Jean and Carolynne (new original characters by yours truthy) drawn by: and ! Thank you so much you guys. I also will post up the Ukihana pic by and ShikaTemari pic by .

Well, I have got to say that I liked last year’s Fanime than this years. I think that what brought me down the most were my results from my table at Artist Alley. What sold the most was mostly the buttons. I didn’t sell any of the bookmarks, maybe because Ouran popularity went down, Hikaru dyed his hair ash brown and all. Plus there were pixelation problems with the bookmarks. I managed to sell five of my Suki prints and one of my original works. The NaruSaku and HikaHaru prints did not sell at all. One of my roommates mentions that if I did NaruSasu, it would sell well.

Sorry guys, I hate to say this but I'm not a fan of yaoi, yuri, slash, twincest, incest, period. :/

Friday, after I moved most of my stuff from my dorm, my mom and I went to the Fairmont Hotel to get prepared for Fanime. I saw a LOT of Vampire Knight day class/night class uniforms. There good cosplays and a couple of bad ones. At artist’s alley, I checked in, got my artist’s sticker and met some old and new faces. The hotel was nice at a discount! I tried to make some coffee and after two attempts, I made one successful cup, but I had to add three creams, five packets of sugar just make it taste good.

Peggy Sues during breakfast wasn’t PACKED for the weekend whenever I get my breakfast or dinner, maybe its because I get up at seven in the morning and everyone is still asleep. XD

Saturday, I wore the cosplay and I was really embarrassed because the commissioner forgot to add the sleeves on the captain’s haori coat. Plus, I had some wig issues, and it got tangled. >_<

I had one random nerd came up to me and ask who I was supposed to be. I did not feel like explaining my cosplay problems to the nerd. Someone cosplayed as Snake surprised me and I had my umbrella instead of a zanpakuto since the weather report stated that there was going to rain that day.

I was at the Bleach gathering trying to take some photos and I kept getting bumped into the way by the photographers every time the group changed. After they did the Urahara shop people, I went back to my table, there was some rude people in that gathering and couldn’t get the photos that I wanted. I really wanted to get a Unohana and Ukitake cosplayer together for an Ukihana shot.

The Sailor Moon and Shounen Jump gatherings on Sunday was MUCH polite than the Bleach gathering. I was shouting Yugioh Abridged references and went I was taking photos of the Yugioh group. There was a Bandit Keith! I was glad to see a Bandit Keith cosplayer….in America! XD

I was sharing my table with one of the deviants, who was very nice, and mostly got more sells than myself. I was sitting in far back near the demonstration area near two popular tables. was there on Friday and Saturday and I didn’t see her on Sunday. I hope that I wasn’t rude to her. I was miserable that I didn’t do to well.

I saw my friend and her sisters on Sunday and their costumes were amazing! Better than mine. They were going to bring more people for a Avatar cosplay group next year, I told them to please include me in there as well, and I need to get more items for the Nanao cosplay since it’s pretty much the same outfit and I need to make myself an zanpakuto or use one of my books as a prop. I want to give the Unohana cosplay another shot, I just need to either buy the haori or have someone sew in the sleeves and get other stuff.

At the same time as the Sailor Moon gathering, I was surprised to see Princess Tutu cosplayers that were really good.

Monday, I decided to give my cosplay another try since most of the Bleachards left. I got some shots from the Ouran gathering and got a shot of Seki Twins from Rosen Maiden. More shots of and her sisters then we decided to go on our separate ways. I try to get some sells and only sold one button since my mom kept calling me to meet her at the hotel. So I pick up some of my commissions and jetted out of the convention. I had to get the rest of my stuff from my dorm and check out. I got home around four.


I was glad to meet , and from last year.

I was sad to hear that wasn’t going to be at Fanime next year because he had to focus on an upcoming comic project. I had to buy two of Hamthology and asked him to do a sketch of my two original characters, Jean and Carolynne in my work-in-progress/back burner comic, Jean et Moi. It's about an American college student named Carolynne studying abroad in France who meets an art student named Jean who has dual personality: sickly, clumsy and shy Hanatarou-ish during the day, and flirtatious and predatory vampire by night. I got the first chapter in brainstorming stages.


I also got to meet someone who was starting a manga publishing company, they going get nine artists including for next year’s Fanime. I got some good feedback from my works, and according to him, I should get some scholarships and take some classes at Art Institute or Art Academy if I want a career in as a manga artist. I’m thinking about getting my master’s there. Just need to improve on drawing full figures, hands and feet. I gave him my information to get some news in the manga industry. I really want sell my own manga series one day.

Next year, I’m going practice watercolor and do more traditional works since I decided to do commissions. It’s going to be chibis though. New prints will be available upon request, old prints and merchandise will be there as well. ^^

Oh for those who are wondering where I got my prints and buttons done:

Catprint: [link] (CHEAP, FAST and GOOD QUALITY)
Mod Buttons: [link] (CHEAP and GOOD QUALITY!)