Man, I love the East Bay!

After life drawing, I met a nice couple at the café in EC this afternoon. Both were artists, and we had a good time talking about art, animation, and other cool stuff. One works at a local animation studio and he gave me some much-needed words of encouragement. The other showed me her sketches and they were PHENOMENAL! Lots of animal and character concepts. This cheered me up a bit because a young woman sharing my table apparently had her wallet stolen just before I arrived. I had to listen to the detailed interview with the officer who came by to take an incident report from her.

I've been reading Scott McCloud's "Reinventing Comics" and so far it's been great. I especially like how he breaks down the direct market model and the history of "assembly line" comcis.

Sac Anime is coming soon, but it looks like they don't have an artist's area. I'd love to promote the Aroid concept there. I haven't quite mastered the manga look just yet, but I'll keep at it.

I mentioned my Afroid concept to the teller at the bank and she liked the idea. My ATM card had expired and I had to go inside. I mentioned to her the two other accounts that would be needing new cards, one of which was in the Afroid name, and we got to talking about my art.

Gotta get some t-shirts made!!!