Thinking of a new character for Maki and the Creeps! I wouldāve posted this on the MATC blog but ppl who follow me for my art probably actually want to see posts here lol
Facts about him! āØ
Somewhere between 22 and 27 years old
Made the armor and Bomberman helmet himself, he likes to cosplay when he gets the chance too
A proud, tried and true geek! Loves collecting video games, video game merch, and retro animes spanning from the early 80s to mid 2000s
Works the counter at an old homely video games store, said store holding weekly local tournaments, LOVES getting the chance to commentate them!
A really kind and respectful guy, overall just here to have a good time
Would probably be running a hobbyist YouTube channel if he had the time to lol
Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) Lead Student Producer for our local PBS station Brian KenneyĀ visited Special Collections yesterday with Chicago-based Milwaukee blues musician Matt HendricksĀ to review and film our deluxe box set of re-issued vinyl pressings and documentary materials of Paramount RecordsĀ blues recordings from 1917-1932. The set, housed in facsimile vintage turntable boxes, is in two volumes,Ā Paramount: The Rise & Fall. Volume One, 1917-1927 andĀ The Rise and Fall of Paramount. Volume Two, 1928-32.
Paramount Records was based in Grafton, Wisconsin, about 20 miles north of our campus. A parade of now-legendary Black blues artists made their way to Paramountās Grafton studios in the early 20th-century to record the companyās so-calledĀ ārace records,ā the most lucrative part of their business. Their catalog of recordings is now an important archive of early blues music, which has been reissued in this 2013-14 set by John Fahey's and Dean Blackwoodās Revenant Records and Jack White's Third Man Records. The set includes documentary books; facsimiles of posters, programs, and advertisements; āfield manualsā with complete artist bios and recording lists; a library of vinyl records with over 160 recordings; and flash drives (housed in attractive art-deco holders) with images of printed ephemera and over 1600 additional recordings. Wow!
Kenney filmed Hendricks going through and discussing the various elements of the set. Hendricks also played a few licks on his vintage, metal-bodied resonator guitar signed by legendary Delta blues musician Honeyboy Edwards. The filming was capped with an interview on the importance of preserving this music at a public institution by our very own music librarian Anna Schmidt.Ā
The purpose of the film session is to produce a short video about Paramount Records and the legacy of the blues in Milwaukee (which will also include Hendricksās visit to the site of the recording studio in Grafton and to blues and ragtime musicianĀ Blind Blake's grave) to be used in conjunction with a Milwaukee PBS YouTube channel livestream of Live at the Lakefront 2021, aĀ free, Wednesday-evening, summer concert seriesĀ in the Rotary Amphitheater at Milwaukeeās Discovery World Museum, August 4-25. Please tune in!
Another MATC character! I finished her literally like 2-3 months ago but I never posted her since I didnāt have a backstory written out, but I decided fuck it and Iāll edit this post when I have a story for her, now introducing:
Chai!
Alrighty sheās finally released from the unreleased art quarantine, Chai! Since I donāt have a set backstory for her Iām giving you design factoids!
Her name (Chai) is actually shortened and pronounced from the Chinese word for rainbow (Caihong)! She was originally gonna have some face paint based on the face markings of Chinese dragon/lion dancers because her entire design is based off of them
I also made her blue because for some reason I found the blue and yellow dragons the cutest + if I made her read thereād be too many red characters lol
Hereās some extra design tips + her original concept design! Itās the same but just missing a couple things
The story for her so far is: she went to the same part Maki went to, got high and had the trip of a life time about her lineage being connected to āThe Legendary Rainbow Dragonā or something, is now combat ready and os basing her whole life on rainbows and Chinese dragons
The storyās subject to change since it isnāt really worked out so bare w me here š
Aaand thatās it! Had to post her before Artfight starts š° itās the middle of June
graduated high school. enrolled in college. in 6 months i went from not knowing if i would even graduate high school on time to having graduated over a full semester early, enrolling in community college for gen ed courses, and moving to Los Angeles to go to my dream school this summer. all of this, in 6 months.
if youāre feeling hopeless about your life circumstances please take me as an example. there is hope. your path can be dramatically altered with one choice you make. choose wisely and donāt give up.
One more sunset shot of Katahdin before I leave, this one with fresh snow. I got to witness all four seasons on this trip! . . . #100Milewilderness #millinocket #baxterstatepark #atlodge #at #appalachiantrail #trektheat #whiteblaze #matc #maine #207 #sobo #nobo #thruhike #sectionhike #backpacking #dayhike #hikerservices #finishwell #optoutside #winter #firstsnow #sorryfolksparksclosed #fall2018 #autumn #sunset #goldenroad #goldenhour #riverpond https://www.instagram.com/p/BpKNNH1lqqo/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=kb93r6ow0058
