Adventures in Fandom and other things

[amberdreams]

I've been fairly busy lately, in between snoozing for England. Yesterday's highlight was getting to meet the totally charming kazluvsbooks, over from the Land Down Under - with the only downside being I had to pre-book my trains so only got to spend a couple of hours with her and her lovely friend Julie, milly_gal, dizzojay and Sue (a fellow JIBcon-goer).

Spot the hobbit.


What else?

Art stuff
I've been working on a poster for my friend Wendy, who's off to Paris next weekend for a Spartacus convention. I'll do a post about that when the convention is over. Inktober is coming up so I'm hoping to manage an ink drawing a day for that, starting (unsurprisingly!) on Monday 1st. Though I may not be able to post them every day due to being away in Venice for a few days, followed by Manchester.

Wild in Art news - I've now sent off two designs for Plymouth's Elmer the Elephant trail next year, and one out of a possible three designs for Ipswich's Elmer trail. The latest announcements have been that there will be a trail of wallabies in the Isle of Man and gorillas in Jersey!! So I will be designing for those critters soon. Keep everything crossed for some of my designs getting picked to paint in a few months time when they do their shortlisting and selections!

Oh! And JIBland in Rome next May just got a tad more interesting, as it seems highly likely the next guest to be announced is Sebastian Stan!!! Got to say, I'm going to be rather chuffed if this is true. For those of you that don't know, JIBland is a two day multifandom event that's been tagged onto JIBcon for the last few years. Attendance for JIBland is usually much lower than for JIB, but with someone like Seb headlining, who knows!

Comments

[madebyme-x.livejournal.com]

What a lovely pic - it's always a treat to see meet up pics!

You're always so busy, and I'm looking forward to hearing all about your adventures and good luck with all your creatures (not that you'll need it - I can just imagine you trying to figure out how to fit a gorilla into your front room!)

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I actually think the gorillas would fit ok, and the elephants are quite small - dunno about the wallabies though!

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

Do you ever have time off?! LOL! It was a good day ♥ And if Seb's announced I will be jealous! ;)

[sandy79.livejournal.com]

And if Seb's announced I will be jealous! ;)

You and me too, Milly! Especially since I have an "almost-milestone" year next year, and that would be the best thing ever to happen!

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, an almost milestone? which particular milestone would that be?! ;) *waggles eyebrows*

[sandy79.livejournal.com]

Hint: look at the numbers in my username ;)

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Happy HAPPY! ♥

[zara-zee.livejournal.com]

Lovely pics. Looks like you all had a good time. :)

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

It was so nice - one day I hope to have a face to face with you too!

[zara-zee.livejournal.com]

We tentatively have a UK visit penciled in for May/June next year, so that's a definite maybe! :) And, of course, if you're ever Down Under you should look me up!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Oooh keep us posted - I know there are a few of us UK-based who'd LOVE to meet you. And I am hoping to get back to Australia one day so you betcha!

PS - May is JIB so I hope your dates won't clash. :D

[meus_venator]

It's always fun to put a face to the name. And wow, what a long way to come! And fangirl get togethers totally rock!!!!!!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Australia is a long way from anywhere, really - so it's always especially nice to catch up with folks from Down Under!

[zara-zee.livejournal.com]

Bwahaha! That should definitely be Tourism Australia's new slogan. "Australia: we're a long way from anywhere, really!" :D

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

OMG YOU'RE GOING TO VENICE?? yeah, that's what i got from this post. :D also that it's always fun to meet fangirls in person. also also, HOLY CARP SEBSTAN. that should be fun.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I'm going to Venice on Thursday! Dragging the hubby along though he's in mortal fear of falling in a canal and drowning. I will post pics on my return - though we've only got 2 full days there so won't have time to see all the things.

[aerynsun5.livejournal.com]

Have you ever posted a collection of all your adorbs animals in one place? Is there a contest to see who has done the most?

Wish I could come there or meet you here for a con. Surely you could come to VanCon some time, huh? For reals.

Have a great time in Venice. Look forward to the pics.