Just a heads up - I will be at Comicpalooza in Houston this weekend.

I'll be in the Artist Alley selling prints, buttons, post cards and taking commissions. I'll be the red head in the bowler hat, if you can't see that look for the banner with the flying bowler on it. (We did finally get a banner for the table that I don't hate completely.)

So if you are in the Houston Texas area and like comics, steampunk bands and other geekery come by. It should be a fun weekend.

Just a heads up to say that I will be at Aggie con this weekend. So if anyone is in the Bryan College Station area drop by to say hi. I'll be there to do commissions and I have prints and buttons for sale.

Also for all you Game of Thrones fans George R.R. Martin will be there. So come to the con and see him (just don't please no one mention the Game of Thronies to him) then if oyu have time look for me in the Dealer's Room. I'll be the red head in the bowler hat, with the banner advertising snake oil.

Back from San Japan. Had a great time and met lots of awesome people.

Also probably acted like an idiot in front of other people, something about conventions always has me acting like a gibbering idiot by Sunday afternoon. So for those who met me on Sunday, I'm sorry I am fairly well educated and can talk like a normal person I swear.

While doing the "stuff I drew at the table" post I discovered a large stash of ATC scans that I hadn't posted. Hence the rush of cards.

HEADS UP -

At A-Kon if you were the gentleman who ordered a dozen Alice in Wonderland buttons from me, could you please contact me, I seem to have lost contact info for you.
The buttons are finished I just need an address to send them to.

Convention season so far as been very successful. I've got one more in August, more information on that later.

Right I've been busy working on commissions (if you commissioned me or discussed such work at A-Kon I'm still working on them, I have not forgotten you.), and work and trying to get things lined up to move. So I haven't had time to do any large pieces recently.

So as per usual to prove I'm not dead I've posted a batch of sketches and doodles in the Scrapbook section.

Convention Season shambles onwards.

This week's con is A-Kon 23 in Dallas.  So if you're going to be in the Dallas area feel free to say hi. The Foolish Mortal table (which consists of me, and my apprentice who works under her own name and a minion) will be upstairs next to the Dealers Room. So look for the sleep deprived red head in the bowler hat.

So Convention Season is upon us yet again.

At least convention season is upon ME, I have no idea what season it is for other folks. Allergy Season? Baseball season?

But it is definitely the time of year I start running around in circles, writing lists, making buttons, and printing everything I can - trying to make art work ideas suck less and lament the fact I draw weird crap instead of marketable yaoi boys or something.

Anyways that said, the first convention of the season for me is AggieCon 43 - in College Station, Texas. So if you find yourself in Aggie-land the weekend of March the 23rd feel free to drop by and say hi. I'll be there with prints, jewelry, buttons, ATCs and can be paid to draw whatever your heart desires (well ALMOST anything).  I'll also be throwing some original paintings in the Art Show so if you want to own some original watercolor art this could be your chance.


Oh yes - also in other news Foolish Mortal (my studio handle) has a Facebook page of its very own. So feel free to pop on over there. I post sketches, Works in Progress and such ages before they'll hit the dev art gallery.

I'll also probably do announcements of sales, deals, request nights, and other stuff on there once I get my personal life into some sort of order again.

In light of recent events (I won't go into detail, I don't like airing personal problems too much) I probably will be a while getting new art pieces done.

But to show I am not in fact dead I did add a fairly large sketchdump in the scrapbook gallery and will probably add more over the week.

Most of this is not new if you follow my Tumblr. Many apologies for that folks.

Just a heads up - I added more prints to the online shop and for this weekend all prints are 15% off. Just type the discount code "blackfridayrule" when you check out to get the discount.

So if you know anyone this holiday whose life would be improved by some creepy mermaids, dapper skeletons or lovecraftian horrors drinking tea, this is your chance.

Also if there is something in the gallery that isn't in the shop that you'd like to buy a print of feel free to drop me a line and I'll see what I can do.

Sorry for lack of updates. I'm really bad about posting up on here.  So for those of you who want to see what I'm working on,  see random sektches and hear about what random ear worms I'm obsessed with vist the  Blogand the Tumblr . Both of them get more updates and action then this journal does.

Not sure why but this little journal feels less like a blog and more like something that IMPORTANT THINGS are supposed to be posted on. Which brings us to today's post.

More updates on the Foolish Mortal Store. And more coming soon.

Also - Foolish Mortal now has a Facebook.For those of you who are into that sort of thing.

And now the bigger bit of news, however vague. I've recently realized that in a month it will be the 6th year anniversary of me going into business and starting Foolish Mortal. While I haven't been rolling in wealth and fame I have no real complaints or regrets and would probably do it all over again (though maybe change which convention was my first).

So I feel this needs some celebrating. Seeing as I slept through the 5 year anniversary last year I want to make up for the fact. So this year I'm intending to actually party it up, wear silly hats, print new and exciting things, the usual things people do to commemorate starting a business.  I've got some stuff in the works that I'll post about as I get them ironed out.

So my convention season is kicking into gear so I figure before I get buried in packing and the grand convention shuffle I'd remind folks of my schedule.

May 27-29th - Comicpalooza in Houston - I will have a table in the Artist Alley of this convention. I'll be there with jewelry, prints, buttons and for the first time some original artwork. So if you are in the area drop by and say hello. If that's not enough, just come to the con and see Edward James Olmos.

June 3-5 - SoonerCon in Oklahoma City - I'll be there with prints, buttons, jewelry and paintings.  So come on by say hello, commission something, and poke me with a stick if I doze off.

For the moment that's all the conventions I've got lined up.  I regret to announce that I will NOT be at A-kon this year. I love that convention and have attended it for the past five or so years and will miss not seeing all the regulars there but things didn't pan out this year.


Also for those of you interested in that sort of thing I now have a A Tumblr - my username is fool-errant. There is some art posted there, some memes and some earworms and other silly stuff.

Well greetings once again,

It's been a while since my latest journal post but this time I actually have stuff to post.

First off, I am going to have a table at Comicpalooza in Houston. So if you are in the area May 27-29th feel free to drop by and say hi. It will be exciting since this is one of the first comic conventions I'm working.

Secondly, Foolish Mortal now has a Web store - there isn't much on there yet but I'm going to add to it bit by bit. I hope to sell my prints, buttons and jewelry on there. If there is something you would like to see on the shop feel free to drop me a line and let me know.

Thirdly, if you need anything drawn or designed I am OPEN for commissions. My sketch prices start at 10 dollars and go up. So if you want something drawn feel free to e-mail me at lissaquon(at)gmail.com and we can work something out.

Well, I hope to have more news to share in the future.

I'm now going to try to get some sleep before I have to wake up tomorrow.

UPDATE - 4-7-11

I will also have a table at Sooner Con in Oklahoma City.  So if anyone is in the OKC area June 3-5 come on by. This should prove interesting since this will be the second non anime convention I'm working this summer.

If you are named Ashley and you paid me for portrait work at Oni-Con this Halloween weekend please email me.

For those of you in the Houston area on Halloween weekend I will be at Oni-Con 2010.

I'll be in the Artist Alley sharing a table with friends. I'll have prints, buttons and jewelry for sale, so feel free to drop by the table and say hi. I'll be the red head in the bowler hat and goggles.

Okay, is anyone else getting their weird thumbnail disconnect where the thumbnail of the images sometimes have nothing to do with the actual image the link goes to?

Welp, I am now semi recovered from A-kon. It was awesome as per usual, I like meeting folks and finding new folks to chat with and geek out with.

I will get around to doing the usual post con Art Dump sometime this week after I attend to other issues.

On the trip back to Houston my beloved station wagon, Abe Sapien nearly over heated and we ended up stranded for hours 60 miles out of Dallas and three or four hours away from home. Thankfully my folks came and got us and the car is repairable. I didn't get home until 3 in the morning on Sunday/Monday and am still mentally recovering from that.

I will be at A-kon in Dallas next weekend. So if you are in the area drop on by.

This year I'm in the upstairs section of the Artist Alley. I'll be selling prints, jewelry, buttons, bookmarks, some ACEOS and will be available for commission work. So look for the banner, I'll be the red head in the bowler hat.

Well, as of this last Friday I am now a college graduate. I now am the rather exhausted possessor of a Bachelor Degree of Fine Arts with a focus on Graphic Design.

Not being one to rest on my laurels I'm now trying to kick up convention prep for A-Kon 21.

So for those of you in the Dallas area come on by, I'll be selling jewelry, prints, buttons, bookmarks, and some Artist Trading Cards. I will also be wide open for commissions. Even if you don't want to see me, come on by anyway A-kon has so far proven to be a fun con, and Abney Park will be there if you are into the steam punk sort of thing.

Greetings folks of the internet. It's been a while.

I'm sadly still up to my neck in school crap, they say if I behave and do all my work I'll be out of here in May. So as the wire approaches I'll probably be here alot less than I normally am, which is pretty bad. But just for the record, I'll not be dead, I'll be busy working on stuff.

When I'm not working on school I'm working on a project that I'm not going to jinx. After graduation and A-kon (and hopefully more cons this season) I intend to fess up.

But hey, I've got some new sketches in the scrap book section and I still make a point to do a weekly art post on my Livejournal. So you can check that out and see more of what I'm working on.

Also reminder I will, along with it seems everyone else in the world, be at A-Kon 21 in Dallas. It's the first weekend of June and should be a good time, if previous years are any indication.

Anyways off to work on my graphic design edits, so I'm signing off.

Foolish Mortal 6.0 is now live.

Thats one thing of like six I need to work on right now but hey, its mainly done except for minor edits.

Also for those who are curious I've been doing a weekly art post on my Blog so you can check in on that to see my random sketches and progress on various projects, included the One That Shall Not be Named Yet.