Convention Excitement and New Website Update

Sorry for the radio silence everyone! It's been a mixed bag of bothersome snow, overtime at work, and health issues :< However I am happy to report, if you haven't seen it on my Facebook page yet, that I have secured a booth at Virginia Comicon's 2 day event this November 22nd- 23rd! In what spare time I can manage to grab I've been writing lists, working on the next Alencia book, working on prints as well as button and sticker ideas, and even figuring out how to get my hands my on a standing banner to bring to conventions! I'm SO excited by the possibilities for cons this year. I still won't get to attend as many as I would like due to my full time job but it just makes the ones I can attend that much more special.

I'm also hoping to snag a table for Nekocon this year. I was very impressed with how far Neko's Artist Alley had come since I last tabled there in 2010. While fan art is still prominent there were so many original comic creators (and crafters!) that it made my heart sing! At last one of my most accessible anime conventions has become more welcoming to original content creators. However I have to wait till the first week of May to register so fingers crossed!

In the mean time here is a sneak peek at a work in progress print I'm currently painting:

Also you may have noticed in the previous post that I have been tinkering with wordpress in an attempt to get a blog/portfolio site together as a main hub for my artwork. Well Wordpress has not worked out for me, but instead I've started a site using SquareSpace. I'm still working on getting my domain name attached to it but GoDaddy is not as user friendly as I would like >_> And while I have figured out how to do this in the past I'm still having trouble so please bare with me. Until then you can see my new site (with this blog attached to it!) at Francesca-rowan.squarespace.com/ I'm really loving the interface and that fact that I could import my entire blog over to it. I'm going to start experimenting with updating the blog from my website so we'll see how that goes but I might hold off so folks who have stuck to this blog so long can still enjoy my updates without missing anything. But when/if I start doing blog updates from there I'll give this blog a heads up so no one misses it.

Speaking of missing updates, if you follow me on Facebook be sure to follow these instructions so you can keep seeing updates from the pages you like (otherwise Facebook will try to corner us into paying for people to actually see our updates. I'm thinking about breathing some life into my google+ page or making a new one. Would anyone be game for that?)

So as I go on I'll be sure to share more peeks at con goodies as I make them. Stay tuned and as always, thanks for sticking with me! <3

Clouds Parting

Hello everyone!

The last month and a half have been rough. Between the sickness and death of a close family member, dim job prospects, printing disasters, and loosing some self esteem I've managed to start picking things up again and moving on with projects. I now have portfolios printed for new prospective art jobs, I've got a really good commission going, an Illustration contest entry to work on, some possible job opportunities opening up, and a small press table for VA Comicon this September to look forward to. Things are finally looking up and moving along.

As such I have finally finished a 3 page update for Or Maybe Not that I've been fretting over for the last month. So enjoy! There will be more to come. I'm not sure if I'll stick to Friday updates or move to Monday but we'll see. I'll spread the word when I make a decision.

As always I'll be posting sketches and drawings at my art tumblr and my Nabyn page. I might slide things over to my Deviantart too but I don't use it as much. I'm trying to be a little more active on it lately but tumblr and Nabyn are good for me so far. I also keep my portfolio site updated with all my best work and previews of comics. Speaking of which, I will be posting a few pages from my newest Alencia story "Noble Deed" soon as I prepare to print the story as a mini comic for VA Comicon this September. Keep an eye out for it!

Great news! My portfolio site is up and running! It'll be updated as I progress on projects and new ones will be added along the way. Check it out~ Now to watch some 'Tiger & Bunny.'

Website is up!

Thanks to my awesome friend Jess, I've been able to launch my website for my portfolio class!

www.franrowanart.com

You can visit her site here.

Let's hope I keep up with dreamweaver and the site can continue to evolve. I'm still a bit of a n00b :P

Sprucing up the Blog

I put a little list on the side of the blog here listing some websites that I like. They are fun so I suggest visiting them if you have spare time.

EGL- is the Elegant Gothic Lolita community on Live Journal. These ladies are hard core and I love this site. It pretty much taught me everything I know about Lolita fashion.

Brass Goggles- The Lighter Side of Steampunk- is a great blog collecting lots of websites, blogs, and stores that offer a wealth of Steampunk information, fiction, fashion, items, and wonders. I've read the WHOLE THING in one night.

The Art of Alex CF- A fantastic steam punk artist who also creates realistic looking 'kits' regarding parts of history that never were. Such as vampire and werewolf study kits, and jared 'specimens' of animals like two headed albino bats, and spawns of Cthulhu himself. His work is so inspirational. I absolutely love it!

Viona Art- Wonderful Photography featuring the most devestatingly beautiful clothing I've ever seen. She's also photographed Ville Valo of HIM and I always enjoy her photographs from Gothic festivals. Inspiring and breathtaking work.

Gothic Charm School- a lovely site devoted to manners that are aimed at goths. People write in and the "Lady of the Manners" answers them in a very serious and professional manner. It seems to have been around since 1999 and has a wealth of knowedge regarding how to handle reactions from relatives at christmas time (I wish found that in high school) to matters of love and concerts/events/social life.

So check out these sites and have fun! I have lots of CWQ sketches to post (I completed the sketchbook and I have a new one now) and I will try to post those later, providing they will upload to photobucket. PB has been persnickity with me lately :/