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After talking with the current con-ops fellow, it would seem that I'm back in the saddle again to do A-Kon's badges and staff shirt.
Yay. Sort of yay.
They want something else, no more Geishabots, "it's time for something new", apparently branding means nothing. Also they want a male mascot along with a female one...sounds like the militant yaoi crowd demanded a change. It would seem that some of you that responded to my last journal were correct about the way things are going, but they don't want to lose all of the old A-Kon crew( most of which have quit or moved on), and were seemingly happy to have me do the work.
But I've got some ideas, and we will see what transpires. But I'm not going to bust my ass over this, and my geishabots will still be made for me and y'all to enjoy here on DA and over at Pixiv. The robot girls may also have a new enterprise to be a part of soon, if all goes well...but I cannot share any details at this time.
But Aki, Uma, and Hitomi...as far as convention work is concerned, they are retired...but their adventures will still continue in artwork.
I've just finished a very well received piece of art for that USAF intelligence flight. They were extremely happy with what they got, and wanted me to visit them.
Sadly, they were in Maryland, and I'm here in Texas, and I really don't have time for a trip. They also promptly paid me, with a note that I earned every penny, and will be sending me a couple of the t-shirts and a group photo.
Happy customers and new fans.
So, back at it...A-Kon back in the job cycle, got my submission to issue 34 of North American Furs to work on, I've got some things to do for my villainous patron...The Supreme Dark Lord of the ELofE, some more SF hardware, more aliens, and of course more girls.
Yay. Sort of yay.
They want something else, no more Geishabots, "it's time for something new", apparently branding means nothing. Also they want a male mascot along with a female one...sounds like the militant yaoi crowd demanded a change. It would seem that some of you that responded to my last journal were correct about the way things are going, but they don't want to lose all of the old A-Kon crew( most of which have quit or moved on), and were seemingly happy to have me do the work.
But I've got some ideas, and we will see what transpires. But I'm not going to bust my ass over this, and my geishabots will still be made for me and y'all to enjoy here on DA and over at Pixiv. The robot girls may also have a new enterprise to be a part of soon, if all goes well...but I cannot share any details at this time.
But Aki, Uma, and Hitomi...as far as convention work is concerned, they are retired...but their adventures will still continue in artwork.
I've just finished a very well received piece of art for that USAF intelligence flight. They were extremely happy with what they got, and wanted me to visit them.
Sadly, they were in Maryland, and I'm here in Texas, and I really don't have time for a trip. They also promptly paid me, with a note that I earned every penny, and will be sending me a couple of the t-shirts and a group photo.
Happy customers and new fans.
So, back at it...A-Kon back in the job cycle, got my submission to issue 34 of North American Furs to work on, I've got some things to do for my villainous patron...The Supreme Dark Lord of the ELofE, some more SF hardware, more aliens, and of course more girls.
The Worm Has Turned and Is Packing An Uzi
"The Worm has turned and is packing an Uzi", a great line from the awesome film "Wolf", and appropriate to my life at this time. First, it's been two medical checks in the last six months and it can be officially said that I am in Remission!! My strength is slowly coming back, and I don't fatigue out as easily as I did before. In fact I've been working 9 to 10 hour days at work, five days a week at my job. Second, My job...the thing that pays my bills and insurance...well it moved me closer to home and promoted me to General Manager at that store. It was confirmed earlier this week, and my new pay is on the next check...woohoo!! The store I got was a wreck, but I'm whipping it into shape and already the biz is improving. Now all I need is a staff instead of the occasional staff loaned from another store...but that's in the works. Third, Got my main computer up and going...yay! That means access to my files, Photoshop, scanner, etc...and the internet access other than my stupid
Pushing forward...
It's been a hard haul with this whole cancer thing, the pandemic turmoil, the passing of my Mother, friends, and critters...and still working my mental & labor intensive and now very understaffed job this whole time. Yeah, working, while sick and weakened by chemo, but the bills weren't going to pay themselves and I needed the insurance that the company provided. This whole time dizzy, depressed, sick, and burnt out feeling. But damn it, I didn't come all this way through all this worldly hell just to give up. There were times I wanted to, and I broke down often...still do...and it would have been sooo easy to just give up. But I do have dreams, even with my passions beat down and subdued, dreams that I must pursue and most of all I have a life to live, even in a rather fucked up world that seems to get worse by the day. I've got to push on, it's going to be hard, but I will fight for my life and dreams. I have only three more post-cancer treatments left, one every two
I'm still alive, but it's been a hard time!
It's been a hard time these several months. Dealing with Follicuar Lymphoma and the chemo treatments all the while still working at my day job. Chemo made me sick and twitchy, conditions that haven't been very conducive to creating art or doing much at all but surviving. I painted a lot of tank miniatures, but cammo is easy especially in 6mm, and I did those for morale. Every week I would have blood drawn, have evals done, and then every three weeks chemo treatment...just after recovering from the last. Headaches, horrible fatigue, mild shakiness, nausea, and other such fun after effects. Lost my hair too, not that I had too much anyway. Last week was my last chemo treatment and signs look really good. I went from being lit up like a Christmas tree in the PET scan to one lone spot of cancer. I will never truly be rid of this disease but it can be contained but my doctors are extremely pleased with the results. So there's hope for tomorrow. Fuck Cancer. Another
It is Alive...
I am still alive and living in an undisclosed location, and still doing art...slowly. Today I FINALLY got internetz up and going, ready for a restart...mostly...other issues hang overhead. Summer 2019 ended on some bummer notes that got me to where I am now, and Winter 2019-2020 delivered worse...a whole lot worse that interfered with my ability to produce art beyond roughs. I was stricken with what was first thought to be a really bad eye infection but in late January was found to be a tumor in my eye socket behind the eye. CT Scans found a very large ( bigger than the eyeball itself ) tumor, that was pushing the eye forward and out. Later the next month, UT Southwestern got involved ( great folks by the way ) and after a bit of studying and planning the tumor was removed in mid-March. This required going through my eyelid, and cutting a "window" in my skull near the temple. Not fun, but still done and afterwards I was sent home. A week later after some rest and recovery
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A-Kon? 
Coincidence, I know, but my main character is named Adykon. He's the guy in my avatar.
Coincidence, I know, but my main character is named Adykon. He's the guy in my avatar.