tastee-tea

I know I just said I was abandoning this account, but...

Since I have more watchers here, I figured I'd request some help here instead of the new account...  You see, the Livejournal community Pokemon Collectors has been occupying a lot of my time.  They're currently accepting votes for a banner contest I entered and I wouldn't mind having some help with votes. XD

The post for voting is here: community.livejournal.com/pkmn… .  My banner is #24!!!! (the last one listed)

There are plenty of other good banners to choose from, so please don't hesitate to one you think is better. :3

Thanks very much in advance if you decide to help me out!

... and I still have no new deviations or anything to post really. XD;;

I do have some news that may or may not upset everyone but... I am partially relocating to a new dA account. *Oooohhhh nooooooo*



For those of you who care why I changed it...... I just don't really like "tastee-tea" anymore... And I had the sudden thought that "Short Dog Studios" sounds much better.  It's also silly and the opposite of long cat. XD  And then of course there's the reason of having a fresh start and whatnot...  The most important reason for the switch would be the fact that I am going to try selling again and I have some stuff in this gallery that I'm not all that crazy about selling anymore.  I'd rather have another account that will represent the types of things I sell.

I'm not sure how much I'll be updating the new account, but I'm finally getting back into the swing of things with crocheting at least.  Expect some new crochet stuffs at some point probably.

Hope to see y'all at the new location as well as this one!  I will be deleting many but not all deviations from this account... I'm still debating the use that this account will have to me.

I have been terrible about updating this thing.  And here's an entry to say that I won't be updating for a couple months or so XD

I'm going to Japan on Monday!!!
I'm staying for a good 8 weeks or so, so consider this dA account on hiatus to the extreme (not that it hasn't been already, LOL).  Hey, at least I know for sure that it's not gonna be getting any attention for a while XD

Follow my blog here: juugatsuhoshi.wordpress.com

I doubt I'll be on AIM much, but I will be using Skype on occasion to catch up with US buddies and my lovely family.  If you're interested in getting in touch via Skype, lemme know!  Otherwise, my email is tastee.tea [at] gmail [dot] com!

Hello dA! I apologize for such a long absence. I honestly have not been feeling the whole "upload my artwork and then go through 10 billion Deviations and journals" thing lately I do have various new things that I could upload, but I'm lazy.....


For those of you who care...

Conventions
First off, Anime Boston happened. It was mucho fun and felt like a splendid break from school for a few days or so XD My group was great! They helped me out with my table in terms of taking over when I needed a break or just hanging around with me so I wasn't too lonely
Speaking of the table in Artist Alley, I can't say I got much out of it money-wise, though I did gain the knowledge that 2 feet is not enough. Due to the small amount of space I had, a lot of people ended up passing my table. I also didn't have quite as much merch as I should've and my display was quite pathetic XD;; I broke even for my con ticket and the table space, but I think I ended up losing money in the end due to the cost of gas and parking and food..... I still had a lot of fun though and I really wanna try again next year! I learned a lot through doing it at AB and can't wait for future artist alleys
Also, I had 2 great table buddies!! Firstly, there was Tatiana from www.etsy.com/shop/scrappedclot…. She was a kickass table-mate and her shirts were just as awesome! This is gonna sound really mean, but I cannot remember the name of my other table partner But I do have his website! Here--->  yumecomics.com/ He was very nice and gave me various tips on artist alley and he also let me use some of his table space when he wasn't around. He also helped me network with a guy who was in the medical illustration business Who knew another medical illustrator would be at an anime convention? Haha.
I guess that's really it. Despite me having fun, I don't have a huge list of what I did XD I mostly just hung out with my friends. We attended the Video Game Orchestra for a bit, but we decided to go grab dinner since we hadn't eaten in a while. Also, I was not intense enough to check out Nobuo's events ;_; We didn't get to the con early enough for the signing (plus I had forgotten my FF7 soundtrack >.<) and I wasn't extremely interested in his Q&A... Still, a good time was had and I can't wait to go next year!

OK, after that HUGE RANT on AB, I must torture y'all with a much smaller rant on Tora Con XD

Tora Con was MUCH more successful in terms of sales, which is fantastic XD Yay money, haha. And I cosplayed as Ryuugu Rena from Higurashi, which was definitely the most exciting thing about the con for me I don't have any of my own pictures though T_T This makes me very sad because it's my best costume to date for sure and I'm very proud of it. There may be some photos floating around the internet within the next few days, so I will go hunting and hopefully I'll find a good one.

Me and a friend of mine (degrees-k) will be doing a photo shoot in a few weeks or so, so look out for some awesome pics around then! She's a great photographer and I'm so glad she's gonna be taking my picture ^_^


Life
School school and more school. And I honestly couldn't give a shit any less than I do right now I'm really behind on my work and the worst part about it is that I don't even care...... I think I'm just getting the summer bug and really want/need a break D: It doesn't help that I have lots of exciting things to look forward to as well as stuff that I'd rather be doing (like writing ridiculously long dA journals). It's almost over though... I'm almost free!!

On a more personal note, I've been feeling a bit down lately. I'm not gonna get into it, but I want this crappy attitude to go away....


And now I will close this entry because it's way too damn long Sorry for boring you guys to tears. I swear, my next update will be less boring and probably some work for once XD

EDIT: Got my placement for Anime Boston's artist alley! You can see it here, circled in red: fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/201… . I'm not sure how I feel about being right in the middle of the alley, but.... I think I'll live.

I haven't updated this since New Years, so I think it's about time for a damn update XD

Japan
Biggest news so far since the New Year is that I'll be going to Japan this summer!!! I was accepted into the study abroad program at my school, so I'll be doing 6 weeks of study with some exciting traveling afterwards I hope! I CANNOT WAIT. Whenever I think about this trip, I can't help but get super excited.

Anime Conventions
I'll be attending Anime Boston this year and I'm participating in the Artist Alley! I'm also pretty stoked for this as well, since it's my first big AA and my second huuuge convention. I'm a bit nervous and trying to get some stuff ready for selling...
I will also be doing Artist Alley at Toracon, my college's convention! I can't wait for that either because last year was so much fun!
I'm thinking about signing up for AA at Anime North in Toronto as well, but I'm iffy on that one at the moment. More convention updates shall be posted as I get them!
If you guys have any suggestions as to what I should make or any sort of AA tips, please share!

Trades
I... am TERRIBLE with art trades. Oh my god, this really proves just how incapable and lazy I am I am extremely sorry to those of you who I started trades with because it's taking forever to get working on them T_T And I'm afraid it's going to take even longer to get working on them because of the convention business going on. If you guys are sick of waiting for me to finish my end of the deal, please feel free to offer the items to someone else! Again, I'm really sorry D:

DA Subscription
My sub is running out soon!! I can't say I used it THAT much from what I can tell, but I feel like when it ends, I'll be missing it.... If anyone is kind enough to buy me one, my offer still stands for a commission of sorts! It can be a small crocheted thing, a keychain, a charm, etc. Just note me before you decide to purchase one if you're considering it!


I think that's all for now. More updates shall be coming as conventions get closer! ^_^



COMMISSIONS
None!


ART TRADES
Chibi Suu and Ikuto clay figures
Cow amigurumi
Hello Kitty Scarf
Luvdisc amigurumi?


CLUBS



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