I canβt believe itβs already the end of Octoberβwhere has this month gone?! Iβm sorry for the pause in posts in the later half of this month, I flew out to LA for Lightbox Expo and discovered that after not doing any conventions for 3 years due to the pandemic, Iβm now a total rookie and have zero stamina for it anymore. π« There was one year when I was first breaking in to comics that I did 9 shows in total, and now Iβm so bad at it that I had to spend 2 weeks recovering from just one single convention, lol. Sad.
That being said, Lightbox was awesome, and it was really great to see so many folks in person for the first time after such a long period of isolation. While I was there, I got to do a panel on graphic novels & comics alongside some of the best creators in the biz: Victoria Ying, Dustin Nguyen, Mike Mignola, and Ryan Lang. Our moderator RenΓ©e di Cherri was fantastic and asked some really great questions, so if a video of the panel ends up online (which I hope it willβIβm pretty sure it was officially recorded) Iβll be sure to link it here.
If youβre an artist who wants to pursue a career in entertainment art, animation, or comics, I highly recommend checking out LBX. Even though itβs a newer event, there are always so many talented working professionals offering portfolio reviews, doing art demos, and speaking on really insightful panels every year. Youβre bound to benefit from it in some capacityβI know I did!
Iβve got another work trip Iβll be flying out soon for (for a project that I havenβt talked about publicly yet but will be revealing as soon as itβs liveβkeep your eyes peeled next week..! πβ¨) Hereβs a sneaky little preview of a piece of it for now:
Iβve been working on queueing up posts thatβll be going live while Iβm traveling so there wonβt be another lull just because I somehow convinced myself that Iβd have time to blog while attending events, lol. π€¦π»ββοΈ Once Iβm back from this trip, I plan to hunker down and pay some much needed attention to personal projects that have been on the back burner for the better half of a year now, and I canβt wait to start bringing you guys along for that! In the mean time, Iβll be going back to my pre-LBX posting schedule so apologies in advance to your inboxes, lol.
Thanks so much for your patience and support, as always. ππ
Fall She-Hulk Sketch π
I love the preview pic! Glad you had a good time at the convention, I went to my first one ever in New York this past month and it was exhausting just going that one day! Canβt wait to do it again though. Come visit the northeast in β23!
WE LOVE U JEN!!