B33: INTERIM ODYSSEY

What's helped me get through the long days & nights on the road & in the air? Etrian Odyssey III! Easily the best in the series, I think.

@JohnnyLamonte:
New York Comic Con & Wizard World New England were fun shows, despite a lot of minor irritations. The crowd at NYCC was ABYSSMAL. Even on a Sunday, you had to bump and shove a lot of people to get around. NYC itself is my playground, and any excuse to walk the streets from sun-up till 2 in the morning is a good one.
Wizard World New England was a first-time outing, so I was kinda shell shocked after such a blizzard of people to have practically no major crowds. Having President Obama next door for a Democratic rally might have dinged the crowds some too. But, like NYC, I like spending time in the greater Boston area with the locals. That's what it's all about, really.

B32: NEW YORK TO BOSTON

This week, a roundup of the past two weeks worth of insanity at New York Comic Con/Anime Festival (back in October 8th-10th) and Wizard World New England (October 15th-17th.)
First up, Tess and Tara from WWNE! Not bad for a first outing -- the convention, I mean!

B31: BLOODY MEMORY

Been feeling out of sorts for awhile now. This oughta straighten things out.

B30: SETTING A NEW TONE

Tess, with a nice halftone coating. Judging from this and the previous R-Type pic, I have a completely simple and reliable toning method now. NOW, I'm excited!!!
(Hahah, hasty comment entry at the last possible moment at work. ERASED.)

B29: THAT FELT GOOD, DIDN'T IT?

Just making sure Juri's on all my blogs.

B28: ADDENDUM

(And yet, I don't quite think I'm using the word "Addendum" like it's supposed to be used... ah, well.)

TEXT ALERT: This is a checklist/reminder/self-admonishment of what's on my desk currently, what's due and where I'm going in the next few months.

[WORK DUE]
-12 page comic, "Clockwork Loveletter" -- all pages pencilled, dialogue entered, just have to polish the SOB off. Over a month overdue.

-Undisclosed design work for a alpha-build of a video game. Very telling, isn't it?
Deadlines keep coming in weekly since about August 1st.

-Promo art for upcoming convention, "Nekocon". So far, no follow-up notices or threats of street-beatings so far.

[WORK ON TAP]
-Awaiting proposal for another design assignment. Equally vague. More on this later.

-"The Demon Mages #3", 32 pages. Long view says end-of-the-year, start of 2011 for release. I don't like that it's so far down this list though.

[NEXT STOP]
-New York Comic Con/Anime Festival: a personal trip, looking foward to seeing a few key creators there, and doing Demon Mages business with AVPress editors.

-New England Comic Con: a full out Angry Viking Press showing to close out 2010.
Question right now is... how to get there?

-Nekocon: Lots of N's, huh? THE LAST CONVENTION I ATTEND AS A PAYING ATTENDEE. It's been 12 years. Time to retire the 300$ tab each time I go to these things. Starting in 2011, if anyone asks if I'm going to (X) con -- instead talk to a guest relations rep and recommend me as a guest. I'm alarmingly cheap.

-Comic Market 79: It's on the books, there's a lot of people who are wanting to meet me on the other side. But money right now is terrifyingly short. SO. I'm taking donations. Details on the "how" coming soon, but even a PENNY put to this cause is a PENNY closer to getting there. I'll have an offer up soon as well to make it worth people's while.

B27: R-9R SLEEPLESS NIGHT

This made the rounds on my DA page and Pixiv BEFORE getting here!? Craziness.

What's good though is that I found an easy way of achieving the tones I want -- or at least, something close to it. Soon as I figure out how to get bigger dots at the sharpness I'm looking for, it'll all fall into place. For now, it's just about getting things consistent. Onward!