I'm going to Animethon with a few friends, and ; we'll be selling art and commissioning together in the Dealer's room! Mel is looking for a few other artists, if interested, please leave her a note! I'm trying to have at least 3 complete prints to sell, as well as some old things. Also, I'm currently working part-time at my old job; yey. Registration is up for the year and I'm hoping to schedule a 3 day week each semester C;

Cheers, all! Will... hopefully have an update soon!

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Ahhhh-- a lot to say in this journal; No one will read it but I thought I'd update it since it's been awhile. xD;

The great Andrew Jones and Kris Kuksi had a gallery opening called Divine Invasion at the metaGallery this last Friday on May 15, 2009 in Toronto, ON. I had the honour of meeting both of them and collecting some autographs and prints C: They're two really cool, humble and amazingly skilled artists who I admire and look up to so highly!

During the opening, I was invited both by the two gallery owners, as well as Andrew, to attend a private workshop he was having the next evening. About ten of us were welcomed by Andrew and his company; It was apparently the first personal workshop he has ever held with such a small number of people. We had an open discussion about his life as well as his views on love, religion, illegal substances, art, selling out, and his spiritual journey in Peru. He performed the technical part of the workshop where he digitally painted a Portrait on request of his company, Feydre(?), using various programs and switching to and from them- Painter XI, Photoshop, Zbrush. It was absolutely amazing to see him to work so dynamically though the process! I hope to catch him once again in the future; and I'm so thankful for the opportunity to meet with him and see him work live.

The gallery will be up for quite some time, and anyone in Toronto or in the surrounding area is encouraged to visit C: For Info: [link]

Kris Kuksi ([link]) or : "Old World"
Andrew Jones ([link]) : "the apocalyptic art shaman"
Other famed artists who attended included Bobby Chiu! [link]

Some Pictures of the Workshop ! : [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link]

So... What is my Zeitgeist?!

At the moment, I'm back in Toronto, ON, Canada, going to summer school and taking some University Studio courses C: I'm going to make the attempt to document some of the things I'll be doing for these classes. I have an Illustration class with Tavis Coburn ([link]) for about a two month period and I'm pretty stoked ! He's a renowned illustrator on the international level and a graduate of Art Center; he's a pretty cool, young professor as it seems!

In other news, I'll be reuniting with my ECAMU (Edmonton Cartoon Artist Meet Up) group at Anime North ! Kim from evilsmile.net, , will be town selling some of their super cool and handmade goodies. As well as, the OCAD Doujin Club will be selling some just-as-super-cool goodies C: Check out their tables if you're going !!

Krys;

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Argh. I feel the need to ramble. No, not on anything particularly significant or special (as a warning).

I took a two hour train ride up to Kingston last night to see my aunt. And I'm spending the weekend here. It's a quaint little town, at least from my initial observations. "Scuzzy" as described by my aunt, who's studying Law here. Anyway, I came by an art store; it's probably the biggest I've been to. Huge selection and cheap prices(in comparison to Edmonton). So, if anyone is in the Kingston area in Ontario... [link] might be a good spot to check out C;

Anyway, tomorrow is my birthday (grah, getting older) and I'm so content to be spending it with Mandi and my aunt, who's been our big sister since we were young. It's odd, I haven't done anything for my birthday these last 8 years; it's sort of nice.

Back in Toronto, I've recently moved into a pleasant space owned by a distant relative. This has given me my own room (yessssss!) which is so satisfying since it was difficult sharing a one bedroom apartment with three others. Also, with the extra room and workload relief at OCAD (8 classes, two institutions to 4 classes, one institution) I've had the time and space to experiment with other mediums such as Photography and Silkscreening. I'll hopefully have a little silkscreening studio set up for and I soon so that I can make some shit. Concerning photography, I'm learning to shoot with a traditional manual Nikon FE2 SLR camera. It's fun. I recommend such a hobby for anyone to take up in favour of pure enjoyment, compositional studies, and referencing.

Oh and [link] is up; my personal/portfolio web-site. Nothing is on it as of yet, however, I'll be certainly giving it more attention than my DeviantArt.

Ho hum, I suppose I am finished my spiel.



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(Btw, hastily organizing the friends list again as I've deleted the previous one(doh). So, forgive me if I miss you. )