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Cons and such.

Sat Nov 14, 2009, 6:10 PM
In short, I'm done with Anime conventions. I love the friends I've made there and very much appreciate the support, but here's the thing:

1. I'm an American artist. I'm in no way ashamed of it, and rather tired of people asking or expecting I'll change somehow because others think it should look differently.

2. Most of my friends at said cons are still people I keep fairly regular contact with outside of con circuit, and my going for the past couple year has largely depended on that. And networking outside of that is rather largely limited.

3. I do enjoy manga and anime but have never been particularly obsessed with it. Never. Much of what's popular in anime cons mean damn little to me and if I'm not in artist alley and not hanging with friends I'm still pretty much a fish out of water. It's simply gotten old.

As a result of all these things, I will be pursuing a lot more sci fi, fantasy, and comic conventions starting with next weekend. Gonna just jump into the swing of things and see how it feels. It'll be nice to chat with more people that get what I'm saying without it turning into a chat about Naruto, or effing DBZ.

This is in no way aimed at my friends, who should certainly know who they are. But if I truly wish to push this as hard as I can creatively I need to find an audience that is receptive to my style and my work. Anime fans have not proven to be that crowd.

Any commissions owed have not been forgotten and will be honored, even if I have to mail them to people. So those that have them don't hesitate to give me mailing info if I don't have it already.

And of course my sites are still available to those who wish to contact me. For now my focus has to be my work, and seriously pushing it. Anime cons have honestly proven to be more of a distraction in that regard.

That's it for now.

Later.

Joe

  • Mood: Content
  • Listening to: The computer hummmmmm
  • Reading: The monitor
  • Watching: The monitor
  • Playing: nothing
  • Eating: Nothing
  • Drinking: how would i do all of this at once?

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  • Current Residence: Virgina
  • Interests: Art, mythology, comics, videogames, music
  • Favourite movie: Seven
  • Favourite band or musician: Nevermore
  • Favourite genre of music: Metal (real metal, not the flavor of the month shit of the last 15 years
  • Favourite artist: Frank Frazetta
  • Favourite poet or writer: Writer:Alan Moore Poet: Edgar Allan Poe
  • Favourite photographer: None
  • Favourite style of art: Fantasy Art, of the handmade variety
  • Operating System: Windows vista *shudder*
  • MP3 player of choice: my sandisk does fine or my blackberry
  • Shell of choice: this fetid mortal shell, you mean?
  • Wallpaper of choice: Nevermore--This Godless Endeavor
  • Skin of choice: My own
  • Favourite game: Legacy of Kain
  • Favourite gaming platform: Xbox 360
  • Favourite cartoon character: Dr Byron Orpheus
  • Personal Quote: There is no stronger drug than reality
  • Tools of the Trade: Brush, Ink, Paper, Charcoal, Ideas, etc

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:iconubermorte:
*thumbs up*

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"Young hearts are pure like violet drops of rain, until life teaches us to be stoned or ashamed"---Nevermore
:iconsansipi:
Thanks for the watch :)

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Äks Dee
:iconubermorte:
It's good stuff. Do you do all digital work?

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"Young hearts are pure like violet drops of rain, until life teaches us to be stoned or ashamed"---Nevermore
:iconsansipi:
Thanks :D I do with paper and pen also, but i dont have a scanner or camera at the moment.

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Äks Dee
:iconubermorte:
well it's very good work. Look forward to seeing more.

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"Young hearts are pure like violet drops of rain, until life teaches us to be stoned or ashamed"---Nevermore
:iconjjackm:
thanks for the favorite!
:iconubermorte:
not a problem. I'm just starting to play with acrylics and such and have a great deal of respect for people who can work with that and oil well.

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"Young hearts are pure like violet drops of rain, until life teaches us to be stoned or ashamed"---Nevermore
:iconjasonfreak13:
Thanks for the watch :)

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Cartman: You seem a little irritable, Kyle. You got some sand in your vagina?
Kyle: There's no sand in my vagina!
- South Park
:iconubermorte:
no problem

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"Young hearts are pure like violet drops of rain, until life teaches us to be stoned or ashamed"---Nevermore

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