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About Me Official Beta Tester Illustrator Christopher Vear24/Male/United States Recent Activity Deviant for 1 Year
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Of Art Conventions and Artistic Contemplations

Sat Oct 24, 2009, 11:53 AM
Last weekend I participated in my very first convention: The Alternative Press Expo! Also known as APE. The experience was many things for me being a first timer. I shared a table with my good friend, ~cre8vsteph, And tried my best to sell my artwork to the masses (which is really, really, really fucking hard). It's crushing to see people walk by your table and seem to not even notice it, and it's really funny how quickly you forget what it's like to be on the other side of the table when you're behind it. But conversely, there is nothing more lifting, no feeling more incredible than to see a total stranger like your artwork so much that they buy it. Above everything else, in the end, it was a tremendously fun, albeit humbling experience. There was so much talent at the con and there were so many people I was really glad to meet. All in all, they were good times. Coming out of the con, I have a good idea of where I want to go and what I want to accomplish with my art. Now it's just the matter of figuring out exactly how to do that. Thank you everyone who's added my stuff to their favorites. It means alot to me. :)

  • Mood: Llama
  • Listening to: The Knife - Silent Shout
  • Reading: Chaos Making A New Science
  • Watching: Michael Swaim on Cracked.com
  • Playing: Left 4 Dead
  • Eating: Eggs Bacon & Toast
  • Drinking: Cafe

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Devious Info

  • Current Residence: The Great Land of Small... no I'm not kidding when you think about it.
  • Interests: Animation, Comics, Plants, Cooking, Philosophy, etc
  • Favourite movie: Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, Falling Down, Amelie, Stranger than Fiction, Pan's Labyrin
  • Favourite band or musician: MGMT, Animal Collective, Yeasayer, Fleet foxes, Explosions in the Sky, Bright Eyes, Iron + Wine,
  • Favourite genre of music: Indie, Freak Folk, etc
  • Favourite artist: Emanuel Malin, Jen Wang, Audrey Kawasaki, Shelly Wan, klimt, Mucha, Moebius, Wendling... etc
  • Favourite poet or writer: Henry David Thoreau
  • Favourite style of art: Vector and Vexel, Nouveau, Deco, Abstract Expressionism, Dada
  • Operating System: Windows
  • MP3 player of choice: iPud
  • Shell of choice: Lobster :3
  • Skin of choice: uh...... what a personal question
  • Favourite game: Super Mario 3, Sonic The Hedgehog, Braid, Mirror's Edge, Bad Company, Gears of War, Wii Sports
  • Favourite gaming platform: 360
  • Favourite cartoon character: The Monarch...and pretty much every other character in The Venture Brothers
  • Personal Quote: I am large, I contain Multitudes.
  • Tools of the Trade: Wacom Intuos 3 and Illustrator CS3
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Comments


:iconhadamorgana:
Hello, Like I think that your gallery is awesome, I’ve featured you in my journal!
:D

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Dicen que un reino tembló bajo mi tempestad, que yo era la última (única) de mi especie, que ya no vendrían más, que yo seria la última en recibir el legado de los Antiguos, la última en ahogarme en las cálidas aguas de Avalón...

Yo, el Hada Morgana
:icondiscovear:
Wow! Thank you so much! =D

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:iconcrmoneonefour:
Keep up the good work!
:iconjam-wah:
Thanks for the faves! Also thanks for alerting me to your gallery as a result. It rules like a straight edge.
:icondiscovear:
HAHAHA thanks man! Your gallery's pretty awesome!

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:iconshar-o:
Soooo.. What is the difference between Vector and Vexel?

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:icondiscovear:
Hehe, Vector is something done in vector software like illustrator/flash. Instead of pixels. Vexel is something that is made in pixels to imitate vector I think? Once upon a time I had thought that Vexel was just using both pixels and vectors. There should be a word for that. :P

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:iconshar-o:
Ah thanks. I've wondered that for a while and I happened to stumble across your profile so I figured no harm in asking. I've actually never used Illustrator for vectors. I just use the pen tool in photoshop. haha

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:icondiscovear:
OMG! Really?! Illy is the best! Photoshop's pen tool is so hard to work with! you should totally give Illustrator a try! I did and only look back for textures. :P

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:iconblaqartease:
whuuu yeah like the style toooo... :)

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