Sketches!

[liabrown]

Apologies to those seeing this repeatedly...

I got eight new Rogues sketches at the Paradise Toronto Comicon this weekend (wanted to get those who were neglected last time).

Here's my gallery...my Rogues' Gallery, if you will

Comments

[axolotl_lan]

Aww.. those are fantastic! I almost went to Paradise but my best friend decided we are going to Fanexpo instead. Those pics are fantastic. I love the glider one... and the weather wizard... and OMG the Piper one is absolutely freakin' cool!

[liabrown]

Glad you like them! I'm quite pleased with all of them too.

I plan to be hitting the Fan Expo too, although for me it's kind of a working holiday (I cover it for a website). Hopefully I'll still have time to get some more sketches...it's an addiction, really.

[axolotl_lan]

How do you go about getting them?

[liabrown]

Basically, you just approach an artist at their table and ask. Most charge for them (it's a way to recoup their con costs), but a few artists will have signs saying they do free sketches. It's a good idea to have reference picture(s) for them to look at, in case they don't know the character or don't really remember them. I used to loan them beat up old comics for reference, but now I use colour print-outs of certain panels that look good.

Personally, I've never paid more than $20 for a sketch, although my husband got a $40 one yesterday. The big name artists usually charge a lot more, which is why I've never gotten a really famous artist.

[axolotl_lan]

Thank you ^_^
*See totally wouldn't have thought of reference pics... even though I use them when I want to do something nice >_< *

I had guessed the cost thing. I'm so excited to be going to a convention! (went to anime north twice but I don't know how accurate the experience was because I was hauled around as a prop for an acquaintances cosplay menagerie.. and had a stupid YTV person take part of my costume!)

[liabrown]

It's all a learning experience...I don't think I had reference pics in the beginning, but I learned from my mistakes as time went by ^_^

Hope you have fun! Fan Expo can be a bit overwhelming at first because it's so huge, but there's tons to do and see.

Why on earth did they take your costume? O_o

[axolotl_lan]

She took one of my hair rabbits... I was playing umm the girl from pitaten

[liabrown]

I hope she didn't do it deliberately...

[axolotl_lan]

She did, and then she went on air when I tried to complain and get it back to put my pigtail back up. She was called 'sugar'

[liabrown]

Hey, I know who that is. Isn't that the TV host with the squeaky voice?

[axolotl_lan]

yes! My stupid friends were all- Oh well she is hawt! >_<' and I was more along the lines of "that was the only part of the costume I made myself and I was proud of those rabbits." It was frustrating. Of course the next time I was there I was made to wear so many different character's outfits it was insane.

[liabrown]

Well...hopefully next time you'll get to make your own decisions and have more fun... :\

[axolotl_lan]

That is what this is about- fan expo, no cosplaying, just trying to see as much as possible *and get buzz aldrin's signature*

[liabrown]

Wow yeah, I couldn't believe they got Aldrin. Some Sci Fi guests do charge for autographs, but hopefully he doesn't.

There are a lot of cosplayers at the Expo, though, and some pretty nifty costumes.

Here are some of the photos my husband took the last couple of years:
http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?t=43482
http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?t=43136