Megacon

summery of Megacon
Day 1:
i get there early and find the line for preregistered tickets. i then have to sit around until 10:30 when they let everyone in and then 11 when they let people into the dealers room. I'm near the front of both these lines. at 1:30 i head over to the Crime noir panel in room 222A. I will spend a good amount of time in that room over the course of the weekend. I'm one of the people who asked questions and at the end i got 3 signed comics! after that i head back to the dealers room and look around some more. after getting some food i head over to the comic writers on the art of writing for comics panel again in room 222A. where i get my New Frontier dvd signed by Darwin Cooke!!!!!! after that i head over to the Fallout Larp.

End Day one.

Day 2:
i get up early and sneak into room 222a for the Green lantern panel.(room 222a) (outside the line for the dealers room is so huge it's sucking the air out of the hall) the panel is amazing and everyone has a wonderful time. after that i get some food and walk around until the Spotlight on DC panel. ( lots of people will be doing things they can't talk about, but it sounds amazing.) after that i stick around until the Art if the cover (222a) panel which was informitive but not as interesting as the other panels.

end day 2

Day 3:
I get to the con in time for the future of comics and new media panel ( guess which room) which i thought was fascinating. I then hang out in the dealers room and get a few more autographs and some food. around 1:15 a surprise announcement cancels the short film festival (which i wasn't going to go to) and replaces it with a Batman Beyond Live action trailer. i race over there as fast as i can. ( not in room 222a for once)the guy who did the joker was amazing. at 2:50 i could be found once more in room 222a for my last panel of the con the do's and don't of comics.

REFLECTIVE ESSAY

REFLECTIVE ESSAY
Pick 3 landscape/cityscape images and analyze how they create the illusion of scale and depth.




I'm bored with those other pictures so I'm using some new ones. the first is quite different from the other two. since it's a street view we see a lot more detail in the building, in this case we see how run down it is. we are given the scale by the figure and his dog in the lower left.
the pictures make use of a similar color palette, (except for the last which is strictly black and white. ) which features browns and golds as the lighter colors with shades of blue for shadows and heavy doses of black. the first uses a two point perspective while the others use size to represent perspective. the second image dose the best in showing foreground, mid-ground, and background. the foreground is in deep shadow and partially uses repoussoir along the right side.

kumoricon

Kumoricon was wonderful!
sorry i haven't posted it's been hectic what with finishing up work and preparing for the con but tomorrow i will get back home and next week I'm moving back to Ashland.
i will post the stuff i've been working on over the next few days.

the longest character sheet ever!

i might fill this out for some of my main characters but honestly it's so long i don't know if i could manage it for all of them.

Basic Statistics

Name:
Nickname:
Meaning of name:
Origin of name:
Age:
Sex:
Blood type:
Nationality:
Ethnicity:
Race/Species:
Sexual Orientation:
Current status (marital/dating):
Political Party:
Police/Criminal/Legal record:
Socioeconomic level as a child:
Socioeconomic level as an adult:
Birth date:
Birth place:
Current residence:
Occupation:
Title/Rank:
Hobbies/Pastimes:
Talents/Skills/Powers:

Past History

Hometown:
First Memory:
Most important childhood event that still affects him/her:
Why/How?
Other memories/events that still affects him/her and why/how:
Past failures s/he would be embarrassed to have people know about and why:
Biggest role model:
Why?
Biggest disillusions from childhood:
Backstory:


Physical Characteristics

Height:
Weight:
Posture:
Build:
Skin:
Hair:
Widow's peak?
Ears:
Eyes:
Nose:
Mouth:
Face shape:
Expressions:
Describe their smile:
Hands:
Feet:
Tattoos/Scars?
Glasses/Contacts?
Left/Right handed?
Distinguishing features:
Who does s/he take after; mother or father?
Style (Elegant, shabby, etc):
How does s/he dress or what do they typically wear?
Other outfits one might find in their wardrobe:
Jewelry:
Other accessories:
Weapons:
Health:
Hygiene:
Physical Flaws:
Physical Qualities:


Other Characteristics

Are they generally balanced or clumsy?
Mannerisms/Poses/Movement:
Describe their walk:
Habits/OCDs/Obsessions:
Speech Patterns:
Unique phrases/words:
Do they curse, and if so, to what extent?
Write a piece of dialogue that this character might say (can be between someone else):
Voice:
Describe their laugh:
Describe their sleep patterns (light/heavy sleeper, no sleep, sleeps too often, etc):
Describe their dwelling/house:
Describe their bedroom:
Describe their daily rituals:


Psychological/Personality Attributes and Attitudes

Intelligence Level:
Known Languages:
Character's long-term goals/desires in life:
Character's short-term goals/desires in life:
Secret desires:
How self-confident is the character?
How do they see him/herself?
How do they believe s/he is perceived by others?
What is the character most proud of?
What does the character like least about themselves?
How do they express themselves?
Is this character generally dominant or submissive?
Patience level:
Does the character seem ruled by emotion or logic or some combination thereof?
Most at ease when:
Ill at ease when:
Describe their sense of humor:
If granted one wish, what would it be?
Why?
Character/Personality/Mental/Social Strengths:
Character/Personality/Mental/Social Flaws:
If they could be described with one of the seven virtues, which would it be?
If they could be described with one of the seven sins, which would it be?
Biggest Vulnerability (non physical):
Optimist or Pessimist:
Introvert or extrovert:
Greatest Fear:
Other Fears/Insecurities/Phobias:
Emotional/psychological/social peculiarities:
Biggest regret:
Other regrets:
Biggest accomplishment:
Minor accomplishments:
Musical talents/instruments:
Character's darkest/deepest secret:
Minor Secrets:

Likes/Dislikes

Likes:
Dislikes:
Favorite:
Color:
Clothing:
Place:
Room in the house and why:
Food/drinks:
Music genre:
Songs and Singers/Bands:
Movies/Tv Shows/Performances:
Actors/Performers:
Books:
Historical figure:
Subject in school:
Animal:
Least Favorite:
Clothing:
Place:
Food:
Music genre:
Subject in school:
Simple Pleasures:
Greater Pleasures:
Where does this character like to hang out?
Where is this character's dream place to live?
Motto/Personal quote:
Mode of transportation:
Most prized possession:
Why?


Emotional Characteristics

Describe character's sense of morals:
What do they consider taboo (something they personally would never do):
Describe character's etiquette:
Describe character's sense of self-control:
Spontaneous or structured?
Instinctual or logical?
How does this character act in public?
How does this character act in privacy?
How does this character act around strangers vs. how they act around friends?
How does this character act around family?
How has this character most changed from youth?
How have they remained the same?
Has this character dealt with the loss of someone they knew?
If so, who?
How has it affected them?
How does this character deal with or react to:
Conflict/Danger:
Rejection:
Fear:
Change:
Loss:
Sex/Flirting:
Pain:
Stress:
Peer pressure:
Guilt:
Being wrong:
Being criticized:
Being insulted (superficially: name calling, etc):
Offending others:
Praise:
Being loved:
Being hated:
Humiliation:
How does this character express:
Anger:
Sadness:
Fear:
Happiness/Excitement:
Love (Consider the "Five Languages of Love"):
Lust:
Stress/anxiety:
Dislike (of a person, thing, or idea):
Approval (of a person, thing, or idea):
How does this character generally express themselves?
What does this character think/feel about:
Marriage:
Children:
Family/Family Values:
Children/Youth:
Old age:
Sex:
Love:
Friendship/Other relationships:
Homosexuality:
The opposite sex:
The same sex:
Money/Material things:
Politics:
Religion:
Destiny/Duty:
Magic/Myth:
Racism/Races in general:
Science/Technology:
Nature/Animals:
Modernity:
Antiquity:
Their past:
Their future:
Their role in society/job/etc:
Drugs and alcohol:
Killing/Murder:
Education:
The foreign/unknown:
How does the character view life?
How does the character view death?
How does the character view society?
How does the character imagine his/her own death?
What does the character want out of life?
What does this character consider "success" to be?
What would the character like to change in his/her life?
What motivates this character?
Why?
What discourages this character?
Why?
What makes this character happy?
Why?
What makes this character sad?
Why?
What makes this character angry?
Why?
What humiliates this character?
What most describes this character's personality?
Psychoanalysis (Describe why they act the way they do):
Does it stem from childhood or an event, or chemical?


Relationships with others (non-married)

Relationship Skills:
Loves (non sexual):
Lusts:
Crushes:
Girlfriend/Boyfriend(s):
Other lover(s):
Marital status:
First crush:
Did it last?
Why or why not?
Best Friends:
Friends:
Confident/Mentor:
Hates:
Dislikes:
Rivals:
Pets:
What kind of person would s/he consider to be the perfect partner?
Is the character judgmental of others and how so?
How is s/he perceived by...
Strangers?
Friends?
Coworker/Colleague?
Lovers?
What happens to change this perception if at all?
Describe their sense of trust:
What type of individuals does s/he like or associate with?
What type of individuals doesn't s/he like or associate with?
How do they treat members of the opposite sex?
How do they treat members of the same sex?
What do family/friends like most about character?
What do family/friends like least about character?
Do they know anyone who's died, and if so who and how were they affected?

Sex/Romantic Life

What do they consider to be a romantic setting/activity/date?
What did they do on their first date?
How does a normal date go for this character?
How would they like to propose or be proposed to?
Virgin?
Describe his/her sex life:
How often does this character have sex?
How long can he/she go without sex?
How does this character feel emotionally, after sex?
Does this character have self control around individuals of their sexual desire? Describe:
Does sex play an important role in their relationships, if so, how?
Turn-ons:
Turn-offs:
Fetishes/Fantasies:
Sexual peculiarities:
Sexual perks:
Sexual flaws:
Usually on the top or bottom?
Dominant or Submissive?
Describe their first sexual experience:
At what age?
Was it planned/originally intended?
Was it consensual?
How did they feel emotionally, afterwards?
How has this affected the character, if substantially at all?
Have they ever impregnated someone, or been impregnated?
If so:
Whom?
Was it planned?
Was it consensual?
Was it a successful pregnancy (did it live)?
Did they keep, adopt, or abort the child and why?
Did he/she stay with the child/family/partner, and why or why not?
Have they ever had intercourse or a sexual experience with the same sex?
With whom?
Was it planned/originally intended?
Was it consensual?
How did they feel afterwards?
Possible psychological reasons for their sexual fantasies or behavior:



Family (they were raised with)

Immediate family members and their ages:
Ethnicity and/or species of the mother:
Ethnicity and/or species of the father:
Birth order:
Extended family:
Any important/infamous/famous ancestors, and if so, who?
Describe their ancestral history, if anything of particular note:
Birthparent(s):
Are they still alive?
Did they raise this character?
If not, why not, and/or what happened?
At what age was the character when this happened?
What did they do for a living?
Are they still together?
If not, how, when and why did they separate?
How did each parent treat the character, growing up?
How does each parent treat the character now?
What does each parent think of the character?
What changes their opinion of the character, if at all, and how so?
How did the character treat each of their parents growing up?
How does the character treat each of their parents now?
Caretaker(s) (if someone other than birthparents)
What is their relationship to the character?
Are they still alive?
At what age did the caretakers begin to raise this character?
Did they know the caretakers know the birth parents?
Did the character know the birth parents?
How did the father/caretaker1 treat the character?
How did the mother/caretaker2 treat the character?
How did the character treat their father/caretaker1?
How did the character treat their mother/caretaker2?
Siblings (if any):
Are they still alive, if not who died and when?
Describe how each one treats this character:
Describe how this character treats each one of his siblings:
Does this character still keep in contact with their siblings?
How has this character's relationship changed with their siblings since childhood?
How did s/he get along with the family as a whole?
How did s/he get along with the siblings, if any?
Describe their family life/dynamic, growing up:
Describe their family life/dynamic now:
Favorite parent:
Why?

Family (that they have created, if at all)

Partner(s):
Is this their first marriage/family? (if not, copy, paste, and answer these questions for the previous marriages/families too, and including the following 4 questions)
How, why and when did they divorce/split?
Was it mutual?
If they had children, who kept them?
If it was a death, what happened, and when?
Did they get remarried, and if so to whom?
How did the children, if any, respond to that?
Are they legitimately married?
If not, are the other characters aware of this?
When did they get married?
How did they meet?
How did he propose, or how was she proposed to?
Mistress(es)/Secret Lover(s)/ Lover(s) outside of marriage:
Does the spouse/partner know?
If so how and when did they find out?
How did they react, and what was the end result?
Any illegitimate children with them, and if so who?
Does anyone know?
If so, how and when did they find out?
How did they react and what was the end result?
Children and their ages:
Who are each of their parents (ie: from which marriage, if any other)?
Were any conceived/born out of wedlock, if so, which ones?
How does (each) son/daughter treat of this character?
How does this character treat (each) son/daughter?
How does (each) son/daughter think of this character?
How does this character think of (each) son/daughter?
How does this character's relationship change with their child/children as they grew older?




Spiritual Characteristics

Religion:
Does the character believe in a god or goddess?
What are the character's spiritual beliefs?
Is religion or spirituality an important part of this character's life?
If so, what role does it play?
Superstitions:
Chinese Zodiac:
Astrological Zodiac:
Element:


What If

If this character were an animal, what would they be?
Why?
If this character were the opposite sex what would they
Do?
Say?
Feel?
If this character were to be characterized by an object, what would it be?
Why?
What would/does this character do if confronted with someone identical in personality?
What would/does happen if this character became physically handicapped, and how would that change them?
What would/does this character do if spontaneously placed in a whole new and unfamiliar environment/country/planet/etc?
If they don't already, what would this character do/act like if they had a child?


Other

What song best fits this character?
If you could compare this character to an existing character, who would s/he be and why?
If you could choose an actor for this character, who would it be?
If you could choose a voice actor for this character, who would it be?
Who/what was your character inspired by?

How the Character is Involved in the Story

Character's role in the story (main character? hero? Villain? etc):
Scene where character first appears:
Relationships with other characters:
Where, how and when did s/he first interact with other characters:
What was this character's life like before something, if anything, happened to change it all:
How Character is different at the end of the novel from when the novel began:
Background Story:
Additional Notes on This Character:

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to the fair

i love the fair. and this year the little cousins are coming as well as Kira and everything is good. the fair is such a good environment for creativity i'll probably get lots of brainstorming done.
YAY

a friends blog

my friend just started a blog called 4th level Bard so i thought i'd link to it.
http://4thlevelbard.blogspot.com/

an idea

i had an idea a while back and i've been toying with it ever since
A Website that looks like a video game, but is still a website in that it navigates like one or something see that's where it gets hazy. just wanted to post this.

DC. vs. Marvel

it had to come up some time.
i am so a DC girl. but you know what? DC has disappointed me. i went to their website and you know what i found? a very well planed, well organized, white page. you'd think with so many amazing artists out there they could manage to come up with something interesting for the website. animations, cover shots of the newest comics (ok they might have those) bios for all the heroes. there are quite a few you know and many are not well known.
so then i think well maybe they don't need a fancy website they are very well known maybe they are using other forms of advertising. so what do i do? i look to their biggest competitor Marvel. you know what Marvel has? a site full of color with heroes lining the walls, slide-shows and movie-clips.
and now that i think about it Marvel has pulled way ahead in the movie scene as well.
first there was X-men then Blade II, Spiderman, daredevil, X2, hulk, the punisher, spiderman 2, blade: trinity, elektra, Man-thing, fantastic four, X-men: the last stand, ghost rider, spider-man 3, Fantastic Four: rise of the silver surfer, Iron Man, the incredible hulk, Punisher: War Zone, X-men origins: wolverine and Iron man 2
count them: 21 movies just since 2000.
DC movies: the league of extraordinary Gentlemen, Catwoman, Batman Begins, V for Vendetta, Superman Returns, the Dark Knight, the Spirit, Watchmen, and Jonah Hex to come out later this year.
the number: 9
plus Kick-ass to come out later this year again by Marvel so the number is really 22 to 9.
i mean come on DC you're letting Marvel kick your ass.
on the good side the overarching plot for the Marvel comics got terrible reviews (honestlly who turns Captain America into someone who hates America?!) so DC is still ahead on that front at least, well, sort of. ( no one kills off batman and the only saving grace there was that they are bringing him back (along with the rest of the heroes who got killed off needlessly ) )
anyway, i had a point here. in the website battle DC was crushed.

elsewhere

the reason for my lack of posts is that I've been working of a portfolio website and well all the stuff's been going up there. that and finals oh and March Maddness, and the OCT I've signed up for so... there it is.

flash buttons

a while ago i spoke of a comic called the city of reality, it had buttons. now i know hoe to make buttons in flash. i am happy. now i just need to figure out what to do with it.

I hate slow computers

I know I'm not alone when i say that i hate slow computers. just hearing that sound it makes when you click one little button and then the little spinney wheel comes up and you just know it's going to take like three minuets to do just that one little thing.
I hate it.

interactive

three interactive experiences.
OK
#1: Aikido, we always work with a partner but i was mainly thinking of Jo work (staff work) when working with a weapon you have to be constantly aware of your distance, and yet you cant think to much or you get tense.
#2: it struck me recently just how much we interact with computers, (myself even more then others because of my Major) we "talk" to them more then other people.
#3: then that gets me thinking of books (who knows why) and how people are reading less and less except that people who are reading are reading because they want to and love the books.

expantion and scale

the assignment was to play around with scale and expand on one of the ones I'd already done. so here they are.

More doodles

more doodles this time with actual pen and paper. It's been a while since i've drawn in pen.

Tetris

I love games like Tetris and recently i was sent a link to a first person version of Tetris
It is wild.
http://firstpersontetris.com/

todays doodles

some of them didn't save as i wanted them to and others may seep complicated but none of them are done yet so that's fine. the top three are the ones i plan on working on.
at least I've got them all in one file as symbols now so it's all good.

Rant

Ok i need to rant for a bit so go ahead and ignore me.
it's the comic, in the beginning it was really fun because i was working on a webcomic with my friend and i was chalenging myself and all that jazz. but now it's getting to be a chore. I'm two years in and I'm not getting any help anymore and Kira is turning everything around story wise. She askes for more heads up and she wants me to start getting a buffer but she's not putting in any work. Each of her scripts is maybe half a page, she'll write a handful of them pass them over to me then ignore the comic for the next month or whenever i come asking for more scripts. then she complains about how it's not like she wanted when i post the pages. I put hours into these pages. sure I'm no longer spending 6 hours on a single page but 3 hours a page is nothing to scoff at especially when it's twice a week like clockwork for the past 2 years give or take. the closet was originally a joke it was never a story idea that i wanted to follow for this long. I keep thinking that this is going to end and i'd rather it be sooner then later.

Self portrate

I actually did this a while ago, i needed a new image of me for the author page of the comic so i took a photo and turned it into this.

some stuff i did today

i need to resize them....

Resolution

This year my resolution is to update this blog regularly, that is at least once a week.