MidSouthCon31 & John Picacio by AidanaWillowRaven
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MidSouthCon31, where I had the honor of being a professional artist guest again this year, has come to a close and I feel energized and inspired for another year of creativity and expression.
I have declared this year's con a wonderful success. :D And although art sales were down from last year (only three works sold), there is no replacement for the networking and relationships that were started and/or built upon.
I rubbed elbows with some of the best writers and artists in publishing today. My co-panelist/art guest of honor was 2012's Hugo Award Winner/Best Professional Artist, John Picacio. How cool is that?!
The two panels we shared the table on were:
03/22 (Fri) 6:00 PM Breaking Into Art As A Business
What does it take to become a successful artist? What do publishing houses look for? Do you need a degree?
03/23 (Sat) 2:00 PM Digital Art: Past, Present, and Future
From Andy Warhol's famous soup cans to the creation of immersive virtual reality installations. Where is digital art going next?
The best part? He is so down to earth! He's not one of these uppity, condescending, entitled personalities. It was so great sharing space with him and even better spending some time outside the panels during tear-down and sharing a table during the after-con gathering in the con-suite, with both John and his assistant Tara (please forgive me if I am misspelling it), for a quick bite to eat.
Oh ... and the coolest part? He knows my art-idol, Michael Whelan! I mean ... knows him personally! I have shared a professional panel with someone who knows Michael!!!
Those of you who have followed me for any length of time knows my immediate drool factor when it comes to anything Michael has done or will ever do ... lol.
OK ... lol ... before I get too giddy and lose all professional composure ... lol ... I highly recommend you follow John Picacio's website & Twitter pages. :D
I mentioned I had three works sell in the art room. These are the three:
Comments (32)
Very cool writing and images
Congratz! ")
Very well done on every level my friend most excellent images nicely done!!!
Cool work I love the third one, its so life like in poseing and lighting Bravo!!!!
nice three pack of great imagery.
Congratulations my dear friend, excellent pack indeed, fabulous work!
Fabulous composition and work my friend ....Congratulations for you!!!
fabulous collage!! congratulations!!!!!!
Congratulations on a very successful and exciting fenture. Michael Whelan...Wow! All three of your images look great.
happy you got to go to this place and meet all types of people
Congrats on your rubbing elbows and perhaps getting even more professional work. I especially like the silver dragon.
Congratulations!
Beautiful work, and it sure sounds like you had a great time.
Congratulations! Excellent work!
Congratulazioni,brava.
sounds like a glorious time to rub elbows with fame, excellent history of your events and i see why these three pieces sold! excellent work!:)*5
Exellent done.
Stunning images And well written
nice work my friend:)
Beautiful picture, and congratulations!
Fantastic scene!!
Sounds like you had a great time and congratulations!!!!!!!!!
DWHSYAALI :)
Sounds like you had a lot of fun. Makes it all worth it. Congratulations on all fronts - including the drool factor one!
superlative work!
Fabulous collage works my friend, Congratulations aswell.
Very nice images, superb collage!
Cool! Really like the dragon's texture.
Congrats on selling the 3 artworks they are amazing!! Sounds like you had the best time, well done to you :D hugs Jane xx
félicitations et beau montage.