WONDERCON_commissions

[11 x 14" - blue pencil, brush & technical pen, COPIC marker on 300lb bristol board]

[9 x 12" - blue pencil, brush & technical pen, COPIC marker on 300lb bristol board]

[12 x 9" - blue pencil, brush & technical pen, COPIC marker on sketchbook paper]

[9 x 12" - blue pencil, brush & technical pen, COPIC marker on 300lb bristol board]

[8.5 x 11" - blue pencil, brush & technical pen, COPIC marker on smooth comicbook cover stock]

[9 x 12" - blue pencil, brush & technical pen, COPIC marker on 300lb bristol board] 

[9 x 12" - red pencil, brush & technical pen, COPIC marker on loose sketchbook paper]

San Francisco's 2011 WONDERCON has come and gone. If you and I didn't get chance to shake hands or say 'hello' at the show it's probably because you didn't visit the restrooms enough. I say this only slightly in jest, but my booth was only x-amount of feet from a bathroom stall.

Really. It was.

Anyway, let me focus on some good stuff. I had a lot of fun while I was in Nor Cal. I had dinner with friends and I met up with a whole lot of artists - some are the creative people I've gotten to know and admire in the past (I'm speaking about you, JOEL GOMEZ, J. SCOTT CAMPBELL, and RYAN OTTLEY)  , and then there were the few who are the great new finds. One such talented artist is a woman by the name of LIANA HEE. She's a very humble, Bay Area artist who's starting to do the convention circuit more and more. The reception for her work has been pretty great, and rightfully so. I hope more people get hip to her stuff.

I'm gonna name drop some more here, so deal with it. I had dinner with HUMBERTO RAMOS, FRANCISCO HERRERA and LEONARDO OLEA. I had such a wonderful, educational and entertaining evening with these fine gentlemen. After dinner, I had a chance to chit-chat with Humberto and if there was such a thing, I believe he could lay claim to the title of the most generous man in comics - by way of time, imparting knowledge, and friendship. It was a memorable evening and I hope the photos taken there don't make their way around the internet.

One more thing: I've said this earlier this week on my TWITTER account (yes, that is a blatant/obvious request for you to go follow me), but I think I've come to the point in my life where I don't have the constitution and longevity to last though a long weekend convention any more. That said - and I'm not 100% certain about this - I'm guessing these commissions are going to start becoming more sparse starting the end of the year because I'm planning on cutting back my convention appearances considerably - or else, you know... I'm gonna die.

Or something less dramatic. But just as lethal.



Just kidding.