I was browsing through the Anime and Gaming convention schedule for February, and I noticed that along with the usual mix of big cities getting their cons, Alaska is hostig a con this month. That's right the state with a smaller population that Rhode Island gets a con while West Virginia once again is out of the picture. That's the last straw for me, so I got to asking myself what all it would entail to organize an anime convention. Where does a person start? What is the first thing someone organizing an anime convention has to do? There's a lot of details to consider in putting together a good, sucessful convention, but where does it all begin? I'll be starting to research those questions to find the answers, and hopefully put them to some use. I'm beyond exhausted with seeing con after con in places that aren't practical for me to attend, so I figure if I can't go to the cons, I should try to bring one to me.
Comments:
Yensid:
Yeah, I think it's safe to say that everything is in order with that. Honestly, I'm not surprised. That said, this is something every single member of MyOtaku, and TheOtaku needs to take notice of what's going on with, because the repercussions could be far reaching. This thing trumps the issues Adam had with his old web host (late 2003 early 2004 I think) easily. The threat of legal action is always a serious matter, so I'll be keeping my eyes and ears on this thing. It affects every one of us who use the site, we need to stay on top of it, and we need to be ready to back Adam up in whatever ways we can should it come down to that.
I saw your comment on the piece, thanks.
KanuckGrrl
I saw the comment, thank you.
Really? That's another piece of information I missed. Every little bit is adding up, and it's coming to the conclusion that some people are (how to put this nicely?) well, jerks. Back when they put their little organization together, they probably had good intentions, but the road to Hell is paved with good intentions, and it seems they lost sight of the true purpose of their own organization, if the true purpose was ever a pure one, but I'm not the one to make such speculations. That's really sad more than anything else.
It's an unwritten law, artists can't like their own work. If you like it, that's the important thing, because it means I've done what I set out to do. Knowing that is enough for me. I do think the rest will do me some good in terms of flushing my creative energy flow. Once that gets going again really good, I'll be all right.
death alchemist03
Thanks.
Well, I never actually do physical damage to my art if I don't like it, I know I can go bak to it when I'm better. In this case the original was on 18"x24" paper, so I just wrestled with lining it up in the scanner to get the bast focus of the area I wanted without all the extra stuff (it wouldn't have fit all the way in the scanner, if I wanted to do the whole thing I would have had to take a picture of it).
My earring isn't the yin/yang symbol for no reason. It's a matter of meditation, relaxation, and getting in touch with the universe so to speak, even if only for a brief moment. Being aware of the energies that flow around you and through you is a good first step, you can't balance what you don't know is there or what you cant' feel is there. I had to start meditating to actually figure that one out, but that's me. I can start you off with some basic meditation stuff and work you to a more advanced technique from there if you're interested.
sikaurai
I had that feeling too, but that little voice in my head kept trying to talk over it. Oh well, it's something every member her needs to watch closely, to be at the ready for anything.
Yeah, that favorites thing sort of popped up the other night. The links weren't in the portfolio at first, but that's where they are, so finding a person's favorites isn't hard at all. It's a feature that I'm sure will see a lot of use, I know I'll get a lot out of it.
No, the down time is just to get things going again, like starting a stick shift by coasting it downhill. I'll only take as long as I need, then I'll be rigth back to it again.
sanzolover13
Yeah, the project is done, and I need the rest, that's for sure. Thanks.
beyblader
Right, I keep forgetting that annoys people outside the theatre class I was in. In a nutshell I was saying what you see of a person, how they present themselves, isn't always an honest representation. Look beneath the mask and you'll get a whole other picture of the face you thought you knew.
Yes, my dragons do need work (that's why I cut the dragon's body out of that picture, it was terrible). When I'm off my break and after I get the other stuff I need to done, I'll devote some more time to dragons. As for Inuyasha, I notice the imperfections because I can see the original piece, and the eye still isn't right (I've not been able to do his eyes since I started drawing him), and there are some other things, but he does seem to be the favorite part of the picture, so I must have done better with him this time than my previous attempts at it.
