I needed to unwind a little, and I thought about your Ellas (Unicornella & Negacornella), so I gave it a shot. I gave Nega a cincher to make her look more... ...uh... ..."nega"-like. I also did a dark rainbow overlay on her black spots - seemed to fit.  I hope you like them!  :3

Madicon. What can I tell you: we had an amazing time.  The table was usually slow, but that didn't really matter, since we had next to no expenses - but when we get more cash on a Saturday at Madicon (a convention of a couple hundred) than the Friday and Sunday of Katsu combined (a convention of several thousand)? I think that says something about how we were treated.  Madicon was extremely hospitable, and we hope they'll invite us again next year.

Got to meet with many of our now-alumni friends - wish I had gotten to see more, but people do what they gotta do.  Sat down with our gaming group and a few interested readers for an informal chat, then Matt ran "Spirit of the Century" for the group. Pulp adventures, yay! After that, we got together with some anime folks to make fun of the original Sailor Moon. When that was finished, we had Haru, James, Marion, and Sara stick around for a semi-spontaneous showing of "Black Dynamite". It is one of the best genre parody/tribute films I've ever seen.  When there is blaxploitation cinema, kung-fu treachery, and people-so-talented-that-they're-good-at-pretending-to-be-horrible-actors? I am so there.

Great weekend. I know T-MODE will be awesome; it's just a matter of sitting down and getting stuff done.  OH GOD BOOK AAAAAAH

I'm trying to update more often over here with stuff - I've been reading friends' entries and commenting, but not writing much of my stuff here.  This will change.  :3

Katsu - Decent sales. Stuck by the exit, but traffic wasn't forced through there, so it was a bit slow.  However, it's a good con when every other face is a friend or is a reader.  *warm fuzzies*  Matt and I went on a double date with Kittyhawk and her husband (Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki) to the Maid Cafe. Chris of the Geek Comedy Tour 3000 wore a Wieners shirt to the Friday night show, and we went out to dinner with Jennie Breeden (Devil's Panties), Jen and Renee (Sun Wukong No Kaidan), and Gina (Red String).  Got to hang out with the T-MODE and Zenkaikon folk at a party on Saturday night, got fanart valentines (squee!), hung out with more artists, and had a wonderful time in a GORGEOUS hotel. (Gaylord = PIMP)

Also: Matt and I were invited to Madicon as guests.  ...I cannot tell you how happy this makes me. (...and how nervous I am - this is my Alma Mater, and I'm going back to show what I've done... ...sounds silly, but I am proud to be JMU alum, and I want to do my school proud.  ...yes, I'm a dork.)

OH GOD IT'S ONLY A MONTH AWAY AND THEN T-MODE IS A MONTH AFTER THAT AAAAAAAAH

On the work front, I'm working at a different location that's 3x the time away, so I have to get up super early every day.  ...that means I should probably go to sleep now.  (conk)

I've been working on Katsu stuff for a good portion of the day. However, there was a flaw in my plan: I ran out of printing ink.  This would typically not be a problem, but unfortunately, there's two feet of snow on the ground and no plow has come through.  :(

I'll just have to hold off on printing until Monday.  In the meantime, I've scanned a bunch of rough things to do a bit of an art dump.
( An hourly comic and RP characters under the cut! )

I might put up some more tomorrow.

EDIT: Oh SNAP. Ota is opening AA on Monday. I get to worry about two cons at once, OH BOY

2009 was not a bad year (with the exception of the apartment flood).  However, 2010 should be great (at least as far as artwork goes).  Finally got confirmed for Katsucon, going to be a guest at T-Mode, and I'm already beginning to write the next big storyline in the comic.  I meant to do a retrospective on my work from last year, but it seems a lot of my doodles weren't dated.  :[  I'll see if I can pull one together today.  I've also been sketching more during my lunch breaks (used to surf the net on my phone; costs too much), trying to hammer out some non-GND ideas that I'd like to do at some point, including a magical girl series that I originally made up in high school.  Overhauling the restructuring of the story on that one.  We'll see if anything comes of it.

Also, WHAT THE HELL, NBC.  They are effectively screwing over Conan O'Brien, and I don't like it.  Admittedly, I'm not a Leno fan, but Conan has been my favorite late-night comedian for years (ugh, Jimmy Fallon is not funny ever, not even on his own show).

There hasn't really been too much going on, but I'm happy.  Been reading the journals on my Friends list, and I'm hoping things are going well for you guys, too.

My buddy sethimothy posted this, so I though I'd re-post.  I was affected, and you may be, too.

Check your LJ for Internet Transmitted Diseases.

I got some lovely gifts for my brithday.  The most notorious of them - - well, you'll see.

I had this plot, where I would get something dumb and hilarious for my father-in-law for Christmas.  I had thought about it, and decided that a leopard-print Snuggie would fit the bill.

This past week, Matt and I went over to his parents' house, and they had presents for me.  My mother-in-law gave me a wonderful set of dessert teas, yummy.  My father-in-law... ...gave me a Snuggie.

Of course, this was hilarious, and I took it to our gaming session that night, and discovered several things about the Snuggie:

1) It can fit anyone, even 6'6" lanky Mike.
2) Cats like to lay on it.
3) You can turn it into a coat by just wearing it on your shoulders.
4) It is also a very effective Black Mage cosplay without having to sew.
5) (and this is the most surprising) I LIKE IT AND I HATE MYSELF FOR LIKING IT.

The damn thing is useful when I'm trying to do comics, and I find myself curling up into it every now and again.  The bright blue fleecy hospital gown is actually kind of nice to have around, and I shouldn't like it at all.  But I do.  It's a mystery.

Now I need to figure out what to get Bill for Christmas.  I was thinking a ShamWOW or a singing bass.  I haven't decided which would annoy and amuse him more.

YOU BEST BELIEVE IT (there's also a trailer for a hentai game called "My Grilfriend is the President" - probably NSFW)

Thank you all for the birthday wishes.  <3  Matt took me out to the Ruth's Chris Steakhouse and brought me roses.  Lovely~  (Thank you, love.)

Looks like a lot of jackassery has happened in the world recently.  Summary?

- Kanye West is a jackass.
- Obama agrees.
- Leno premiered his new show.  Conan gets screwed once again by NBC.
- Philly is closing its libraries, effective Oct. 2nd.  What the shit.

In sad news, two very important people have passed away recently - Norman Borlaug, who has fed millions of people around the world with agricultural science, and Patrick Swayze, who has made millions of people around the world swoon with his awesome acting abilities.  Take a moment to read about Norman Borlaug - the magnitude of his work in agriculture just boggles my mind.

Guess who I'm not voting for in the Governor race.  HOW IS A SECOND PAYCHECK DETRIMENTAL.  GUESS ME AND MY OVARIES SHOULD JUST QUIT AND STAY HOME WAITING FOR MR. STORK, PASSING THE TIME BY MAKING SAMMICHES.

Also, Marvel being bought by Disney?  True.  Hopefully, this means Marvel won't run out of money.  Not sure how it's going to affect Disney comic properties or future Marvel movies, but who knows. 

Snow Leopard is fantastic.  I declare victory in my battle against Photoshop force-quits.  :D