Why 2010 AND 2011? Because I realized I had some neat pictures from last year that haven't been shared yet! Last year was more of a learning experience, although I did have a bit more luck last year meeting artists and famous people than I did this year.
In 2010 I got to meet one of the directors of the Secret of Kells, Tomm Moore. What a nice guy, let me tell you. He literally sat down with our group and drew with us. I got a nice sketch from him in one of my older sketchbooks! When he pointed out the Irish spelling of my name I admit..I got excited. =3
That same year, I also met the character designer for Kim Possible, Stephen Silver, got a sketch from him as well (you can see him working on it above) and got one of his sketchbooks. It had a LOT of good tips and notes in there as well as amazing gesture drawings and designs.
Here are some other cool photos from Comic Con 2010:
This year was also fun, even though I had missed two events I REALLY wanted to do: the Adventure Time/Regular Show panel and getting Pendleton Ward's autograph. That led to a bit of a disappointing end to the Con. However, I really can't complain too much. I still had a lot of fun, got in for free for working at my school's booth the first 3 days and got inspired. Met an artist I had some common ground with too which is always awesome. I think next year I will consider getting a booth with some friends. Make some connections and some profit all at once!
I got some really neat stuff at this Con too, including a free "Comic Con 2011" Finn figurine:
I went a bit overboard with getting stuff but was it worth it? Absolutely. Above is a My Little Pony "steampunked" t-shirt, a small print of Marceline and Princess Bubblegum made by an amazing artist. She also did the little Marceline, Applejack and Marshall Lee buttons above too. I also invested in a Kung Fu Panda 2 artbook. HAVE NOT seen the second movie but I plan to when it's out on DVD. The artbook's amazing though. Definitely worth buying.
These are some of the costumes/outfits that were on display at one of the vendors. I put these up here too because I was looking for outfits that were a bit more interesting than I designed my characters in. I probably won't change any of the Starcrossed outfits because they are just common kids. This is more for another idea I've been working on again recently involving shapeshifters. I want them to look more unique than the average human being because they are. So I took pictures of these outfits and stalked the store's website for ideas and got a lot of inspiration for some of the characters.
This was something I was going to print and handout to people for free just to see if I can get my name out there. That plan fell through, however, in a way that's ok. One of my friends made a point that it could advertise that all I do is My Little Pony art, which isn't true. So, if I get a booth next year I'll do a few more characters and sell some prints of this and the others. Apparantly you can do that IF you drew it. I'll probably do some Adventure Time and Regular Show fanart to sell as well as my own original characters.
This was a sketch of Marceline I was going to have Pendleton Ward sign. I was also gonna ask if he could do his impression of Lumpy Space Princess to record. Next time!
