Con Weekend!

(KL @ MECAF)

This past weekend I had appearances in three different states! Like whoa! On Friday night in my hometown of Boston, I guested as a portraiture artist for the Liar's and Believer's opening night performance of their dustbowl era, musical rendition of Icarus. The show was fantastic and done with a minimalist set. The actors made use of mobile circus banners and a large ring box to create a fantastic recreation of a classic tragedy. The songs were gorgeous and the lighting was by far the best I've seen in a play. The show opened with some acts by Rogue Burlesque star Bustee Keaton and the Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library! :) I drew a few awesome portraits including this one of Ian:

On Saturday we headed up to NH for Akumacon, which Pembroke High school's Anime Club hosted. We made some new friends and hung out for the day. Our friend CT came by with her son too:

(photo by Rick Lowell of my favorite Maine Brony and I chattin' Ponies)

And then on Sunday we went to Maine for my favorite small comics convention, the Maine Comic Arts Festival for a beautiful day of comics by the sea. I was across from Jeff Smith of Bone fame and my first purchase of the day was from Brian Wood's daughter. I love this festival because so many kids come hungry to learn about art and comics. My second sale was actually a trade for buttons with some middle school kids who made a comic and selfpublished it through a comic publishing website.

I did some amazing commissions for some amazing comic fans this weekend: 

I picked up some awesome comics and prints, but my favorite was my fake ID made personally by 9 year old Wyeth. Wyeth may have been busier than Jeff Smith at the con- everyone wanted a fake ID and how could you NOT? 

I will see you next year Portland! :) 

Wereism

Wereism is out on Etsy! :) 

The first printing is limited to 25 comics and each comic is signed and numbered on the back by me! :) The cover is full color and the comics is 12 black and white pages detailing Wendy Wimbly's encounter with a werewolf. :) This is the first in my new series called the Tiny Trilogy of Terror. 

Flipbook Workshop

Let's Make A Flip Book Workshop sign ups end this Sunday, May 5th! 

Enroll by Sunday, May 5th

In this fun 1-day workshop, learn from local artist and illustrator Kristilyn Stevenson.  Attendees will learn the basics of animation and creating a simple flipbook of a subject carrying out an action.

INSTRUCTOR: Kristilyn Stevenson
MEETS: 1 Wednesdays, 6:30-9:30pm, May 8, 2013

INSTRUCTOR BIO: Kristilyn is an illustrator, crafty crafter and occasional animator whose work can be found in galleries along the East Coast. When she isn’t conjuring up her next adorably macabre image, she can be found around New England at a convention or craft show or in a Boston club drawing the most talented local bands as they perform.

FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!

I’m guesting at Legends Comix and Games in Maynard for FREE COMIC BOOK DAY! I’ll have a free comic for you too!  Come by and say hello, get a picture drawn and buy my new werewolf comic called Wereism! I will be onsite from 12pm-6pm and there will be free comics from all over the industry to collect! Come have fun! 

Comic!

It was rough last week, but this week I'm working on finishing up a comic I had hoped to have for Boston Comic Con. Boston Comic Con, of course was cancelled. :( They are working rescheduling now. Instead, I'll be releasing the comic at Maine Comic Arts Festival in May! :) 

Workshop

I am running a workshop on Creative Portraiture at the Uforge Gallery in Jamaica Plain, MA next week! Sign up by Sunday to participate! :)

Enroll by Sunday, April 14th

In this fun 1-day workshop, learn from local artist and illustrator Kristilyn Stevenson.  Students will learn tips and tricks for portraiture and using those methods to cartoon from them.  We will study our own faces and create a realistic and cartooned portrait from them.

INSTRUCTOR: Kristilyn Stevenson
MEETS: 1 Wednesdays, 6:30-9:30pm, April 17, 2013

Southern Tour Part 3: MTAC Devil's Dozen

Our last leg of our Southern Tour was in Nashville TN at MTAC Devil's Dozen con at the Nashville Convention Center. This was around a 4-5,000 person con that I got invited to special by a scout at Katsucon in February. It lined up perfectly with our trip so we did it! I'm glad we did because it was an grand time! The citizens of Nashville were super sweet and we made a lot of new friends! 

On Friday night the NYC Japanese punk band GELATINE played in the main events ballroom. What a show! I got some video of the last bit of their performance: 

And there were lots of fun commissions: 

We had a suprise visit from Blake's sisters and neice!

There was also a horror convention going on in the same building and it was $10.00 for anyone associated with the anime convention to get in. So on Sunday I got a pass and went to visit Adrienne King who played Alice in Friday the 13th. I gave her a print of my illustration A Dream of Jason and she was so excited and so nice she autographed a poster and posed for a photo with me. :) This was by far the best part of the Nashville trip! And we both were in Nashville for the first time! 

After that I wish we had a TARDIS. We spent a total of 27.5 hours driving back to Boston from Sunday to Monday night. The best part was that our cats weren't even mad when we got back, so we bathed in cats. :)

The whole trip was really wonderful and we are truly thankful to every one who we met or visited. I hope we can do something similar next year that involves DRAGON CON. ;)