Last week, I finally finished my amazingly late con report for Aki Con. It's 8200+ words long, but only the last two sections are really important. The tl;dr version is that Aki Con is a shady business that doesn't really care about its customers, and I hope people think twice before supporting them in the future.
I also finished my IKKiCON report, which is far less drama-filled, but still manages to be 4000+ words. I think IKKiCON is the convention I've gone to the most number of times (3 as an artist, 4 total). It's kind of nice to have that since I've moved around too much in the last few years to make any other con a constant.
Anyway!
2013 CONVENTION SCHEDULE
ECCC (Mar 1-3: Seattle, WA)
Sakura-Con (Mar 29-31: Seattle, WA)
Comicpalooza (May 24-26: Houston, TX)
A-kon (May 31-June 2: Dallas, TX)
Everfree NW (July 5-7: Seattle, WA)
Kumoricon (Aug 31-Sept 2: Vancouver, WA)
Rainfurrest (Sept 26-29: Seattle, WA)
Jet City Comic Show (Nov 2: Tacoma, WA)
IKKiCON (Dec 27-29: Austin, TX)
( Attended; Confirmed; Pending)
I am really, really nervous about ECCC because it will be my new "biggest con ever" and still outside my comfort zone in terms of genre/audience. I really want to have a new minicomic or something by then, but I dunno what to do for it. x__x Really looking forward to Sakura-Con though because I will get to hang out with Dr-Kara and theartboss and torikat again.
New on the list are Everfree NW, which will be my first pony con (I'm stupidly excited for this, you don't even knowwww) and Rainfurrest. I haven't done a furry con in ages, so I'm kinda looking forward to that too. I'm technically still on the waitlist for a dealer's table at Rainfurrest, but I'm feeling pretty good about moving up on the list. Even if I don't get a table though, I'll have stuff in the art show and will be attending.
The rest of the schedule is pretty similar to last year. Fingers crossed as always for A-kon, and hoping I actually get into Kumoricon this year?
I guess that is all for now...I have a billion things I wanna draw, but the hardest part is getting started. <__<
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Reduction, Consolidation, and RSS Evangelism
The best place to follow me is my website via RSS. The best way to contact me is via email (hey at kiriska.com). You can also get monthlyish updates from my mailing list. What's RSS? - Here is a long post I wrote: Freedom From Algorithms: How to Use a Feed Reader. - Here's another post I wrote about why creators should have and maintain their own RSS-compatible websites. - Here's a much shorter explanation of RSS and why you should use it by Nicky Case. RSS Options - Full Kiriska.com RSS - Art Only RSS - Blog Only RSS - You can also get ridiculously granular and only subscribe to certain categories of things on the site; I elaborate a bit in here. I have long been a proponent of RSS and a return to a more decentralised Internet, but I finally moved my Sketchblog from Tumblr to my website earlier this year in an effort to demonstrate more of what I preach. I've also been on a slow wean off social media for several years. And let's be real, I haven't been consistent about
A Touch of Magic zine
Hi, friends, long time no journal. :O As you may know, I reserve most of my chatter for Twitter these days, but I wanted to share this cool zine I contributed to! Preorders are open now and you can see more information about the zine here.
Here's a preview for my piece in the zine!
Other than that, I'm working on some holiday stuff because I love holiday stuff... how's everyone else doing?
WOW HI
WOW HI IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I HAVE WRITTEN IN HERE. :C Sorry about that. I have no real excuse, but since the last time I wrote, these things have happened:
I moved across town; I live in a teeny studio now and it is pretty nice
Everfree NW happened (con report is here! tl;dr IT WAS AWESOME)
KuroNekoCon happened (con report is here! tl;dr it was pretty nice!)
I got (and am) really, absurdly into the swimming anime
Attack on Titan is pretty awesome too but drawing 3DM gear kills me
I adopted kittens! They are both boys AND I NAMED THEM LELOUCH LULU AND RIN BECAUSE WEEABOO 4 LYFE.
(It isn't hard to guess who's who, I hope.)
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June State of Affairs
Hello and thanks to everyone who stopped by at Comicpalooza or A-kon! There were lots of familiar faces (even if I didn't recognize all of you immediately) and lots of awesome new people as well! They were both pretty swell weekends even if I oscillated between being really wired and really out of it for most of A-kon. Saturday night and Sunday morning were especially rough, so I'm sorry if I wasn't especially responsive to anyone during that time. x_x I've never almost fallen asleep at the table from sheer exhaustion.
The con report for Comicpalooza will hopefully be done soon. I really want to finish it and A-kon's report before my next co
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I really hope you make it to ikkicon again this year I always look forward to your booth