Furpocalypse #1 Con-Report!
11 years ago
About danged time I did this!
First of all, much thanks to
daemionfox and
darc, without whom I'd've not been able to attend
Furpocalypse.
So holy crap the weekend was pretty intense. Lets break it down.
Thursday:
Arrived, checked in (first time I've ever booked a room for myself too), caught up with the generous and awesome
baronvonjackal and
julysporkyfox. Fruit was exchanged and car adventures for Pumpkin Brews were had. Much delicious was shared! (Yay jelly drinks! Ramune! Jelly tubes!)
Managed to find
Keedot,and we got into the Pre-Reg/Dealer line for our badges... and if I haven't already said this, they're a totally awesome artist (also tiny and a sweety) and you should check them out. Thanks for being my table-friend! :D
I don't think anyone noticed I was dressed as the personification of a Pumpkin Spice Latte. CURSE MY LACK OF UGG BOOTS! That would've brought the whole thing together.
Friday:
GO TIME!
Except I was an hour late getting into the den because i accidentally grabbed the wrong shade of dark eye-shadow and had to start over... on the other hand I think the result was appropriately Halloweeny, so worth it.... thoguh I'm sorry to everyone I kept waiting!
Got a bushel of commissions, which i took longer to finish than planned. Many many thanks to
spotweld and
tabbiewolf for supplying me with a huge box of inspiration which I'm nowhere near emptying. XD
The Newcastle Werewolf Ale was a nifty drink, saving the rest to share with some friends over Christmas or New Years.: U
After many hours I managed to finally say hello to
gideon, who was on the other side of me the entire time.XD
There was a
maxblackrabbit shaped hole throughout the entire convention though; we missed you Max!
I believe this was the day i bought some stuff from the Dealer behind me, whose name I can't recall and who i kept forgetting because they changed shirts and had a hat at one point, i think. I am sorry I am bad at remembering faces. D8
Maverikat dropped by to give me 2 artists worth of commissions; thanks man! I'll... finish them as quickly as I can.<X D
Did my ritual of running over to
hopefulmonsterstudios and
sciggles table to see if new wyrms were out. I pretty much did all my Christmas Shopping at their table over the weekend. ^.^;
I also picked up the adorable Leafcrawler-mini I won on the Wyrm Forum. He kept my neck nice and warm. ^.^
The Sponsor/Dealer/Staff buffet was excellent and i do believe I ended up sitting witht he majority of asians (and half asians) at the convention. XD
Apparently we just have a natural instinct to congregate.
Struggled with some inking. I guess the image I was working on was more detailed than I wanted to acknowledge.<X P
I defeated it eventually.
The day was crazy busy, whew.
Special thanks to baronvonjackal and julysporkyfox for helping me with a Pharmacy run, twice! And another Pumpkin Brew pickup, because i wanted to grab something I forgot the previous run.
I like to think my attempts at dressing like some kind of witch or overachieving never-been-a-goth-before was successful. Even if i was terrified of trying to cross the road while dressed almost completely in black, after sunset. o.o;;
Saturday:
I made it on time! And then had to turn around and walk right back out because the Fire Alarm went off and I was not dressed as warm as i could've been (Thursday was deceptively warm). Sounds like there has been a bit if grease-smoke in the kitchen and it was sorted out nice and quickly AND the Den was scheduled an extra hour, which was awesome.
Received more commissions from awesome folks, I even finished a bunch of Express ones, which I forgot to take pictures of, it seems. Whoops. Hope some of y'all can send me photos or scans!: )
Art continued to go really slow, and I have no idea why.
Many thanks again to baronvonjackal and julysporkyfox without whom I'd've not had any solid dinner or breakfast the next day.
Completely botched my Fake-Geek-Girl costume tho. Kept forgetting to be egregiously unpop-culture savvy. I had a whole bunch of misquotes and mix-ups planned too!
Sunday:
Nuuu, the final day of the convention! Checked out nice and early and hauled all my stuff to the Dealer's Dungeon.
And I'll admit Sunday was kind of a blur, I was way more scatter-brained than I'd've liked. I know I ended up not finishing a lot of things like I planned, even some express stuff, and I'm sorry about that. Been juggling convention homework with other stuff i owed, but I'm getting stuff done steadily, i like to think.
Keedot's candy bowl was finally emptied, my phone inexplicably stopped making noises for several hours despite being fully charged and at full volume. It started to work again when it really mattered.
My costume for the day was "Professional Adult". Almost nailed it. Almost.
But yes, all in all Furpocalypse was a lot of fun and I'm sure I'm leaving out the actual fun parts and missing naming several names; but everyone who stopped by the table, commissioned, chatted or took a business card, +Watched me on FA or Twitter, etc etc, thank you so much, you helped make the convention great! (I'd love to go again next year if my situation and schedule allows it!)
Will be bringing some fo the cleaner commissions with me when i go to visit my mum for 2 weeks, tomorrow. Got a long international flight so maybe I can work on some stuff then too.
I'll be uploading more convention related art when i get back, so, see y'all in a little over 2 weeks!
In the meantime, DESERT BUS FOR HOPE has started today, so, fill your weekend with it because I likely won't be able to, unless the flights have online internet and power for my borrowed Netbook. x.x;
http://www.desertbus.org/ *donates not as much as she hoped she would this year* Hahahaaaa most of my cash isn't digital right now. ^.^;
First of all, much thanks to
daemionfox and
darc, without whom I'd've not been able to attend
Furpocalypse.So holy crap the weekend was pretty intense. Lets break it down.
Thursday:
Arrived, checked in (first time I've ever booked a room for myself too), caught up with the generous and awesome
baronvonjackal and
julysporkyfox. Fruit was exchanged and car adventures for Pumpkin Brews were had. Much delicious was shared! (Yay jelly drinks! Ramune! Jelly tubes!)Managed to find
Keedot,and we got into the Pre-Reg/Dealer line for our badges... and if I haven't already said this, they're a totally awesome artist (also tiny and a sweety) and you should check them out. Thanks for being my table-friend! :DI don't think anyone noticed I was dressed as the personification of a Pumpkin Spice Latte. CURSE MY LACK OF UGG BOOTS! That would've brought the whole thing together.
Friday:
GO TIME!
Except I was an hour late getting into the den because i accidentally grabbed the wrong shade of dark eye-shadow and had to start over... on the other hand I think the result was appropriately Halloweeny, so worth it.... thoguh I'm sorry to everyone I kept waiting!
Got a bushel of commissions, which i took longer to finish than planned. Many many thanks to
spotweld and
tabbiewolf for supplying me with a huge box of inspiration which I'm nowhere near emptying. XDThe Newcastle Werewolf Ale was a nifty drink, saving the rest to share with some friends over Christmas or New Years.: U
After many hours I managed to finally say hello to
gideon, who was on the other side of me the entire time.XDThere was a
maxblackrabbit shaped hole throughout the entire convention though; we missed you Max!I believe this was the day i bought some stuff from the Dealer behind me, whose name I can't recall and who i kept forgetting because they changed shirts and had a hat at one point, i think. I am sorry I am bad at remembering faces. D8
Maverikat dropped by to give me 2 artists worth of commissions; thanks man! I'll... finish them as quickly as I can.<X DDid my ritual of running over to
hopefulmonsterstudios and
sciggles table to see if new wyrms were out. I pretty much did all my Christmas Shopping at their table over the weekend. ^.^;I also picked up the adorable Leafcrawler-mini I won on the Wyrm Forum. He kept my neck nice and warm. ^.^
The Sponsor/Dealer/Staff buffet was excellent and i do believe I ended up sitting witht he majority of asians (and half asians) at the convention. XD
Apparently we just have a natural instinct to congregate.
Struggled with some inking. I guess the image I was working on was more detailed than I wanted to acknowledge.<X P
I defeated it eventually.
The day was crazy busy, whew.
Special thanks to baronvonjackal and julysporkyfox for helping me with a Pharmacy run, twice! And another Pumpkin Brew pickup, because i wanted to grab something I forgot the previous run.
I like to think my attempts at dressing like some kind of witch or overachieving never-been-a-goth-before was successful. Even if i was terrified of trying to cross the road while dressed almost completely in black, after sunset. o.o;;
Saturday:
I made it on time! And then had to turn around and walk right back out because the Fire Alarm went off and I was not dressed as warm as i could've been (Thursday was deceptively warm). Sounds like there has been a bit if grease-smoke in the kitchen and it was sorted out nice and quickly AND the Den was scheduled an extra hour, which was awesome.
Received more commissions from awesome folks, I even finished a bunch of Express ones, which I forgot to take pictures of, it seems. Whoops. Hope some of y'all can send me photos or scans!: )
Art continued to go really slow, and I have no idea why.
Many thanks again to baronvonjackal and julysporkyfox without whom I'd've not had any solid dinner or breakfast the next day.
Completely botched my Fake-Geek-Girl costume tho. Kept forgetting to be egregiously unpop-culture savvy. I had a whole bunch of misquotes and mix-ups planned too!
Sunday:
Nuuu, the final day of the convention! Checked out nice and early and hauled all my stuff to the Dealer's Dungeon.
And I'll admit Sunday was kind of a blur, I was way more scatter-brained than I'd've liked. I know I ended up not finishing a lot of things like I planned, even some express stuff, and I'm sorry about that. Been juggling convention homework with other stuff i owed, but I'm getting stuff done steadily, i like to think.
Keedot's candy bowl was finally emptied, my phone inexplicably stopped making noises for several hours despite being fully charged and at full volume. It started to work again when it really mattered.
My costume for the day was "Professional Adult". Almost nailed it. Almost.
But yes, all in all Furpocalypse was a lot of fun and I'm sure I'm leaving out the actual fun parts and missing naming several names; but everyone who stopped by the table, commissioned, chatted or took a business card, +Watched me on FA or Twitter, etc etc, thank you so much, you helped make the convention great! (I'd love to go again next year if my situation and schedule allows it!)
Will be bringing some fo the cleaner commissions with me when i go to visit my mum for 2 weeks, tomorrow. Got a long international flight so maybe I can work on some stuff then too.
I'll be uploading more convention related art when i get back, so, see y'all in a little over 2 weeks!
In the meantime, DESERT BUS FOR HOPE has started today, so, fill your weekend with it because I likely won't be able to, unless the flights have online internet and power for my borrowed Netbook. x.x;
http://www.desertbus.org/ *donates not as much as she hoped she would this year* Hahahaaaa most of my cash isn't digital right now. ^.^;
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I'll admit, I almost started raging she the fire alarm went off, but they really did handle it well. Also good to know it wasn't a con goer. XP
I also have to say, that for a first-year con, the staff really handled things well. We loved the plastic badges and the custom hotel room keys and stuff. There weren't any issues aside from the fire alarm thing, either, as far as I know. We both thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, and we're really looking forward to next year!
Have a safe and good trip, too!
I have a lot more stuff left here to sort out than I thought but I expect to ease up in the evenings and work on art.: )
I guess there IS a vacation element to this trip. I keep forgetting what travelling to relax is like.XP