Hey friends!! My best friend and chainmaille partner @skullnbonesjp is at #VikingCon2019 this weekend at the Charles County Fairgrounds in LaPlata Maryland. Yall should go check her out, support your local artist and BUY ALL THE SHINIES 😁😍😊 she's been working really hard to make some new pieces for you guys! Swipe to get a sneak peak 😘 the first 4 photos are ONLY available at Viking Con! Snatch them up while they last! 💕 Sending love!!! -Kat . . . . . @katsgotmaille @skullnbonesjp #Chainmaille #VikingCon #Vending #ChainmailleJewerly #SkullNBonesJP #Shinies #LocalArtist #Support #Bestie (at Charles County Fair) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4X01HnByZr/?igshid=1kq3g1nzot4ly
I should also mention that getting the VIP tickets were so worth it.
And I'm surprised that more people didn't go, it was a small bunch because an incredibly enthusiastic bunch nonetheless. Ellen talked about her life and how it eventually lead her to Valve and Portal and I remember being in a suspended high state of elation and disbelief.
I'm glad that I went.
Hearing Ellen talk about how she started and her original plans for life made me think on my current plans for what I personally wanted to do with my life.
There was a dark time for me the end of last year, and I did not admit nor show it to anyone for the longest time. But I was more or less not feeling motivated because I wasn't drawing creatively for myself and I was receiving a lot of rejection to places I had considered placing my future in.
The summer that followed did not help me much as I visited friends as often as I could to both get out of the house and distract myself from feeling so worthless and without purpose. I had genuinely believed that I was off track and would never be able to do what I wanted to do.
I want to be a concept artist for a video game company.
I could be more specific but those I had originally aimed for are lately disappointing me with the games they have been coming out with of late (mostly because of how they treat their characters, the writing and how they produce their work...but I'm not going to name them right now).
The point is, I had put so much expectation and subscribed to this ludicrous idea that there is only one destined path to meet our dreams. But the thing is, what we aim and strive for can be met with numerous combinations of choices.
I was off track last year and I let my doubt get the best of me. So I promised myself this year that I would work my hardest and be more ambitious with my goals.
I have this horrible habit of being so self critical of my work because I've trick myself into thinking that it's modesty when it is actually just some twisted excuse for me to look down on myself. I grew up thinking that being proud of my work was vain and over confident and it's ruined how I feel towards compliments.
So I'm going to change that. And my art blog is going to be filled with more stuff from now on.
(If you actually read all that, I'm impressed, thank you for your consideration. I love my followers and I wish you guys all the happiness in the world.)
So I met GlaDos and her husband the Sniper yesterday and I was practically shaking while I was in line because I wanted them to both sign a print I'd made specifically for this event and give a copy to them.
My heart was beating so fast and my brain stopped functioning properly because they were asking me questions and I totally blanked out.
They asked for my art portfolio and god damn it I freaking forgot it.
Fortunately, I managed to salvage my art blog on tumblr and give them that. I can only hope they find it. Despite it being kind of sparse right now because I don't really post anything because I'm too critical for my own good.
But the two of them were SO NICE. I get jumpy just thinking about it and I hope they like the print cause' not only did I bust it out after just finishing a midterm, but I am just really bad at committing to finishing personal projects in general.
Some overwhelmingly indie/craftsy/Bellinghammy stuff for baby's first convention on Saturday. If you're in Bellingham, stop by our booth and play the latest build! The expo hall is free, but if you want to get spendy you could drop $10 on one of these hand-printed cards with pre-order codes on the back. Excited to see all of your lovely faces there!
So my school (WWU) is having it's own comic con called VikingCon and apparently if you buy vip tickets (very cheap considering usual con prices) you get to see a keynote speaker. So the keynote speaker is Ellen McLain who voices GLaDOS and Gypsy Danger from Pacific Rim! Im so freaking excited!!! I love portal so much. I really wish I bought that portal gun I saw at sakura con or have a portal cosplay but oh well. And I guess I'll need to watch Pacific Rim before saturday. lol. anyone got a link to Pac Rim?
