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8 years ago
I had a great time this weekend as the Furry Migration Artist Guest of Honor. I'm so grateful that they invited me and took such good care of me this weekend. Stomach flu tried to derail things on Saturday, but overall this was a really nice experience. My boyfriend got it worse than I did though... We think it was viral, and we may have caught it at the airport, but wash those hands everyone!
I ran three panels this weekend, and the first couldn't have happened without my lettuce. (I make art for a living... I don't words very often...)
"What's a Talenshi" was a presentation on Friday about how I got into art and how I got to where I am now, once I started taking it seriously. I talked about difficult points and what I learned from them; and showed some old drawings from high school in hopes that it would encourage aspiring artists to stick to what they love.
In Saturday's panel: "How not to paint loosely with watercolor," I got to teach my technique to a small group, and talk about paper choice, paper stretching, brush strokes, paint thinning, and pigment interactions. I forgot to talk about masking fluid, so my quick tip for that is: (wet your brush and run the bristles over a wet bar of plain hand soap before dipping the brush into masking fluid. This will prevent the immediate destruction of your brush. Also pour a little masking fluid into a small container like a contacts case for use when you are working. Store the original bottle upside down.)
Also I was responsible for confusing lots of people and making the workshop room look like a Dexter crime scene. The hotel caught wind of the title for this panel, and I think they freaked out a bit. The entire workshop room was covered in plastic wrap...
My panel today was about "Making weird hybrid animals look cool!" The audience offered suggestions, and I painted a hybrid animal and talked about my digital painting process. We settled on "Cuttlefish-dragon-boar" and it ended up looking very spade-like, so the audience thought it should be the ace of spades. :)
Every presentation was so much fun, and it really seemed like the audience got a lot out of them (I've never had people take notes on what I say before... that was pretty amazing.)
Experiences like this, with such a receptive group full amazing artists, are what I love about conventions.
I ran three panels this weekend, and the first couldn't have happened without my lettuce. (I make art for a living... I don't words very often...)
"What's a Talenshi" was a presentation on Friday about how I got into art and how I got to where I am now, once I started taking it seriously. I talked about difficult points and what I learned from them; and showed some old drawings from high school in hopes that it would encourage aspiring artists to stick to what they love.
In Saturday's panel: "How not to paint loosely with watercolor," I got to teach my technique to a small group, and talk about paper choice, paper stretching, brush strokes, paint thinning, and pigment interactions. I forgot to talk about masking fluid, so my quick tip for that is: (wet your brush and run the bristles over a wet bar of plain hand soap before dipping the brush into masking fluid. This will prevent the immediate destruction of your brush. Also pour a little masking fluid into a small container like a contacts case for use when you are working. Store the original bottle upside down.)
Also I was responsible for confusing lots of people and making the workshop room look like a Dexter crime scene. The hotel caught wind of the title for this panel, and I think they freaked out a bit. The entire workshop room was covered in plastic wrap...
My panel today was about "Making weird hybrid animals look cool!" The audience offered suggestions, and I painted a hybrid animal and talked about my digital painting process. We settled on "Cuttlefish-dragon-boar" and it ended up looking very spade-like, so the audience thought it should be the ace of spades. :)
Every presentation was so much fun, and it really seemed like the audience got a lot out of them (I've never had people take notes on what I say before... that was pretty amazing.)
Experiences like this, with such a receptive group full amazing artists, are what I love about conventions.
Did you happen to record any of them?
Panels where people learn AND have fun are really great.