So this weekend I attended my very first Furry Convention in Addison, TX, Furry Fiesta. I can happily say that it was a total blast.

I was a little nervous at first, willingly going to a giant gathering of "weird" people. Met all kinds there, and all shapes too XP. Most important though, I got to spend the weekend with my best friends, and in the process gain some new ones. It was cool to get to meet  lycan and his boy Rob,  kyofoxtrot, Zia,  Rikoshi and several others. I didn't sell as many sketches as I would have liked, but that first day I didn't have a badge for myself, other than the assigned con-badge. Most definately gunna grab myself a table in Aritist Ally next year, everyone said I would have made off like a bandit. D:

The night prior to, I ended up making  Damienhusky and  Sairo a couples badge that matched up to make one picture when you put them next to each other. I lost the Potbelly bag badge I made for Sairo, so I felt bad, plus I knew Damien needed a new one :3 Throughout the con, every time they ran into each other, they'd put them together and giggle. I'm glad they really liked it, it's actually probably one of my better drawings, I'll need to get them to scan them to show.

An interesting aspect of the con for me was I sat and hung out with  foxesrockyou a lot more than I usually do. We kinda got to know each other a little better and he had made some suggestions about my artwork that I will be taking some serious consideration to.  Fuzzwolf still wants to meet up wtih me and talk about doing something productive with my artwork, and Foxes has suggest making a calender. I'm actually all for the idea and would love some feed back or suggestions for said project if I go through with it.

I attended several art panels throughout the con, many of which I really didn't need to attend, but I was just more interested in getting a preview of how other artists go about their work. For the most part, they where okay. I found myself doing a little back seat teaching, though I don't think anyone realized who I was. The instructor did look over my shoulder and say "What the hell are you in here for?" But dear god, there was this one terribly annoying bitch in everything I went to. She was clearly not all there, and couldn't shut up for more than 10 seconds. What made it worst is she'd wander into these panels waaaay late, then ask questions that were covered a long time ago.

Poor :icon:Carver, we ended up accidently leaving him alone the first night to play security all by himself. Haven't heard to many details, aside from shrooms and removing furries from a tree. Sairo took over for him the next night along with the rest of us, though Damien, me, Lycan and Rob left around 1:30 am, to go back to his place and sleep. Sairo had fun though, and I have to admit, I did too. Sairo and I are definately gunna be part of the security team next Furry Fiesta, especially because I'd get to be there for free :D

I'd say my favorite part of the weekend was the live recording of  Knotcast. Sairo and I grabbed front row seats, to enjoy and even be part of the show. The show is a lot different with a live audience, and you could tell that Damien, Fuzz,  zapnutshakur,  justafox, and the token females where a little nervous about doing this in front of a crowd, but I think they did an excellent job of it, even with the annoying bitch standing up and killing 15 minutes of the show.

All in all, it was an excellent con. I'm hoping next year, I can talk  keglunek into coming for the ride :3