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rainyteacup:

Hi everyone! Here’s the current upcoming conventions I’ll tabling at so far. Also, there’s one week left until Silicon Valley Comic Con! I’ll be in the Artist Alley at C17, and my friends from the League of Extraordinary Narwhals will be there too! SO MUCH HYPE!!!! @vampirepumpkinsevilcouncil(A27) @draconli and @jessewalrus (A29)

First convention of 2017!

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rainyteacup:
“ Hey everyone, if you’re near Santa Clara, CA come by the very first Santa Clara City Library Comic Con! It’s this Saturday 9/24 from 10am-4pm and tickets are FREE! I’ll be in the Artist Alley so come say hi!
For programs and activities...

rainyteacup:

Hey everyone, if you’re near Santa Clara, CA come by the very first Santa Clara City Library Comic Con! It’s this Saturday 9/24 from 10am-4pm and tickets are FREE! I’ll be in the Artist Alley so come say hi!

For programs and activities check out sclibrary.org/comic-con

#artistalley #sclibrarycon

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rainyteacup:
“Color sketch for dragon!Shiro. Not completely sure what I want for the background, so I’ll bring him into photoshop to figure that out and do some paintovers. Having fun designing for this mythical creature AU, though 😆
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rainyteacup:

Color sketch for dragon!Shiro. Not completely sure what I want for the background, so I’ll bring him into photoshop to figure that out and do some paintovers. Having fun designing for this mythical creature AU, though 😆

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rainyteacup:
“ Yay, finished my Cardcaptor Sakura artwork! Can’t wait to see it printed with shiny holo and foil!
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Reminder to old followers and PSA for new followers, I have moved my art blog over to rainyteacup.tumblr.com
Thanks everyone!

rainyteacup:

Yay, finished my Cardcaptor Sakura artwork! Can’t wait to see it printed with shiny holo and foil!

Reminder to old followers and PSA for new followers, I have moved my art blog over to rainyteacup.tumblr.com

Thanks everyone!

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rainyteacup:

Now that I’m done posting about past conventions, here’s what’s coming up! Fanime is NEXT WEEK AAAAHHHHH! I’ll be there with my friends @vampirepumpkinsevilcouncil, @lulus-dragon-house, and @jessewalrus! Keep an eye out for this sign at both of our tables and check us out!

By the way, this artwork of Uncle from Jackie Chan Adventures will be available as a notebook! If enough people ask, I might also make postcards. ;)

See you all at Fanime!

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rainyteacup:

Phew, KrakenCon was a nice breather after the craziness of SVCC! Fun people, fun commissions, and just generally a fun time. My friend @lulus-dragon-house was right next to me, and it was so nice to see her since she lives farther away.

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rainyteacup:

Convention post catchup time! These are all pictures related to Silicon Valley Comic Con, where I shared a table with @vampirepumpkinsevilcouncil! It was such a blast, and I’ve never seen so many people at a convention. The mass of humanity was amazing! Thank you to everyone who stopped by our table full of crack and feels! Out of the commissions I have left from this batch, there is still a Scott Pilgrims piece, but that will be done soon. ;)

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rainyteacup:

First off, confirmed for an artist alley table at Silicon Valley Comic Con! I’m really excited! This will be my first Comic Con! Of course, this means I need to finish pumping out some new art in the next two weeks. I’ve decided that I want to focus a bit more on traditional art, especially for personal work. This piece really goes back to my roots in terms of style and subject matter. It’s nice to get back into painting, and I finally tried out my acryla gouache after a few months. I’ve got quite a few sketches I want to paint of pretty people and flowers, so expect more gouache pieces in the future!

Again, PLEASE NOTE that I have moved my art tumblr to rainyteacup!

Imagining your future projects is holding you back.

lackadaisycats:

Sharing this article here in case it’s useful for aspiring authors and creators, and because I have a lot of these types of questions in my ask box:
- When did you know you were ready to start making your comic?
- How did you know when you were good enough to begin?  
- How much research/writing/studying/practicing did you do before you started?

…But I didn’t know, I’ve never experienced a feeling of good enough, I’m still learning new things about comic-making, and I’m still fleshing out the writing, revising and researching.  
No one wants to dive into the deep end blind, but waiting for a moment when you suddenly realize you’re ready will tend to leave you in a rut of perpetual pre-production where, even though you may be toiling at something tangential to what you really want to do, your momentum and the prospect of truly beginning are fading. On past attempted projects, I’m quite guilty of this - having “binders full of lore and no book”, as the article states.  
Instead, I’d recommend riding that wave of head-over-heels love and excitement about a burgeoning idea, and that sense of urgency about getting something underway into a place where really doing the work becomes the habit, or even the backbone of your daily life.  The bona fides, the confidence and knowledge all come with the doing, not with never-ending prep work.

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rainyteacup:

Hi all! Most of you have not heard the news, but I decided to change my art username across all of my social media. I’ve used raindance168 for years, so it was definitely time for a change! The old tumblr is still up so that people can stare at my old art and in order to forward people to this new page.

However, the change of username is not the main reason I’m posting. My first post on my new tumblr is really about Anime on Display in Santa Clara, CA (Feb 13-14)! I’ll be at artist alley table A40 with my good friend @vampirepumpkinsevilcouncil. Please stop by so we can meet all you wonderful people! We want to geek out!

I will definitely have the two Steven Universe prints posted here, but unfortunately Saitama is still a work in progress. I love the idea of Enlightened!Saitama so much, and I really want to do the best possible job on him. He will be in my store when he’s finished, and I’ll bring him to KrakenCon in April! As a quick note, the store will be updated after the convention.

Hope to see you all! I’ll try to post a picture of the table once it’s set up!

~Rain

Hi everyone! Thank you to all my new followers and everyone who has been supporting my art! I have moved my art blog over to rainyteacup, so please follow me there! This blog will continue to stay up and I’ll reblog new stuff from the new blog occasionally to point people in that direction. Have a wonderful President’s Day weekend and Valentine’s Day!