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)
Faemike55
Very cool writing and images
Savage_dragon
Congratz! ")
LivingPixels
Very well done on every level my friend most excellent images nicely done!!!
Steeleyes101
Cool work I love the third one, its so life like in poseing and lighting Bravo!!!!
eekdog
nice three pack of great imagery.
mgtcs
Congratulations my dear friend, excellent pack indeed, fabulous work!
Cyve
Fabulous composition and work my friend ....Congratulations for you!!!
flavia49
fabulous collage!! congratulations!!!!!!
pimanjc
Congratulations on a very successful and exciting fenture. Michael Whelan...Wow! All three of your images look great.
jocko500
happy you got to go to this place and meet all types of people
netsuke
Congrats on your rubbing elbows and perhaps getting even more professional work. I especially like the silver dragon.
UVDan
Congratulations!
starship64
Beautiful work, and it sure sounds like you had a great time.
rbowen
Congratulations! Excellent work!
pregiato
Congratulazioni,brava.
cricke49
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
farmerC
Exellent done.
artofsouls
Stunning images And well written
spiritmind
nice work my friend:)
caty77
Beautiful picture, and congratulations!
Valeriya
Fantastic scene!!
ontar1
Sounds like you had a great time and congratulations!!!!!!!!!
DennisReed
DWHSYAALI :)
GrandmaT
Sounds like you had a lot of fun. Makes it all worth it. Congratulations on all fronts - including the drool factor one!
sandra46
superlative work!
adrie
Fabulous collage works my friend, Congratulations aswell.
Jean_C
Very nice images, superb collage!
rhol_figament
Cool! Really like the dragon's texture.
JaneEden
Congrats on selling the 3 artworks they are amazing!! Sounds like you had the best time, well done to you :D hugs Jane xx
bebert
félicitations et beau montage.