Random Randomness of Doom
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secondlina
I went to free comic book day at the comic book shoppe in downtown Ottawa with my friend Tama and her boyfriend Kevin. It was a lot of fun. Yes, actual spiderman. Or at least guy posing as spiderman. Heee! I was almost saved by spiderman.
I also got to see Ironman with my family the same day. I promised my brother we would go. Turns out, Ironman is a weird hero. The movie is not bad... But I found it VERY patriotic (american this, american that, evil arabic dudes, evil guy who loves money). It's also kinda based solely on the fact that Ironman is an ass... But it was still a good action movie as far as action movies go. Pepper Pots is definitly the cutest hero girlfriend to ever exist.
Now for the other randomness that occured these past few days:
Galleries want my stuff. I have an exhibit in June and one in July. The June one is in the Ottawa Area. The July one is in Montréal. I spent all of last week preparing documentation and finishing drawings to send to those. I'm really excited about this, and also a bit creeped out. It is high time I build myself a website to show my "serious" artwork. I drew 3 new drawings, one about beauty and the beast, one about alice and one about romeo and juliet... I did those because I wanted a few smaller drawings...
Beauties and Beasts: sorta shows the romantic beauty and the beast idea (true love despite horrible apparences) and lays over that the idea that our animal self (the evil beast within) can destroy beauty. It's a bit of a link on my Metamorphosis drawing. I rather like it.
The Alice and wonderland one i'm calling "the traveler" and it kinda focuses on the fact that alice crosses thru a mirror to another world, opposite to our own. In that idea, she kinda enters into herself, or rather her reflection, seeking truth within herself. On the inne rlayer you see alice going thru an almost liquid mirror. On the outer layer, you can see two women overpowering one another. It's a representation of alice facing herself, but also the red queen facing the white queen in chess.
Romeo and juliet... I dunno, I was feeling romantic. I like the idea of the bed, how it's a place to rest (sleep or death) but also a place where one rests happily in the arms of a lover, or have sexual intercourse, etc. Basically, on one layer, they die, and in another, a rose holds then together, perforating their chests, somewhat "killing" them but also growing from them, making them alive...
Beauties and Beasts: sorta shows the romantic beauty and the beast idea (true love despite horrible apparences) and lays over that the idea that our animal self (the evil beast within) can destroy beauty. It's a bit of a link on my Metamorphosis drawing. I rather like it.
The Alice and wonderland one i'm calling "the traveler" and it kinda focuses on the fact that alice crosses thru a mirror to another world, opposite to our own. In that idea, she kinda enters into herself, or rather her reflection, seeking truth within herself. On the inne rlayer you see alice going thru an almost liquid mirror. On the outer layer, you can see two women overpowering one another. It's a representation of alice facing herself, but also the red queen facing the white queen in chess.
Romeo and juliet... I dunno, I was feeling romantic. I like the idea of the bed, how it's a place to rest (sleep or death) but also a place where one rests happily in the arms of a lover, or have sexual intercourse, etc. Basically, on one layer, they die, and in another, a rose holds then together, perforating their chests, somewhat "killing" them but also growing from them, making them alive...
Needless to say, next week is gonna suck. I'm gonna be pretty busy. I need to build frames for these images because on saturday, I need to take them to the Arbor Gallery, who is hosting the June exhibit. I need to have my works in their offices before may 25th, and considering i'm going to be at the Toronto anime con, I really need to get this done. Aside from the frames, I also need to re-do a few of my old drawings that got slightly damaged from being showed in the grad show. I also need to finish my contracts, meet some people, call the hotel in toronto to make sure all is well, go to some interviews, etc. Busy, busy week.
This week, i was shameless. I dropped stuff and went to montréal. I wanted to go check out some cool jobs I found. I ended up getting really sick about a day later after I got to montréal and Link pretty much had to force me to stay down and stop freaking out about doing nothing. It was nice to relax though. I got to play magic with him, watch some movies, read, etc. When I was feeling better, we went to Montréal's chinatown. There was a really cool pastry shop where we bought pork buns, almond cookies and momo cake. There was a lot of goths and punks in Chinatown, most likely due to all the nightmare before x-mas merchandise (soooooo much of it!!!!!!!) Shopkeepers in chinatown are kinda pushy. But it was fun. Link said that the shops there reminded him of the magic tents in Harry potter, since they cram so much stuff in a seemingly tiny space. Link also bought a chinese shirt so he could cosplay Ranma at the con (the ratail fits). I'm still amazed he could find something made in china that fitted him (be advised, it's like a XXXL).
On the way back to the bus station for me to leave, me and Link ran into some mormons who wanted to convert us. Honestly, diane, your collegues really lacked a lot of energy and where midly creepy. They were so incredibly stiff! I dunno if they managed to convert anyone, but they seemed to only want to engage a one-way conversation rather then a discussion, so it seemed doubtful. They really need a bit more passion.
I'm sorry Julie and Ari, I didn't call you guys despite being in Montréal. I blame the sickness. I will call next time.
Until June though, i'm kinda off the map. This week is mostly finish-all-my-crap week, then toronto con from the 22nd to the 26th, then disneyworld from the 28th to the 3rd of June. But like I told everyone; i'll most likely be dead bored the rest of summer, so i'll have buckets of free time. I don't think i'll take huge trips like these for another while after this. It hurst the wallet.
About the Toronto con itself....I need to talk to those who will attend about some details. I also need to work on a costume. I gave up being Lina Inverse for various reasons. I just wanted to sew a really cool skirt, but Link managed to convince me to dress up in something cooler. I saw black bell dress and it made me think of the black mokona (aka modoki) in tsubassa. So I bought it and i'm currently working on some ears. I have a tiny mokona plush I will carry around with me. I'll show you guys the costume progress a bit later. :)
This week, i was shameless. I dropped stuff and went to montréal. I wanted to go check out some cool jobs I found. I ended up getting really sick about a day later after I got to montréal and Link pretty much had to force me to stay down and stop freaking out about doing nothing. It was nice to relax though. I got to play magic with him, watch some movies, read, etc. When I was feeling better, we went to Montréal's chinatown. There was a really cool pastry shop where we bought pork buns, almond cookies and momo cake. There was a lot of goths and punks in Chinatown, most likely due to all the nightmare before x-mas merchandise (soooooo much of it!!!!!!!) Shopkeepers in chinatown are kinda pushy. But it was fun. Link said that the shops there reminded him of the magic tents in Harry potter, since they cram so much stuff in a seemingly tiny space. Link also bought a chinese shirt so he could cosplay Ranma at the con (the ratail fits). I'm still amazed he could find something made in china that fitted him (be advised, it's like a XXXL).
On the way back to the bus station for me to leave, me and Link ran into some mormons who wanted to convert us. Honestly, diane, your collegues really lacked a lot of energy and where midly creepy. They were so incredibly stiff! I dunno if they managed to convert anyone, but they seemed to only want to engage a one-way conversation rather then a discussion, so it seemed doubtful. They really need a bit more passion.
I'm sorry Julie and Ari, I didn't call you guys despite being in Montréal. I blame the sickness. I will call next time.
Until June though, i'm kinda off the map. This week is mostly finish-all-my-crap week, then toronto con from the 22nd to the 26th, then disneyworld from the 28th to the 3rd of June. But like I told everyone; i'll most likely be dead bored the rest of summer, so i'll have buckets of free time. I don't think i'll take huge trips like these for another while after this. It hurst the wallet.
About the Toronto con itself....I need to talk to those who will attend about some details. I also need to work on a costume. I gave up being Lina Inverse for various reasons. I just wanted to sew a really cool skirt, but Link managed to convince me to dress up in something cooler. I saw black bell dress and it made me think of the black mokona (aka modoki) in tsubassa. So I bought it and i'm currently working on some ears. I have a tiny mokona plush I will carry around with me. I'll show you guys the costume progress a bit later. :)
That's all for now folks.
-Secondlina
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Date: 2008-05-13 04:31 am (UTC)The exhibit in Ottawa is more or less in ottawa. It's actually somewhere between Ottawa and montréal. http://www.arborgallery.org/exhibitions.php
I think it would be easier to go see the montréal one, plus, you me, mariel and brit can hit the town. Plus, if you've got friends in montréal, you could bunk there, or you could come with me crash Link's apartment (I know I keep offering his appartement, but he seems to shelter a lot of travelers.)
I actually lost the job at the civ museum, but they are trying to get me in another. I hope it works dammit. Want job!
How's your job stuff going?
Yeah, I kinda want to play a bit more with various cultural/archetypal figures that are more into myth, stories or society itself. Though all my work will keep a very fantasy edge I don't want to be "the girl who draws fairytales" to be my own archetype... Plus I was feeling romantic :)