Hmmm, what to say...

Well, I had a HELLUVA con. MFF has catapulted itself up to the top of my list of conventions I love (which is great, cuz it feels like Anthrocon has gone to shit) and this year felt pretty special after all the changes that happened in the last year. I admit I was a little worried that I'd lost some friends after the breakup, but that didn't feel like the case at all. If anything, it feels like a lot of people were a little closer.

The weekend kinda started off on a sour note. 8 peeps expecting and paying for a bigass 4-bed suite and getting a tiny 1-bed suite instead felt like a complete ripoff, but thankfully sumigakifox was on his game of saving our asses, and got us a second room (thanks again, man!) so we didnt have to be so.... uncomfortably snuggly, lol. Lessons learned, though. Next year, I'm goin for a straight up room instead of a suite. Sure ,those rooms are all KINDS of kickass, but something needs to be done about the process of getting them.

Anyways, AFTER that, everything was AMAZING. I met a lot of new peeps, reconnected with a shitload of old friends. I drew my ASS off all weekend and it felt AWESOME. It's actually kinda interesting how I felt so burnt out leading up to the con, but as soon as I showed up I felt revitalized. I think it's because of the creative atmosphere and seeing people's reactions with my own eyes instead of through the text on my screen. It hits me a lot more vividly, and drives me to keep at it. Positive reinforcement has always been a strong force with me, and seeing people's faces light up when they see my work just makes me want to make more!

And then there was the Frasier Dakimakura. For those of you who were unfortunate enough to have missed out or hear the story of its inception, one night not too far back in the afterglow with sererena those two words collided in my head and I said them aloud. After a good hour of uproarious laughter at theconcept, my dearest love decided to make it a reality. Two weeks and $30 later, we had our waifu. I'm not sure how Kelsey Grammar would have reacted to seeing a body pillow of himself, but it certainly got some pretty hilarious reactions out of random peeps around the con as I paraded it around the dealer's rooms. I know a few people spat out various food and drink items. I'm gonna have to follow that one up with something equally demented before next MFF.

But yeah, I had a SHITLOAD of fun. Peeps were saying I seemed a lot more vital and positive (and beardy, cuz of the beard I've been growing. Beard) And it also really felt everyone else was doing really well too. It felt a lot easier to breathe this year. And I'm not just talking about the lack of chlorine gas this time around.


So yeah, that was MFF for me. Gonna get back into the swing of things soon and try to get more work done, and probably start posting again. I fully admit there's a little fear about getting pelted with notes from commissioners I've not completed my work for yet, but I'll have to push through that. Feel free to leave a comment if you're interested in getting some work from me soon. I tend to go to my comments first before I go posting about openings publicly





COMMISSIONS (the fullsize huge scenes, not the ones I'm doing nowadays)
1/ Rogern (inked, restarting colour)
2/ 9Lion (pencilled, plus one other)
3/ Mechaman
4/ Chazore (pencilled)
5/ yutrah (inked)
6/ rageki (inked)
7/ Twitch The Dragon (inked)
8/ Kipeo
9/ Opeoaslam