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Soooo it has been quite a while since I wrote anything... yeah. School's over. Got 3 B's and one A (in art because my prof liked me)... but oh well. Stupid mex-amer history.

I don't really have alot to say, but yeah. Christmas is almost here. This has been one of the most hectic Christmases ever and it's not even over damn it. Gyaaaah. But at least I got my Christmas shopping over early... before today's rush.

My hands are hurting (probably a reaction to the cold), so we'll see how I feel after the pain pills kick in, and maybe I'll draw something. :3

Wizard World Texas... (largely crossposted from devart)

... was fun. Eeeeeveryone recognized my brother as Cloud, even though he didn't have blonde hair because Wal-Mart was a whore and didn't have temp. spray on stuff. My "costume" wasn't complete :< but at least I got a Wonder Woman shirt out of the whole ordeal. And some shiny silver bangle bracelets.

Oooh I got to meet Hector Cantú and Carlos Castellanos - the guys who do the Baldo comic (it's in like... 200 newspaper nationwide, I believe. I don't remember the exact number, but I do know the Statesman prints it). It was so awesome because 1.) almost that entire row in artist alley was Hispanic artists, and 2.) they were BOTH there! Cantú lives here in Texas, but Castellanos lives in Florida... and they were both there and both signed my book! :3 <3 I love those comics. I got to pass by and pick up two more copies of El Gato Negro, too, but the artist wasn't there because he and his wife where on a retreat. But I got to talk to his brother. He was a real nice guy and put me on teh mailing list. I also got to meet the guy who does Yeni (did I spell that right?). He's on deviantart too so I was like AHA I RECOGNIZED THIS CHARACTER FROM SOMEWHERES!!!!

Artist Alley was smaller this year, though. :< And Jennie Breeden wasn't there. :< But there were more vendors, it seemed. AND AUSTIN BOOKS AND COMICS WAS THERE! LOL They did a double take when they saw me. XD Because I. Am. Eeeeeverywhere MUAJAJAJJAJAJJAJAAAAAAA!!!!

Oh yes. And I bought a kitty hat. So now I have a black hat with cat ears. >.> STFU I THINK IT'S CUTE. And I have two new posters (one of them is about as tall as I am :0 ) but nowhere to put them. :<

Seeing as I only went Saturday, I didn't get to see too many costumes. There were the token Star Wars peeps (:0 Darth Vadar AND TEH DARK SIDE OF TEH FORCE OH SHI) and two Ghostbusters (but one of them forgot his backpack thing :< ). There was also an army guy walking around but that wasn't a costume. >.> (He was kinda hott. Not that I was.... staring or anything. LOL)

AND THERE WERE TWO GREEN LANTERNS OH SHIT. And there was a couple dressed up as Batman and Batwoman and they had a kid and I was like BATMAN SPAWNED OH SHI. And there was another Gambit (eeeeh I didn't really get a good look at him), and a Rogue, and a Phoenix, and a Scarlet Witch, and a Wolverine, too. Yusssssss.

Yes, there was alot of me saying "OH SHI" at this convention.

And there was a mechanical bull.

Yes. And thus ends my report on Saturday at Wizard World Texas.

I'm really hoping no one reads this blog, because I always forget to update it. I'm so bad. It's just that I've been doing alot more stuff in art class and haven't done any finished pieces of non-art-class work. I have alot of doodles all over my notes and I guess I could scan that but... yeah. We'll see. We're supposed to leave for the valley sometime today so I might not get to use the scanner until... shit until the semester is over on Dec. 7th. But yeah.

All through our lives we try to define ourselves in this huge world. We want to stand out, we want to be different, we want to make sure people would know us as soon as they came in contact with us. We try to separate ourselves, however, not only to be unique but often because we do not wish to be associated with something we find repulsive. Our thoughts and ideas about what kind of people we are and what "standards" we hold to greatly influence our choice in friends, our choices in what art we choose to view, etc.

When we come into contact with something we do not feel fits in with our ideals, at times we will speak our minds. Some people, needless to say, are much more tactful and respectful about it than others.

And some of us say nothing. We just click the wonderful little x button to close the window, and go somewhere else. We acknowledge these things to be out there, but it doesn't mean we have to look at them or take part in them, unless someone feels the need to attack us for our views.

Then shit hits the fan and the verbal ass-kicking ensues.

You didn't think my little reflection on the strange stuff I see on the intrawebs would end on a serious note, did you? :p

Oh the cutenessssss

Ha! I didn't forget about this blog, see? :p Anyway...

In reference to the title of this entry, I came across a preview on scans_daily (on lj) for a "Tiny Titans" comic coming out next year. It's going to be geared toward little kids, I believe, but it just looks so adorable...

And so, I had to draw my own version of Pan as a little kid...

OBEY THE CUTENESS!!! Geez, she's even goth when she's a little pipsqueak. XD

:D I swear, after I finish doing all my homework I'm going to get some "serious" artwork done. Srsly.

And now that I think about it, that'd make a cute shirt. I might see about making a vector version later...

Life trudges on

I really try not to be annoyed by my family, but sometimes, damn it, I just want to hole myself up in my room and have them leave me alone for a few hours. I suppose work qualifies as getting away from the family for a while... but it's not the kind of "getting away" I had in mind.

I love my relatives to death, honestly, but seriously. For as long as I've been around, every time we go to Dallas, we end up sitting there at the store, bored out of our minds, while the adults talk and catch up. And I have come to the conclusion that this is all that adults do. And this conclusion makes me wish time would stop so that I would not be turning 20 this Thursday. I don't want to be an adult. I don't want to be a total bore. Dear God, when I see people I haven't seen in a while, I like to go places with them. When I go to cities that I do not live in, I like to go shopping to see what's different. Or at least to walk/drive around, sight-see, just... just move, damn it.

Not to mention there are MOSQUITOES GALORE at the store for some reason.

I don't know. I think I'm more upset with myself. If I had my own car, I could have gone out on my own, maybe taken the girls with me or something. Then again, if I had my own car I probably would not have gone to Dallas at all. I would have stayed home to get some rest and some artwork done. Of course I didn't sleep alot over there and I didn't sketch anything because I hate when people are watching me sketch over my shoulder. It seriously bugs me, which is why I always take my sketchbook on vacation but rarely come home with anything new in it. I try. I really do. But I draw best when I'm at home or by myself.

I did get a few ideas for some gag comics, though. Might post those later, if not here, then to DA.

I'm headed to bed. Gotta wake up early for work tomorrow...

Here we are

With another blog I will probably forget about eventually. Since I've got this gmail account anyway, I thought why not? Heh.

Well, I wanted somewhere to put this because I didn't feel like putting it on my devart journal. This is what I plan to post on my comic site once the servers are functional again.


"OH NO, ANGIE, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR COMICS?!"

I've done some serious, hard thinking on this, and I have come to the conclusion that I'm scrapping this comic. I hear your dismayed gasps and I think I saw one guy faint in the back (might've been my brother), but hear me out. When I started this comic waaaaaay back when, I had just finished the original BP comic. That was way back in high school. So I was in that mindset. This comic was meant to be a continuation, what happens next, etc.


But the truth is, I've grown alot since then, both art-wise and personality-wise. Pan herself has grown and developed as a character, and I've been fighting myself on how to write this comic for... what, almost two years now? As I've grown and changed, so have my desires and ideas for where I wanted this story to go, and I've come to a point that... to tell you the truth, I am not sure where this story was supposed to go anymore. I mean, I know the ultimate outcome that I had wanted, but even that's changed a bit since I first started on all this.


I suppose this isn't a bad thing. Sometimes there are ideas that we want so desperately to work but they just don't, and I think this story line was one of them. What else is there to do but set it aside and try again? There are things I've wanted to do but didn't know how to fit it in, there are aspects of Pan's past and her personality that I've wanted so much to express in the comic but didn't think that it'd match the overall tone. And by starting out fresh... well, maybe this time I'll get it right.


For those of you that have read this comic, have enjoyed what little I have put up for you to view, and have offered me your support and advice, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. As it is, I would not have even made it to this point if it weren't for people like ya'll who have taken the good with the bad and pushed me to continue getting better at this. I'm sorry to just kill the story abruptly like this, but I had to do it, for my own sanity as well as yours.


I'm leaving my links page up, and my gallery up (though I haven't added new pieces in ages). Don't worry. This isn't necessarily the end; It is the beginning of a new story, a new stage in my own life and hopefully a step in the right direction for Pan's life as well.


Thanks for reading, ya'll. You'll be seeing more from me soon.






~Angie