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Showing posts with label convention. Show all posts
Showing posts with label convention. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

CTN was a blast

CTN was fantastic!  I was expecting something more like GDC, but I was overwhelmed by how friendly absolutely everyone was.

Biggest thing I learned there is that I love game animation, without a doubt.  I am strongly considering trying out iAnimate games workshop, rather than more Animation Mentor.  Just seeing the reel for their Games Workshop; I mean sure, I look at AM reels and say, that's really nice work; but I stared at the iAnimate reel and said, that, THAT is what I want to do.  There is something really visceral and reactive about games animation that I can't help but love.  But enough gushing about animation.

Speaking of gushing about animation, it was weird to see Eric Goldberg randomly start signing autographs, and be so kind to every single person.  I would have joined them, but I was already on my way to getting a copy of Blacksad signed by Juanjo Guarnido.  I even got a smiling picture with him with my own I-don't-know-what-I-am-doing awkward smile.  I'll chalk that up to being star struck, why not.  (He was a cool dude.)

That's a starstruck face.

Also, I got a Stitch.  I don't impulse buy anything, but Stitch was calling to me.  CALLING, I SAY.  No regrets, he totally kept me company while I was in the air on the way home.

That's the face of love.

I can't wait till next year, and I'll see you all then!

Those are the tired faces of a CTN well done.

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Megacon 2013

I got to experience my first convention today.  I wasn't sure what to expect coming in, and I really enjoyed myself.  I went as Malzahar, from League of Legends.

I got stopped by a rather sizeable number of people for pictures, which was pretty flattering, as I didn't expect such a response.  A lot of people who stopped mentioned how they played the character, or that their friend main-ed him.  It made me proud to be a game developer, in that so many people were excited about a character from a video game, and automatically felt some kinship with a random stranger in Florida.

Probably my highlight of the convention was meeting up with all of the other League of Legends characters, since we all sort of had an affinity with each other.  I came a little late for the group shot, since we had trouble finding them outside, so I did miss a few.  All in all, though, it was a great experience.

Enjoy these pictures, with a rather handsome Malzahar and Ezreal, and also a Miss Fortune, Graves, and Caitlyn below.