deCordova Art Museum

I went to the deCordova Art Museum in Lincoln Massachusetts after coming home from Anime Boston this past Sunday. There were many interesting , contemporary pieces of artwork inside the main building. There were also separate buildings for classes and the museum shop.

Mainly, this museum has a very interesting outdoor sculpture park surrounding the whole entire area. It may have been very cold outside and there were certain areas that were still covered in snow or mud, but it was still an enjoyable experience. Perhaps I will go again at some point with a friend on a warmer day when I have more time to explore.

I did not record the descriptions of the art pieces, but considering these are abstract for the most part, I will leave interpretations up to you the audience. I was recommended by a friend to visit this place, and I recommend others as well.

Anime Boston 2014

I had an awesome time at Anime Boston this year. I may not have been able to get an artists' alley table, nor a vendor's booth, and I did not even get any of my art submissions displayed from the contest even though I was a runner up. I did not even make a costume this year due to my busy schedule, nor did I apply for a press badge with one of the local television stations as I did for Connecticon. I did however, see a good number of my friends and met some new people, get to learn a lot more about creating web comics and Kickstarter, see some very good AMVs, saw some good costumes, saw some hilarious outtakes, and bought a few things I actually needed like a wallet, a side bag, and some more manga drawing pages for my web comic at decent prices. I managed to take a lot of pictures!

Here's Maka from Soul Eater. This form was only in the manga, which is too bad, because it is awesome!

Here is an interesting cosplay. I beleive this is a character from one of the Legend of Zelda games.

Here is a cosplay of the gollem from Dragon Age. The crystals actually glowed!

Here is a cosplay of Minion!

I was surprised to see someone cosplaying as Aku!

Here was an awesome group who posed for a group picture!

I have no idea what series this was from, but it is awesome!

Some friends of mine dressing up as Doctor Who, the TARDIS, Mario, and Jack. They are a very fun crowd to hang out with!

Here is a steam punk cosplay with wings! They fold up too!.

Steam Punk Batman... Need I say more?

Here was the winner of that art contest. It was a well deserved win for this artist I have to admit.

What I learned from this experience for my web comic series is that I have to be more interactive with my viewers, because without them, I would never see any possible income from making this series. I am going to provide more detailed descriptions on the pages for my web comic and I am going to try to set up a comment section that will update me whenever I receive them in my email.

Also, I decided that if I am going to start a Kickstarter crowd-sourcing campaign, I should start with a smaller goal than trying to build an animation studio. That would be way too expensive, and I doubt I could gather the money for that with Kickstarter at this point. I believe I could raise enough money to get some new supplies to make this web comic series better, and set aside the animation studio as a long term goal.

I am looking forward to what comes next!

Page 128 of Zheph Skyre is not Done, and Possible New Job

I have managed to upload pages 127 and 128 of Zheph Skyre with at least text on both of them. I was not able to finish coloring them yet.

This weekend is Anime Boston, so I will not be able to make a new page next week. I will upload some pictures I'll take at the convention next week and finish coloring my pages. The week after I will have a new page.

I might also be getting a new full time job at the Worcester Art Museum, but I won't know for sure for a while. Even if I do get this job, I will still update this web comic regularly.

Page 126 of Zheph Skyre Finished, Page 127 is Uploaded, and Pat's Peak

I have uploaded page 126 and 127 of Zheph Skyre, but page 127 still requires a lot of work. I went to Pat's Peak in New Hampshire using a special card I have in order to get a good deal on an admission ticket.

Here's page 126. As you can see, everyone is surprised at Jahovac's capabilities. Jahovac himself seems disappointed that the magical properties of his sword have reactivated for some reason. It makes the fight easier for him, but that is not what he wants.

Anime Boston is coming up next week. I am not entirely sure if I will have a page for the week following.

M&M Eminem Parody Comic

For this week on my web comic site Zheph Skyre, since I was snowboarding at the Hypertherm trip at Dartmouth Skiway in New Hampshire this past weekend, I decided now was a good time to show this parody cartoon I made.

As you can see, it features the M&Ms mascots and the rapper Eminem. I just think it funny how their names sound almost exactly alike. I also wanted to incorporate a joke that Eminem is a Caucasian rapper when the music genre is dominated by African Americans, and I wanted to make fun of his other alternative name "Slim Shady."

Rap music isn't really my thing. Eminem had some interesting songs I liked a little, but not enough for me to buy.

Page 125 of Zheph Skyre Complete

I was able to upload page 125 of my web comic Zheph Skyre yesterday. Unfortunately page 126 is still being colored in. This week I will be taking a break from Zheph Skyre, but I will have something ready to post tomorrow. I guarantee people will love it!

Page 125 here has Jahovac showing off his speed and strength. As you can see, I had a transition from the normal background that I had with the main characters to the red background of the orcs. I want to show a transition from the normal everyday life to the violent era that is falling into the characters' lives. How will each character deal with such a transition? Will they be ready like Jahovac here, or will they be nervous like the wealthy sector of Corthon when the orcs poured in?