I think it'll be interesting to just bump into ya. Hopefully I can make it by there.

Indeed!

Rock! I'm very interested to see your painting process, so I definitely won't be missing this panel. c:

Sweet ^_^ Nice to know there'll be at least two of us there, haha.

aww that sounds pretty awesome. Never been to a con, alas.. Would like to soon. Watching you art would be pretty darn sweet.

They can be fun, in an insane-o kind of way. If there's one in your general area, you might check it out ^_^

Im in oklahoma, and all we get is Oklacon. I wanna try that when it comes back around. Never actually met other furries irl, so it might be fun. All the big ones tho, all seem to be in places like NewYork, Callifornia, or Chicago; three places ive never been anywhere near. Ah well, im young. Save some money, and it could happen. Hope it all goes well for you tho! ^^

Thanks! And honestly, starting small probably isn't a bad idea... I've attended some of the bigger ones in the past because I just happened to live really close by, and they're quite a spectacle, but there are as many disadvantages to having that many people there as there are advantages. A smaller con could make for a much more mellow experience, I don't know ^_^

Hmm.. Thanks, Kamui. Ill keep that in mind. ^^

I'd love to see you go over your brush settings and presets and tablet settings.

Good call! I'll be sure to add that to the list.

Maaaan are you going to record it? It'd be awesome to see this

haha yeah agreed

MAYBE YOU SHOULD GET ONE OF YOUR ROOMMATES TO RECORD IT, KAMUI

I think I'd go with a screencast, so you could see what I was working on clearly, rather than a handicam shot of me sitting under some projector show ^_^

Because, frankly, if somebody would rather spend two hours watching me than the demonstration, I probably don't want them to know what I look like, haha <3

haha oh right I forgot you could do that ;o

technology'd

I've been thinking about how best to do that, yeah. Being that it's like 2 hours long, it seems like the two options are to either condense it to like 15 minutes and have it zoom along at 8x speed on YouTube, or to keep it at original length hopefully with the voice-over intact (or a redub, I suppose) so people get more than just a flying cursor and menus scrolling past at hyper speed. Maybe try to make a DVD of it and sell it on the cheap through someplace that had the infrastructure to crank out copies and ship them to folks all over in a timely manner?

Possibly! I like the word "free" though. Anything with "free" instantly makes it the best option in my book. Maybe you could do both!

Hehe, duly noted ^_^

I lovr you.

and I'm freaking drunk on 50% peppermint schapps. How does that even exits???


MERRY CHRISTAMASS!!

Haha, you goofball <3

I can't imagine getting drunk just on peppermint schnapps. That's...that's kind of gross @_@

Was it like, "I was drinking spiked cocoa to mellow out and all of a sudden I'm laced!" or was just like grab the bottle, glug glug glug?

But then again, I'm totally an old man in my drinking. I'll drink wine, or I'll drink gin. Those fancy flavored drinks you young people enjoy are just beyond me ^_^

And Merry Christmas back!

oh dude, don't lump me in with those frilly drinkers. I'll have none of it!

I'm primarily a (good) beer man. And I'm actually happily shocked to hear you're a fan of gin! I thought I was alone in appreciating that beverage amongst our age group. It's a Christmas miracle!

Coming from a relatively conservative religious home, this is the first Christmas my 3 siblings are drink-worthy. So, to be festive we got some Rumple Minz with the intent to mix with hot cocoa, but soon started playing card games and instigated a winner-takes-a-shot mandate. I took second place

Haha, fair enough.

I like me a good beer all right, but it's a rare night I'd choose beer over wine. Some people insist it's because I just haven't met the right beer yet, but I've heard that argument elsewhere before ^_^ I like a nice oaty ale. Belgian whites are nice. If it's lager, it pretty much has to be Japanese for me. Something really hoppy and crisp and not bitter.

And yeah, I don't know many younger folks who pick gin over vodka for their liquor needs. I just don't really get the point of a drink that's shooting for "colorless, odorless, flavorless" as its ultimate goal. I like the juniper and the other flavors you get in gin. Then again, I love the way pine trees smell, and I'm a total rosemary addict, so that's not much of a surprise.

And it's nice to hear of a card game with drinking rules that penalize the winner and not the loser. That's very democratic of you.

In soviet russia, game wins you! Hah, what's the deal with penalizing the looser anyway? Wouldn't it be more fun and more of a challenge to level the playing field? I don't get the greater social majority sometimes :P

Interesting point in highlighting the quest for a non-noticeable beverage as a flawed goal. Speaking of gin, I'll have to share/make for you one of my favorite tiki drinks utilizing that component.

Turns out I probably will be not only making it to FC, but I'll make it a point to attend your panel Sunday! Thank god you got that slot...

Wanna make plans to meet for a meal or drink sometime Sat or Sun?

I don't think I get the greater social majority most of the time, but then again, consult your browser's current URL bar. Haha, room to call other people weird: ZERO.

And I'm always up for trying new drinks, although when I hear "tiki drinks," I tend to think of sweet, fruity stuff. Not necessarily a deal-breaker (I like me a Ramos fizz, and those are both sweet and fruity), but I generally drink gin over rum or vodka because I got burned out on super-fruity cocktails in college. As often as not, I'll just have it straight in a martini ^_^

Good to hear that you'll make the panel - hopefully you'll find it interesting! And while my dining plans kind of hinge around my roommates' schedules, I can at least guarantee that I'll have time (and need) for a drink. While it sounds great in the abstract, I'm sure sitting down in a room (hopefully) full of people all staring at me and waiting for me to paint something that doesn't suck in under 2 hours will be a little nerve-wracking in the execution ^_^

Then it will be absolutely mandatory that we have a drink prior to your panel! Well, you're also a cutey mcputy so it doesn't really matter what you say or do, furs will enjoy it nevertheless ;)

There's gotta be a bar at the hotel, right? You down for meeting there an hour before the panel? At 8pm

Oh, and as your actions are largely determined by your roommate, so mine are by this fellow: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/greytheskunk/ He's a long time friend who's over abundance of hospitality allows me to have a place to sleep and transportation, so we'll probably be a duo most/all of the time ;)

Mmmm hm. I'll bet you say that to all the boys.

There's totally a bar there at the hotel, and I am provisionally totally down for a pre-panel drink there. I tend to hang around the bar most of the time anyway (haha, I sound like a total lush...), so chances are good that if I'm around, I'll be in that general area.

We can coordinate in a bit more detail as things get closer, hm? ^_^

you better wear a cool band shirt and REPRESENT <3

Child, this is going down in January. I'm going to be bundled up ^_^

Hehe, plus I'll probably be too busy dressing up like a dandy <3

I'll probably have music going, though, just because I don't know that I'll be able to stay awake/focused/not incredibly nervous sitting in a room with however many people watching my every move in total silence...