - Artist Alley
:tears: A-Kon [Dallas/TX] (May 29-31 '09)
:phew: Califurr [Irvine/CA] (June 5-7 '09) - Dealer's Den
:phew: Anime Expo [LA/CA] (July 2-5 '09) - AA Table
:phew: Comic-Con [San Diego/CA] (July 23-26 '09) Art show table!!
:phew: Anime Festival Orlando [FL] (July 31 - August 2 '09) (AA table pending...)
:tears: San Japan [SAn Antonio/TX] (August 14-16 '09) decided not to go
:tears: Sac-Anime [Sacramento/CA] (August 28-30 '09) -no Artst Alley
:bulletpurple: AnimeFest [Dallas/TX] (September 4-7 '09)
:tears: Dragoncon [Atlanta/GA] (September 4-7 '09)
:tears: Nan Desu Kan [Denver/CO] (September 11-13 '09) Tables Sold Out
:bulletpurple: Autumn Dream(Ani-Magic) [Lancaster/CA] (October 16-18 '09)
:bulletpurple: Saboten-Con [Mesa/AZ] (October 30 - November 1 '09)
:bulletpurple: Pacific Media Expo [Monterey Park/CA] (November 6-8 '09)
'10:
:damphyr: Anime Los Angeles [CA] (January 8-10 '10)
:damphyr: Further Confusion [San Jose/CA] (January 21-25 '10)
:bulletpurple: Sakura-Con [Seattle/WA] (April 2-4 '10)

~Legend of Emotes~
:excited: = Got Badge and Table!!(or Other Exhibit for Art, or a Shared Table)
:bulletgreen: = Got Badge.
:bulletpurple: = Planning on attending.
:bulletblack: = I WANT to attend! but can't... so far
:tears: = Can't go or decided not to
:phew: = Con is done and went well!!
:damphyr: = Dreaming of the Future... :giggle:

  • Mood: Thanks
  • Listening to: Tsuke no le from Outlaw Star
  • Watching: Opening theme to Dissidia
  • Drinking: Water

Comic-Con and then Orlando!!

Wed Jul 29, 2009, 6:57 PM
Comic-Con was AWESOME!!! Tireing but very kewl. Both *Jianre-M and I had spaces in the Art Show (a table for me and a pegboard for Jianre). Which unfortuately didn't go so well. I sold 1 peice of jewelry and had a bid on another but no one came to pick it up. :shrugg:
Running around the con was exceptionally fun. I got a Yu-Gi-Oh token card with my picture on it. I got a picture with the TMNT. I also got a picture with Ironman.
My favorite thing to happen was I went to see the Apen booth. The people there were very nice and fun. I had several spazz attacks. :blushes:

Then we are going to Anime Festival Orlando. We have a half table cause of a communication error. But they wont allow any of my jewelry stuff since it's technically not anime related.

More later. -Food calls to me...

ChainLink(Chainmaille):
Comic Con got my butt moving so I will be posting some of the chain stuff I did for that right after I get back in state. If you would like to look at some of them go check out my Chain-Link Gallery. I've been doing alot with copper lately. Right this moment I'm actually working on a 4 row bracelet for an Ice Skating friend. Very time consuming but I love the results. I also finished the Autralian Jasper earring and necklace set I have been working on.

Marbles:
This is my main jewelry type that I make. I take a marble and wrap it in wire so someone can wear it. To see some of the stuff I have made for people and myself take a look through my Marble Gallery.

Feathers:
:pointr:Simply Done
:pointr:Swirl Feather
:pointr:Green Dream
With the event of Comic con I made more feathers. Now I need to take pictures and post them!!! the little details that kill you. I will probably be posting the five new ones after I get back from Anime Festival Orlando.

Chibi Charms:
*Jianre-M and I are still looking for characters to make charms of. All you need to do is suggest a character and if you can find a good reference picture, link it on that comment please. They are popular but we have a limited selection that I'd like to expand to cover a little more genres. For more detailed information Jianre's Journal on the Charms is up. If there is one on the list that you like alot tell us please! Any feed back is better than none.
Charms so far:
Final Fantasy 6
Locke Cole, Mog, Chocobo ...
Final Fantasy 7
Cloud, Tifa, Yuffie, Vincent, Cid, Sephiroth, Rufus, Reno, Rude, Tseng, Red XIII (Nanaki), Elena, Hojo, Aeris, Barrett, Marlene, Reeve, Yazoo, Zack, Loz, Kadaj, Angeal, Genesis, Cait Sith, JENOVA, Denzel, Bahamut, ...
Final Fantasy Tactics
Agrias, Cidolfus Orlandu, ...
Final Fantasy 10
Yuna, ...
Hellsing
Integra, Alucard, ...
On Jianre's Journal there is a list of the pending people if you want to take a look. Or just go to my previous journal. Thanks!!!
:floating:


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Schedule for Conventions:

:phew: Anizona [Phoenix/AZ] (April 9-12 '09)
:phew: Fanime [San Jose/CA] (May 22-25 '09) - Artist Alley
:tears: A-Kon [Dallas/TX] (May 29-31 '09)
:phew: Califurr [Irvine/CA] (June 5-7 '09) - Dealer's Den
:phew: Anime Expo [LA/CA] (July 2-5 '09) - AA Table
:phew: Comic-Con [San Diego/CA] (July 23-26 '09) Art show table!!
:excited: Anime Festival Orlando [FL] (July 31 - August 2 '09) (AA table pending...)
:tears: San Japan [SAn Antonio/TX] (August 14-16 '09) decided not to go
:bulletpurple: Sac-Anime [Sacramento/CA] (August 28-30 '09)
:bulletpurple: AnimeFest [Dallas/TX] (September 4-7 '09)
:tears: Dragoncon [Atlanta/GA] (September 4-7 '09)
:tears: Nan Desu Kan [Denver/CO] (September 11-13 '09) Tables Sold Out
:bulletpurple: Autumn Dream(Ani-Magic) [Lancaster/CA] (October 16-18 '09)
:bulletpurple: Saboten-Con [Mesa/AZ] (October 30 - November 1 '09)
:bulletpurple: Pacific Media Expo [Monterey Park/CA] (November 6-8 '09)
:damphyr: Anime Los Angeles [CA] (January 8-10 '10)
:damphyr: Further Confusion [San Jose/CA] (January 21-25 '10)
:damphyr: Sakura-Con [Seattle/WA] (April 2-4 '10)

~Legend of Emotes~
:excited: = Got Badge and Table!!(or Other Exhibit for Art, or a Shared Table)
:bulletgreen: = Got Badge.
:bulletpurple: = Planning on attending.
:bulletblack: = I WANT to attend! but can't... so far
:tears: = Can't go or decided not to
:phew: = Con is done and went well!!
:damphyr: = Dreaming of the Future... :giggle:

  • Mood: Relief
  • Eating: Need Food!!
  • Drinking: Lots of water its hot!

Next Up... Is Here... And AX '09 is Over >.<

Mon Jun 29, 2009, 10:24 PM
Anime Expo 2009 in LA, CA is the next convention I have on the list. I'm looking forward to it as the AA Tables are in the same hall as the dealers(only a curtain is separating us)!! So it should be wild this year.
Table assignment is Artist Alley Table C14 and *Jianre-M is C15. Please come and visit! I love to meet the people that I talk to online in person. :aww:

Day 0:
Wednesday, I and a friend went and picked up the groups badges. Took a while to do so but it was fun. Just for kicks I took some of the stuff(jewelry) I needed to take pix of did so while walking and waiting in line.

First Day:
It went well. The staff are really nice and helpful. Kinda slow but a good intro day and a lot of interest. People were really nice and *Jianre-M's buttons were selling well. We even had a surprise visit from a fellow artist from a former con come by. ~phatpandax3 had a table a couple isles over. It was great to see her. After AA closed and kicked us out :aww: we went to the Manga Cafe to kill some time. After that we caught the last hour of the Artist Alley Jam & Mixer for the artists to mingle without worrying over our tables. It was really random and interesting.

Second Day:
Do they every stop!!??? Wait that didn't come out right! I want the marble commissions, I love doing them but by the end of the day my hands really hurt. I made some nice pieces and they went over well with the people buying them. It was really funny trying to eat and make pendants at the same time.

Third Day:
A little more manageable but still having 4 back orders waiting for pendants was kinda stressing. I did it though and everyone got what they wanted.
Oh, Yeah. :giggle: I feel kinda bad but I was waiting out in front of West Hall when a girl in a loli-dress goes by and she has a frayed hem that was just trailing out behind her. The costumer in me keeled over at the site.(it really wasn't that bad it's just me.) I mentioned as such to *Jianre-M and she told me to go cut it off for her and handed me her scissors. I just jogged over, asked her to wait, and grabbed the thread and cut it off. At first she was like twisting around to see what I was doing but after she saw the clump of thread she thanked me. I apologized if I creeped her out and we both laughed as she walked away.
Well when I got to Jianre and my friends they were all cackling like mad. Turns out that when I kneeled down the girl and her friend had priceless faces. I can only imagine what they thought. So if they ever see this I apologize.

Fourth Day:
Things wound down but I sold a good amount this con. Thanks to all the people that visited my booth!!! It was awesome to meet people and make all the pretty sparkly stuff. ;p



New Things:
In the process of making sure I update regularly I'm roughly setting up a basic layout to my journals. Makes it easier to quickly write up the next one and so on. So I'm making this a 'new' catagory so to say.
I'm also thinking I may change this type of thing (ex. all the updates on upcomming stuff and my new products) to regular (means like once a month? what do you think?) News updates and have more stuff on my actual jewelry in my journals. Hmm... What do you think? Advise, help, demands?
ChainLink(Chainmaille):
This isn't new per say but it is the first time I'm mentioning it in my journals. I'm slowly getting more into the chain designs. If you would like to look at some of them go check out my Chain-Link Gallery. I've been doing alot with copper lately. Right this moment I'm actually working on a 4 row bracelet for an Ice Skating friend. Very time consuming but I love the results.

Marbles:
This is my main jewelry type that I make. I take a marble and wrap it in wire so someone can wear it. To see some of the stuff I have made for people and myself take a look through my Marble Gallery.

Feathers:
:pointr:Simply Done
:pointr:Swirl Feather
:pointr:Green Dream
These are the three feathers that I have made so far. Not many I apologize; I had meant to do more but I just seem to need space and time to get any done. Hopefully with almost a month in between our next con I will get my toosh in gear.

Chibi Charms:
*Jianre-M and I are still looking for characters to make charms of. All you need to do is suggest a character and if you can find a good reference picture, link it on that comment please. They are popular but we have a limited selection that I'd like to expand to cover a little more genres. For more detailed information Jianre's Journal on the Charms is up. If there is one on the list that you like alot tell us please! Any feed back is better than none.
Charms so far:
Final Fantasy 6
Locke Cole, Mog, Chocobo ...
Final Fantasy 7
Cloud, Tifa, Yuffie, Vincent, Cid, Sephiroth, Rufus, Reno, Rude, Tseng, Red XIII (Nanaki), Elena, Hojo, Aeris, Barrett, Marlene, Reeve, Yazoo, Zack, Loz, Kadaj, Angeal, Genesis, Cait Sith, JENOVA, Denzel, Bahamut, ...
Final Fantasy Tactics
Agrias, Cidolfus Orlandu, ...
Final Fantasy 10
Yuna, ...
Hellsing
Integra, Alucard, ...
On Jianre's Journal there is a list of the pending people if you want to take a look. Or just go to my previous journal. Thanks!!!
:floating:


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Next Kiriban is at 5,000 pageviews.
Remember to take a screenshot to prove it!!



Schedule for Conventions:

:phew: Anizona [Phoenix/AZ] (April 9-12 '09)
:phew: Fanime [San Jose/CA] (May 22-25 '09) - Artist Alley
:tears: A-Kon [Dallas/TX] (May 29-31 '09)
:phew: Califurr [Irvine/CA] (June 5-7 '09) - Dealer's Den
:phew: Anime Expo [LA/CA] (July 2-5 '09) - AA Table
:excited: Comic-Con [San Diego/CA] (July 23-26 '09) Art show table!!
:bulletgreen: Anime Festival Orlando [FL] (July 31 - August 2 '09) (AA table pending...)
:tears: San Japan [SAn Antonio/TX] (August 14-16 '09) decided not to go
:bulletpurple: Sac-Anime [Sacramento/CA] (August 28-30 '09)
:bulletpurple: AnimeFest [Dallas/TX] (September 4-7 '09)
:tears: Dragoncon [Atlanta/GA] (September 4-7 '09)
:tears: Nan Desu Kan [Denver/CO] (September 11-13 '09) Tables Sold Out
:bulletpurple: Autumn Dream(Ani-Magic) [Lancaster/CA] (October 16-18 '09)
:bulletpurple: Saboten-Con [Mesa/AZ] (October 30 - November 1 '09)
:bulletpurple: Pacific Media Expo [Monterey Park/CA] (November 6-8 '09)
:damphyr: Anime Los Angeles [CA] (January 8-10 '10)
:damphyr: Further Confusion [San Jose/CA] (January 21-25 '10)
:damphyr: Sakura-Con [Seattle/WA] (April 2-4 '10)

~Legend of Emotes~
:excited: = Got Badge and Table!!(or Other Exhibit for Art, or a Shared Table)
:bulletgreen: = Got Badge.
:bulletpurple: = Planning on attending.
:bulletblack: = I WANT to attend! but can't... so far
:tears: = Can't go or decided not to
:phew: = Con is done and went well!!
:damphyr: = Dreaming of the Future... :giggle:

  • Mood: Optimism
  • Listening to: Final Fantasy S Generation - The Oath
  • Watching: Two little cockatiel chicks get fed
  • Drinking: Lots of water its hot!

Update 4 Past Cons and Stuff

Thu Jun 11, 2009, 1:14 PM
Many thanks go out to the people that came by my booth! Many were very interesting to talk with and share my love of wirewrap.
I've been lax in my posting of info on conventions. So here it is:

Fanime:
WAS HUGE!!!! The artist alley was very big. The tables were the typical size but the walk way in between was very wide. That gave lots of room for people to meander and see the booths from a distance if needed.
There was also numerous people populating the con. Very colorful cosplayers and even some original characters. I should have taken a picture.
I think the only thing that didn't go smoothly was our set up the first day. *Jianre-M and I had stayed up later the night before to make up some of the stock we had neglected. The next morning the fruits of our labor hindered us as we all got up about an hour later than we had planned. :blushes: We got our stuff and headed out but when we got to the con the line was super long to register so that took some time(The staff were really helpful as we had many bags) and directed us to the AA hall. There was also a line there. Unfortunately there was only an hour directed to setup before the doors were opened to the public so we were still in line when they came streaming past us. But we got our table assignments and set up slowly as people came to see what we had. So it worked out in the end.
Oh!!! *Jianre-M and I didn't get a table stalker this con! :giggle:
Though we did have a protest outside by a christian group that decided that since there were scantly clad women and it was anime, that we were all sinning. So they protested us being there and the con goers decided to protest back by singing the 'Numa Numa' song at them.
As we left the convention each day there was a group of dancers in the entrance hall that would bring a boom box to dance to. Mostly break dancing. It was very interesting to watch as we waited for our ride the come and get us. One of those days there was a bigger group than usual, all guys taking turns and showing off to a group of Sailor Scout cosplayers. One of them (the guys) did a move right in front of the SailorMoon girl; SailorJupiter nudged her but Moon shook her head. The same guy danced some more and Jupiter nudged her again as he was finishing. Then Moon threw up her hands and took the floor. She was really good and all the guys were pointing and stareing. They started to cheer her on but it was really funny.
It was a very interesting con and I plan to go back next year.

Califur:
Was very fun! I enjoy going to Califur because of the feel of a furry con is so much different than the feel to an anime con. People are there to have fun and share our love of furry and fuzzy creatures. Anime cons have a more frenzied feel to the environment as people try to get places and see everything. I don't know how to really explain it. Anime cons are fun too just in a different way I guess.
Anyway this con was *Jianre-M and my first time as returning artists. We also moved from the artist alley to the dealer's den. Totally worth it. Sadly I didn't do so well in sales but *Jianre-M went to town with commissions. I had a blast making stuff and talking to my fellow furrys though.
One of the items I sold made me very happy though. Some of my Stone Scrunchies finally found people to adorn.
I also wrapped some different pendants. Ex. I had a glass snake that I have been having a hard time wrapping that some one found and wanted wrapped. I was also approached by a gentleman that had a piece of meteorite that he wanted me to do a simple wirewrap into a pendant. Unfortunately that one I forgot to get a picture of.
This con always has a very relaxed and sociable effect and I will be going to it next year as well.

Feathers:
:pointr:Simply Done
:pointr:Swirl Feather
:pointr:Green Dream
These are the three feathers that I have made so far. Not many I apologize; I had meant to do more but I just seem to need space and time to get any done. Hopefully with almost a month in between our next con I will get my toosh in gear.

Chibi Charms:
*Jianre-M and I are still looking for characters to make charms of. All you need to do is suggest a character and if you can find a good reference picture, link it on that comment please. They are popular but we have a smaller selection than I like. For more detailed information Jianre's Journal on the Charms is up. If there is one on the list that you like alot tell us please! Any feed back is better than none.
Charms so far:
Final Fantasy 6
Locke Cole, Mog, Chocobo ...
Final Fantasy 7
Cloud, Tifa, Yuffie, Vincent, Cid, Sephiroth, Rufus, Reno, Rude, Tseng, Red XIII (Nanaki), Elena, Hojo, Aeris, Barrett, Marlene, Reeve, Yazoo, Zack, Loz, Kadaj, Angeal, Genesis, Cait Sith, JENOVA, Denzel, Bahamut, ...
Final Fantasy Tactics
Agrias, Cidolfus Orlandu, ...
Final Fantasy 10
Yuna, ...
Hellsing
Integra, Alucard, ...
Suggestions so far:
Link (LoZ-OoT) - Inked
Princess Zelda (LoZ-OoT) - Inked
Princess Ruto (LoZ-OoT) - Inked
Sheik (LoZ-OoT) - Inked
Wolf Link (LoZ-TP) - Inked
Saria (LoZ-OoT) - Inked
Malon (LoZ-OoT) - Inked
Darunia (LoZ-OoT) - Inked
Amaterasu (Okami) - Inked
Midna (LoZ-TP) - Inked
Mario (Mario Bros.) - Inked
Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto) - Inked
Hinata Hyuuga (Naruto) - Inked
Byakuya Kuchiki (BLEACH) - Sketched
Solid Snake (MGS)
Ritsuka Aoyagi (Loveless)
Soubi Agatsuma (Loveless)
Tonberry (Final Fantasy)
Cactaur (Final Fantasy)
Kenshin Himura (Ruroni Kenshin)
Faye Valentine (Cowboy Bebop)
Lelouch (Code Geass)
L / Ryuzaki (Death Note)
Light Yagami (Death Note)
Yugi (Yu-Gi-Oh)
Bakura (Yu-Gi-Oh)
Tsuzuki (Yami no Matsuei / Descendants of Darkness)
Hisoka (Yami no Matsuei / Descendants of Darkness)
Muraki (Yami no Matsuei / Descendants of Darkness)
KOSMOS (Xenosaga)
chaos (Xenosaga)
Chii (Chobits)
Roy Mustang (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Alphonse Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Pip Bernadette (Hellsing)
Seras Victoria (Hellsing)
Buttercup (The Princess Bride)
Wesley/Dread Pirate Roberts (The Princess Bride)
Inigo Montoya (The Princess Bride)
Fezzik (The Princess Bride)
Charlie (Charlie the Unicorn)
Blue Unicorn (Charlie the Unicorn)
Pink Unicorn (Charlie the Unicorn)
Ganon (LOZ)
Epona (LOZ)
Dark Link (LOZ)
Navi (LOZ)
Luigi (Mario)
Bowser (Mario)
Princess Peach (Mario)
Toad (Mario)
Samus (Metroid)
Baby Metroid (Metroid)
Companion Cube (Portal)
Gordon Freeman (Half Life)
"Dog" (Half life 2)
Master Chief (Halo)
The Arbiter (Halo 2)
Cissnei (FF7)


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Schedule for Conventions:

:phew: Anizona [Phoenix/AZ] (April 9-12 '09)
:phew: Fanime [San Jose/CA] (May 22-25 '09) - Artist Alley
:tears: A-Kon [Dallas/TX] (May 29-31 '09)
:phew: Califurr [Irvine/CA] (June 5-7 '09) - Dealer's Den
:excited: Anime Expo [LA/CA] (July 2-5 '09) - AA Table
:bulletgreen: Comic-Con [San Diego/CA] (July 23-26 '09) (haven't heard if they accepted app. 4 art show table)
:bulletgreen: Anime Festival Orlando [FL] (July 31 - August 2 '09) (AA table pending...)
:bulletblack: San Japan [SAn Antonio/TX] (August 14-16 '09)
:bulletpurple: Sac-Anime [Sacramento/CA] (August 28-30 '09)
:bulletpurple: AnimeFest [Dallas/TX] (September 4-7 '09)
:tears: Dragoncon [Atlanta/GA] (September 4-7 '09)
:bulletpurple: Nan Desu Kan [Denver/CO] (September 11-13 '09)
:bulletpurple: Autumn Dream(Ani-Magic) [Lancaster/CA] (October 16-18 '09)
:bulletpurple: Saboten-Con [Mesa/AZ] (October 30 - November 1 '09)
:bulletpurple: Pacific Media Expo [Monterey Park/CA] (November 6-8 '09)
:damphyr: Anime Los Angeles [CA] (January 8-10 '10)
:damphyr: Further Confusion [San Jose/CA] (January 21-25 '10)
:damphyr: Sakura-Con [Seattle/WA] (April 2-4 '10)

~Legend of Emotes~
:excited: = Got Badge and Table!!(or Other Exhibit for Art, or a Shared Table)
:bulletgreen: = Got Badge.
:bulletpurple: = Planning on attending if possible.
:bulletblack: = I WANT to attend! but can't... so far
:tears: = Can't go or decided not to
:phew: = Con is done and went well!!
:damphyr: = Dreaming of the Future... :giggle:

  • Mood: Optimism
  • Listening to: Gundam: Operation songs
  • Reading: Fanfiction: Imperceptible by Forthright
  • Eating: Home made chocolate chip cookies
  • Drinking: What else? Milk!!

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