Anime Expo whoo!

Well, kinda whoo. I think ever since it moved away from Anaheim and into Long Beach [and then to LA], it's been kinda going downhill. The dealer hall was a little meh this time around...Normally I'd see all sorts of fun [yet random] crap that I will feel compelled to buy and then subsequently feel guilty about buying after the money leaves my hand, but this year it was a lot of same-y stuff and nothing really new. I really wanted a nice Code Geass keychain, but there were hardly any. Maybe it's a sign of the world's economic issues or something like that. There was a cute Apollo Justice cell phone charm that I was totally going to buy, if it didn't cost $7 for a charm barely bigger than my thumbnail. D: I also wanted to buy something related to Captain Kurotsuchi from Bleach, but he and his division are sadly underappreciated. XD People seemed to be creeped out by him. Waha.

I also walked through the Artist Alley, and felt insignificant compared to all the pretty art there. But I did realize that they all seemed to draw in the same style in most of their illustrations...I mean, they were all really, really pretty, but the style was kinda same-y for a lot of them. XD; I won't name any names, but...Haha.

NEXT YEAR! FOR REAL. I SHALL HAVE A TABLE AT THE ARTIST ALLEY AT ANIME EXPO. My standalone art has been starting to build up, so maybe by next year, I'll have enough things that people will want to buy. Hahaha.

Also, cosplay seemed underwhelming this year. I do have pictures, so I'll be uploading them eventually. I didn't go nuts with the camera though, since I did feel a bit underwhelmed. But I'm not obsessive with taking pictures of anything, so yeah. But I was sad that I didn't have time to make a costume this year. Next year, I definitely want to try to make one. Here's some ideas I had:

1. Talim [Soul Calibur 4 costume]
2. Franziska von Karma [from Phoenix Wright], because then I'd get to carry a whip around
3. Chun-Li
4. TRAUMA TEAM HECK YEAH
5. Someone from Tales of the Abyss [Tear or Jade or maybe Legretta]
6. Soifon or Yoruichi [from Bleach]
7. Someone from No More Heroes



Being at Anime Expo jump-started my brain. It was getting really sluggish and heavy since I started my job, but now it's pumping out the creative smoothies again. Maybe if I decorate my cubicle with drawings, I won't get so weird and blech. You can only answer phones with, "Good morning, this is XXX. How can I help you?" for so long before feeling a bit of your soul slipping away with every password that you have to reset.

Someone save me. Please.