Been neglecting my journal since the Novi Motor City Comic Con, so it's time I rectified that. In regards to how the comic convention went, you can read more on that at my Blogspot site. But I will say that regardless of how the sales went, I enjoyed myself thoroughly.

On a more somber note, my grandfather passed away a few weeks ago. This had been a long time coming, so it was not unexpected. The family and myself have grieved and things have returned more or less to a sense of normalcy again. But of course any condolences are welcome.

Last Wednesday, and this approaching Wednesday, I've been teaching a children's summer art workshop class on caricatures. The work is simple and I enjoy it well enough. I've taught a few other art workshop classes for kids at this same place, but it's mostly on a once a month basis. However it has come in handy to work there, since it landed me a gig doing caricatures at a high school graduation open house, which made me a tidy little sum. Hopefully more one-time jobs like that will pop up.

Lastly, I'd like to get to work on some of these art prizes for the Salad Days contest =Arada and myself hosted. I'll be keeping track of our progress in the journals as well as updating the artist feature, so each winner will get their turn. If any of the winners haven't asked about their prize yet, please do so.

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S.D. CONTEST ART PRIZES

Current:
"Best of Show" prize, which includes a full body, original character drawn by myself and colored by =Arada (Other prizes are included, but don't directly involve me, so consult with =Arada)
a colored character portrait and chibi drawing
a colored portrait and chibi drawing of her Salad Days O.C. Lumin the Mime
a colored portrait and chibi drawing of her Salad Days character Thomas and/or Tsyuri (haven't decided on which, yet)
a colored portrait and chibi drawing of her Salad Days O.C. Maus
honorary mention sketch of their Salad Days O.C. Shai Hei

Recently Finished:
honorary mention sketch of her Salad Days O.C. Bernard the Bear: [link]

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COMMISSIONS [link]

Current Commissions:
Lonewolf portrait and portrait of herself

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10 FREE SKETCHES [link]

Remaining:
one of her original characters
Spiral Knight
Xenosaga's Chaos and/or KOS-MOS

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ART TRADES [link]
Art trades are currently closed for the time being.

Current:
Ozymandius
Boraeus and Zephyr
Cale and Vaeros

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CLUBS (that I belong to)


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ARTIST FEATURE
In the spirit of community, I decided to feature a different, fellow dA'er fairly regularly. To the artists: please don't feel obligated to do the same, this is just something I wanted to do. I enjoy your work and I want others to as well.

This journal's featured artist is... (drum roll, please)...

~AnhDang!
As the winner of our Salad Days contest "Best of show" prize, she gets a special feature in my journal for two months. Now I remember ~AnhDang first from her Salad Days character Maine the mushroom dwarf. Hard to forget, being a girl with a goatee. Anyway, to show how much I liked Maine, I drew her along with a couple of other Salad Days O.C.s (one of which included my girlfriend =Arada's and is essentially how we met). Since then, I had been keeping an eye on her work through ~WormWoodProject (which I'm glad will be up and running again come August, hopefully). So take some time to look over my personal picks from ~AnhDang's gallery, and of course I encourage you to browse through her gallery yourselves.

Here are some examples of her work:
Maine the Mushroom Dwarf
Unicorn-man
Ka-Ka-Krazy QUATZ
SPRING SKIES: Drew and Annarie
DS in the moonlight city

And to that end, I salute you! Keep up the good work!

Past Featured Artists: