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.

So I graduated from UC Irvine! Yay! Other than the awkward speakers at the Engineering school ceremony, it was awesome. The student speaker implied that we're all superheroes [EnginHeroes!] and the speaker lady from Harvey Mudd had some very awkward wording in hers. Apparently she likes to paint, but kept it a secret from her coworkers so that she'd be taken seriously. So then she went on to talk about how she "came out of the closet." Of painting. Painting must have a closet.

So now, I shall use my degree in computer science and engineering to SAVE THE WORLD! WHOO! What shall my superhero name be?

I figure I'll work my part-time job with the electricity company and try to get some sort of job in the game industry while doing it. Maybe QA part-time for Atlus or NIS, or if Red 5 will have me as an artist. And...Blizzard? Hahaha, Blizzard won't want me. Oh Blizzard, you are so close, yet so far...And I have yet to find their alleged big building in Irvine. I'm going to find it. Someday. Maybe this week, since I'm trying to do lots of wtf. XD




If you all noticed, I did an Excel Saga meets Code Geass fanart. It would be awesome if Il Palazzo had a Geass power. I figure his power could be to see and bring out the corruption in people, and use their subsequent confused state of mind to persuade them to work for him. : D

I also want to do a one-shot comic detailing this. He shall be either Duke or Earl Il Palazzo, and shall be in charge of the area around Fukuoka in Area 11. : D It shall be awesome.

I promised that I would only make it a one-shot. Also, I want to sketch Intersection today! : D



I'm in these clubs. They are awesome.

Feeling a little vain and arrogant today. I'm thinking I need me some humble pie.

Yeah, it was kinda one of those slap-to-the-face days. I need one of those every once in a while. Haha.





In other news, school continues to kick my butt! I'm up to my ears in Java programming, but I guess it's all right since I'm taking this video game development class. Except I'm also up to my ears in Flash animation. That's a lot of things to be going to my ears. But ~october-fish introduced me to the music of NEWS, so I'm kinda noodling to the happy songs. Hahaha. Except I've been trying to translate some of their song titles and they're using weird kanji readings or something...

I also lack motivation to ink Lexcore. I've got it nice and sketched, but I'm kinda hesitant to ink it because I probably won't have the time to tone until...I dunno. And then I'll forget where all the panel lines go. I've got a midterm this week. Maybe I'll ink this weekend? I've got a track meet this weekend. Maybe I'll ink between classes on Tuesday or Thursday? Or if I get home early tomorrow? Hrrrrm. Or I could ink it now instead of angsting about the ending of Marked, which I haven't worked on in...forever. This was only sparked from me getting bored and trying to find weird pairings in Harry Potter fanfiction, finding McGonagall x Snape ones and then laughing my butt off, then remembering that I have Marked, whose ending was bothering me.

Maybe I'll start inking then. @_@ At least a little bit.



I've also got the next 7 or 8 pages of System.out.println("RAWR!"); thumbnailed in my notebook. : D I'm excited for that comic because I think it's been a year since I updated.





I'm in these clubs. Not that I really participate. Maybe someday. Haha.

Finally spring break. This quarter was nuts. Since it's my senior year at my university, I had to do this two-quarter senior project that totally kicked my butt. It was kinda hard because I had to manage a group...which is not fun. Buuuut we managed to pull together by the end of this quarter and actually build the thing we were planning to build. I have never programmed more accurately and intensely in my life. In Java, too! And with this project over, I can see that I'm probably doomed to be shunted into programming positions. I love hardware and stuff, but all I can do is program. And do art. I had an interview with Raytheon in the middle of the quarter for hardware jobs, and their reps thought that I was more suited to software positions. Then again, I guess that's not so bad. It's just that I don't think I'm a particularly amazing programmer.

In case anyone cares, my group dismantled a Wii remote, ripped out its camera, wired it to a microcontroller, hooked it up to a computer, and then used a glove with LEDs on the tips of the thumb and index finger to control the mouse on the computer. Wii remote, I have a new respect for what you do. Also, wtf with the three-pronged screws? Nintendo reeaaally doesn't want anybody opening that thing up.

My back also hurts. I think I leaned forward a little too much on one of my triple jumps at the track meet this weekend, so now my back hates me. Well, more than it did already. Full speed + bad back + bad form + cold = pain.



Finally I have time for comics! Yessss! I just updated Intersection today.

Likely order that comics will be updated:

1. Lexcore [double update]
2. Magical Killer Princess
3. Rondo
4. System.out.println("RAWR!"); [I figured I should update it at least once a year...]
5. Wonderment

I should also start coding ~october-fish's and my site.

Yeesh. I'm a busy girl. D:



I'm in these clubs. Not that I really participate. Maybe someday. Haha.

Gah, I love the Tales series so much. ;__; My sister and I have been replaying Tales of the Abyss, and an unfortunate consequence of that is...

...I want to do a fancomic with it. Because, you know, I'm totally able to update 5 comics and keep the readers' interest.

x__x

IN ANY CASE! I'm going to do it! I've chosen the tentative title of "Rondo." If anybody noticed, my latest DA post is Colonel Arista Arcwell, who's going to be in Rondo. The comic takes place four or five years after the ending of Abyss, so...yeah! I kinda wanted to do a one-shot, but then I got going with the story aaaand...now it's not a one-shot anymore. Haha. There shall be war and violence and fonic artes and maybe even a tragic death! XD

[Likely] order that comics will be updated next:
1. Lexcore
2. Magical Killer Princess.
3. Rondo
4. Intersection
5. Wonderment

Dang, I have a lot to do. BETTER GET STARTED! BAHAHAHAHA!

If you find that I've gone crazy sometime in the near future, then you know why.



So school is starting on Monday. Blech. BLECH.