How to make a GenkiGoth:

Take one part angry, scary black guy to one part multi-colored hyper latina. shake vigorously untill the mixture is a consistency of a brooding glowstick



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I know, I know. I've moved and in school, and I've got other things to do than to be complaining and whining (which I've been doing alot as of late) about not going to MegaCon. It's JUST a convention. And it is. But I think that con season means alot more to me than it should/

Back in Puerto Rico I they never had anything like this. There was this one little nook in a a bulding called Next Level that me and ~alex-olmeda used to frequent. We would save our lunch money and rent bootlegged anime videos that the owner bought in NY's Chinatown almost every weekend. Going from that to seeing this ginormous place that had rooms upon rooms of the stuff floored me. And it still does.

At the same time though, it's not even the stuff that's there that makes me like cons so much. It's all the things that I've done, the friends that I've made and continue to meet there that makes con season so great. Some people in particular I never see during the year and those 3 days are the only times I get to see them and play catch up.

My first MegaCon I was taken aback by how social and friendly most of the people were. One guy that i had spoken to while he was waiting for a tournament got a little too friendly though; he tried to kiss me on the lips while I tried to part ways. I pushed him so hard that I almost knocked him off the 3rd floor balcony.

There's also the several conventions I've attended with Radio Sci-fi and Ravenloches entertainment productions. I was SO excited when Joey emailed me and asked if I could help them during the convention. At that time I was just a listener for RSF and the fact that I was able to help out made me feel so incredibly special it's not even funny, lol. ~AnaAesthetic was debuting her infamous Lu-lu costume that I've yet to see anyone top. We crammed ourselves in a bathroom stall as we tried to arrange all those layers of that costume on her. I felt bad, because by the end of the day she had the really bad scratches on her legs because of the dress on her legs, but...damn, the costume was bad ass, LMAO!

Joey also took me around the dealer's room and introduced me to lots of different comic companies asking them if they had time to see my artwork. I got ALOT of feedback, and there's one guy in particular that worked for CrossGen at one time (I SO wish I could remember his name) that wrote down some books he suggested I buy. I still have the sheet of paper. I got a lot of useful, constructive information that I've tried to use since then. Someone else told me that my inking was too thin and uniform and he suggested I try using variance in my linework and gave me some examples (which I kept as well) I've been in love with inking ever since. It's now my FAVORITE part of the drawing process.

I still have a little slip of paper that =SpookyChan was handing out trying to sport her comic the Divine Comedy. I think we were still classmates at the time. She was dressed as Witch Hunter Robin. OMG. It's so amazing to see how much you've grown. That's awesome. ^____^

I don't know why, but RSF continued to let me hang out with them and attend radio showings and kept asking me to help them for conventions. On one of their final years, we started trying to sell art and clothing accessories and gave me a little spot where I can try and sell my stuff as well. I can't remember how that turned out though. I know ~AnaAesthetic sold her Sailor Moon outfit though (which, BTW there's a piece missing from it that I think Dee Jay still has. It's the little moon emblem in front of the bow)

Throughout the years I've evolved from a regular con-coer, to a volunteer gopher, to being part of the convention events myself. Ok, so the artist alley isn't a huge thing, but for me it is, lol! I love the mix of people there and seeing what everyone has to sell. Plushies, costume accessories, d20 and other rpg jewelry, T-shirts, bags and so much more. It was creepy the 1st time we were selling completely by ourselves. And we always just seem to break even, but the fact that people even see our art as something worth buying just puts us on cloud nine.

The last convention in Orlando, Dee Jay proposed to me. In front of family, friends I've known for years, people I've just met, and complete strangers he went down on one knee and asked me to marry him. When I saw the ring, the first thing out of my mouth was "holy shit" (you can even almost hear it...in fact here's the [link])

Going to conventions are like going to a really big family reunion/black market, LMAO. I'm always reuniting with old family and meeting new extensions of family as well. I can't tell you how happy I am that Dee Jay loves conventions as much as I do. It's something special to me and I like to share that feeling with anyone willing. I think that's why I'm so bummed that I can't go. I'm missing the chance to see my family. I'm missing out on seeing new people. And for the introverted extrovert like me, it's like...damn.

Only upside to this though is that we're missing out because of something important. Hopefully in the next coming years we'll be able to produce more stuff that's worth showing off. Maybe in the future we'll be able to attend cons and host panels or have Q&A's or something. I would love to have our studio up and running and show off animations that we not only completed, but sold and published comic work and stuff like that as well. omg...that'd be awesome.

Genki

Friends that we love...to annoy and irritate any chance we can (lol!)


Come see my bestest friend and tell her to keep posting!


The hope of our future (meaning some american manga artists DO NOT suck!)


People we'd like to see someday



And now for the groups!