Ok, since you all have been so kind to me over the last 10 years, it’s time for me to give a little back. (Well, aside from supplying ample bosoms to the masses, that is). This is my attempt at saing thank you.

From July 27th to July 31st I am going to be giving away free stuff. Lots of free stuff. What is it? That is a secret. Could be art. Could be prints. Could be books. Could be cake. Could be all of the above. It’s a mystery.

But since I can’t give something to everyone, I’m going to pick one person randomly each day of that week as the lucky recipient of my stuff.

And in order to do that, I need information, and that is where you come in.

RULES AND OTHER INFO.

If you would like to be in the running for some free stuff, I do ask for one small thing in return.

You know my little Artassassin symbol that I throw on all my pictures. The A with the target around it. If you would like to a chance to get some free stuff, what I need you to do is email me a picture of yourself and the Artassassin Symbol. You can draw it out on a piece of paper, draw it on your body, print out a copy of it (I’ll upload one here on Deviantart today for you to do that) and hold it, stick it on your car window, etc.

It doesn’t have to be fancy. It can be a quick webcam snapshot. It can by you holding a piece of paper with the symbol on it in front of your favorite restaurant. Whatever. Have fun with it. BUT…

DON’T DO ANYTHING ILLEGAL OR HARMFUL TO YOURSELF OR ANYONE ELSE IN THE PICTURE. Keep it fun but not crazy. I’m such a buzzkill.

Be creative. Who knows, if I pick your picture for that day and I really like it, I will probably send you even more stuff.

So after you take that picture, send it to funboy@artassassin.com along with the following information:

NAME:
DEVIANTART PAGE OR MYSPACE PAGE (if you have one):
MAILING ADDRESS (Gotta mail that stuff somewhere):
AGE: (can’t mail out stuff that has naughty parts in it to anyone under 18. By putting an age of over 18, you certify that you are in fact over 18. There will be tons of stuff for those who are under 18 as well, so don’t worry)
SHIRT SIZE:
(this next section can have more that one answer for each question)
FAVORITE COMIC CHARACTER OR SERIES (If you have one):
FAVORITE ANIME CHARACTER OR SERIES (if you have one):
FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM (if you have one):
VIDEO GAME SYSTEMS YOU OWN (if any):
FAVORITE MOVIE:
FAVORITE TV SHOW:

I will not be providing this information to anyone else. Just me. I want to know what to send the lucky winners. But keep in mind that I will probably use these photos in an upcoming book. Or decorate my office with them. Or my Carriage House.

Ok, so that is all the info. If you want a chance at getting some free stuff, send in your entry no later than July 24th.

So have fun and I hope to see lots of entries. Well at least 5 .

• Free Comic Book Day - May 2, Lobo Anime and Comics, Albuquerque, NM


• Albuquerque Collector Con - Junish, Albuquerque, NM


• SWACE - July 31-August 2, Albuquerque, NM


• OtakuMex - TBD, Albuquerque, NM

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Well, this is it. 10 years. I can’t believe it’s gone by so fast. Yet in a way, it feels like it hasn’t.

First off, I want to thank everyone who has dropped by any of my pages online, whether Deviantart, my homepage, Myspace, etc. Thank you for taking an interest in what I do. Hopefully, you will have left the page with a smile on your face.

Thank you to everyone who bothered to send me an email, watched or commented or faved a picture. It really does mean a lot to me that people are getting enjoyment out of my art.

This last 10 years has been a long learning experience for me. When I started out putting pencil to paper again (after many years of shying away from the art board) I had a lot of hills to climb and a lot of demons to overcome. This whole Artassassin thing started out as an exercise in getting back into drawing and building confidence up in my art.

I’ve had many wonderful experiences over the last 10 years. I’ve made some awesome new friends online. I’ve even gotten to talk with a few artists that I have admired over the years. I’ve gotten to work on several really cool projects. And, just recently, I have had the fortune of going out and meeting people at conventions.

The last 10 years has also had it’s downside as an artist. I’ve learned some hard lessons. And while I don’t regret learning them, as I feel they will make me a better artist in the future, I’m afraid that there may have been collateral damage from these lessons that can’t be repaired. Bridges that cannot be unburned.

But if that is my fate, then I must accept it. I have long since learned that, as much as I may want to control things, my life is going on a path predetermined. I just don’t know where it will lead. And that can be frightening.

I would like for it to be headed in a positive direction with my art. Maybe finally breaking ground into getting full time comic work as my latest attempts have fallen flat.

All I can do is keep going forward. Better myself with each picture. Better myself with each project. Better myself.

So what does the future hold for me? Don’t know. If I did, it wouldn’t be called “the Future”.

I just hope that you all will continue to join me on the next leg of my voyage. Stay for a while on the Good Ship Artassassin. Sing a jaunty sea song with me and knock back a pint or 2 of grog. Maybe we will have an adventure or two together. Maybe, just maybe, we might conquer something grand.

Until then, I thank each and every one of you for all of your support over the years. Many times when I have felt beaten down, one of you has come along, picked me back up and brushed me off. Without even knowing it.

Thank you.

In the near future, I am getting ready for SWACE, which will be my last convention for the year. I’m also in a holding pattern while I wait for news about the status of my book, Artassassin: Origin/Evolution. I would just pick a date, but I am slightly superstitious and don’t want to set a date and then have everything blow up. Better to be safe than sorry. So I will hold off until I know for sure. But once I have the details, I will for sure let you all know.

For my 10th anniversary, I am also preparing for Artassassin Fan Appreciation week. Yes you heard me. It will be my way of giving back to all of you. More news on that later as well as it deserves it’s own post

That is all I have for this journal post. Thank you for reading. Thank you for understanding. Thank you.

• Free Comic Book Day - May 2, Lobo Anime and Comics, Albuquerque, NM


• Albuquerque Collector Con - Junish, Albuquerque, NM


• SWACE - July 31-August 2, Albuquerque, NM


• OtakuMex - TBD, Albuquerque, NM

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Finally, after long long hours, the Artassassin collected art book is done. I felt like I was going crosseyed towards the end there. But it is finished and off to the publisher. Now I just have to play the waiting game and see if everything looks good to them. Of course knowing my luck, I screwed something up and will have to start from square one. But I'm crossing my fingers that everything will be a-ok.

I'm really proud of how it came out. It really came together and morphed into its own entity.

Once I get the final OK, I'll post all the information about it and how you can get one. But if all goes well, SWACE attendees will get the first crack and getting a copy of it.

I'll have a bunch more info later in one huge gigantic 10th anniversary post.

Now, I'm going back to playing with my new iTouch. HEE HEE. (Father's Day Present).

• Free Comic Book Day - May 2, Lobo Anime and Comics, Albuquerque, NM


• Albuquerque Collector Con - Junish, Albuquerque, NM


• SWACE - July 31-August 2, Albuquerque, NM


• OtakuMex - TBD, Albuquerque, NM

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So I found out recently that they announced the date for this year's OtakuMex in September. And of course, it's going to be on a weekend when I'm going to be out of town. In Disney World in fact.

Man, I was really looking forward to it. Last years was so much fun and I was really looking forward to it this year. Oh well. I have been hitting a bunch of local cons this year. People are probably sick of me.

Besides DW is going to be awesome. Last time I went, they had to drag me back kicking and screaming. I almost quit my job just so I could find a job at the park and work there. But the real world got ahold of me again. Who knows what will happen this time.

I'm close to finalizing the Artassassin book. Really just need to finish a few things on it and it should be ready to go in time for SWACE. AND I'm going through a different printer which is going to cut the cost down alot, so the books won't be as pricey as I originally thought they were going to be. That's a good thing

I start Jury duty tomorrow. I'm probably one of the few people who wants to serve on Jury duty. But I doubt I will make it past the attorneys when they pick their final jury. We shall see.

I plan on bringing my art stuff and I'm hoping for alot of down time

• Free Comic Book Day - May 2, Lobo Anime and Comics, Albuquerque, NM


• Albuquerque Collector Con - Junish, Albuquerque, NM


• SWACE - July 31-August 2, Albuquerque, NM


• OtakuMex - TBD, Albuquerque, NM

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Sheesh, I'm just a reporting fool lately. Well, Maybe just a fool.

Sunday was Albuquerque Collector Con. Once again I had a total blast. I love getting to talk to people and learn new things. I picked up so many new tips and tricks from so many talented people. It was great.

I felt a little bad because I didn't have any time to prepare any new stuff since Free Comic Book Day, so I really wasn't expecting to do well business wise. I figured I would just go an have fun. Maybe make a connection or two. But I actually did surprisingly well.

But most of all I got to see some of my favorite people again. and the rest of the crew from 7000 BC comics [link] were there. An awesome group of people that I really enjoy seeing. I really wish my schedule wasn't so jacked up that I could make it out to a meeting or 2. But I am having lunch with tomorrow. So that will be pretty cool.

didn't get a table but he did stop by and hung out for a bit. He was pretty busy since he was celebrating his graduation from college! WAY TO GO! GO over to his page and give him some love! He even gave me a Tenjo Tenge bobble boob doll. Sweet. But I did miss him not being there for us to engage in our debaucherous dialogue

But I did get a very sweet surprise, though. I got to sit next to Andy Kuhn [link] THat was freakin awesome. I probably annoyed the hell out of him, but I didn't care. He has an awesome style that I'm a fan of, so I had to geek out a little. For those who don't know, Andy is an industry pro, worked for pretty much all the big name companies and has his own comic through image right now called FireBreather (which is in development as an animated series for Cartoon Network). It's a great book, you should pick it up.

also stopped by. I hadn't seen him since last Con. He brought his sweet ass portfolio for me to drool over. AND he let me in on a very cool marker coloring tip which works wonders.

and also stopped by but I didn't get to chat with them for too long. I don't blame them, there were many goodies to seen and peruse. I didn't get my Cleveland fix though

I got to meet a few new people too. Met another artist by the name of Mike Penn who does some amazing paintings. Real jaw droppers. A friend of mine also showed up with her friend and they were peddling their tabletop RPG called Playing Gods. Great concept. You pick which ever religious deity you want and duke it out with each other. Picture Budha with a Vulcan mini gun laying the smackdown on Jesus with a bazooka. Go check it out : [link]

I drew some pretty sweet sketches while I was there also. Even some characters I hadn't drawn in a long time. It was really cool.

For myself I had draw a kickass Clayface for my Batman wall. and finally found a copy of Powergirl Number 1.

It was a really cool time. It just reminds me of why I do this. To put smiles on people's faces.

Anyway, that's it for now. Now that I don't hae another con for a few months, it's back to the ol drawing board....literaly.

• Free Comic Book Day - May 2, Lobo Anime and Comics, Albuquerque, NM


• Albuquerque Collector Con - Junish, Albuquerque, NM


• SWACE - July 31-August 2, Albuquerque, NM


• OtakuMex - TBD, Albuquerque, NM

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